On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 02:55:55AM +0000, Jasen Betts wrote: > Exim doesn't seem to like spaces in sender email addresses, > is this intentional? > is there a way to turn this check off? > AFAICT this address is RFC compliant. > > patrial transcript > > exim -bh 88.88.88.88.6666 -d+all > [...] > 220 [...] > ehlo you > [...] > 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
From Debian/testing without modifications: # exim4 -bh 88.88.88.88.6666 -d+all [...] mail from: <"a b"@example.com> 21:44:45 10969 SMTP<< mail from: <"a b"@example.com> 21:44:45 10969 using ACL "acl_check_mail" 21:44:45 10969 processing "accept" 21:44:45 10969 accept: condition test succeeded in ACL "acl_check_mail" 21:44:45 10969 end of ACL "acl_check_mail": ACCEPT 21:44:45 10969 SMTP>> 250 OK 250 OK # exim4 -bV Exim version 4.86 #3 built 26-Jul-2015 16:35:33 ... However, attempts to handle such addresses are completely pointless. Legacy RFC is overloaded by commonly unused features which have no practical meaning but exist as historican garbage. -- Eugene Berdnikov -- ## 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/
