Big problem.. help...

[Julian Field]

Turned out this was caused by a message with no headers at all. I didn't
think this was even possible, I tried pretty hard to create one myself and
couldn't do it.

Bug fixed for the next release.

At 15:21 30/11/2002, you wrote:
>At 15:11 30/11/2002, you wrote:
>>On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 09:38, Julian Field wrote:
>> > Try moving the qf+df pairs back in to the mqueue.in about 50 at a
>> time, and
>> > see if it stands that or whether there is 1 message that kills it.
>> That way
>> > you can get all but the troublesome message delivered.
>> > --
>> > Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
>> > jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
>> > Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
>> >                              Southampton SO17 1BJ
>>
>>Yes, there is one queue file pair that causes the problem.  As you
>>suggested I moved 50 at a time until I found the group with the problem
>>file.  I then further narrowed it down to a single mail file pair.  If I
>>move those two files into the mqueue.in directory I get the error
>>message...
>>
>> > Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at
>> > /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Sendmail.pm line 805,
>> > <GEN312> line 15.
>>
>>The GENnnn part of the message changes as the message is issued over and
>>over again.  I also get the messages...
>>
>> > We haven't got any child processes, which isn't right!, No child
>> > processes at /usr/sbin/MailScanner line 191.
>> > We have just tried to reap a process which wasn't one of ours!, No
>> > child processes at /usr/sbin/MailScanner line 194.
>>
>>Ultimately I have to stop mailscanner with "service MailScanner stop",
>>remove the problem file pair and restart it.  Clearly there's something
>>wrong with that mail file.  I don't understand the format enough to know
>>what it is though.  If you would like I can send them to you.  Otherwise
>>I'll just delete them.
>
>Yes, please can you send me the qf+df files. I would like to fix this.
>--
>Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
>jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
>Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
>                             Southampton SO17 1BJ

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Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
                             Southampton SO17 1BJ