On Monday 22 March 2004 19:54, Cowles, Steve wrote: > Mark Neidorff wrote: > > What follows is the log for the delivery of 1 e-mail message. I > > know it is long (40 lines--sorry about that) but if I don't send > > the entire thing, something might be missed. > > > > > > Mar 22 18:10:19 ja sendmail[10942]: i2MIAIw10942: > > from=<fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx>, size=3644, class=-100, > > nrcpts=1, msgid=<1079996878.4121.5.camel@phantom>, > > proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=hormel.redhat.com [209.132.177.30] > > An e-mail was received from the fedora list. > Its sendmail assigned ID is i2MIAIw10942 > Msgid=1079996878.4121.5.camel@phantom > > > Mar 22 18:10:19 ja sendmail[10945]: i2MIAJ810945: from=root, > > size=3880, class=-100, nrcpts=1, > > msgid=<1079996878.4121.5.camel@phantom>, relay=root@localhost > > Now, for some reason, an e-mail from root has been received with > the same msgid, but a new sendmail ID of i2MIAJ810945 > > > Mar 22 18:10:19 ja sendmail[10943]: i2MIAIw10942: > > to=<mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, > > mailer=local, pri=211283, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent > > Finally, the original message with ID of i2MIAIw10942 has > been sent to your mailbox. The local mailer was selected. > > > Mar 22 18:10:19 ja sendmail[10950]: i2MIAJJ10950: from=root, > > size=3995, class=-100, nrcpts=1, > > msgid=<1079996878.4121.5.camel@phantom>, relay=root@localhost > > ...and now another e-mail has been received from root with the > same msgid, but a new sendmail ID. Huh!!! > > > Mar 22 18:10:19 ja sendmail[10948]: i2MIAJ810945: to=mark, > > ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, > > mailer=local, pri=213880, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent > > ..and this vicious loop continues until max hops. > > In a perfect world, each inbound e-mail should generate a pair of > matching sendmail ID's. One for the from: address and one for the > to: address. > > Example: > > Mar 22 18:10:19 ja sendmail[10942]: i2MIAIw10942: > > from=<fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx>, size=3644, class=-100, > > nrcpts=1, msgid=<1079996878.4121.5.camel@phantom>, > > proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=hormel.redhat.com [209.132.177.30] > > > > Mar 22 18:10:19 ja sendmail[10943]: i2MIAIw10942: > > to=<mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, > > mailer=local, pri=211283, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent > > To be honest, I have no idea whay the above is happening. This > could very well be a routing problem that sendmail does not know > how to deal with, but I'll be damned if I can see it. > > I hate to admit, but I'm out of ideas. Sorry! > Steve Cowles Perhaps I've missed this but I haven't seen any investigation of whether there's a .forward/.procmail/alias issue here. Mark have you look at this angle? I noticed that the first to was to mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx and all the subsequent were to=mark. Regards, Mike Klinke -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
