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in FAQ Refine your search: Questions Apps Users Tags Search Home Answers ask a question Badges Tags Users Welcome to Splunk Answers! Not what you were looking for? Refine your search. 501 syntax error in recipient address Search Error sending mail - (501, 'Syntax error in parameters or arguments', 'splunk@hostname') 1 Hi, trying to setup alerting, alert is hit however sendemail.py fails - I've configured this via UI. ./var/log/splunk/splunkd.log:01-29-2014 16:18:29.590 +0000 ERROR ScriptRunner - stderr from '/opt/SPLUNK/splunk/etc/apps/search/bin/sendemail.py': ERROR:root:(501, 'Syntax error in parameters or arguments', 'sender@provider') while sending mail to: recipient1@spam.org,recipient2@spam.org any ideas? alert email smtp splunk6.0.1 Question by smtp 501 syntax error - badly formatted address abonuccelli [Splunk] ♦ Jan 29, 2014 at 08:45 AM 1.3k ● 4 ● 7 ● 10 Most Recent Activity: Edited by abonuccelli [Splunk] ♦ 1.3k ● 4 ● 7 ● 10 People who like this Close 1 Add comment Comment 10 |10000 characters needed characters left 1 Answer · Add your answer oldest newest most voted 1 Accepted Answer Ok the error message was indeed relevant.http://www.iana.org/assignments/smtp-enhanced-status-codes/smtp-enhanced-status-codes.xhtml X.1.3 Bad destination mailbox address syntax 501 The destination address was syntactically invalid. This can apply to any field in the address. This code is only useful for permanent failures.X.1.8 Bad sender's system address 451, 501 The sender's system specified in the address does not exist or is incapable of accepting return mail. For domain names, this means the address portion to the right of the "@" is invalid for mail. Please note 501 can be caused by many other reasons, as described in link IANA above.In this specific it was due to incorrect values being sent by sendemail.py in FROM/TO fields I've changed below hostnames/emails for obvious reasons.Figured it out with tcpdump capture with dst=mailserver
reply codesSometimes your SMTP server may return a particular error message. The problem is that it will generally be very cryptic, like "550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable" or "421 Try again later".
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What does these numbers mean?First of all: not any reply code is an error. 501 syntax error - line too long Sometimes it's just a response containing a detail about the server or an answer to a command. Secondly: any code consist
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of three digits, and each conveys a particular information. The first one defines whether the server has accepted the command, fulfilled an action, run into a temporary issue, encountered an error etc; the second https://answers.splunk.com/answers/120471/error-sending-mail-501-syntax-error-in-parameters-or-arguments-splunk-hostname.html and the third one refine the description further, stating if there's been a syntactic problem, or a connection trouble etc.Unfortunately, different servers sometimes use these codes in a different way, making the whole thing even more complicated... Anyhow, the most critical series of error messages is the 5xx one, and especially the ones from 550 to 559. In particular, you will probably get a lot of 550 SMTP error codes http://www.serversmtp.com/en/smtp-error – that is, a problem that concerns the recipient's email address.Finally, remember that it's much easier to deal with these error codes if you choose to rely on a professional SMTP server that will help you solve any issue. turboSMTP, for instance, comes with a 24/7 customer support: you can try it free and forget once for all these issues.And here's a list of the main SMTP error or reply messages, with an explanation and a tip about what to do. CODEMEANINGHOW TO SOLVE IT / WHAT TO DO101The server is unable to connect.Try to change the server's name (maybe it was spelt incorrectly) or the connection port.111Connection refused or inability to open an SMTP stream.This error normally refers to a connection issue with the remote SMTP server, depending on firewalls or misspelled domains. Double-check all the configurations and in case ask your provider.211System status message or help reply.It comes with more information about the server.214A response to the HELP command.It contains information about your particular server, normally pointing to a FAQ page.220The server is ready.It's just a welcome message. Just read it and be happy that everything is working (so far)!221The server is closing its transmission channel. It can come with side messages like "Goodbye
Case Study Proactive I.T. Services MCB Proactive Watch MCB Proactive Care I.T. Services Comparison I.T. Services Case Study Consulting Approach About Contact User Blog Tech Blog Home \ Blog \Testing SMTP Using Telnet Testing SMTP Using Telnet Mark Berry August http://www.mcbsys.com/blog/2007/08/testing-smtp-using-telnet/ 17, 2007 I'm trying out a hosted anti-spam solution. This service works by becoming my public-facing mail server (DNS MX record), and relaying non-spam mail to the mail server in my office. Due to a configuration error, I lost about 15 hours of email-the host wasn't relaying for my domain. Email was bouncing with the message "553 Relaying is not supported". Lesson learned (with thanks to Ezra Herman): before syntax error switching DNS, use Telnet to test the connection to the host and make sure it is accepting email for my domain. Here's how to do it: XFOR: Telnet to Port 25 to Test SMTP Communication http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153119 The configuration is fixed, I sent myself an email using a Telnet session to the anti-spam host, so now I can update my DNS! Update 4/28/2009: This TechNet article explains testing SMTP with 501 syntax error Telnet when authentication (but not SSL encryption) is needed: How to Use Telnet to Test SMTP Communication http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995718(EXCHG.65).aspx Update 12/18/2009: I tried to use Telnet to test sending a message to Go Daddy's email server (smtp.secureserver.net). But whenever I typed MAIL FROM:Admin@test.com as described in KB 153119, I got this message: 501 #5.5.2 syntax error 'MAIL FROM:Admin@test.com' I noticed in a MailEnable SMTP log that it encloses email addresses in angle brackets. Sure enough, when I typed MAIL FROM: