Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ4 form-tomail scripts problem

[SM <sm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Neil,
At 05:09 26-04-2004, Neil James wrote:
> My ISP installed a new spam filtering mail server and ever since then the
> output from the form-to-mail scripts on our RAQ4's has been filtered out.

This problem is not caused by spam filtering.

> ISP tech suport came up with this:
> ----------------------------------------------
> Whatever is generating these is incorrectly adding an AUTH statement to
> the "MAIL FROM:" command: MAIL FROM: <httpd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> AUTH=httpd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx This is an incorrect format, and I am not

The format is correct if you are using the SMTP Service Extension for 
Authentication (ESMTP).  Their new mail server may not support that, hence 
their response.


> Nothing has been changed on the RAQ during this period.
>
> Is their response sensible? If so, what can I change to resolve the issue?

The better question would be how to fix the problem. :)  Disable 
authentication when relaying mail through that ISP.

Could you send me an email off-list?  I'd like to see whether my mail 
server would accept the email generated by your script.

Regards,
-sm