Re: Msg with _large_ To: header crashes scheduler (2.99.52p1)

[Geert Altena <geert@uttnarag.tn.utwente.nl>]

You, Matti Aarnio, <mea@nic.funet.fi>, wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 09:51:50PM +0100, Geert Altena wrote:
> > I noticed it because some email I was expecting didn't get delivered.
> > Doing a "mailq" revealed that the scheduler wasn't running, checking
> > the scheduler log file read showed that it crashed on one message.
> 
>   Sorry, these symptoms don't make sense.  You didn't see core of the
>   scheduler ?

No core file, not in the $MAILBIN dir or anywhere else...

> > Scheduler log error message:
> > -----------------------------
> > 
> > Synchronous startup completed, messages: 41 (0 skipped) recipients: 72
> > ***********************************************************************
> > 20000119150759 DBGdiag: # sm:15544: lockaddr: file 'X/148925-7831' host '-' expected ' ' found '~'
> 
>    Nope, this didn't crash -- although it might indicate some other
>    problem at around 'sm'..

Fact stays that when i removed the message from the queue things worked
fine again. Another odd thing that i noticed (i forgot about them yesterday)
were some messages in $POSTOFFICE/queue and /transport, in the root of
these dirs, not in one of the A-Z subdirs. Unfortunately I don't have those
mails anymore.

> > Offending mail (edited to protect the clueless^Winnocent)
> > (Note the extreme long To: header)
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> ....
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Weird... could it be a buffer overflow somewhere in scheduler?
> 
>   (I tried a few variations - no crash)

I'll see if i can recreate the error with that same message.

\Geert.
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