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[Javier Calahorra Novillo <address@concealed>]

Inger, Slav (.) wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the earlier assistance, Sympa is now up and running.  There are 
> still some issues, however...
>
> The problem I'm having right now is that Sympa can't send e-mail.  I first 
> ran into this when requesting a password from the front end, but the symptoms 
> are the same when it tries to send e-mail for any reason, to any address.  
> The machine itself can send and receive e-mail just fine if Sympa is bypassed.
>
> Here's what I'm seeing in the logs.  Actual FQHN is replaced with <hostname>.  Permissions on the directories are wide open, so I'm at a loss as to what's causing the permission denial.  
>
> Aug  5 16:18:53 <hostname> sympa[20632]: Processing 
> /usr/local/sympa/spool/msg/root@<hostname>.1091737129.7251 with priority 1
> Aug  5 16:18:53 <hostname> sympa[20632]: 
> DoFile(/usr/local/sympa/spool/msg/root@<hostname>.1091737129.7251)
> Aug  5 16:18:53 <hostname> sympa[20632]: 
> Message::new(/usr/local/sympa/spool/msg/root@<hostname>.1091737129.7251)
> Aug  5 16:18:53 <hostname> sympa[20632]: Cannot open message file 
> /usr/local/sympa/spool/msg/root@<hostname>.1091737129.7251 : Permission denied
> Aug  5 16:18:53 <hostname> sympa[20632]: Unable to create Message object 
> /usr/local/sympa/spool/msg/root@<hostname>.1091737129.7251
> Aug  5 16:18:53 <hostname> sympa[20632]: Moving bad file 
> root@<hostname>.1091737129.7251 to bad/
>
> I've browsed the documentation on sympa.org, but didn't see a solution to 
> this particular problem.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>  
Hello,

I had the same problem and the reason was that  I was trying to send the 
e-mail with telnet localhost 25 (my SMTP server), and Sympa could not 
understand the message format (probably the headers). If you are doing 
this, you should use "mail  address@concealed", so your  problems will disappear!

Regards,

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Javier Calahorra Novillo
División de Continuidad de Negocio
Sección de Soporte de Infraestructuras
SGI Soluciones Globales Internet
Tel: +34 918061647
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