On Sat, 5 Mar 2011, Chris wrote:

In the example I posted I also see this in the To: headers when saved as
a .txt file - "@pop.embarq.synacor.com>, \"ballard\", \"aajhp"
<bunnysi...@aol.com>

I see the same thing -
"@pop.embarq.synacor.com>, \"cantrell, james\", \"billybeckner\"
<billybeck...@yahoo.com>, \"ballard\" <bunnysi...@aol.com>, \"aajhp"
<jl...@embarqmail.com>, I have no idea where the '\' are coming from.

That means the email address <bunnysi...@aol.com> has the comment "@pop.embarq.synacor.com>, \"ballard\", \"aajhp" associated with it, and the email address <jl...@embarqmail.com> has the comment "@pop.embarq.synacor.com>, \"cantrell, james\", \"billybeckner\"
<billybeck...@yahoo.com>, \"ballard\" <bunnysi...@aol.com>, \"aajhp"

A more-expected example would be: "John Hardin" <jhar...@impsec.org>

That's why the quotes are escaped - they are embedded in the comment.

_something_ is farking up the recipients list. Whether it's whatever is composing the message (perhaps it's not properly parsing a recipients database, or the recipients database is dirty), or some intermediate MTA, we can't tell from the receiving end.

You might want to contact the sender and see how the recipient list is being generated. While this shouldn't affect delivery, as you can see it's having effects on DKIM and spam scoring.

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