I have had this problem qmail+vpopmail if there is an error in a .qmail file
in vpopmail's file system. I had this occur (infinite sending loop) when a
.qmail file had a single blank line at the top. Qmail will balk at this, but
vpopmail freaks out. I would double check the .qmail files for that virtual
user.
-K
"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, because you are crunchy and taste
good with ketchup."
> From: "David U." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 08:04:36 -0700
> To: "Qmail@List. Cr. Yp. To" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
>
> Here's an update.
>
> I have an email address called [EMAIL PROTECTED] (run via vpopmail)
>
> in /home/vpopmail/domains/everydns.net/support there is a .qmail file that
> just
> says
> cat .qmail:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> So this forwards all [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> However this morning it sent forwarded about 6000 times.
>
> Now in my logs I have these just constantly appearing:
> ==> /var/log/qmail/qmail-send/current <==
> 2001-06-14 08:02:02.460824500 starting delivery 6231: msg 562568 to remote
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 2001-06-14 08:02:02.460830500 status: local 0/10 remote 73/120
> 2001-06-14 08:02:02.460831500 starting delivery 6232: msg 562573 to remote
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 2001-06-14 08:02:02.460834500 status: local 0/10 remote 74/120
> 2001-06-14 08:02:02.465616500 delivery 6231: deferral:
> Sorry,_I_wasn't_able_to_establish_an_SMTP_connection._(#4.4.1)/
> 2001-06-14 08:02:02.465620500 status: local 0/10 remote 73/120
> 2001-06-14 08:02:02.466514500 delivery 6232: deferral:
> Sorry,_I_wasn't_able_to_establish_an_SMTP_connection._(#4.4.1)/
> 2001-06-14 08:02:02.466518500 status: local 0/10 remote 72/120
> 2001-06-14 08:02:04.460524500 starting delivery 6233: msg 562574 to remote
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 2001-06-14 08:02:04.460528500 status: local 0/10 remote 73/120
> 2001-06-14 08:02:04.460529500 starting delivery 6234: msg 562576 to remote
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 2001-06-14 08:02:04.460532500 status: local 0/10 remote 74/120
> 2001-06-14 08:02:04.460533500 starting delivery 6235: msg 562577 to remote
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 2001-06-14 08:02:04.460535500 status: local 0/10 remote 75/120
> 2001-06-14 08:02:04.462625500 starting delivery 6236: msg 562578 to remote
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 2001-06-14 08:02:04.462628500 status: local 0/10 remote 76/120
> 2001-06-14 08:02:04.465389500 starting delivery 6237: msg 562575 to remote
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> So I got rid of the support forward and now support seems to be reiceving mail
> fine -- but how I do clear my queue when qmail-qstat reports:
> messages in queue: 5046
> messages in queue but not yet preprocessed: 0
>
> and qmail-qread reports:
> <snip x ALOT>
> 14 Jun 2001 11:14:28 GMT #561180 671057 <>
> remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 14 Jun 2001 11:16:24 GMT #561379 691091 <>
> remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 14 Jun 2001 11:18:22 GMT #561578 710756 <>
> remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 14 Jun 2001 11:20:21 GMT #561777 730706 <>
> remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 14 Jun 2001 11:22:19 GMT #561976 750341 <>
> remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 14 Jun 2001 11:24:29 GMT #562175 770246 <>
> remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 14 Jun 2001 11:26:48 GMT #562374 790598 <>
> remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 14 Jun 2001 11:29:13 GMT #562573 810632 <>
> remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 14 Jun 2001 11:31:23 GMT #562772 830666 <>
> remote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <snip x ALOT>
>
> Thanks,
> davidu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David U. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 7:33 AM
> To: Qmail@List. Cr. Yp. To
> Subject: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
>
>
> Hi,
>
> this morning I awoke to find some 6000 emails in my inbox from
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- they were the same exact 6000 emails.
>
> The inbox is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Also in my ps list, I have about 80 qmail-remote spawns that look like this:
>
> 998 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com tomer
> 1012 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com
> tomer
> 1016 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com
> tomer
> 1038 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com
> tomer
> 1039 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com
> tomer
> 1063 ? S 0:00 | | \_ qmail-remote tomerwolf.com
> tomer
>
> What are those? How do I kill them off? Why am I getting 6000 of the same
> email?
>
> I unfortunatly just cleared my inbox so I don't have headers.
>
> Would this be an issue on my end? If it is, am I now causing a massive
> headache
> for their admin?
>
> My site bandwidth is using a sustained 30K/s to his server this morning...
>
> How can I quickly stop the problem, and find a solution, and discover what's
> happening?
>
> Thanks,
> DavidU
>
>
>
>
