[cobalt-users] Bulk_mailer and majordomo

[Tom Arriola <toma@xxxxxxxxx>]

I¹m trying to get bulk mailer to work. It is installed and returns details
when called.

First off, I am not a spammer. I operate crimescene.com and have an opt-in
list of happy recipients. My problem is majordomo doesn¹t like sending to
the 40,000 names.

Below is my aliases.majordomo file. I ran newaliases after making the
change.

bounces_site1:  "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper -v site1 -f
www.crimescene.com  resend -l bounces bounces_site1-list"
bounces_site1-list:     "|/usr/bin/bulk_mailer/bulk_mailer
owner-bounces_site1 /usr/local/majordomo/www.crimescene.com/lists/bounces"
bounces_site1-request:  "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper -v site1 -f
www.crimescene.com  request-answer bounces"
bounces_site1-approval: admin
owner-bounces_site1:    admin
bounces_site1-owner:    owner-bounces_site1

The mail does not get sent out using this setup. Bulk mailer returns
appropriate details when called via /usr/bin/bulk_mailer/bulk_mailer and the
list exists in the location specified. What am I doing wrong??

As a side note. I got a different error before I moved bulk_mailer to
/usr/bin. I'll print the error below.

Thanks for any help with this. Again. I am not a spammer, you are helping an
honest web site operator and cobalt appliance owner (raq4). :-)

Tom
Crime Scene



Here is the error message when bulk_mailer was located elsewhere. I moved it
after reading about sendmail and the smrsh directory. The above
aliases.majordomo file is different than the one that produced the error
below.


   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
"|/usr/bin/bulk_mailer/bulk_mailer tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
/usr/local/majordomo/www.crimescene.com/lists/bounces"
    (reason: service unavailable)
    (expanded from: bounces_site1-list)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
smrsh: bulk_mailer not available for sendmail programs
554 5.0.0 "|/usr/bin/bulk_mailer/bulk_mailer tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
/usr/local/majordomo/www.crimescene.com/lists/bounces"... Service
unavailable

    [ Part 2: "Delivery Status" ]

Reporting-MTA: dns; sherlock.crimescene.com
Arrival-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:06:53 -0700

Final-Recipient: RFC822; bounces_site1-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
X-Actual-Recipient: X-Unix; |/usr/bin/bulk_mailer/bulk_mailer
tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx /usr/local/majordomo/www.crimescene.com/lists/bounces
Action: failed
Status: 5.5.0
Diagnostic-Code: X-Unix; 69
Last-Attempt-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:06:53 -0700

Return-Path: <owner-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Received: (from mail@localhost)
        by sherlock.crimescene.com (8.10.2/8.10.2) id g8SN6rp17244
        for bounces_site1-list; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:06:53 -0700
Resent-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:06:53 -0700
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:06:53 -0700
Resent-Message-Id: <200209282306.g8SN6rp17244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-Id: <200209282306.g8SN6rp17244@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
subject: [Crime Scene] Saturday, September 28, 2002
From: "Det. Murphy" <murphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="==_MIME-Boundary-1_=="
Sender: owner-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Precedence: bulk
Resent-From: bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Resent-Cc: recipient list not shown: ;