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Dying routers

We've recently seen our routers get killed off by bad messages.  We're 
wondering if anybody else is experiencing these problems.

I've included a copy of the message in our router directory after all our
routers have been killed off as well some of the router logs for the message.

We are running Solaris 2.5, on a pair of Ultras which round-robin for mail.
(equal preference MX records).  They currently are running 16 routers each
(2.99.25).  We also use a version of mailbox which delivers to ~/mbox
instead of /var/mail.  But none of that should affect the current situation.

As far as I can tell, when the link fails to postman, it doesn't unlink
the message in the router directory.

-- /var/spool/postoffice/router/165618-428
external
rcvdfrom serv01.net-link.net ([205.217.6.2])
with SMTP
authinfo root@serv01.net-link.net (port 1636)
channel error
to <lorac@direct.ca>
Received: from SERV01.NET-LINK.NET (p5-14 [205.217.6.238]) by serv01.net-link.net (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA22273 for <lorac@direct.ca>; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 09:06:20 -0500
Message-Id: <199603051406.JAA22273@serv01.net-link.net>
X-Mailer: <Private Idaho v.2.5b>
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 96 09:10:30
Reply-To: <>
From: <>
Subject: DOS...;-)
To: lorac@direct.ca


-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: 2.6.2

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-- /var/logs/mail/router
*** message header syntax error!
router: link(165618-416, ../postman/165618): File exists
squirrel: 165618 saved for inspection: external message claims local origin!
*** external message claims local origin!
<199603051406.JAA22273@serv01.net-link.net>: file: 165618-416 <> => <lorac@direct.ca>

[other messages]

*** message header syntax error!
router: link(165618-431, ../postman/165618): File exists
router: link(165618-431, ..165618): File exists
squirrel: 165618 saved for inspection: external message claims local origin!
*** external message claims local origin!
<199603051406.JAA22273@serv01.net-link.net>: file: 165618-431 <> => <lorac@direct.ca>

[other messages]

*** message header syntax error!
router: link(165618-425, ../postman/165618): File exists
router: link(165618-425, ..165618): File exists
squirrel: 165618 saved for inspection: external message claims local origin!
*** external message claims local origin!
<199603051406.JAA22273@serv01.net-link.net>: file: 165618-425 <> => <lorac@direct.ca>

[more messages in between including other routers dying]

*** message header syntax error!
router: link(165618-428, ../postman/165618): File exists
router: link(165618-428, ..165618): File exists
squirrel: 165618 saved for inspection: external message claims local origin!
*** external message claims local origin!
<199603051406.JAA22273@serv01.net-link.net>: file: 165618-428 <> => <lorac@direct.ca>
--

David Riley         - University of Waterloo
driley@direct.ca    - Internet Direct (Vancouver, B.C.)