brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) (10/02/90)
I nominate this one as stupid mailer behaviour of the week: nix%muppet.decnet@consrt.rok.com... Connecting to consrt.rok.com (INTERNET)... 220 consrt.rok.com SMTP Service (4.33) Ready. >>> HELO ucsd.edu 250 consrt.rok.com , glad to meet you ucsd.edu. >>> MAIL From:<info-hams-relay@ucsd.edu> 250 OK >>> RCPT To:<nix%muppet.decnet@consrt.rok.com> 250 Recipient accepted. >>> DATA 354 Enter Mail, end by a line with only '.' >>> . %SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=04, virtual address=00000000, PC=00014549, PSL=03C00004%SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=04, virtual address=00000000, PC=00014549, PSL=03C00004%TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows%TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump followsmodule name routine name line rel PC abs PC module name routine name line rel PC abs PC VFORKASM VFORK 000003C0 00014549VFORKASM VFORK 000003C0 00014549 0000BD74 0000BD74 0000BD74 0000BD74 0000170E 0000170E 0000170E 0000170E 000033DA 000033DA 000033DA 000033DA 00002DAF 00002DAF 00002DAF 00002DAF 00000B46 00000B46 00000B46 00000B46 00000950 00000950 00000388 00000388 00000388 00000388 00013892 00013892 00013892 00013892CRT0 $$$START 00000028 0000690BCRT0 $$$START With sendmail 5.64, this causes the mail transport agent to dump core and, since it failed to record delivery, resend the message to all the other recipients repeatedly. So this is really TWO nominations for the price of one: to Rockwell, for having an out of control mailer, and to sendmail 5.64 for not doing the graceful thing when presented with gales of garbage. And it's only Monday morning. Sigh. - Brian