Invalid postfix queue files (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Kash, Howard (Civ, ARL/CISD)]

Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED 
Caveats: NONE

 
On 09/06/07, Glenn Steen <glenn.steen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/06/07, Kash, Howard (Civ, ARL/CISD) <hmkash at arl.army.mil> wrote:
> >
> > After upgrading to MS 4.60.8, MailScanner has started reporting "New
Batch:
> > Found invalid queue files: <list of queue names>".  Each of the
queue files
> > appears to have a truncated message contents section and 90% of them
end
> > with "To: undisclosed-recipients:;".  There's a total of about 30 of
them
> > since I upgraded on June 4.  Anyone else seeing this?  I also
upgraded
> > postfix from 2.3.9 to 2.3.11 at the same time, but figured I'd start
here
> > first since the postfix group will blame MailScanner anyway...
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Howard
> Hi Howard,
>
> Do you employ any milter(s)?
> If not, the only changes that could possibly affect PF in that version
> of MS would be the spin-through of the body.... and any error in that
> would be.... more fatal:-)
> As is, I drop any mails hitting the end of the queue file from the
> batch, in that code segment. That way, it'll be picked up by the next
> one running through hold, hopefully more completely written than
> before. The only other way to break out of the loop is by finding the
> X record after the body... So any error should have rather disastrous
> (in a more prominent way:-) effects.
> None of the p record changes actually change how things are stored
> into the message object... apart from handling the p records (jumping
> to where they point) and w records (just ignoring them, they signify
> deleted records) I just let Jules code copy everything as before.
>
> Hm, one would want to get a look at both the queue files _before_ and
> _after_ MS. Probably a tad too much to wish for:-).
> Could you send us one of them? Or at least the postcat'd result?
>
> Cheers

No, don't use milters.  No errors in logs regarding p records.  The only
error is:

Jun 11 09:40:41 mailserver MailScanner[6069]: New Batch: Found invalid
queue files:0B06F50582D E1AB5505840 42F50505842 248EB505887 2EAC7505897
1575450589E 818BB5058AC C8D135058BB 0FC8C5058E1 09C92505914


Here's a postcat of one of the invalid queue files:

*** ENVELOPE RECORDS 09C92505914 ***
message_size:             495             623               1
     0
message_arrival_time: Mon Jun 11 06:21:56 2007
create_time: Mon Jun 11 06:22:02 2007
named_attribute: rewrite_context=remote
sender: wemihopzxds at yahoo.com
named_attribute: log_client_name=cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg
named_attribute: log_client_address=218.186.17.34
named_attribute:
log_message_origin=cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg[218.186.17.34]
named_attribute: log_helo_name=cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg
named_attribute: log_protocol_name=SMTP
named_attribute: client_name=cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg
named_attribute: reverse_client_name=cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg
named_attribute: client_address=218.186.17.34
named_attribute: helo_name=cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg
named_attribute: client_address_type=2
named_attribute: dsn_orig_rcpt=rfc822;user at arl.mil
original_recipient: user at arl.mil
recipient: user at arl.mil
*** MESSAGE CONTENTS 09C92505914 ***
Received: from cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg
(cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg [218.186.17.34])
         by mailserver.arl.army.mil (Postfix) with SMTP id 09C92505914
         for <user at arl.mil>; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:21:56 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from crm9.yahoo.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
         by crm5.yahoo.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1[6
Message-Id: <20070611102202.09C92505914 at mailserver.arl.army.mil>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:21:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: wemihopzxds at yahoo.com
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
*** HEADER EXTRACTED 09C92505914 ***
*** MESSAGE FILE END 09C92505914 ***



All logs pertaining to this message:

Jun 11 06:22:02 mailserver postfix/smtpd[17535]: 09C92505914:
client=cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg[218.186.17.34]
Jun 11 06:22:03 mailserver postfix/cleanup[18172]: 09C92505914: hold:
header Received: from cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg
(cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg [218.186.17.34])??by
mailserver.arl.army.mil (Postfix) with SMTP id 09C92505914??for
<user at arl.mil>; Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:21:56 - from
cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg[218.186.17.34];
from=<wemihopzxds at yahoo.com> to=<user at arl.mil> proto=SMTP
helo=<cm34.omega17.maxonline.com.sg>
Jun 11 06:22:03 mailserver postfix/cleanup[18172]: 09C92505914:
message-id=<20070611102202.09C92505914 at mailserver.arl.army.mil>



Howard
Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED 
Caveats: NONE