[svlug] Problems with mailserver spamming itself due to loop

[Mark]

By the way, not sure if this gives a hint:
All the files are being collected in /var/spool/clientmqueue 
I had 330k files in there...

MARK
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: svlug-bounces+msalists=gmx.net at lists.svlug.org 
> [mailto:svlug-bounces+msalists=gmx.net at lists.svlug.org] On 
> Behalf Of Mark
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 3:13 PM
> To: svlug at lists.svlug.org
> Subject: Re: [svlug] Problems with mailserver spamming itself 
> due to loop
> 
> Hi Alvin,
> 
> We use Fedora/Redhat sendmail 8.13.8-2 (came with Core 6).
> 
> I checked /etc/mail/local-host-names, and I do have the 
> entries you mentioned in there.
> 
> What else could I check for?
> 
> MARK
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: root [mailto:root at mail.Linux-Consulting.com] 
> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 3:00 PM
> > To: Mark
> > Cc: Alvin Oga
> > Subject: Re: [svlug] Problems with mailserver spamming itself 
> > due to loop
> > 
> > 
> > hi ya mark
> > 
> > On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 02:36:47PM -0700, Mark wrote:
> > > No, the headers are real.
> > > The problem stops if I block port 25 for IP 127.0.0.1 in iptables.
> > > So it is really the server looping with itself...
> >  
> > which MTA are you using ??
> > where did you get the mta programs...
> > 	- always use the originals from sendmail.org, 
> > postfix.org, exim.org
> > 
> > 	- each distro fucks up the mta to suit their needs
> > 	( aka to generate phone calls for support fees )
> > 
> > different mta would imply different solutions or places to look
> > 
> > 	- your mail server needs to be told to "keep" the mail 
> > it is receiving
> > 	instead of trying to pass it on
> > 
> > sendmail:  you need to add localhost to local-host-names
> > 	#
> > 	localhost
> > 	localhost.localdomain
> > 	
> > postfix:   you need to double check /etc/postfix/access for 
> localhost
> > 	127.0.0.1       OK
> > 
> > 	# by default we allow relaying from localhost...
> > 	localhost.localdomain           OK
> > 	localhost                       OK
> > 
> > exim ..... nobody can pay me enough $$$ to go fix it
> > 
> > c ya
> > alvin
> > 
> 
> 
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