FIX: (Courtesy of Miquel Cabanas)
Change the line in my sendmail.cf file from:
Mether, P=[TCP], F=msDFMuCX, S=11, R=21/11, A=TCP E=\r\n $h
to:
Mether, P=[TCP], F=msDFMuCX, S=11, R=21/11, A=TCP $h, E=\r\n
Having the E=\r\n as the very last thing on the line fixed
the problem. Many thanks to Miquel!
Thanks to all who replied:
(Alex Finkel, Michael Kohne, Kuldell, Miquel Cabanas,
Edgar Danielian, Jim Harmon)
ORIGINAL PROBLEM:
>As postmaster, I periodically receive bounced messages
>with this type of error:
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>While talking to cdf.com:
>>>> HELO mizar
><<< 500 Syntax error, <cr><lf> not used as end of line
>>>> QUIT
><<< 500 Syntax error, <cr><lf> not used as end of line
>554 <jsferrell@cdf.com>... Service unavailable
>
> ----- Recipients of this delivery -----
>
>Everytime I get this I check the version of the remote machine's
>mail server and it is always "Apple Internet Mail Server 1.1.1".
>Does anyone know a fix/workaround for these sites?
>
>Our local mail server is a sparc10 running solaris2.5 and
>Sendmail 5.67a/SMI-SVR4
>
>This is the ether line in my sendmail.cf:
>Mether, P=[TCP], F=msDFMuCX, S=11, R=21/11, A=TCP E=\r\n $h
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