Amavis rejecting mail with bad header

[Alain Spineux]

On Jan 16, 2008 6:18 PM, Jeffrey Walls <jwalls at browntransmission.com> wrote:
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> 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 ?

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> 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
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> Sent: 12/27/2007 10:01 AM
>
> The following recipient(s) could not be reached:
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> 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
>
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> 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
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