On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 02:58:22PM -0300, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera wrote:
> Hi all,
> 

Hi,


> I've been failing to receive some automated emails from both yahoo
> and gmail.
> The error smtpd is printing out is:
> 
> Jun 27 17:40:02 elysion smtpd[17570]: smtp-in: Failed command on session 
> 00002741922c17e6: "MAIL 
> FROM:<reg.mfsg22logixg2zlnmjsxeltomuys46lbnbxw6ltdn5ws2mjtg4zdgnjuhayta-hugo=osvaldobarrera.com...@returns.bulk.yahoo.com>"
>  => 553 Sender address syntax error
> 
> I'm wondering what the syntax error is. I tried looking at the RFCs a
> bit, but I've not found anything (though I'm sure that I skipped some
> important part).
> 
> Is the "=" an invalid character, or does the address size exceed the
> limit?
>

It probably is the address size, '=' is an acceptable character.
With release, we had a maximum user-part of 64 bytes, which was what RFC
suggested. We bumped this post-release after an exchange with the FreeBSD
maintainer and one of the guys who wrote the RFC.

What version are you running ?


> As an informtive note, I've noticed that these same automated emails
> (google groups invites, and yahoo password recoveries) fail to reach
> their recipients if the recipients are using hotmail.com/outlook.com,
> amongst other popular email providers some friends use, so I don't
> strictly think smtpd is doing something wrong - I'm just curious as to
> what's wrong with those addresses.
>

People using SMTP have been assuming infinite size in email addresses...


> Please note that I'm not complaining about this issue; I'm just asking
> what's wrong with this address and what RFC I should read (so yes,
> it *is* slighlty OT).
> 

Nope, perfectly on topic ;-)


-- 
Gilles Chehade

https://www.poolp.org                                          @poolpOrg

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