I've seen lots of hosts that were "unknown" or "misspelled,"
but what's an illegal one?
 
-- Martin
 
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
The enclosed mail file, found in the BI-L reader and shown under the spoolid
7284 in  the console log, has  been identified as a  possible delivery error
notice  for the  following  reason: mail  origin  seems to  be  a mailer  or
mail-daemon.
 
------------------------- Message in error (39 lines) -------------------------
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 15:17 MST
From: PMDF Mail Server <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Undeliverable mail: SMTP delivery failure
To: [log in to unmask]
Message-id: <[log in to unmask]>
X-Envelope-to: [log in to unmask]
 
The message could not be delivered to:
 
Addressee: [log in to unmask]
Reason: Illegal host/domain name found.
 
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