Ed's right; my bad for typing fast and not proofreading ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 4:25 PM Subject: RE: Odd message from other mail server
> That would be "<CR><LF>.<CR><LF>". > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I > Tech Consultant > hp Services > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Daniel Chenault > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 7:00 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Odd message from other mail server > > > Ensure that the webware SMTP daemon is indeed sending .<CRLF>. to end > the SMTP conversation. This is what the error message is referring to. > Some mailers aren't as strict about it but that is the proper format. > Qmail is claiming that the mailer is sending .<LF>. to end the > conversation. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Kassay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 8:00 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Odd message from other mail server > > > > I am getting an odd response from a mail server that I am attempting to > send a message to (fast.net). Here is the message that their server is > sending at the end of my message. "451 See > http://pobox.com/~djb/docs/smtplf.html"; > A main snippet, referencing the error, from that website says: > > "It was generated by qmail, an Internet message transfer agent. Your > mailer tried to send an e-mail message to a server running qmail. > Unfortunately, qmail spotted a problem: your mailer sent a bare LF." > > There are a couple of things that are odd about the situation. > > 1. The mail that is being rejected appears to have a CR at the end of > the message. The message end just like all the other messages that are > sent or received by our server. Here is a portion of the capture of the > data stream from the message that generates the error. > > href="http://www.tankstatus.com/ssa_pipeline";>SSA Version 1.0</a> > Copyright > (c) Intelligent Controls, Inc. 1997-2002</font> > </body> > </html> > > . > 451 See http://pobox.com/~djb/docs/smtplf.html. > QUIT > 221 Catch you later > > In the actual capture utility window it shows a box [] after the period > just above the line starting with '451 See...' > > 2. The mail that is sent and rejected is auto generated by one of our > web servers (tankstatus.com) based on an event. It is in HTML format > and relayed through our Exchange 5.5 server (on separate box). An > original message is attached. > > 3. I am able to sent mail to the host in question (fast.net) from my > work station (outlook 2002). The main difference is that my mails are > not in html format. > > 4. We operate this service for several customers and have never had a > problem with them receiving our automated emails, which for the most > part are identical. > > This is so odd that I am not even sure where to go to trouble shoot, or > even what question(s) to ask in this list. Has anyone got any insight, > former experience, suggestions or smart ass comments? At this point > anything would be helpful. > > Doug > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
