Re: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
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
RE: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
This was the case -- in fact, I learned that using pico to edit vpopmail .qmail files causes it for some reason to barf -- using vi it doesn't. I guess this just proves that vi is the best editor out there. *GRIN* -davidu -Original Message- From: Keary Suska [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:52 PM To: Qmail Subject: Re: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts 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
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
Re: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
David U. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this morning I awoke to find some 6000 emails in my inbox from [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- they were the same exact 6000 emails. Perhaps their MTA isn't finishing the SMTP converstation properly, so they think they need to try delivery again? You said you don't have headers. You should probably use recordio to capture one of the SMTP sessions from their MTA; that will tell you what's wrong. Charles -- --- Charles Cazabon[EMAIL PROTECTED] GPL'ed software available at: http://www.qcc.sk.ca/~charlesc/software/ Any opinions expressed are just that -- my opinions. ---
Re: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 Delete the queue and rebuild it. A good tool for that is queue-fix. Niles
Re: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
Niles Rowland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 Delete the queue and rebuild it. Yeah, he probably won't lose any important messages... A good tool for that is queue-fix. No, queue-fix fixes corrupt queues. To delete and rebuild, you should rm -rf /var/qmail/queue and make setup check from the qmail source directory. But that will, of course, throw out *everything* in the queue, which might not be disirable. -Dave
Re: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
actually queue-fix will do the job right... I know I have done it. just delete de subfolders in the queue and run the queue-fix Terius - Original Message - From: Dave Sill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:11 AM Subject: Re: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts Niles Rowland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 Delete the queue and rebuild it. Yeah, he probably won't lose any important messages... A good tool for that is queue-fix. No, queue-fix fixes corrupt queues. To delete and rebuild, you should rm -rf /var/qmail/queue and make setup check from the qmail source directory. But that will, of course, throw out *everything* in the queue, which might not be disirable. -Dave
RE: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
-Original Message- From: Dave Sill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Yeah, he probably won't lose any important messages... heh, yeah, I *would* want to do that. No, queue-fix fixes corrupt queues. To delete and rebuild, you should rm -rf /var/qmail/queue and make setup check from the qmail source directory. But that will, of course, throw out *everything* in the queue, which might not be disirable. I stopped qmstp and qsend -- I then deleted a LOT from the queue and ran queue-fix which did some delinking and whatnot. Moved my queue from being 6 gigs to 250 megs. ;-) now I just want to know why [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6000 times (until /var filled I assume) instead of just once. this is all via localhost, no other machines involved. -davidu
Re: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
Guillermo Villasana Cardoza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: actually queue-fix will do the job right... I know I have done it. I didn't mean to imply that it wouldn't work, just that it's preferable to use the rm/make method since it's definitive and doesn't require downloading/installing a third-party utility. For example, if you've installed the big-todo patch, you'll need to install the associated patch for queue-fix or it'll contruct an incompatible queue. It's easier and safer to let qmail rebuild the queue. -Dave
RE: URGENT: Qmail-remote gone nuts
David U. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now I just want to know why [EMAIL PROTECTED] forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6000 times (until /var filled I assume) instead of just once. this is all via localhost, no other machines involved. I'd look at the logs, from the beginning of the incident. -Dave
