Amavis rejecting mail with bad header

Tue Feb 19 09:00:52 CET 2008

"Jeffrey Walls" <jwalls at browntransmission.com> writes:

> 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...... 

Does this link offer an option?

http://readlist.com/lists/lists.sourceforge.net/amavis-user/0/1569.html

Cheers,

Gunnar

>
>
> --
> 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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