On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: > Mischa Gresser: >> Mar 20 10:13:32 hostname postfix/smtpd[31210]: warning: Illegal address >> syntax from qw-out-2122.google.com[74.125.92.26] in RCPT command: <cover1 >> 1231231...@xxx.ca <4034767...@crebifax.ca>> > > The RCPT command syntax is: > > RCPT TO:<4034767...@crebifax.ca> > > Not: > > RCPT TO:<cover11231231...@xxx.ca <4034767...@crebifax.ca>> > > The author of this software should study RFC 821/2821/5321. > > Wietse >
I think we are actually seeing a botched attempt to alter log lines by hand using an HTML mua. In any case, the format described (not the one "shown") works fine from my google mail to my instance of postfix at least. without accurate logs or postconf output, who could guess what is going wrong for the OP. Mar 23 22:47:39 mx1 postfix/smtpd[22236]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail-gx0-f207.google.com[209.85.217.207]: 550 5.1.1 <cover=cover1|18005551...@example.com>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table; from=<aawo...@gmail.com> to=<cover=cover1|18005551...@example.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail-gx0-f207.google.com> -Aaron
