On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 16:15:16 +0100, Jeremy Harris <[email protected]> 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"@example.com> >> 02:41:13 11983 SMTP<< mail from: <"a b"@example.com> >> 02:41:13 11983 LOG: smtp_syntax_error MAIN >> 02:41:13 11983 SMTP syntax error in "mail from: <"a b"@example.com>" >> 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 -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
