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

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From: "Achieve Website Design" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 00:40:35 -0000
Subject: [cobalt-users] [SYS/PERM] Unable to process From lines
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Has anybody come across this error message before, and if so what did you
do?

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.

Thanks,
Declan.


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.

Thanks Gerald,
However, when I typed "stop inetd /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet stop", I received
the message "no such command: stop" . So went to GUI, deleted the mail
account and set it back up again. My client lost 2 days emails, but at least
everything seems to be working fine now.
Declan.