On Tue, 28 Jun 94 08:36:11 CET you said: >On Mon, 27 Jun 1994 18:21:00 EDT John F. Chandler said: >>> > 554 8BIT SMTP extension not supported >> >>Clearly, that is a complaint about unprintable characters. It comes from >>the gateway in question and is beyond the control of LISTSERV. Sounds >>like a new "feature" designed to force people to use MIME. > >currently, i'm also having problems with the 554. (i fear, some new >MTA software has just been released ;-) > >when doing a REVIEW of a list containing X.400 subscription which >are including blanks in the userpart, listserv represents these blanks >as x'FF'. i'm very sorry to bother you again, but the above problem of reviewing a list which contains x.400 addresses (including blanks, which are re- presented by x'ff') is getting more and more urgent. listowners have already started to complain heavily and i don't know how i can help them. questions are now : - is the receiving MTA in trouble ? - is FAL/SMTP in error ? - is this a listserv problem ? - is there a way to circumvent the problem ? HELP !!! -ulrich-