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[Olivier Salaun - CRU <address@concealed>]

Rene 'Lynx' Pfeiffer wrote :
> Yes, that was the reason. I set the SUID bit and SYMPA resumed normal 
> operation
> again. I think I copied the binary with the wrong permissions after 
> compiling. I
> changed it and everything was running fine.
> 
> I also found out why SYMPA would stove some messages as BAD into its 
> spool/msgs
> directory. Apperently the reason was that I tried to access infos via 
> REVIEW and
> STATS about an empty list without subscribers. As soon as I put an address 
> on
> the list it worked.
> 
> What are the criteria for SYMPA to mark a mail as BAD and to put it into
> spool/msgs?

Messages sent to sympa or to a list are stored (by" queue" program) in
spool/msg/. Messages considered as bad are renamed BAD-xxx and remain in
the spool. Their are expired every "clean_delay_queue" (sympa.conf param)
days.

There are multiple reasons why a message may be considered as bad :

        - sender not allowed
        - unknown command
        - command sent to a list
        - database in unreachable
        - unknown list
        -....


Olivier Salaun
Comite Reseaux des Universites