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mercury send email problem - 553 Invalid RFC821

mercury send email problem

error message:

553 Invalid RFC821 mailbox specification.

OS Windows XP SP3 or Windows 7
Mercury Version Mercury/32, v4.72

Trying to setup mercury to smtp deliver messages to users defined in the mercury system (local users).

Have configured a DNS entry that points to a fake domain (for testing purposes):

C:\>ping alphacollege.com.au

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128


Test mercury smtp mail delivery:

c:\>telnet alphacollege 25

220 alphacollege.com.au ESMTP server ready.

helo
250 alphacollege.com.au Hello, .
mail from:sender@alphacollege.com.au
250 Sender OK - send RCPTs.
rcpt to:receiver@alphacollege.com.au
553 Invalid RFC821 mailbox specification.

Expecting this sort of detail:

helo
250 alphacollege.com.au Hello, .
mail from:sender@alphacollege.com.au
250 Sender OK - send RCPTs.
rcpt to:receiver@alphacollege.com.au
250 receiver@alphacollege.com.au
data
354 Please start mail input.
etc

 

Version:

Mercury/32 Mail Transport System for Microsoft Windows
Copyright (C) 1993-2008, David Harris, all rights reserved

Mercury/32 version: Mercury/32, v4.72, Jul 10 2009
Operating mode: Standalone
Windows version: 5.1
MERCURY.EXE directory: C:\MERCURY
Base directory: C:\MERCURY
New mailbox location: C:\MERCURY\MAIL\~N
TMP environment variable: C:\DOCUME~1\CARTLT\LOCALS~1\Temp
TEMP environment variable: C:\DOCUME~1\CARLT\LOCALS~1\Temp

 


Does anyone know why I am getting 553 Invalid RFC821 mailbox specification message?

Thanks in advance, Carl.

&lt;P&gt;mercury send email problem &lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;error message:&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;553 Invalid RFC821 mailbox specification.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;OS Windows XP SP3 or Windows 7 Mercury Version Mercury/32, v4.72&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Trying to setup mercury to smtp deliver messages to users defined in the mercury system (local users).&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Have configured a DNS entry that points to a fake domain (for testing purposes):&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;C:\&amp;gt;ping alphacollege.com.au&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time&amp;lt;1ms TTL=128&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt; Test mercury smtp mail delivery:&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;c:\&amp;gt;telnet alphacollege 25&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;220 alphacollege.com.au ESMTP server ready.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;helo 250 alphacollege.com.au Hello, . mail from:sender@alphacollege.com.au 250 Sender OK - send RCPTs. rcpt to:receiver@alphacollege.com.au 553 Invalid RFC821 mailbox specification.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Expecting this sort of detail:&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;helo 250 alphacollege.com.au Hello, . mail from:sender@alphacollege.com.au 250 Sender OK - send RCPTs. rcpt to:receiver@alphacollege.com.au 250 &lt;A href=&quot;mailto:receiver@alphacollege.com.au&quot;&gt;receiver@alphacollege.com.au&lt;/A&gt; data 354 Please start mail input. etc&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P mce_keep=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Version:&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Mercury/32 Mail Transport System for Microsoft Windows Copyright (C) 1993-2008, David Harris, all rights reserved&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Mercury/32 version: Mercury/32, v4.72, Jul 10 2009 Operating mode: Standalone Windows version: 5.1 MERCURY.EXE directory: C:\MERCURY Base directory: C:\MERCURY New mailbox location: C:\MERCURY\MAIL\~N TMP environment variable: C:\DOCUME~1\CARTLT\LOCALS~1\Temp TEMP environment variable: C:\DOCUME~1\CARLT\LOCALS~1\Temp&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P mce_keep=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt; Does anyone know why I am getting 553 Invalid RFC821 mailbox specification message?&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Thanks in advance, Carl.&lt;/P&gt;

Try this:

[quote user="carl_type3"]

c:\>telnet alphacollege 25

220 alphacollege.com.au ESMTP server ready.

helo
250 alphacollege.com.au Hello, .
mail from: <sender@alphacollege.com.au>
250 Sender OK - send RCPTs.
rcpt to: <receiver@alphacollege.com.au>

[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;Try this: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&quot;carl_type3&quot;]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;c:\&amp;gt;telnet alphacollege 25&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;220 alphacollege.com.au ESMTP server ready.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;helo 250 alphacollege.com.au Hello, . mail from: &lt;b&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/b&gt;sender@alphacollege.com.au&lt;b&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/b&gt; 250 Sender OK - send RCPTs. rcpt to: &lt;b&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/b&gt;receiver@alphacollege.com.au&lt;b&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;[/quote]

Hi Dilbert,

That worked:

220 alphacollege.com.au ESMTP server ready.
helo
250 alphacollege.com.au Hello, .
mail from:<sender@alphacollege.com.au>
250 Sender OK - send RCPTs.
rcpt to:<receiver@alphacollege.com.au>
250 Recipient OK - send RCPT or DATA.
data
354 Please start mail input.
test
250 Mail queued for delivery. 

Thanks, Carl.

 

 

&lt;P&gt;Hi Dilbert,&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;That&amp;nbsp;worked:&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;220 alphacollege.com.au ESMTP server ready. helo 250 alphacollege.com.au Hello, . mail from:&amp;lt;&lt;A href=&quot;mailto:sender@alphacollege.com.au&quot;&gt;sender@alphacollege.com.au&lt;/A&gt;&amp;gt; 250 Sender OK - send RCPTs. rcpt to:&amp;lt;&lt;A href=&quot;mailto:receiver@alphacollege.com.au&quot;&gt;receiver@alphacollege.com.au&lt;/A&gt;&amp;gt; 250 Recipient OK - send RCPT or DATA. data 354 Please start mail input. test 250 Mail queued for delivery.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Thanks, Carl.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P mce_keep=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P mce_keep=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;

hello,

Is there a setting in Mercury I can change to allow email addresses not defined in < > ?

Thanks again, Carl. 

 

&lt;P&gt;hello,&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Is there a setting in Mercury I can change to allow email addresses not defined in &amp;lt; &amp;gt; ?&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P&gt;Thanks again, Carl.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P mce_keep=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
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