Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!sdd.hp.com!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!parc.xerox.com!janssen From: janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen) Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew Subject: mail: Invalid character in References field Message-ID: Date: 25 Oct 90 18:17:52 GMT References: <90Oct24.182458pdt.274@spade.parc.xerox.com> <0b9Y9PQB0KEOQHoIcY@spade.parc.xerox.com> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 85 ---------- Forwarded message begins here ---------- X-Andrew-Authenticated-As: 0;holmes.parc.xerox.com;Operator Return-Path: Received: from spade.parc.xerox.com by pooh.parc.xerox.com with SMTP (5.61+/IDA-1.2.8/gandalf) id AA21704; Wed, 24 Oct 90 18:39:58 PDT Received: by spade.parc.xerox.com id <274>; Wed, 24 Oct 1990 18:39:44 PDT Received: from Messages.7.14.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.spade.parc.xerox.com.sun4.40 via MS.5.6.spade.parc.xerox.com.sun4_40; Wed, 24 Oct 1990 18:39:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <0b9Y9PQB0KEOQHoIcY@spade.parc.xerox.com> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 1990 01:39:39 PDT Sender: Frank Halasz From: Frank Halasz To: janssen@parc.xerox.com, vanmelle@parc.xerox.com, briggs@parc.xerox.com Subject: Fwd: Invalid message header (Warning) References: <90Oct24.182458pdt.274@spade.parc.xerox.com> Looks like Andrew generates an illegal separator character in the References field when there is more than one reference. This was sent using Zmailer, which is why I suppose its just coming to our attention now. -- Frank ---------- Forwarded message begins here ---------- Return-Path: Received: from spade.parc.xerox.com by piglet.parc.xerox.com with SMTP (5.61+/IDA-1.2.8/gandalf) id AA24076; Wed, 24 Oct 90 18:25:10 PDT Received: by spade.parc.xerox.com id <274>; Wed, 24 Oct 1990 18:24:58 PDT To: Frank Halasz From: The Post Office Sender: mailer-daemon@parc.xerox.com Subject: Invalid message header (Warning) Cc: The Post Office Message-Id: <90Oct24.182458pdt.274@spade.parc.xerox.com> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 1990 18:24:42 PDT A copy of your message is being returned to you because it arrived with an illegal header according to the RFC822/976 protocol specification. If you do not recognize the source of the bad header, perhaps you should ask a postmaster at your site. Your message had separate information about its recipients, so it has been transmitted properly with a warning replacing the bad addresses. The following annotated header(s) illustrate where the error(s) occurred: Error in "References" header address: <0b9XbdwB0KEO0HoEtL@spade.parc.xerox.com>, ^-illegal reference separator The entire original message file follows. ----------------------------------------- to janssen@parc.xerox.com to Frank Halasz Received: from Messages.7.14.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.spade.parc.xerox.com.sun4.40 via MS.5.6.spade.parc.xerox.com.sun4_40; Wed, 24 Oct 1990 18:24:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 24 Oct 1990 18:24:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Frank Halasz To: Bill Janssen Subject: Re: In-Reply-To: References: <0b9XbdwB0KEO0HoEtL@spade.parc.xerox.com>, Oh. -- Frank