Re: [exim] Exim Input Spool Header Format?

Actually, to follow-up on my own, my "damage" was to -D files rather than -H files ...

Jethro.


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Jethro R Binks, Network Manager,

Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK


The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263.

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From: Jethro Binks <jethro.binks@???>
Sent: 30 March 2022 14:30
To: exim-users@??? <exim-users@???>
Subject: Re: [exim] Exim Input Spool Header Format?

This may not help, but ...

A/a vague memory from a long time ago, but I used to have issues with spool files not ending with a newline, and I think the error then was the same "Format error in spool file". It was actually caused by MailScanner at the time I think. As a quick fix, I wrote (or maybe stole) something to go over the queue and add a newline if there wasn't one.

Check yours have the newline with something like "cat -e /path/1nYsDq-0007Ah-Bg-H" and check the last line ends with "$".

FWIW, my script makes these remarks:

Is this Exim bug relevant:

https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1974

See also:

https://github.com/Exim/exim/blob/master/src/util/chunking_fixqueue_finalnewlines.pl

J.


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Jethro R Binks, Network Manager,

Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK


The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263.

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From: Exim-users <exim-users-bounces+jethro.binks=strath.ac.uk@???> on behalf of Mark Murawski via Exim-users <exim-users@???>
Sent: 29 March 2022 18:05
To: exim-users@??? <exim-users@???>
Subject: [exim] Exim Input Spool Header Format?

Hi,

I'm having trouble with a spool file I need to fix. it looks like this,
in-between ---

---
1nYsDq-0007Ah-Bg-H
pbx 1000 1000
<foo@bar>
1648484882 0
-received_time_usec .362252
-ident foo
-received_protocol local
-body_linecount 5969
-max_received_linelength 103
-auth_id foo
-auth_sender foo@bar
-allow_unqualified_recipient
-allow_unqualified_sender
-local
XX
1
greggw@???

204P Received: from abc by bar with local (Exim 4.92)
         (envelope-from <foo@bar>)
         id 1nYsDq-0007Ah-Bg
         for user@???; Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:28:02 -0400
038  Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:28:02 -0400
043F From: "System" <notify@bar>
046T To: "User" <user@???>
045  Subject: New message
061I Message-ID: <A-9-1596072492-247-23131notify@bar>
018  MIME-Version: 1.0
076  Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary="----voicemail_9247231312086389261"
---

2022-03-29 13:03:25 1nYsDq-0007Ah-Bg Format error in spool file
1nYsDq-0007Ah-Bg-H: size=926


What's the issue with the file?
I've been going through
https://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-format_of_spool_files.html,
but I'm still having a hard time finding the issue since the error is so
vague... I have no idea what's missing or invalid.

Thanks!
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