Hi,
I have exim 2.02 (and previously 2.01 which exhibited the same problem)
running on a Linux box (RedHat 5.1, kernel 2.0.34). It acts as a backup
to an alpha (D/U 4.0b) which is running sendmail.
If I route mail to the exim relay from the alpha I keep getting
corrupted files in the input spool area. But only the -host_name field
is getting corrupted (different garbage appears there from time to
time). For example
0zDaLk-0003Sf-00-H
root 0 0
<whoever@???>
904594492 0
-host_address 163.1.246.32
-host_name P
P
-helo_name alderamin.physics.ox.ac.uk
-received_protocol esmtp
[etc]
resulting in "Format error in spool file" and non delivery (I can edit
the file manually and then delivery proceeds fine). If the mail is
heading to a local LAN address then it delivers it fine (I assume that
exim isn't bothering to write it to the spool if it can pick up the
appropriate relay right away - this corruption only happens to mail
destined for off site or temporarily unreachable addresses).
Anyone have any ideas? If you need more info just let me know.
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Neil Clifford * Oxford Starlink Computer Manager * clifford@???
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