Hi Hoby,
> Specifically, the problem was that GoDaddy doesn't
> like parenthesis ["(" and ")"] in the "from" field.
Thanks for your feedback.
It is always good to know that the problem was not in ICS component.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoby Smith" <h...@romans618.org>
To: "'ICS support mailing'" <twsocket@elists.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [twsocket] Simple SMTP text emails rejected for virus or spam
> Well, I finally resolved this issue. What a pain. In the end, the
problem
> was just character data that GoDaddy didn't like. It would have been nice
> if their SMTP response had said something like, "Invalid character data
> detected", instead of, "Rejected due to spam or virus content". But,
maybe
> I am asking too much? ;)
>
> Specifically, the problem was that GoDaddy doesn't like parenthesis ["("
and
> ")"] in the "from" field. I was using parenthesis to designate the email
> address content from the friendly name, like, "Some User
(u...@domain.com)".
> I use that format so that users will see a more readable name in their
mail
> client (Outlook, etc). Changing to brackets, like "Some User
> <u...@domain.com>", fixed the problem. Go figure.
>
> Historically, I have used both and never had a problem. In this case, the
> SMTP profile was stored in an encrypted XML file for my service, so the
"<"
> was giving my problems in the beginning with the XML tags. Hence, I used
> parenthesis instead. Odd that GoDaddy didn't like it. I have never had a
> problem with that format in the "from" field. Oh well, like I said, a
more
> relevant message would have saved two days of my time, as well as their
> tech's time.
>
> BTW, I thought this was rather indicative of GoDaddy's persona. Most
> servers I have had to log, respond to the SMTP "data" request with
something
> like, "354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>", or something
> informative like that. However, GoDaddy's response is, "354 go ahead
punk,
> make my day". Really. Kind of tells ya something, huh? :)
>
> Thanks for the input. Hoby
>
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