smail problem
> I use Debian 1.3.1 and smail configured to handle virtual
> mailhosts. For one virtuel host I have a mailinglist. Since some days,
> some of the messages sent to the list are delivered several times to
> the same people.
I had a look into /var/spool/smail/msglog
there were messages concerning the messages who have been delivered
multiple times. The messages start with several lines of
Xsucceed: <joe@foo> parent: <user>
Xsucceed: <joe2@foo> parent: <<list@myvirtualhost>>
Xsucceed: <joe3@foo> parent: <<list@myvirtualhost>>
Xsucceed: <joe4@foo> parent: <<list@myvirtualhost>>
...
and end with a line saying:
Xdefer: <nonworking email address> parent: <<list@myvirtualhost>> reason: ...
The nonworking e-mail address is alway a hotmail.com address. One reason was:
(ERR172) transport smtp: no connection to remote SMTP server: 499 read
error from remote SMTP process
another reason:
(ERR148) transport smtp: connect: Connection refused
So it seems, that there is a bug in smail: When there is a problem
with an address in a list, and it has to resend the message, it sends
the message to the whole list again instead of just to the erroneous
address?
Does anybody know about that problem?
Stef
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