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Author: me&
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Subject: Re: [Exim] Memory fault in Exim when empty message supplied by SMTP
Just tested with 3.12 and works fine.

250- mail.opbit.be Hello mail.opbit.be [212.68.202.178]
250-SIZE
250-PIPELINING
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250 HELP
MAIL FROM:<an@???>
250 <an@???> is syntactically correct
RCPT TO:<another@???>
250 <another@???> verified
DATA
354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself
.
250 OK id=178deu-0005aE-00
QUIT
221 mail.opbit.be closing connection

EG

> On Thu, 16 May 2002, Ollie Cook wrote:
>
> > 220 ClaraNET Mail Service ESMTP (HOST.uk.clara.net)
> > EHLO mutare.noc.clara.net
> > 250-HOST.uk.clara.net Hello mutare.noc.clara.net [195.8.70.94]
> > 250-SIZE
> > 250-ETRN
> > 250-PIPELINING
> > 250 HELP
> > MAIL FROM:<an@???>
> > 250 <an@???> is syntactically correct
> > RCPT TO:<another@???>
> > 250 <another@???> verified
> > 354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself
> > DATA
> > .
> > 451 Error while writing spool file
>
> This does not happen with Exim 3.36 on my desktop box. I'm afraid I
> don't have a binary for any earlier Exim 3s to test with.
>
> > The version of Exim on this server is 3.22 and I found the following

entry in
> > the ChangeLog which may be related, but I would appreciate a

confirmation of
> > this before I upgrade this server, if that might be possible:
> >
> > 3.30/25:
> >
> > If a write error occurred when updating the -H file, an incorrect error
> > message could be output (errno not preserved). This has been fixed, and

more
> > detail is now included in the message.
> >
> > (although at the point of this error I think Exim is writing the -D

file)
>
> I'm afraid I can't remember the exact detail of this. One would have to
> run comparisons on the code for the different versions. Sorry, but my
> brain is now running well ahead, on Exim 4, as you might guess...
>
> > The bug does not occur 100% of the time. I tried about 10 times and got

this
> > behaviour on perhaps 8 occasions.
>
> I would be suspicious of actual disk errors. Do you have any logs that
> might record actual hardware problems?
>
> The first step, I am sure, is to upgrade to the latest Exim 3 (3.36) and
> see if the error persists. If it does, see if you can reproduce it while
> connected to a testing daemon (on a non-standard port) that has -d9 set
> so as to capture the debugging output. [You don't actually have to
> upgrade; just compiling 3.36 and running it for testing would do.]
>
> We can then take it from there...
>
>
> --
> Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.

>
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