Re: [cobalt-users] Sendmail weirdness excessive recursion

["Andras Kende" <andras@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

I had so many sendmail 554 error message in a past....
I think the problem probably in Host/Domain Aliases ...
Make sure there is only 1 mx server name listed for the domain...
I tried to email but whats strange is 2 names as mail server:
mail.robertleejones.com.
www.robertleejones.com.

Andras


Check:
[root /root]# mail bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -v
Subject: test
test
.
Cc:
bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Connecting to mail.robertleejones.com. via
esmtp...
220 www.robertleejones.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3; Fri, 29 Mar 2002
22:40:42
 -0500
>>> EHLO ns1.kende.com
250-www.robertleejones.com Hello [216.40.214.38], pleased to meet you
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE 524288000
250-DSN
250-ONEX
250-XUSR
250 HELP
>>> MAIL From:<root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> SIZE=47
250 <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Sender ok
>>> RCPT To:<bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
554 rewrite: excessive recursion (max 50), ruleset 3
>>> RSET
250 Reset state
root... aliased to admin
/root/dead.letter... Saved message in /root/dead.letter
Closing connection to mail.robertleejones.com.
>>> QUIT
221 www.robertleejones.com closing connection
[root /root]#








----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Lasman" <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:01 AM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Sendmail weirdness excessive recursion


> Can anyone help me figure this one out?  Our client is going nuts, and
> we are too.
>
> First... sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3 running on a Cobalt RaQ3.  CanNOT upgrade
> (it's a RaQ thing <frown>).
>
> Second... DNS seems to be fine.  Just to be sure, since it's not on the
> RaQ where I can manipulate it, we're moving it to my own servers where I
> can.  Some of the root servers seem to point to us, some don't yet
> <frown>.  Feel free to look at DNS if you think it's a problem, I'm not
> proud <wry grin>.
>
> All real domain names used throughout. '-SPAM-' (with the dashes)
> inerted where appropriate to make sure autobots can't grab the email
> addresses; if you test, be sure to take out the first dash, the SPAM,
> and the second dash, or your test won't work.
>
> Since mail sent to bo-SPAM-b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx were being bounced with
> an excessive recursion error as follows:
>
> (reason: 554 rewrite: excessive recursion (max 50), ruleset 3)
>
> ... we started by deleting the domain.
>
> Then we ran sendmail using the -bv option:
>
> Sendmail reported to us it would the esmtp mailer.  That's normal.
>
> Then we set up the domain on the server, using the standard RaQ setup
> tools.  We did NOT set up any users.
>
> Again we ran sendmail using the -bv option:
>
> $ /usr/sbin/sendmail -bv bo-SPAM-b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> This time we got an excessive recursion error.  We should have gotten a
> "no such user" error.
>
> So we set up a test domain on the machine (it's nolonger there so don't
> bother trying):  testbob.nobaloney.net, put it into DNS (which we
> control for nobaloney.net).
>
> Again we ran sendmail using the -bv option:
>
> $ /usr/sbin/sendmail -bv testbo-SPAM-b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> We get the "no such user" error.
>
> We set up user bob for robertleejones.com and user testbob for
> testbob.nobaloney.net
>
> We ran sendmail twice more using the -bv option:
>
> $ /usr/sbin/sendmail -bv bo-SPAM-b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> and
>
> $ /usr/sbin/sendmail -bv testbo-SPAM-b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> The former still gave us the recursion error.  The latter showed the
> mail as locally deliverable.
>
> I did some more tests, including deleting and reinstalling the site.
> Even isntalled it as the system's main site.  Same result <frown>
>
> So I started thinking...
>
> I think therefore I am <smile>
>
> I've reached the conclusion that sendmail must be looking somewhere I
> can't figure out, as /etc/aliases and /etc/virtusertable both appear
> fine.  I can't figure out where.  I've looked in all the files I can
> think of.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Jeff
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