Some SMTP gateway between them and you is doing you favors. Ed Crowley MCITP MCSE+I MCSE+M MCTS MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
-----Original Message----- From: bounce-50113118-631...@intm-dl.sparklist.com [mailto:bounce-50113118-631...@intm-dl.sparklist.com] On Behalf Of Jon Hill Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:37 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: 78 characters and an = sign I'm trying to troubleshoot a fairly bizarre problem with my mail server. There are a half-dozen senders whose mail comes in to our Exchange environment garbled. The mail is broken into ~80-character lines, each terminated by an equals sign, and includes code like =0D=0A (aka CrLf) when it reaches my users' Outlook 2003/2007 clients. However, the same message (we've tested from one sender using multiple recipients) arrives at yahoo and gmail accounts correctly formatted. Here's an example (with some confidential data removed but all the line lengths identical to the original): content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable =0D=0AAccount Number: 1234567 =0D=0AInvestment= Officer: Frank J Hildebrand CFP CMFC, BH21 =0D=0APhone Number:= 212-555-5555 =0D=0AManager Name: Company1= Large Cap Grwth (ABC012)=0D=0AClient Firm: Acorp Securities,= LLC =0D=0A=0D=0ASingle Withdrawal = =0D=0APlease be advised that the above referenced= account has requested a WITHDRAWAL in the amount of $15,000.=0D=0A= =0D=0APlease raise sufficient funds to process this request. =0D=0A=0D=0AComments:= =0D=0A=0D=0AIf you have any questions or comments, please reply to this= email. =0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AThe Managed= Advisory Consulting Group ("MACG") is a division of MicroStern Investments= . . . It looks like something to do with an old RFC and I do see references to "folding" in RFC822 and 2822, but they don't mention the equals sign being a line continuation character. They also don't mention anything about CrLf having to be explicitly described by the hex ASCII codes. At first we thought it was a problem with the senders' mail systems but that doesn't explain why the same message is coming in correctly to my yahoo account. Just for kicks I tried telnetting to the mail server and sending a message like the above, thinking that maybe whatever RFC was in play here would cause Exchange to reformat for me, but it didn't happen. Any ideas would be appreciated. This e-mail, including any attachment(s), is intended solely for use by the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to disclose, copy, distribute or retain this message, without written authorization from Jennison Associates LLC ("Jennison"). This e-mail may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you have requested Jennison to e-mail any account information to you or your designee, you are deemed to have consented to electronic delivery of information from Jennison. E-mail messages are not secure and may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-50113118-631551.e170a1e9d11027697659851d5fb21...@intm-dl.sparklist.com Exchange List admin: lc...@jupitermedia.com To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-50119047-93384.d3786cf277f52d7b092b75655b561...@intm-dl.sparklist.com Exchange List admin: lc...@jupitermedia.com To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
