On 2014-02-24 john wrote: > I have the following log entry: > (Slightly modified to protect the innocent, changed actual name to > user and domain to example) > > " 2014-02-24T16:45:12.836244+11:00 penguin postfix/smtpd[6520]: > warning: Illegal address syntax from localhost[127.0.0.1] in MAIL > command: <-timeshare.escape.artist-user=example....@atcturbo.com> "
The leading hyphen is what makes the address illegal. To allow addresses starting with a hyphen set "allow_min_user = yes" in main.cf. http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#allow_min_user Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "Abstractions save us time working, but they don't save us time learning." --Joel Spolsky