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From: dummy1969 on 27 Feb 2007 11:14
I know that this could be a some kind of anti-spam measure but is
there a possibility to force sendmail to run as aspected by that smtp
server ?

On 27 Feb, 02:16, "ThanksButNo" <no.no.tha...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 26, 5:22 am, dummy1...(a)gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Yes I know it, but when I use the right command for mail from or rcpt
> > to I still get error and the end if I don't close message with subject
> > command. Any suggestion ?
>
> If you send a normal message, via a normal mail agent (e.g., mailx,
> or, search google for a very useful Perl script called "sendEmail") --
>
> and that message contains a "Subject" line --
>
> does it complain?
>
> Vs. -- if you use the mail agent without a subject -- ??
>
> It occurs to me that the SMTP server on the other end is simply doing
> some validation on the headers in the message (the message body being
> the part after the "DATA" command). I think sendmail doesn't normally
> do that with the message body, but looking again over your transaction
> logs, I don't think your destination server is using sendmail.
> Generally, sendmail will announce itself and its version number at the
> first connection.
>
> E.g., if you "telnet sendmail.org 25", their sendmail server responds:
>
> 220 services.sendmail.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.14.0.Alpha1/8.14.0.Alpha1;
> Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:03:55 -0800 (PST)
>
> So, right away you know they're using sendmail (as well as they
> should, since it's their product!) and they're using version 8.14.0.
>
> Looking once again at your logs:
>
> 220 aa022msr.fastwebnet.it ESMTP Service (7.3.105.6) Ready
>
> So -- not sendmail.
>
> I am unfamiliar with whatever smtp program is being used at that end,
> but whatever it is, THAT is the guy complaining about your input and
> giving error messages. Possibly it's an anti-spam measure to
> guarantee that messages are at least correctly formatted.
>
> I.e., this is not a sendmail problem.
>
> Sorry. <:-(


From: jmaimon on 28 Feb 2007 00:28
On Feb 27, 11:14 am, dummy1...(a)gmail.com wrote:
> I know that this could be a some kind of anti-spam measure but is
> there a possibility to force sendmail to run as aspected by that smtp
> server ?

Yes

If you want more information, then you should contact the operators of
the system that dont like what you send it.

I expect it will go somewhere along the lines of "Make sure your
message includes a Subject: header"

So do that.

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