Re: Invalid message envelope information (fwd)

[Matti Aarnio <mea@nic.funet.fi>]

> As I said, I use 2.99.16 on Solaris 2.4
> This is error message I got when I send mail to myself from other machine:

	Wow, there are weird things in there below!

> Forwarded message:
> -> From mailer-daemon@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk  Tue Oct 24 17:23:06 1995
> -> To:	<uhlar@bb.sanet.sk>
> -> From:	The Post Office <postmaster@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk>
> -> Sender: mailer-daemon@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk
> -> Subject: Invalid message envelope information
> -> Cc:	The Post Office <postoffice@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk>
> -> Message-Id: <95Oct24.172300+0100met_dst.10770+7@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk>
> -> Date:	Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:23:00 +0100
> -> 
> -> The following message arrived with illegal envelope data, typically a
> -> mangled address that doesn't obey the RFC822/976 protocol specification.
> -> If you do not recognize the source of the bad header, perhaps you should
> -> contact a Postmaster at your site and ask why your mail was rejected.
> -> 
> -> Your message is being returned unprocessed.
> -> 
> -> The following annotated envelope headers illustrate the error(s):
> -> 
> -> Error in "to" envelope address:
> -> 
> -> 	<controlcharacter./a uhlar@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk>
> -> 		^	 ^-illegal control character
> -> 		 \-illegal end of route address, missing end of address

	Uhh...  Something is REALLY SKEWY...
	This arrived from SMTP-channel, and thus you can find it in RCPT TO
	headers on smtpserver's log.

> -> Error in "To" header address:
> -> 	<uhlar@illegalcontrol character?illegal control character?>
> -> 		      ^						  ^-illegal control character
> -> 		       \-illegal end of route address, missing end of address
> -> The entire original message file follows.
> -> -----------------------------------------
> -> via suspension
> -> from <uhlar@bb.sanet.sk>
> -> to <control character./a uhlar@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk>

	Umm.. Here is a bit processed version, extra spaces there too.
	The "MAIL FROM:<>" address is ok, very least.

> -> Received: from bb.sanet.sk ([192.108.131.20]) by ccnews.ke.sanet.sk with SMTP id <10770>; Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:21:11 +0100
> -> Received: by bb.sanet.sk id AA01373
> ->   (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for uhlar@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk); Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:19:21 +0100

	IDA ... Hmm.. I have seen weird things on sendmail, when
	it has been configured a bit wrong -- like sendmail.cf
	containing other control chars than TAB, and LF..
	All others are bound to cause trouble...

> -> Date:	Tue, 24 Oct 1995 17:19:21 +0100
> -> From:	Matus Uhlar <uhlar@bb.sanet.sk>
> -> To:	<uhlar@illegal control character?illegal control character?>
> -> Message-Id: <199510241619.AA01373@bb.sanet.sk>
> -> Apparently-To: uhlar@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk

> Matus Uhlar at Computer Centre of Technical University in Kosice, Slovakia
> E-mail:  Matus.Uhlar@tuke.sk		NTALK:	uhlar@ccnews.ke.sanet.sk

	/Matti Aarnio <mea@nic.funet.fi>