Re: help with zmailer configuration

["V. Werth [VWSoft] / Info" <Info@VWSoft.com>]

Hi Shawn!

Thanks for your very fast and absolute specific answer.

>>I had this problem last week when installing the new zmailer on
Solaris 2.6
and gcc 2.8.1.

Yep, I compiled ZMailer using gcc 2.8.1, too.

>The workaround is to comment out line 631 (and recompile), seeing as
how
>the address operator is just being used by it's self--no explicit
>assignments or changes...

Thanks for that hint, I commented out the "&noMX" statement and
outgoing email is now being processed as it should be! :-)

>Zmailer comes with a compatability version of 'rmail', in the
>'compat/rmail' directory.

ooops, that has been my fault! :-( I was using the OSes rmail and I
left the compat/rmail in the source directory tree and missed copying
it into the /usr/bin directory.

I have to say thank you one thousand times..... you saved that night
for me (not kidding, if I wouldn't have get it to work now I'm sure I
would have sitting on that all the night long - so I owe you a beer
*s*).

Bye,

Volker Werth


-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Robinson <srobins1@tps.tci.telus.com>
To: V. Werth [VWSoft] / Info <Info@VWSoft.com>; ZMailer list
<zmailer@nic.funet.fi>
Date: Dienstag, 2. Februar 1999 01:43
Subject: Re: help with zmailer configuration


>
>I had this problem last week when installing the new zmailer on
Solaris 2.6
>and gcc 2.8.1.
>
>Assuming it's the same thing, I'll repeat from my previous post:
>
>After much frustration, and lots of debug statements, I narrowed the
>problem down to the 'noMX' variable.  The noMX variable was being set
to 1
>by a side effect, not by direct assignment.  (The only direct
assignments
>to this variable are the initialization 'int noMX = 0', and when the
'-e'
>command line parameter is given).  Anyway, placing assert(noMX==0)
>statements in the code narrowed the change in value down to the
following
>line in smtp.c:
>
>zmailer-2-cvs/transports/smtp/smtp.c : line 631
>& oldsig; /* volatile-like trick.. */ & channel; & host; &
smtpstatus; &
>need_host; & idle; &noMX; & dp; & checkmx; & smtphost; & punthost;
>
>placing an 'assert(noMX==0)' before and after this line illustrated
that
>the value of 'noMX' was being changed by line 631 (it was actually
being
>set to '1', which explains why no MX processing was happening).
>
>The workaround is to comment out line 631 (and recompile), seeing as
how
>the address operator is just being used by it's self--no explicit
>assignments or changes...
>then everything works fine.  MX hosts are processed and all is well.
>
>end-quote
>
>
>As for your second problem,
>Zmailer comes with a compatability version of 'rmail', in the
>'compat/rmail' directory.  Ensure you're using the 'rmail' from
there, or
>where-ever it installed it.
>
>Shawn Robinson
>
>
>At 11:23 PM 01/02/99 +0100, V. Werth [VWSoft] / Info wrote:
>>Hi folks!
>>
>>I just finished my first time installing zmailer (current version)
and
>>came out with some problems. I'm sure it's just a configuration
>>mismatch but I really can't figure out the source of that error.
>>
>>First of all I'm sending a mail message from a MUA running on a
>>Windows workstation. The WS connects fine to the SMTP server (ie
>>zeus.vwsoft.com) and sends out the mail. Mail for local (zeus)
>>delivery is working fine. Now I tested outbound mail to another SMTP
>>server (ie xxx@altavista.net). zeus processes the mail received from
>>the WS but comes back with an error message:
>>
>>19990201202918 /opt/mail/bin/ta/smtp: 568/127//error2 smtp; 500
>>(configuration inconsistency. MX usage forbidden, no address in the
>>DNS:
>>'altavista.net')
>>19990201203418 DBGdiag: # mailbox:12401: lockaddr: file '575-12357'
>>host '?host?
>>' expected '~' found '+'
>>
>>hmmm, I'm sitting now for hours and hours over the zmailer
>>documentation and don't find the wrong configuration (again, I'm a
>>first time user of zmailer and it's really hard to see thru all
these
>>configuration files).
>>
>>Second problem:
>>
>>When sending mail for local delivery using the rmail command the
>>message arrives at the users' mailbox but mail -h gives out a
warning
>>message indicating the mailbox file may be corrupted and two
messages
>>may be concateneted. Is it illegal to use rmail (or even mail) with
>>ZMailer??
>>
>>I'm running (Novel) UnixWare 2.03 (SysVR4.2) with BIND 8.1.2 (latest
>>version)
>>
>>I hope somebody is able to answer my questions.... this server
should
>>go onto the net weeks ago and it's my hope to get it running
(zmailer
>>is the last problem..... I really hope so *g*) the very next days.
>>
>>Thx for your support!
>>
>>Volker Werth
>>
>>
>>
>>