On Sun, Apr 04, 2021 at 07:03:47AM -0600, Anthony J. Bentley wrote: > Hi, > > I had an interesting occurrence today... I was performing an action > that required a confirmation code from my bank, which they sent by > email. Unfortunately the mail never arrived, because: > > Apr 4 03:25:16 axx smtpd[59645]: fdc8f818f7adb2aa smtp failed-command > command="RCPT TO:<"username"@example.com>" > result="501 5.1.3 Recipient address syntax error" > > I assume the double quotes in there were the problem. I had to switch > to a GMail account to receive it. >
It is. Seemed like a good problem for a filter to solve, but it looks like smtpd verifies the syntax before sending to filterland. You should write their postmaster and complain. Edgar > -- > Anthony J. Bentley >