Invalid From: Header

Hamish lists at subvs.co.uk
Tue Dec 7 17:07:33 CET 2004


Hello Everyone
I have installed 20041201-full successfully on SuSE 9.1, LDAP address 
book working fine and we can send and receive mail - I have updated clam 
and sa-learned some spam and it works well!
We have one problem though, unfortunately outlook 2003 is staying (i am 
working on them, but at the moment "No Correspondance Will Be Entered 
Into (TM)") and here is where it gets interesting:

I send to myself on my kolab account through OL2003, it is received fine,
I reply to the mail and it is bounced:
<mish at kolabdomain.com>: service unavailable. Command output: Invalid 
From: header.
Mish [mailto:mish at kolabdomain.com] does not match envelope
mish at kolabdomain.com


Here are the postfix logs for the offending transaction: (i have changed 
addresses)
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/smtpd[8408]: connect from 
itsuper.internal.network[192.168.31.58]
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/smtpd[8408]: 347F34516: 
client=itsuper.internal.network[192.168.31.58]
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/cleanup[8410]: 347F34516: 
message-id=<!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAHWTgGMX/sEWidQ5p+LP6t8KAAAAQAAAAPnVoDRFvzkGYrU4eCYqh/gEAAAAA at kolabdomain.com>
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/qmgr[5707]: 347F34516: 
from=<mish at kolabdomain.com>, size=1153, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/smtpd[8414]: connect from 
localhost[127.0.0.1]
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/smtpd[8414]: A05C7451A: 
client=itsuper.internal.network[192.168.31.58]
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/cleanup[8415]: A05C7451A: 
message-id=<!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAHWTgGMX/sEWidQ5p+LP6t8KAAAAQAAAAPnVoDRFvzkGYrU4eCYqh/gEAAAAA at kolabdomain.com>
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/smtpd[8414]: disconnect from 
localhost[127.0.0.1]
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/qmgr[5707]: A05C7451A: 
from=<mish at kolabdomain.com>, size=1611, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/smtp[8411]: 347F34516: 
to=<mish at kolabdomain.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=0, 
status=sent (250 2.6.0 Ok, id=05227-04, from MTA: 250 Ok: queued as 
A05C7451A)
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/qmgr[5707]: 347F34516: removed
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/pipe[8416]: A05C7451A: 
to=<mish at kolabdomain.com>, relay=kolabfilter, delay=0, status=bounced 
(service unavailable. Command output: Invalid From: header. Mish 
[mailto:mish at kolabdomain.com]  does not match envelope 
mish at kolabdomain.com )
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/cleanup[8410]: C1D18451B: 
message-id=<20041207160158.C1D18451B at post.internal.network>
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/qmgr[5707]: C1D18451B: from=<>, 
size=3667, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 07 16:01:58 post <info> postfix/qmgr[5707]: A05C7451A: removed
Dec 07 16:01:59 post <info> postfix/lmtp[8420]: C1D18451B: 
to=<mish at kolabdomain.com>, 
relay=/kolab/var/kolab/lmtp[/kolab/var/kolab/lmtp], delay=1, status=sent 
(250 2.1.5 Ok)
Dec 07 16:01:59 post <info> postfix/qmgr[5707]: C1D18451B: removed
Dec 07 16:02:00 post <info> postfix/smtpd[8408]: disconnect from 
itsuper.internal.network[192.168.31.58]

Of course, with any other mail client it goes through fine, but outlook 
seems to know better. I think it is because of the "Name 
[mailto:name at domain]" bit, but no idea how to let this through.

Does anyone have any ideas (bearing in mind that changing clients is not 
an option)?

Thanks,
H




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