Bug#293314: exim4: Exim fails to deliver messages from users like "ISOLCELL\patrick zanon"

[Marc Haber]

tags #293314 confirmed upstream
forwarded #293314 http://www.exim.org/mail-archives/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20050131/msg00271.html
thanks

On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 02:51:29PM +0100, Patrick Zanon - Isolcell Italia S.p.A. wrote:
> exim fails to deliver messages from users obtained from an NT
> authebntication server, like user "ISOLCELL\patrick zanon". I do not
> know if the problem is due to the slash "\" or to the space into the
> name.

The problem is due to the space in the name and can easily be
reproduced by manually editing a user name in /etc/passwd to contain a
space and then trying to send a message from that account by invoking
/bin/mail.

It is a clear upstream bug and has already been reported upstream. I
hope they will fix it in time.

I have tried to use rewriting as a short-time fix, but it looks like
exim barfs on the second line of the header spool file containing user
name, uid and gid, space separated, and there is no rewriting option
for this.

I am afraid that we will have to wait for an upstream fix here.

Greetings
Marc

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