"501 Bad address syntax" Squirrel Mail message

I am getting "501 Bad address syntax" when attempting to use a now once again freshly installed version of Mac OS X 10.4 server on an xServe.
I have installed the server completely from scratch to attempt to solve this problem about a week ago, and it was fine, until today. Now... when a user attempts to send a mail through www mail, they get the "501 Bad address syntax" Squirrel Mail message.
I have installed mailbfr, and use it religiously, but it does not seem to be able to fix this problem.
Is this something that I need to make changes to the httpd configs (or Apple GUI) or something I need to do to mail configs?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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I am new to the forum so please excuse if I post incorrectly without conforming to the standards.
We need to send mails using the UTL.MAIL package and have installed them on the database.
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*+
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Hello Helios,
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Regards,
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