Not a Mime header?

[Steen, Glenn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list 
> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Rick Cooper
> Sent: den 11 maj 2005 01:43
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Not a Mime header?
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> > Behalf Of Scott Silva
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 6:16 PM
> > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Subject: Re: Not a Mime header?
> >
> >
> > Peter Russell wrote:
> > > We have an admin from another company who was expecting 
> from some of our
> > > staff claiming that the MailScanner headers is not a mime 
> header and
> > > therfore he cannot accept the mail for delivery.
> > >
> > > COuld anyone offer me any advice on a) how to respond and 
> b) whether i
> > > need to change anything in my config?
> > >
> > > Kind regards and thanks
> > > Pete
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "In the case of these three (3) emails, they were stopped as
> > undetermined.
> > > They were stopped because of an error within the framework of
> > the email -
> > > bad data (see below).   The  error being that a one of the
> > lines inserted
> > > into the header of the email by MBS, specifically the line "
> > > -X-OURCOMPANYNAME-MailScanner - Information: Please 
> contact your ISP for
> > > more information" is not a MIME header and caused the problem.
> > > They need to contact the sender, who in turn needs to 
> contact their
> > > administrator to fix this issue.  --- It is not an 
> problem with our
> > > server & there is nothing I can do to rectify the issue, 
> except release
> > > the emails if they are stopped."
> > >
> > Is the - before the X-OURCOMPANYNAME ... a typo?
> >
> 
> yes, there are standard headers, From:, To:, etc and there are private
> tokens that should begin with X-, or x-. If the header is
> really -X-OURCOMPANYNAME it should generate a bad header 
> error since it's
> neither a standard header nor an X-token header. I don't know how many
> systems actually reject on invalid headers but you will get a 
> boost from SA
> when it comes across one.
> 
> In any event if the header is actually -X-OURCOMPANYNAME then 
> you should
> correct it.
> 
> The header as it appears in the message you quoted:
> 
>   -X-OURCOMPANYNAME-MailScanner - Information:
> 
> should be:
>   X-OURCOMPANYNAME-MailScanner-Information: (no leading - and 
> no spaces in
> the MailScanner - Information: part)
> 
> Rick

Very true Rick. But looking at what Pete is sending to the list...
it sure looks like a typo ... Of course assuming it is that
domain that is having problems:-)

-- Glenn
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