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I'm trying to send a test mail on a mailing and I'm getting a 500 internal server error.  When I check the error logs I see:

[Fri Oct  1 10:22:20 2010] [error] [client <client IP>] malformed header from script. Bad header=b.12.30.d12ccb8883358828@... H: /<path omitted>/cgi-bin/php-cgi
[Fri Oct  1 10:22:37 2010] [error] [client <client IP>] malformed header from script. Bad header=b.13.31.756060cd73b4dbb1@... H: /<path omitted>/cgi-bin/php-cgi
[Fri Oct  1 10:23:26 2010] [error] [client <client IP>] malformed header from script. Bad header=b.14.32.112313d6cf53e711@... H: /<path omitted>/cgi-bin/php-cgi
[Fri Oct  1 10:23:33 2010] [error] [client <client IP>] malformed header from script. Bad header=b.15.33.b9f4fce73f311655@... H: /<path omitted>/cgi-bin/php-cgi
[Fri Oct  1 12:50:02 2010] [error] [client <client IP>] malformed header from script. Bad header=b.16.34.5148392e8941ffb9@... H: /<path omitted>/cgi-bin/php-cgi

Any ideas what would cause this?  All this was working as of a few days ago and it hasn't been messed with.

EDIT:  It seems the test message actually went through.  But instead of proceeding with creating the mailing I got the 500 internal server error.

It's a fairly standard LAMP setup.  So no, not windows.

Additionally, it USED to work...the error message started happening out of the blue.

This is a hosted server so I can't be certain.  I've seen H on linux mapped to home before though.

the <path omitted> part was replaced by me just like I edited in "<Client IP>".

Any idea what the "b.15.33.b9f4fce73f311655@" part of the bad header is?

[Mon Oct 11 16:42:18 2010] [error] [client 24.113.118.136] malformed header from script. Bad header=b.24.44.37349d9fb1f2ad2d@... H: /hsphere/local/home/inspro/insprofessional.com/cgi-bin/php-cgi

because the full path to my client's home dir and my ip gives you so much better info to work with...

EDIT:
To be clear, it sends the email correctly. The problem is that in the browser I get a 500 server error after sending the test email.  The email method I'm using is SendMail.  The email sends the following:

Delivered-To: mcaden@gmail.com
Received: by 10.216.138.218 with SMTP id a68cs123864wej;
        Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:54:05 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.236.103.11 with SMTP id e11mr12755944yhg.28.1286830444926;
        Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:54:04 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <inspro@foxtrot2.whsecure.net>
Received: from wsmtp.whsecure.net (wsmtp.whsecure.net [66.232.22.63])
        by mx.google.com with ESMTP id n7si11225045yhg.131.2010.10.11.13.54.04;
        Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:54:04 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of inspro@foxtrot2.whsecure.net designates 66.232.22.63 as permitted sender) client-ip=66.232.22.63;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of inspro@foxtrot2.whsecure.net designates 66.232.22.63 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=inspro@foxtrot2.whsecure.net
Received: from anti-spam (wsmtp.whsecure.net [127.0.0.1])
   by wsmtp.whsecure.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9077E327800F
   for <mcaden@gmail.com>; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:54:03 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from foxtrot2.whsecure.net ([66.232.22.29] helo=foxtrot2.whsecure.net)
   with IPv4:25 by anti-spam; 11 Oct 2010 16:54:03 -0400
Received: from foxtrot2.whsecure.net (foxtrot2.whsecure.net [127.0.0.1])
   by foxtrot2.whsecure.net (8.13.8/8.13. with ESMTP id o9BKgITV013170
   for <mcaden@gmail.com>; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:42:18 -0400
Received: (from inspro@localhost)
   by foxtrot2.whsecure.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id o9BKgI8L013169
   for mcaden@gmail.com; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:42:18 -0400
Message-Id: <201010112042.o9BKgI8L013169@foxtrot2.whsecure.net>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Reply-To: "CiviCRM Test Mailer (Amir)" <amir@watt-media.com>
From: "CiviCRM Test Mailer (Amir)" <amir@watt-media.com>
Subject: Test Mailing: test
List-Unsubscribe: "" <mailto:u.24.44.37349d9fb1f2ad2d@>
To: "mcaden@gmail.com" <mcaden@gmail.com>
Precedence: bulk
X-CiviMail-Bounce: b.24.44.37349d9fb1f2ad2d@
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
   boundary="=_5c5783f63812993eaeed4cc6a0f5ad6d"
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:42:18 -0400
X-Assp-Score: 20 (BombSuspicious:  'Unsubscribe')
X-Assp-Re-Suspicious: Unsubscribe
X-Assp-Envelope-From: inspro@foxtrot2.whsecure.net
X-Assp-Intended-For: mcaden@gmail.com

--=_5c5783f63812993eaeed4cc6a0f5ad6d
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Sample Header for HTML formatted content.

    test

    this is a test

    this is only a test Sample Footer for HTML formatted content
Unsubscribe [1]
 

Links:
------
[1] http://www.insprofessional.com/http://www.insprofessional.com/wattmedia/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=24&qid=44&h=37349d9fb1f2ad2d

--=_5c5783f63812993eaeed4cc6a0f5ad6d
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8"

Sample Header for HTML formatted content.
<p>
   test</p>
<p>
   &nbsp;</p>
<p>
   this is a test</p>
<p>
   &nbsp;</p>
<p>
   this is only a test</p>

Sample Footer for HTML formatted content<br/><a href="http://www.insprofessional.com/wattmedia/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&amp;jid=24&amp;qid=44&amp;h=37349d9fb1f2ad2d">Unsubscribe</a>  <br/>
<img src="http://www.insprofessional.com/wattmedia/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/open.php?q=44" width='1' height='1' alt='' border='0'>
--=_5c5783f63812993eaeed4cc6a0f5ad6d--

That appears to have done it, thanks.

And mail() doesn't appear to be an option on 3.2...at least it's not there for me.  All I have is smtp, sendmail, or disable.

hrm, typo