On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 06:09:54PM +0200, Ondrej Sury wrote:
> Peter van Dijk wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 06, 2000 at 12:31:07AM -0500, Ben Beuchler wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > Trying 205.188.156.162...
> > > Connected to 205.188.156.162.
> > > Escape character is '^]'.
> > > 220-rly-yd02.mx.aol.com ESMTP relay_in.8; Thu, 06 Apr 2000 01:19:52 -0400
> > > 220-America Online (AOL) and its affiliated companies do not
> > > 220-     authorize the use of its proprietary computers and computer
> > > 220-     networks to accept, transmit, or distribute unsolicited bulk
> > > 220      e-mail sent from the internet.
> > > helo marvin.squad51.net
> > > 250 rly-yd02.mx.aol.com OK
> > > mail from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 
> > Try 'mail from:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'. I tried, it accepted me nicely.
> > 
> > > 501 SYNTAX ERROR IN PARAMETERS OR ARGUMENTS
> > 
> > And I do get this error when I omit the < >.
> > 
> > Why qmail is triggering this behaviour is beyond me, unfortunately.
> 
> Well,
> something is wrong with AOL servers:
> QUIT
> 500 SYNTAX ERROR, COMMAND UNRECOGNIZED
> EXIT
> 500 SYNTAX ERROR, COMMAND UNRECOGNIZED
> 
> Or maybe I am wrong and this command don't exist in RFC?

You must send something els, or be in some strange state, 

sample session (real)

HELO test.example.com
250 rly-yd02.mx.aol.com OK
mail from:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
500 SYNTAX ERROR, COMMAND UNRECOGNIZED
QUIT
221 SERVICE CLOSING CHANNEL
 
worked fine.

/magnus

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