Re: Posts still being silently discarded in 1.2.9 [was Re: [boll+mlmmj@fork.dk:

[Patrick Bennett <patrick@pebcomputing.com>]

Mads Martin Joergensen wrote:

>* Patrick Bennett <patrick@pebcomputing.com> [Dec 15. 2005 19:48]:
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>>>>Excellent!  It sounds like the "find_email_addr()" bit will better 
>>>>handle the "From:" header my user is locked into.  Soren, you offerred 
>>>>to backport 1.2.8 to sarge before, I wonder if 1.2.9 could also be 
>>>>backported?
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>>>>
>>>The packages at http://people.debian.org/~boll/mlmmj/ were built in a sarge
>>>chroot. They are based on the same source tree that was just used to 
>>>generate the sid packages which should hit unstable real soon now®.
>>>
>>>I haven't actually tested the sarge packages though, as I don't have
>>>a sarge system running mlmmj. Let me know if you run into trouble.
>>>      
>>>
>>The sarge packages are functioning, thanks Soren!
>>
>>However, the problem of my user's posts being silently discarded is not 
>>solved.  I've attached the test email he sent for everyone's 
>>examination.  Unfortunately, this is an email account provided by his 
>>employer, and he will be starting a new job on Monday!  Thus, though his 
>>issue of not being able to post will likely be resolved by getting a new 
>>email account, he will not be able to test for the bug any more.
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>What's the name of the list address? As I can see here, it's sent to
>stockton@norcalsolutions.com and has stockton@cielini.org in the To:.
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the list address is "stockton@cielini.org".  norcalsolutions.com is the 
"real" domain name of the email server that is hosting the list.  
cielini.org is a "postfix style" virtual server.

this sample email is the only user, out of 6 or so, that has any problem 
posting to the list.  you may recall we talked about this before on the 
list starting on 9/29/2005 under the thread "silently discarded posts".  
we came to the conclusion that is was because there were two "@" symbols 
in the "From:" header.   the details and whatnot have not changed except 
that now the list software is at Soren's packaging of 1.2.9 for sarge.  
if I understand correctly, 1.2.9 included a patch to better handle the 
"From:" header, including the case of two (legitimate) "@" symbols.  
apparently either the patch isn't working entirely correct for this 
case, or there is some other reason the posts are put into queue/discarded.

    -Patrick