LMTP bounces with invalid chars in MAIL FROM adress

mayak-cq mayak at australsat.com
Mon Feb 14 10:58:13 EST 2011


On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 16:09 +0100, Simon Matter wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've seen a growing number of bounced mails from Cyrus LMTP where Postfix
> logs "501 5.5.4 Syntax error in parameters (in reply to MAIL FROM
> command))"
> 
> The problem is that those messages really have invalid from adresses, like
> "RosaSánchez at something.com", but Postfix still accepts them. Later, Cyrus
> runs parseaddr() on it ans correctly refuses to accept the mail.
> 
> Now, I'm interested to hear how others handle this case, if possible how
> they handle it with postfix. I know that enabling strict_rfc821_envelopes
> would possibly help but that seem to be a bad idea.

good day my lord,

i have also seen this lately -- coming from LMTP as well -- running your
2.3.16 rpm ...

is this related?

thanks

m


Feb  3 15:03:25 DOMAIN postfix/qmgr[7263]: 906EE110F38:
from=<Webware_License at ocs.com>, size=13232, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Feb  3 15:03:26 DOMAIN postfix/smtpd[26815]: disconnect from
ocsdcfw1-pat.ocs.com[66.151.185.166]
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/smtpd[2949]: connect from
DOMAIN.com[82.103.143.139]
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/smtpd[2949]: 348A9110F39:
client=DOMAIN.com[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/cleanup[2945]: 348A9110F39: message-id=
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/qmgr[7263]: 348A9110F39:
from=<Webware_License at ocs.com>, size=13898, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/smtpd[2949]: disconnect from
DOMAIN.com[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN lmtp[6430]: accepted connection
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN lmtp[6430]: connection from DOMAIN.com
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] preauth'd as postman
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN amavis[30491]: (30491-06) Passed CLEAN,
[66.151.185.166] [66.151.185.166] <Webware_License at ocs.com> ->
<user at domain.com>, mail_id: xu-j3SOEehs8, Hits: -1.186, size: 13221,
queued_as: 348A9110F39, 5337 ms
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN amavis[30491]: (30491-06) Passed CLEAN,
<Webware_License at ocs.com> -> <user at domain.com>, Hits: -1.186, tag=-99,
tag2=4, kill=6, queued_as: 348A9110F39, L/Y/0/0
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/smtp[2946]: 906EE110F38:
to=<user at domain.com>, orig_to=<ccuse at radius.fr>,
relay=amavis.DOMAIN.com[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:10025, delay=5.9,
delays=0.53/0/0/5.3, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok, id=30491-06,
from MTA([xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:10045): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 348A9110F39)
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/qmgr[7263]: 906EE110F38: removed
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/lmtp[3017]: 348A9110F39:
to=<user at domain.com>, relay=imap.DOMAIN.com[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:24,
delay=0.06, delays=0.01/0.01/0/0.04, dsn=5.6.0, status=bounced (host
imap.DOMAIN.com[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] said: 554 5.6.0 Message contains
invalid header (in reply to end of DATA command))
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/cleanup[2945]: 47D3E110F3A:
message-id=<20110203140331.47D3E110F3A at DOMAIN.com>
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/qmgr[7263]: 47D3E110F3A: from=<>,
size=15842, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/bounce[3018]: 348A9110F39: sender
non-delivery notification: 47D3E110F3A
Feb  3 15:03:31 DOMAIN postfix/qmgr[7263]: 348A9110F39: removed
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