# Garbled Email

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/garbled-email/118354>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 25, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/garbled-email/118354 "2007-10-25T23:45:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robkuz)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/garbled-email/118354/1 "2007-10-25T23:45:44Z")

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Hi,

I seem to receive messages with garbled headers. Does anybode else  
experience this?

Kind regards

robert

Sample:

```
                                      <empty line>

```

Delivered-To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Received: by 10.142.158.20 with SMTP id g20cs16864wfe;  
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:29:55 -0700 (PDT)  
Received: by 10.141.53.1 with SMTP id f1mr1200373rvk.1193347792451;  
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:29:52 -0700 (PDT)  
Return-Path: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Received: from [carbon.ruby-lang.org](http://carbon.ruby-lang.org) ([carbon.ruby-lang.org](http://carbon.ruby-lang.org)  
[221.186.184.68])  
by [mx.google.com](http://mx.google.com) with ESMTP id  
b21si5062013rvf.2007.10.25.14.29.10;  
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:29:52 -0700 (PDT)  
Received-SPF: pass ([google.com](http://google.com): domain of  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid designates 221.186.184.68 as permitted  
sender) client-ip=221.186.184.68;  
Authentication-Results: [mx.google.com](http://mx.google.com); spf=pass ([google.com](http://google.com): domain of  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid designates 221.186.184.68 as permitted  
sender) smtp.mail=removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:29:52 -0700 (PDT)  
Message-Id: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
Received: from [carbon.ruby-lang.org](http://carbon.ruby-lang.org) ([beryllium.ruby-lang.org](http://beryllium.ruby-lang.org)  
[127.0.0.1])  
by [carbon.ruby-lang.org](http://carbon.ruby-lang.org) (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBCC63C2296D3;  
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:27:56 +0900 (JST)  
Received: from [polis.nbtsc.org](http://polis.nbtsc.org) ([albireo.theinternetco.net](http://albireo.theinternetco.net)  
[204.10.126.251])  
by [carbon.ruby-lang.org](http://carbon.ruby-lang.org) (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07C153C21E2EF  
for [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid); Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:27:52 +0900 (JST)  
Received: from [2001:5c0:954a:2:230:abff:fe02:8d24] (helo=[hD

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**Author:** ![robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robkuz)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/garbled-email/118354/2 "2007-10-26T00:00:58Z")

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On Oct 25, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Robert K. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I seem to receive messages with garbled headers. Does anybode else  
> experience this?
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> robert

Seems to be me – but I’m not sure what’s up.

Aria

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**Author:** ![robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@robkuz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robkuz)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/garbled-email/118354/3 "2007-10-27T10:43:06Z")

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Robert K. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I seem to receive messages with garbled headers. Does anybode else  
> experience this?

Empty subject line and body starting with

?^e??p?? @  
$IPv6:2001:5c0:954a:…

claiming to be sent by removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

I got 3 I think.

Stefan