Re: [exim] dot at the end of a local part

Ted Cooper wrote:
> ROGERS Richard wrote:
>> exim-users-bounces@??? wrote:
>>> I have just seen examples of mail with a sender address whith the
>>> local part ending with a dot:
> [snip]
>> I added the following ACLs to our configs to avoid passing messages
>> through to Exchange that it would then reject, leading to a bounce. I
>> agree, it might be nice if there were a "strict address checking"
>> option incorporated into Exim that would do this job. (For our
>> purposes, an alternative would be to use the envelope sender address
>> in the call forward that we use to verify the recipient, but I don't
>> think that is currently an option either, is it?)
> [snip]
>
> This isn't much of a help for you issue but more a question as to why
> you would be running into it.
>
> None of my servers have ever accepted a local part with a dot
> on the end
> and I will never run into the issue because it's not an account name.
> Why are you accepting local parts that don't have a valid account?

We're not - it's the sender address that has this problem. Thus the call
forward for the recipient is OK (I think it's done with null sender,
yes?), but the actual delivery is rejected. By then it's too late to
reject with a 5xx at the Exim gateway.

regards

Richard

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Richard Rogers
IT Development and Innovation Manager
Information Services, Staffordshire University


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