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[Israel Cardenas <address@concealed>]

It was the "auto-submitted" header. We have modified the "sympa.pl"
code to avoid this check.

Thanks!!!




2010/12/13 Peter Polkinghorne <address@concealed>:
> First thing you need to check is which of the two rules is rejecting your 
> message.
>
> It can either be auto-submitted header or one of the prohibited senders.
>
> Then you can consider what to do. We went back to using simple Exim lists 
> for the 2 of our lists that were affected by the auto-submitted header. The 
> alternative is to upgrade.
>
> --
>
> Peter Polkinghorne
> Computer Officer (Systems)
> Computer Centre
> x67070
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Israel Cardenas [mailto:address@concealed]
> Sent: 10 December 2010 16:01
> To: Peter Polkinghorne
> Subject: Re: [sympa-users] Message which cause a loop... What is this?
>
> Thanks for your answer.
>
> I think we are using version 6.0.3 (I am not at work now). There is
> any solution without updating Sympa? We have a modified version. If we
> want to update, we will have too much work to do, modifying the new
> version too.
>
> Would be possible a modification of those lines of version 6.0.3?
>
>
>
>
> 2010/12/10 Peter Polkinghorne <address@concealed>:
>> I do not know which version you are running, but these code fragments from 
>> 6.0.3 indicates possible causes:
>>
>>
>>    ## Ignore messages that would cause a loop
>>    ## Content-Identifier: Auto-replied is generated by some non standard 
>> X400 mailer
>>    if ($hdr->get('Content-Identifier') =~ /Auto-replied/i ||
>>        $hdr->get('X400-Content-Identifier') =~ /Auto Reply to/i ||
>>        ($hdr->get('Auto-Submitted') && $hdr->get('Auto-Submitted') ne 
>> 'no')) {
>>        do_log('notice', "Ignoring message which would cause a loop");
>>        return undef;
>>    }
>>
>> And
>>
>>    my $conf_email = &Conf::get_robot_conf($robot, 'sympa');
>>    my $conf_loop_prevention_regex = 
>> $list->{'admin'}{'loop_prevention_regex'};
>>    if ($sender =~ /^($conf_loop_prevention_regex)(\@|$)/mio) {
>>        do_log('notice', 'Ignoring message which would cause a loop');
>>        return undef;
>>    }
>>
>> Which by default is (Default value: 
>> mailer-daemon|sympa|listserv|majordomo|smartlist|mailman)
>>
>> We had an issue with messages with an auto-submitted header - the newer 
>> versions of Sympa allow you to permit such messages.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Peter Polkinghorne
>> Computer Officer (Systems)
>> Computer Centre
>> x67070
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: address@concealed [mailto:address@concealed] On 
>> Behalf Of Israel Cardenas
>> Sent: 10 December 2010 13:45
>> To: address@concealed
>> Subject: [sympa-users] Message which cause a loop... What is this?
>>
>> Hi again!
>>
>> We have a problem with some lists. Sympa logs is this:
>>
>> Dec  9 08:58:54 localhost sympa[17426]: main::DoFile() Ignoring
>> message which would cause a loop
>> Dec  9 08:58:54 localhost sympa[17426]: Moving bad file
>> address@concealed to bad/
>>
>> I have look at the members of the lists and thay are only 4 valid
>> members, with individuals address. What is this loop which Sympa is
>> loggin about?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>