on 4/2/04 1:53 PM, X-Istence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kurt Bigler wrote: >> This is regarding qmail + vpopmail 5.3.12 running under tcpserver, on >> FreeBSD 4.6.1. >> >> My server was bouncing *everything* with 5.7.1, that is including stuff that >> should have been delivered to domains hosted by my server. > > 5.7.1 can mean a domain is not on your rcpthosts list. > /var/control/rcpthosts
No, rcpthosts was fine (or rebooting would have been vanishingly unlikely to fix it). >> I panicked and just rebooted my server (because reboot is very quick and it >> is the most reliable way to fix a bunch of things quickly without having to >> take time to identify a problem), and thus lost some of the evidence. > > Reboot should be your last thing to try, what if it was more serious and > the box never came back up? Everything else *seemed* fine. Reboot has proven very reliable. It is a virtual server with the parent (?) server monitored/maintained by my provider, which makes a bit of a difference. Every moment lost not identifying the problem is a liability, so I used reboot to compensate for my lack of ready knowledge. In this particular case it turned out to be a good thing, but I hope to work now to reduce the chance of it happening again. >> But I am suspicious based on previous expeirences that if a certain process >> dies that some process starts responding to all smtp requests with 5.7.1. >> Or is there any other obvious reason why qmail might go into a permanent >> 5.7.1 mode? > > Check rcpthosts, restart qmail-smtpd, only things that would affect a > 5.7.1. Which means permanent error, or permanent not allowed. Yes, I am thinking of having the server monitor and restart these things automatically. I know some people don't like that approach, but I don't have 24/7 staff coverage (just me who sleeps long hours). >> Thanks for any thoughts, and sorry to be so lacking in info. I did do a >> quick ps when I discovered the problem and I'm pretty sure that the >> tcpserver process involving qmail-smtpd was probably not there. I only >> remembered it should have been there after rebooting and doing another ps. >> Is there some default mode for smtp connections that takes over under such a >> circumstance? > > Well, if your SMTP service was not there, your server could not be > accepting mail, thus there would be nothing to bounce. Thus it would not > be able to create 5.7.1 bounces in the first place. I was wondering whether tcpserver on its own would start handling them if qmail-smtpd disappeared. It seems to me tcpserver can do quite a few things on its own. It would be very unfriendly if it were to do 5.7.1's rather than indicating a temporary failure though. Thanks, Kurt Bigler
