Email Notification Syntax Error

Question

I'm having trouble getting Email Notification working using Motion Detection with WebCam Centre.
Updated to .7.02 but still not working.
The problem seems to be the SMTP server setting. When I try and send the test email I get this syntax error:
Syntax error in 'From' header: malformed address: [my_email@my_domain.com]\n may not follow my_email@my_domain.com: failing address is: my_email@my_domain.com[my_email@my_domain.com]
N.B. I've changed the lesser than & greater than characters in above error to square brackets because the forum warned me it was invalid HTML.
I've no idea why it puts \n on the end of my email address, but I'm informed it's a newline character?
The mail server I use doesn't require authentication. I'm using the same SMTP server setting which works fine in Thunderbird or Outlook Express.
If I disable the router/modem and use a dial-up modem with a different ISPs 0845 PAYG, with different SMTP server setting, I can sent the test email successfully.
If I use my ADSL providers 0845 number with their SMTP server setting then it fails. Which suggests the software with WebCam Centre doesn't play ball with my ISPs SMTP server, or it's something to do with the router modem, a Netgear DG834 wired..
TIAMessage Edited by NJW on 06-11-2006 03:06 PM

Answer 1

I wasn't thinking straight when I said it could be my router/modem. It's unlikely to be my router/modem, as I still get the error when using the dial-up account given with my ISP. So it must be their SMTP server or the WebCam software.