Sendmail problem with mixed-syntax addresses
David Hinds
dhinds at portia.Stanford.EDU
Fri Dec 7 04:20:24 AEST 1990
I think I've found what is making our "sendmail" go crazy every few hours.
It seems that someone is sending mail to us with a "From:" field that uses
a mixed UUCP-style, Internet-style address that looks like:
@portia.stanford.edu:sgzh!root
This sendmail (or sendmail.cf) can't deal with this, and blows up.
Now, what should I do about this? The mail delivery seems to be retried
every 3 hours or so. I've put process limits on sendmail, so it dies
quickly before crippling the system. I don't know who this is that is
trying to E-mail us, or who is the intended recipient. I sent mail that
I think should have reached this person, but I don't know if there is
anything that can be done about the message that is still in transit.
Any suggestions?
-David Hinds
dhinds at cb-iris.stanford.edu
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