hey guys.... this is involving an application called "Savannah".. anyway, i f anyone cares.. there are automated scripts... one generated a cron file which had an incorrect email address... everything's back to normal ... (for now!!) regards... -bruce -----Original Message----- From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Ed Wilts Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:18 PM To: psyche-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: sendmail again.... On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 05:28:32PM -0600, Cowles, Steve wrote: > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > > 550 5.1.2 <bedouglas@earthlink.net\@?>... Host unknown (Name server: > > earthlink.net\@?: host not found) > > > Where is the \@? coming from??? (see below) Isn't a \@ a null? > > X-Cron-Env: <MAILTO=bedouglas@earthlink.net\@?> This is the problem right here. BTW, do you have root forwarded somewhere else? You might want to double-check that you haven't set up a bounce loop, especially if the root forwarded entry is bad. > Looks like a cron job (sv_aliases) is sending this e-mail. FYI: When > cronjobs generate output to either stdout or stderr, they will send this > output to the e-mail address specified by the shell MAILTO variable. If > MAILTO is not set, it will send it to the user running the cronjob. In this > case, it looks as though the MAILTO varaible for this cronjob is NOT set > properly. i.e. the trailing \@? > > In short... fix your cronjob script. Agreed. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@ewilts.org Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
