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

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Gerald Waugh wrote:
> 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/
This should be /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop
#stop inetd /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet stop
> cp simonhaden anything.
> rm simonhaden    [a new one will be made if he gets mail]
This should be /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start
#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.
This should be /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop
#top 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
This should be /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail stop
#restart inetd. /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet start
> rm anything
> 

well, did I get it right this time???

-
Gerald Waugh