* Jonathan Tripathy <jon...@abpni.co.uk>: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm currently in the middle of watching a customer's mail.log file. > He is trying to send an email to a lot of people at once (Something > like 5000), however the logs don't reflect this. Instead I'm seeing: > > May 27 10:32:41 server1 postfix/smtpd[8144]: connect from > office1.domain.local[10.86.1.101] > May 27 10:32:43 server1 postfix/smtpd[8144]: warning: Illegal address > syntax from office1.domain.local[10.86.1.101] in RCPT command: > <contac...@abc+xyz.co.uk> > May 27 10:32:44 server1 postfix/smtpd[8144]: warning: Illegal address > syntax from office1.domain.local[10.86.1.101] in RCPT command: > <i...@qrs+tuv.co.uk> > May 27 10:32:55 server1 postfix/smtpd[8144]: too many errors after > RCPT from office1.domain.local[10.86.1.101] > May 27 10:37:55 server1 postfix/smtpd[8144]: disconnect from > office1.domain.local[10.86.1.101] > > The above is happening over and over again (minute or so) with no > sign of the other emails being sent. Presumably, the client (Outlook > 2003) keeps retrying..
Korrekt. The mail never gets sent > As you can see, the client is trying to send an email to 2 email > address with a + in it, which postfix doesn't seem to like. Yes. > This may be the case, and may be ok, however my concern is that why > aren't I seeing any emails being sent to the other 4998 valid > addresses? Is there anything I can do to force postfix use those > addresses? too many errors after... raise the soft_error_limit and/or the hard_error_limit -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebra...@charite.de | http://www.charite.de
