Figure This one Out

David Wenstob

unread,

Jun 2, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/2/97

to

I would like to know if this is a bug with IMS or smtp or i am just =
doing something wrong.

If you telnet to your exchange server's port 25 and initiate a SMTP =
session manually and follow the steps below you will see that your =
return path gets rewritten.

Telnet to exchange server, port 25
helo testing.test.com
mail from:<tes...@testing.test.com>
rcpt to:<your email address@yourdomain>
data
Subject:Testing Mail headers
From:LastName, Firstname<your email address@yourdomain>
this is a test to see what will happen to the from field.
.
quit

When this message arrives in your inbox the from will read "lastname" =
and nothing else. As an aside, my firewall will do the same thing but =
it will apend my domain onto the line.

Let me know what you all think and find out.

David Wenstob
mailto:dwen...@mail.canfor.ca

Anthony

unread,

Jun 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/3/97

to

Doesn't the friendly name have to be in quotation marks if it contains a
comma? I don't have the RFC in front of me, but I seem to recall something
like that.
--
Anthony

David Wenstob <dwen...@mail.canfor.ca> wrote in article
<01bc6eef$8b50aad0$4d49b5cf@merlin>...
I would like to know if this is a bug with IMS or smtp or i am just doing
something wrong.

If you telnet to your exchange server's port 25 and initiate a SMTP session
manually and follow the steps below you will see that your return path gets
rewritten.

Telnet to exchange server, port 25
helo testing.test.com
mail from:<tes...@testing.test.com>
rcpt to:<your email address@yourdomain>
data
Subject:Testing Mail headers
From:LastName, Firstname<your email address@yourdomain>
this is a test to see what will happen to the from field.
.
quit

When this message arrives in your inbox the from will read "lastname" and
nothing else. As an aside, my firewall will do the same thing but it will

apend my domain onto the line.

Let me know what you all think and find out.

David Wenstob
mailto:dwen...@mail.canfor.ca

----------

Noam Rathaus

unread,

Jun 5, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/5/97

to

David Wenstob wrote:
>
> I would like to know if this is a bug with IMS or smtp or i am just doing something wrong.
>
> If you telnet to your exchange server's port 25 and initiate a SMTP session manually and follow the steps below you will see that your return path gets rewritten.
>
> Telnet to exchange server, port 25
> helo testing.test.com
> mail from:<tes...@testing.test.com>
> rcpt to:<your email address@yourdomain>
> data
> Subject:Testing Mail headers
> From:LastName, Firstname<your email address@yourdomain>
> this is a test to see what will happen to the from field.
> .
> quit
>
> When this message arrives in your inbox the from will read "lastname" and nothing else. As an aside, my firewall will do the same thing but it will apend my domain onto the line.
>
> Let me know what you all think and find out.
>
> David Wenstob
> mailto:dwen...@mail.canfor.ca

I think it has to be inside a "" when u enter a multi-spaced
email address.

--
Thanks
Noam Rathaus
NT / Exchange / Network Administrator.
Certified CNA - Site Builder Network 2
Israel
mailto://doli...@israelmail.com
ICQ number: 486098, Get ICQ at http://www.mirabilis.com