Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:30:51 -0500
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On: Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 03:45:27PM -0500,Paul E. Prusakowski Wrote:
} I am having a strange problem with a looping e-mail. The mail is not
} looping through all the entire list subscription, but just into my box
} apparently. I have removed the subscriber that generated the original
} message, as well as an individual in Germany whose information showed up in
} the extended header information. I am still recieving copies of the message
} every 5-10 minutes. I contacted a few other subscribers, and they are not
} getting copies of this message.
Paul, this is a typical case of a mail item that is "stuck". Node A
sends it to node B. One of 3 things is happening:
1) Node B receives it from A but doesn't properly ack it to A.
A thinks it wasn't sent and reques for a later retry while B sends it
on to you.
2) Node B receives it from A but A misses the ack. A thinks it wasn't
sent and reques for a later retry while B sends it on to you.
3) A gets the ack OK, but fails to delete it from its queue, so A finds
it again and resends it to B.
You have to look at the full headers of several messages. Reading from
the last "Received:" header and working up. they will be identical,
and then will differ (usually in the time). B is the first one with
different times.
Contact the admins/postmasters of A & B (which may be within your
system).
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Rich Greenberg Work: Rich.Greenberg atsign worldspan.com +1 770-563-6656
N6LRT Marietta, GA, USA Play: richgr atsign panix.com +1 770-321-6507
Eastern time zone. I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67
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