[Mailman-Users] mailman and qmail loop detection problem

[Matthew Darwin]

Anyone else have this problem loop problems with qmail?  Here's what do to
make it happen (Caution don't do this unless you know what you're doing).
Use any non-existant e-mail address for the administrator.



% ./newlist test
Enter the email of the person running the list: junk at davin.ottawa.on.ca
Initial test password:

% mail -s loop test-admin at lists.davin.ottawa.on.ca </dev/null
Null message body; hope that's ok

/var/log/mail quickly fills up.

% echo "./Mailbox" > /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-junk

the HUGE bounce message is delivered. I'm using mailman rc2, qmail 1.03
and qmail-to-mailman.py (March 1999).

Sample error message:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Return-Path: <test-admin at lists.davin.ottawa.on.ca>
Received: (qmail 18934 invoked by uid 2); 15 Jul 1999 22:35:54 -0400
Received: from localhost (HELO HSE-OTT-ppp33359.sympatico.ca)
(127.0.0.1)
  by localhost with SMTP; 15 Jul 1999 22:35:53 -0400
Received: (qmail 18926 invoked for bounce); 15 Jul 1999 22:35:53 -0400
Date: 15 Jul 1999 22:35:53 -0400
From: MAILER-DAEMON at davin.ottawa.on.ca
To: test-admin at lists.davin.ottawa.on.ca
Subject: failure notice

Hi. This is the qmail-send program at davin.ottawa.on.ca.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.

<junk at davin.ottawa.on.ca>:
Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.1.1)

--- Below this line is a copy of the message.

[quoting the above message repeatedly until you get back the original
message]

--- Below this line is a copy of the message.

Return-Path: <test-admin at lists.davin.ottawa.on.ca>
Received: (qmail 18890 invoked by uid 2); 15 Jul 1999 22:35:50 -0400
Received: from localhost (HELO HSE-OTT-ppp33359.sympatico.ca) (127.0.0.1)
  by localhost with SMTP; 15 Jul 1999 22:35:50 -0400
Received: (qmail 18882 invoked by uid 0); 15 Jul 1999 22:35:50 -0400
Date: 15 Jul 1999 22:35:50 -0400
Message-ID: <19990716023550.18881.qmail at davin.ottawa.on.ca>
From: matthew at davin.ottawa.on.ca
To: test-admin at lists.davin.ottawa.on.ca
Subject: loop