Re: Zmailer to Exchange bug ?

[Matti Aarnio <mea@nic.funet.fi>]

On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 11:33:17PM +0200, Mark Visser wrote:
> Hm,
> 
> Lately we noticed on our boxes that we got hanging smtpservers.
> The version we're running right now is: ZMailer Server 2.99.55
> 
> What seems to happen is that after getting to BDAT state the connections
> hang and Zmailer nor the remote end closes them, causing smtpserver to
> just say sleep, sleep sleep (according to strace)
> 
> The boxes to which we see hanging smtpservers all have similar versions:
> 
> Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.4453 ready at..
> Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.4905 ready at..
> Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 5.0.2195.2966 ready at..
> 
> A sample one from ps says:
> 
> daemon    1411  0.0  0.3 1960 1504 ?        S   May 13  0:00
> <tacv-internet.tacv.com BDAT 129671 LAST net.tacv.com BDAT 129671 LAST
> .tacv.com BDAT 129671 LAST .com BDAT 129671 LAST m BDAT 129671 LAST
> 
> # truss -p 1411
>     *** SUID: ruid/euid/suid = 0 / 1 / 1  ***
> read(0, 0xEFFFD310, 8192)       (sleeping...)
> 
> and that's all there is.

   I have been rather confused with this report, and apparently Arnt
   was too, as he referred to the outgoing smtp TA feature disabling..

   For incoming  smtpserver's feature control you can use PARAM
   statements at   $MAILSHARE/smtpserver.conf  file.  Specifically

       PARAM NoCHUNKING

   to disable BDAT support in reception.


> Did people see this before ? I tried 2.99.56 snapshot some time ago, but
> that kept mail instead of sending it on (i didn't see quickly why, so i
> backed it out).

   Some people have asked me to make a release ASAP..  Yes, I should.
   It has been about a year since previous one, and I have been hacking
   in the CVS since then (not having very much time, though..)

   11 months ago (after 55-patch1) I addressed some of timeout problem
   issues at the  smtpserver,  and now it looks like I am not seeing
   any stuck servers.  (That might solve the thing you see.)

   I am running the lattest code at several machines, and the only
   excuse for not making a release is that I see some mighty strange
   protocol errors from various places in general direction of eastern
   Asia/China..  As if the smtp TA client code is somehow broken, and
   is sending inappropriately formatted data out -- e.g. in places
   where there should be  CRLF,  it is (claimed to be) sending an LF
   alone..

> This happens on both ETRN as fallback MX boxes.
> Any hints appreciated.
> Mark
-- 
/Matti Aarnio	<mea@nic.funet.fi>
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