Re: [exim] spaces and quotes

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Author: Marc Haber
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] spaces and quotes
On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 16:15:16 +0100, Jeremy Harris <jgh@???>
wrote:
>On 08/08/15 03:55, Jasen Betts wrote:
>> Exim doesn't seem to like spaces in sender email addresses,
>> is this intentional?
>
>> mail from: <"a b"@???>
>> 02:41:13 11983 SMTP<< mail from: <"a b"@???>
>> 02:41:13 11983 LOG: smtp_syntax_error MAIN
>> 02:41:13 11983 SMTP syntax error in "mail from: <"a b"@???>"
>> H=(yue) [192.168.2.4] unmatched doublequote in local part
>> 02:41:13 11983 SMTP>> 501 <"a: unmatched doublequote in local part
>> 501 <"a: unmatched doublequote in local part
>
>The testsuite includes a testcase with a localpart having spaces;
>I just tried modifying it with that extra space after the colon
>and it still accepts the syntax.
>
>Are you running an unmodified source? What version?


I tried googling for the error message, the one word "doublequote" is
rather uncommon in English. I am pretty sure that this error message
originates from exim.

exim 3, that is.

Greetings
Marc
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