I'm thinking you need this in server.tab

"AllowSmtpVRFY"[TAB]"1"



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:20 AM
Subject: [xmail] Error sending mail to Sourceforge


>
> The following is an error I received from Sourceforge's mailing list
> service. It would appear they do not like my configuration. I'm a little
> confused as to how they are attempting to verify the sender. Also what
> corrections do I need to make to be able to avoid this error?
>
> I have checked the mailing list archive. The following post is the only
> solution I found. It however does not work for me.
>
> -Snip-
> # From: Sönke Ruempler
> # Subject: [xmail] Re: sourceforge bounce
> # Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 03:55:02 -0700
>
> they send an empty MAIL FROM - so there is no return path and that IS
> invalid !!!
>
> if you want to accept the mail anyway, set the server.tab var right:
>
> "AllowNullSender"\t"1"\n
>
> -Snippy- Error From Source Forge
>
> [<00>] XMail bounce:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED];Error=[550-Envelope
> sender verification failed
> 550 rejected: Cannot route to envelope sender <Email Address Omitted> (The
> envelope sender does not exist according to your mail server when it was
> asked): response from Host Omitted [IP Omitted] after "MAIL FROM: <>" was
> "501 Syntax error in return path". This does not help fight spam
> effectively, breaks RFCs, and prevents you from getting bounces so we
can't
> accept mail from you]
>
> I am running:
> Windows 2000 server SP3
> Xmail v1.15
>
>
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