Re: [Evolution] SMTP: MAIL FROM response error: Unknown

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

remove blank lines and comment blocks from /etc/hosts

it's a glibc bug in gethostbyaddr_r which randomly sticks a \n into your
hostname string. (in your case it seems to be at the end, which means
that the SMTP server gets a empty command after EHLO)

Jeff

On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 12:46, Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:
> My Evolution 1.4 (on Redhat 9) has been unable to send via the SMTP server
> for the last month or so after working perfectly for months. At first I
> blamed the SMTP server or the ISP, but I have now tried a second SMTP server
> and a second ISP. I have also tried the extra SMTP ports that the SMTP
> servers support, by adding :theportnumber after the SMTP address.
>
> So, the problem: Evolution shows an error dialog that says:
> "
> Error while performing operation:
> MAIL FROM response error: Unknown
> "
>
> When I do this,
>   export CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG=1;/usr/libexec/evolution/1.4/killev;evolution
>
> I get this output when pressing send/receive. It doesn't seem to mention
> SMTP at all:
>
> POP3_STREAM_LINE(56): '+OK NetAddress-POP vC8.MAIN.3.13E;
> cmsapps02.cms.usa.net'
> POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6):
> CAPA
>  
> sending : EHLO localhost.localdomain
> POP3_STREAM_LINE(17): '-ERR Syntax error'
> POP3_STREAM_WRITE(23):
> USER murrayc//usa.net
>  
> received: 503 Polite people say HELO first - noop received
> sending : MAIL FROM:<murrayc usa net>
> POP3_STREAM_LINE(41): '+OK Password required for murrayc usa net'
> Got + response
> POP3_STREAM_WRITE(13):
> PASS xxxxxxxx
> received: 503 Polite people say HELO first
> sending : QUIT
> POP3_STREAM_LINE(37): '+OK mailbox for murrayc usa net ready'
> Got + response
> POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6):
> CAPA
>  
> received: 221 Goodbye
> POP3_STREAM_LINE(17): '-ERR Syntax error'
> POP3_STREAM_WRITE(8):
> UIDL 1
>  
> POP3_STREAM_LINE(17): '-ERR Syntax error'
> POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6):
> LIST
>  
> POP3_STREAM_LINE(14): '+OK 0 messages'
> Got + response
> POP3_STREAM_LINE(END)
> POP3_STREAM_WRITE(6):
> QUIT
>  
> POP3_STREAM_LINE(57): '+OK NetAddress-POP server signing off, 0 messages
> deleted'
> Got + response
>  
>
> Murray Cumming
> www.murrayc.com
> murrayc usa net
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