[ale] SMTP question

[Jesse Guardiani]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> I have an appliance (actually a 3com nbx PBX) that I'm trying to get
> to send me e-mail.
> 
> I have it talking to my 3rd party SMTP server and I'm watching the
> interaction with ethereal. The "RCPT TO:" command is being rejected.
> 
> The command the pbx is sending is:  RCPT TO:<greg.freemyer at norcrossgroup.com>
> 
> Notice the <> chars which I assume are illegal in a SMTP command?  I
> did not enter them into the PBXs entry form.
> 
> I'm not sure what I can do to resolve this?  Maybe setup my own SMTP
> server that accepts the <> chars?
> 
> Any ideas appreciated.
> 
> Greg


The RFC would disagree:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt

Do a search for "RPCT TO" and you'll see some examples using that syntax.


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Jesse Guardiani
Programmer/Sys Admin
jesse at guardiani.us