In my case, Entourage didn't refuse to send it, but I got back a message
from my own ISP's mail (SMTP, I guess) server a few seconds after:
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<list-digest-uc.1019616783.dghciokgedlcdlnchgpo-julianv=mindspring.com@abc-x
yz.net>
(reason: 550 Host unknown)
My guess would be that the absurd length of the address has introduced a
carriage return which makes it invalid even with the < > around it. It's
splitting the domain between two lines. Apple's Mail, either because it's
based on .rtf instead of text and may not introduce a return character at
all, or more likely because it's Unix-based and may be introducing LF
linefeeds which don't bother our SMTP servers, may not be hitting that
problem. I'd be extremely surprised to find out that a user name (before the
@ sign) of more than 70 characters is valid. I'm sure its invalid and
whatever idiot dreamed it up should be fired from his job. Are you certain
that the message sent from Mail actually got where it was supposed to be
going, even if it didn't get rejected by the SMTP server?
--
Paul Berkowitz
> From: Julian Vrieslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 02:41:41 -0400
> To: "Entourage:mac Talk List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Address too long for Entourage X?
>
> Maybe this error indicates a problematic interaction between Entourage X and
> particular SMTP servers. The error is 100% repeatable for me, on perhaps 10
> attempts made over a period of several weeks.
>
> If I enter that long address on a blank outgoing message (no subject, no
> body) and select "Send Message Now", I get an immediate alert with the
> following text.
>
>>>>>
>
> Error
>
> A message in your outbox could not be sent using account "Mindspring." The
> server did not recognize the recipients or the server refuses to allow you
> to send mail.
>
> Explanation
>
> Mail error: Unknown address.
>
> Error: 5550
>
>>>>>
>
> As I wrote earlier, there is no problem when I send the message via Apple's
> OS X Mail program. I just verified that there is no problem if I use Claris
> Emailer 2.0v3 running under Mac OS 9.2.2.
>
> But the problem does occur for Entourage X 10.0.1(1331) running under Mac OS
> X 10.1.4.
>
> Perhaps someone at Microsoft should test this by asking Earthlink/Mindspring
> for temporary access to smtp.mindspring.com.
>
>
> On 4/24/02 1:42 AM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I had no trouble sending to that address.
>>
>> --
>> Paul Berkowitz
>>
>>> From: Julian Vrieslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 23:20:57 -0400
>>> To: "Entourage:mac Talk List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Subject: Address too long for Entourage X?
>>>
>>> I was trying to unsubscribe from a mailing list. After I sent the
>>> unsubscribe request, the mailing list daemon sent me a confirmation message.
>>> To complete the unsubsribe I needed to send a blank reply to an address of
>>> the form
>>>
>>> <list-digest-uc.1019616783.dghciokgedlcdlnchgpo-julianv=mindspring.com@abc-x
>>> yz.net>
>>>
>>> In the the above address, I altered a few letters, but the address length
>>> and formatting were as shown.
>>>
>>> Entourage X refused to send to this address. I got an almost instant error
>>> message reporting that the address was unrecognized, or the server was
>>> refusing it. When I tried Apple's OS X Mail program, the message went
>>> through without a hitch.
>
> --
> Julian Vrieslander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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