Re: [cobalt-users] [SYS/PERM] Unable to process From lines

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 10 February 2002 09:34 pm, Gerald Waugh wrote:
Feb  9 17:03:13 ns in.qpopper[11586]: simonhaden at 159.134.162.142
(159.134.162.142): -ERR [SYS/PERM] Unable to process From lines
(envelopes) in /var/spool/mail/simonhaden; change recognition mode or
check for corrupted mail drop.

/var/spool/mail/simonhaden (home/spool/mail/simonhaden) file is corrupted.?

[ ** try this at your own risk, it is what I would do on my server **]
cd /home/spool/mail/
stop inetd /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet stop
cp simonhaden anything.
rm simonhaden    [a new one will be made if he gets mail]
restart inetd /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet start
take a look in anything for a mangled header (From).
Maybe you can guess what it should be by looking at the others, fix it.
stop inetd /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet stop
if there is no simonhaden
    cp anything simonhaden [check permissions]
else
cat  anything (the backup file)  >> simonhaden
restart inetd. /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet start
rm anything

Corrected typos.

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Gerald Waugh