[Mimedefang] Rejecting e-mails with blank CC: and Reply-To:

Scott Nelson sbnelson at thermeon.com
Wed Apr 11 10:43:23 EDT 2012


I should say that I do NOT have a filter_recipient routine.

Scott


On Apr 11, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Scott Nelson wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> We receive messages from a system that sends e-mails with a blank Reply-To: and CC: lines, and (I think) mimedefang is rejecting them.
> 
> This is what I see logged on my system:
> 
> Apr 10 08:04:57 mx sendmail[1400]: q3AF4uDC001400: collect: premature EOM: unexpected close
> Apr 10 08:04:57 mx sendmail[1400]: q3AF4uDC001400: collect: unexpected close on connection from bolt7b.mxthunder.net, sender=<webmaster at gt-t.net>
> Apr 10 08:04:57 mx sendmail[1400]: q3AF4uDC001400: from=<webmaster at gt-t.net>, size=1414, class=0, nrcpts=1, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=bolt7b.mxthunder.net [208.53.48.191]
> 
> And this is what our upstream mail handler gets:
> 
> Apr 10 08:04:56 bolt7b postfix/qmgr[7514]: 84A992DE6267: from=<webmaster at gt-t.net>, size=2127, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> Apr 10 08:04:57 bolt7b postfix/smtp[7715]: 84A992DE6267: to=<XXX at thermeon.com>, relay=XXXX.thermeon.com[1.2.3.4]:25, delay=43, delays=42/0/0.06/0.94, dsn=5.7.1, status=bounced (hostXXXX.thermeon.com[1.2.3.4] said: 554 5.7.1 This message has been blocked because the return email domain is invalid.(domain name   has invalid syntax) (in reply to end of DATA command))
> 
> The e-mail addresses in the envelope look fine as do the To: and From: headers in the body.  However, the Reply-To: and CC: headers in the body are blank:
> 
> ...
> To: XXXX at thermeon.com
> Subject: GTT Portal User Registration
> From: webmaster at gt-t.net
> Reply-To: 
> CC: 
> X-Mailer: PHP/5.3.8
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> ...
> 
> 
> What can I change to allow these to come through?
> 
> Thanks.




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