Newsgroups: bit.listserv.lstsrv-l
Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 19:53:50 EST
From:         Jim Jones <JIMJ@JHUVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Problem processing mail file from Mailer-Agent@NS2.GATECH.EDU
Comments: cc: postmaster@ns2.gatech.edu

 Someone's re-invented the wheel and created another address to add to
 your "SERVE OFF" list...  The original message was lost in the mail
 loop between <listserv@jhuvm> and <mailer-agent@ns2.gatech.edu>, so
 I don't know much about how this developed.  Since the mail was sent
 LISTSERV and not a mailing list, the loop stopped after 10 times.  I'm
 not sure if this "mailer-agent" will bounce mail to a mailing list
 address or not, but it's quite possible.  I'd suggest serving it off,
 to avoid the possibility of ending up with a loop that won't self-
 terminate!

 -jj

 PS - I've CC'd the postmaster of the system in question, but since mail
 to "root" is failing here, he/she may very well not get the message.
 So, don't assume it will be changed anytime soon, they may not even know
 there's a problem.

On Tue, 29 Sep 1992 14:01:31 -0500 you said:
>Error occured while processing file 7624 from Mailer-Agent@NS2.GATECH.EDU:
>"Mail has been received from a user which has been served out".
>
>------------------- Message causing the problem (50 lines) --------------------
>Received: from GITVM1.BITNET by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (Mailer R2.08 PTF008) with
> BSMTP id 7620; Tue, 29 Sep 92 14:01:28 EST
>Received: from GITVM1 by GITVM1.BITNET (Mailer R2.08) with BSMTP id 2511; Tue,
> 29 Sep 92 14:02:54 EDT
>Received: from ns2.gatech.edu.gatech.edu by VM1.GATECH.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R1)
>   with TCP; Tue, 29 Sep 92 14:02:53 EDT
>Received: from VM1.GATECH.EDU by  ns2.gatech.edu.gatech.edu  (NeXT-1.0 (From
> Sendmail 5.52)/NeXT-2.0)
>	id AA02401; Tue, 29 Sep 92 10:53:47 PDT
>Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 10:53:47 PDT
>From: Mailer-Agent@ns2.gatech.edu (NeXT Mail Agent)
>Subject: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 1
>Message-Id: <9209291753.AA02401@ ns2.gatech.edu.gatech.edu >
>To: <@vm1.gatech.edu:LISTSERV@JHUVM.BITNET>
>
>   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>mail: /usr/spool/mail/root: cannot append
>mail: cannot open dead.letter
>554 root... unknown mailer error 1
>
>   ----- Unsent message follows -----
>Return-Path: <@vm1.gatech.edu:LISTSERV@JHUVM.BITNET>
>Received: from VM1.GATECH.EDU by  ns2.gatech.edu.gatech.edu  (NeXT-1.0 (From
> Sendmail 5.52)/NeXT-2.0)
>	id AA02398; Tue, 29 Sep 92 10:53:47 PDT
>Message-Id: <9209291753.AA02398@ ns2.gatech.edu.gatech.edu >
>Errors-To: <@vm1.gatech.edu:LISTSERV@JHUVM.BITNET>
>Received: from GITVM1.BITNET by VM1.GATECH.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R1)
>   with BSMTP id 8279; Tue, 29 Sep 92 13:53:39 EDT
>Received: from JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU by GITVM1.BITNET (Mailer R2.08) with BSMTP id
> 2431; Tue, 29 Sep 92 13:53:39 EDT
>Received: by JHUVM (Mailer R2.08 PTF008) id 7417; Tue, 29 Sep 92 13:51:29 EST
>Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 13:51:14 -0500
>From: Revised List Processor (1.7d) <LISTSERV%JHUVM.bitnet@vm1.gatech.edu>
>Subject:      Output of your job "Mailer-Agent"
>To: Mailer-Agent@ns2.gatech.edu
>
>> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>Unknown command - "-----". Try HELP.
>You had  ten tries. From  now on your requests  will be ignored  without any
>reply. You can restore your access to LISTSERV by having another person send
>thefollowing command to LISTSERV@JHUVM: SERVE Mailer-Agent@NS2.GATECH.EDU
>
>All subsequent commands have been flushed.
>
>Summary of resource utilization
>-------------------------------
> CPU time:        0.013 sec                Device I/O:     4
> Overhead CPU:    0.016 sec                Paging I/O:     1
> CPU model:        3081                    DASD model:  3380
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