I'm running Postfix on a Debian box and this morning was sent an email with an invalid address syntax (no dot before the com in the email address). Now typically this has not been a problem, but for some reason, this time around, the message is stuck in some kind of delivery loop that I cannot find and break. Here are the /var/log/mail.warn messages: Dec 16 08:30:44 sumida postfix/smtpd[26504]: warning: Illegal address \ syntax from localhost[127.0.0.1] in MAIL command: <mcrowley@netvigator com> Dec 16 08:30:49 sumida fetchmail[26341]: SMTP error: 501 Bad address syntax Dec 16 08:30:49 sumida fetchmail[26341]: mail from FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@\ sumida.hawkwood bounced to kosuke (sumida.hawkwood is my box, kosuke is the user me) I've checked mailq and there's nothing in the queue. I've looked through /var/spool/postfix, but there are probably a hundred subfolders in that tree - hard to find the offending message without the right utility. I've restarted both fetchmail and postfix just for good, but probably misguided, measure. Sure would appreciate any tips to help clean this up. Thanks Kevin -- Kevin Coyner mailto: kevin@rustybear.com GnuPG key: 1024D/8CE11941
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