Amavis rejecting mail with bad header

Mon Jan 21 17:38:34 CET 2008

I am really in a dilema with this.

I NEED to have this fixed somehow, but am above my expertise level.

I have added *@domainname.com in that section, and I just was told we
rejected their email again.

Am I not putting this in the right place for whitelisting? Am I not using
the right format?

PLEASE.........this is a real issue for us, with a huge customer. 

Any advise you have would be appreciated...... 

--
Jeffrey Walls
IT Manager
Brown Transmission and Bearing Co.
PO Box 11117
Lancaster PA 17605-1117
717 295-9200 ext 214
717 295-9025 fax
http://www.browntransmission.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Walls [mailto:jwalls at browntransmission.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 8:26 AM
To: 'Alain Spineux'
Subject: RE: Amavis rejecting mail with bad header

Yes, the header states:   X-Envelope-From: <mgmtdata at xxxxxxxxx>

Can I add the domain only? Is the format simply xxxxxxxxxx.com like
browntransmission.com, or would it be with a wildcard,
*@browntransmission.com?

--
Jeffrey Walls
IT Manager
Brown Transmission and Bearing Co.
PO Box 11117
Lancaster PA 17605-1117
717 295-9200 ext 214
717 295-9025 fax
http://www.browntransmission.com

-----Original Message-----
From: kolab-users-bounces at kolab.org [mailto:kolab-users-bounces at kolab.org]
On Behalf Of Alain Spineux
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:56 PM
To: Jeffrey Walls; Kolab Users
Subject: Re: Amavis rejecting mail with bad header

On Jan 16, 2008 7:09 PM, Jeffrey Walls <jwalls at browntransmission.com> wrote:
> No it isn't a computer or software company at all. It appears to be a 
> mainframe email program, JES2Mail.
>
> I have added them to the whitelist and it's still errors out.
>
> They were added to amavisd.conf.template in Section V
>
> map { $whitelist_sender{lc($_)}=1 } (qw(
>   nobody at cert.org
>   owner-alert at iss.net
>   slashdot at slashdot.org
>   bugtraq at securityfocus.com
>   NTBUGTRAQ at LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
>   security-alerts at linuxsecurity.com
>   amavis-user-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
>   notification-return at lists.sophos.com
>   mailman-announce-admin at python.org
>   owner-postfix-users at postfix.org
>   owner-postfix-announce at postfix.org
>   owner-sendmail-announce at Lists.Sendmail.ORG
>   owner-technews at postel.ACM.ORG
>   lvs-users-admin at LinuxVirtualServer.org
>   ietf-123-owner at loki.ietf.org
>   cvs-commits-list-admin at gnome.org
>   rt-users-admin at lists.fsck.com
>   clp-request at comp.nus.edu.sg
>   surveys-errors at lists.nua.ie
>   emailNews at genomeweb.com
>   owner-textbreakingnews at CNNIMAIL12.CNN.COM
>   yahoo-dev-null at yahoo-inc.com
>   returns.groups.yahoo.com
>   MGMTDATA at XXXXXXXXXXX.com
> <<<<<<<----------------------here
>   mgmtdata at XXXXXXXXXXX.com
> <<<<<<<----------------------and here
> ));

I cannot help you more with perl nor amavis, but are you sure MGMTDATA is
the "envelope" sender and not only the "From"
header value ?

>
>
> I added it in both upper and lower case, but the first one is the way 
> the header appears.
>
>
>
> --
> Jeffrey Walls
> IT Manager
> Brown Transmission and Bearing Co.
> PO Box 11117
> Lancaster PA 17605-1117
> 717 295-9200 ext 214
> 717 295-9025 fax
> http://www.browntransmission.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alain Spineux [mailto:aspineux at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 12:56 PM
> To: Jeffrey Walls
> Cc: kolab-users at kolab.org
> Subject: Re: Amavis rejecting mail with bad header
>
> On Jan 16, 2008 6:18 PM, Jeffrey Walls <jwalls at browntransmission.com>
wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > We have a multi billion dollar company that sends us automated 
> > payment emails, when they pay invoices.
>
> Does it mean they are too big to be allowed to not follow the standard ?
> Big, not respecting the standard, is it M$ ?
>
> Did you try to add the sender to the whitelist in amavis.conf ?
>
> >
> > Each of their automated emails get rejected and bounced with the 
> > following message:
> >
> >
> > Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients.
> >
> > Subject: XXXXXXXXX ACH PAYMENT
> >
> > Sent: 12/27/2007 10:01 AM
> >
> > The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
> >
> > lmccloud at xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com on 12/27/2007 11:01 AM
> >
> > The message contains a content type that is not supported
> >
> > < servername #5.6.0 smtp; 554 5.6.0 Message with invalid header 
> > rejected, id=13057-02 - Non-encoded 8-bit data (char FD hex) in 
> > message header 'Date': Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:01:08 -0500 
> > \375CDT\250\n>
> >
> >
> >
> > In my amavisd virusmails here are the applicable lines in the bad 
> > header rejected email:
> >
> > SUBJECT:   ACH PAYMENT
> > Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:01:08 -0500 <FD>CDT<A8>
> > x-Mailer: JES2Mail Copyright LaBayne & Associates Inc.
> > Message-Id: <1198771268000801157@>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> > X-Amavis-Alert: BAD HEADER Non-encoded 8-bit data (char FD hex) in 
> > message heade r 'Date': Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:01:08 -0500 
> > \375CDT\250\n
> >
> > Note in the Date: line the special characters <FD> and <A8>. Is 
> > there any way to strip these out, or better, ignore them?
> >
> > Also note, any normal email, sent from a person is NOT bounced, as 
> > they are on a different email system.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Jeff Walls
> >
> > --
> > Jeffrey Walls
> > IT Manager
> > Brown Transmission and Bearing Co.
> > PO Box 11117
> > Lancaster PA 17605-1117
> > 717 295-9200 ext 214
> > 717 295-9025 fax
> > http://www.browntransmission.com
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Alain Spineux
> aspineux gmail com
> May the sources be with you
>
>

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Alain Spineux
aspineux gmail com
May the sources be with you

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