DOMILLER@UALR (Dale Miller) (02/28/90)
We seem to have some type of problem between the listserver at UTCVM and the
BSMTP gateway at UALR. Whether it is PMFD at fault is questionable, but is a
good place to start. The postmaster at UTCVM says that UALR is the only site
having these problems. On the other hand, UTCVM is the only LISTSERV we see
problems from. A typical mail message (to our postmaster) follows. Any
insight into what is occurring/how to stop it would be greatly appreciated.
Dale
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Questionable message follows:
From: IN%"Postmaster@UALR.BITNET" "PMDF Mail Server" 2-FEB-1990 10:40:28.82
To: postmaster@UALR.BITNET, MAILER@UTCVM.BITNET
CC:
Subj: Undeliverable gateway mail
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 90 10:39 CST
From: PMDF Mail Server <Postmaster@UALR.BITNET>
Subject: Undeliverable gateway mail
To: postmaster@UALR.BITNET, MAILER@UTCVM.BITNET
Message-id: <E4CEBD05E91FA022BD@UALR.BITNET>
X-Envelope-to: lmcounts
The following message could not be processed by the BSMTP gateway.
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Received: from JNET-DAEMON by UALR.BITNET; Fri, 2 Feb 90 10:39 CST
Received: From UTCVM(MAILER) by UALR with Jnet id 1274 for SMTP@UALR; Fri, 2
Feb 90 10:39 CDT
Message-id: <E4CEC7943DFFA02045@UALR.BITNET>
have a few minutes to E-mail me at AP201059 at BROWNVM? Thanks.
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QUIT
X-Envelope-to: SMTPUSER@BITNET-GATEWAYNED@HMCVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU (Ned Freed, Postmaster) (02/28/90)
Dale Miller writes: > We seem to have some type of problem between the listserver at UTCVM and the > BSMTP gateway at UALR. Whether it is PMFD at fault is questionable, but is a > good place to start. The postmaster at UTCVM says that UALR is the only site > having these problems. On the other hand, UTCVM is the only LISTSERV we see > problems from. A typical mail message (to our postmaster) follows. Any > insight into what is occurring/how to stop it would be greatly appreciated. > The following message could not be processed by the BSMTP gateway. > Received: from JNET-DAEMON by UALR.BITNET; Fri, 2 Feb 90 10:39 CST > Received: From UTCVM(MAILER) by UALR with Jnet id 1274 for SMTP@UALR; Fri, 2 > Feb 90 10:39 CDT > Message-id: <E4CEC7943DFFA02045@UALR.BITNET> > have a few minutes to E-mail me at AP201059 at BROWNVM? Thanks. > . > QUIT > X-Envelope-to: SMTPUSER@BITNET-GATEWAY This message is obviously not in BSMTP format, so the gateway naturally rejects it. It is also not entirely in plain RFC822 either -- the . and the QUIT are BSMTP stuff. But where's the HELO, the MAIL FROM, the RCPT TO? There may be a problem with how your node is registered (see previous info-pmdf discussion on this subject), but no matter how it is registered, the stuff you're getting is busted. Ned