You'll need to turn on protocol logging to see the actual conversation and data being passed to understand why your server (rather, your firewall) is returning the error.
Speaking of which, what are you running as a firewall (myfirewall.mydomain.com)? Speaking further of which: it's hard to do troubleshooting when names have been obscured. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Whitlock, Teresa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:12 AM Subject: RE: 554 Invalid data in message > Sorry I wasn't clear. It's not users in my domain, it's the Hotmail or AOL > accounts that are getting bounces. > > Here is one of the bounces I had forwarded to my Hotmail account. > > Please note that when I attempt to send from my Hotmail, it's fine. So this > does not seem to affect every account. > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Received: from mow-m25 (mow-m25.webmail.aol.com [64.12.137.2]) by > air-id09.mx.aol.com (v83.45) with ESMTP id MAILINID94-0315173006; Fri, 15 > Mar 2002 17:30:06 -0500 > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The original message was received at Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:36:49 -0500 (EST) > from root@localhost > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > .. while talking to myfirewall.mydomain.com.: > >>> DATA > <<< 554 Invalid data in message > 554 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Service unavailable > > -----Original Message----- > From: Louis Joyce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:12 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: 554 Invalid data in message > > > So you have users in your domain who are sending to hotmail and AOL accounts > and getting NDR's? > > Can you post the full NDR's please? > > Regards > > Mr Louis Joyce > Data Support Analyst > BT Ignite eSolutions > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Whitlock, Teresa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 19 March 2002 16:57 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: 554 Invalid data in message > > > I'm starting to get some complaints from certain AOL and Hotmail accounts > that email is bouncing. I can send fine with my email, but I was forwarded > some of the bounced emails with the following message in the header: > > 554 Invalid data in message > > Can anyone help point me in a good direction to try to figure out what the > heck is happening? > > Teresa Whitlock > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
