Conference noted::seal

1775.0. "reply to x.400 encapsulated address" by NCMAIL::DESENA () Wed Feb 05 1997 08:55

    My customer has received a message from an external user through their
    firewall which has an x.400 style smtp address from their service
    provider.  The message comes through the firewall fine and is delivered
    to the end user.  When they reply to that address they get a "remote
    protocol error"  Has anyone ever seen this before or know how I can
    correct it?
    
    Following is the complete message error log.  Thank you for any help
    you can provide.
    
    Maureen
    
    >-----Original Message-----
    >From:	Mail Delivery Subsystem
    [SMTP:[email protected]]
    >Sent:	Wednesday, January 29, 1997 5:05 PM
    >To:	Murphy, Ed
    >Subject:	Returned mail: Remote protocol error
    >
    >   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
    >While talking to gatekeeper.ussurg.com:
    >>>> DATA
    ><<< 503 Need RCPT (recipient)
    >451 </s=WilsonD7/o=alex/[email protected]>... timeout
    waiting
    >for input
    >421 gatekeeper.ussurg.com (smtp)... Deferred: Connection reset by peer
    during
    >DATA wait with gatekeeper.ussurg.com
    >554 </s=WilsonD7/o=alex/[email protected]>... Remote
    protocol
    >error: Connection reset by peer during DATA wait with
    gatekeeper.ussurg.com
    >
    >   ----- Unsent message follows -----
    >Received: from americas_pdc.ussurg.com by mailgate.ussurg.com;
    >(5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/18Nov96-0308PM)
    >	id AA12217; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 17:04:40 -0500
    >Received: by americas-pdc.ussurg.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange
    Server
    >Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.993.5)
    >	id <[email protected]>; Wed, 29 Jan 1997
    17:14:47
    >-0500
    >Message-Id:
    ><c=US%a=_%p=ussurg%[email protected]>
    >From: "Murphy, Ed" <[email protected]>
    >To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>,
    >        "'/s=WilsonD7/o=alex/[email protected]'"
    ></s=WilsonD7/o=alex/[email protected]>
    >Subject: RE: testing
    >Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 17:14:17 -0500
    >Return-Receipt-To: <[email protected]>
    >X-Mailer:  Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version
    >4.0.993.5
    >Mime-Version: 1.0
    >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
    >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
    >
    >Hello Dori,
    >	I'm sending this replay to both of your addresses. I'll let you
    know
    >the status.
    >		Ed Murphy
    

    It's all down to whether or not you permit / in the mail address.  On
    AFWU you have to modify the spec for smtpxd to make it accept these
    addresses - it's descirbed somewhere in here - search (on AltaVista!)
    for allow_slash.
    
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