Thanks Sam - I think you are right - though I don't see WHY what I was doing works sometimes?!?!
I had this line in my maildroprc file while I was testing some new additions and rules: cc "| /usr/bin/env >>/tmp/env" The file in /tmp/env had 666 file permissions. I'm assuming my problem must be (even though I can only see a single delivery attempt at a time) something to do with my lack of locking. Can someone summarize for me how to allow filtering to continue regardless of a failure of one component? Would this be the exception block? Is there a way to execute code ONLY IF an exception occurs? In some languages this would be called a try-except block: try some stuff except error handling optionally raise to abort outter level code end Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sam Varshavchik Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [courier-users] Re: maildrop error: maildrop: error writing to mailbox. / maildrop: Unable to deliver to mailbox. Mitch (WebCob) writes: > I've removed the domain names to protect the innocent. > > A user on my new server can receive email from SOME users... not all... the > reset are being deferred. > > Dec 3 19:14:37 slim1 courierd: > started,id=0001BC68.3FCE361D.00003108,from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,module=local,host=kar > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/home/vserver/l/2/karen!!,addr=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dec 3 19:14:37 slim1 courierlocal: > id=0001BC68.3FCE361D.00003108,from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,addr=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,size=1097,su > ccess: Message delivered. > > Dec 3 19:28:24 slim1 courierlocal: > id=00018709.3FCCCE0B.0001378A,from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,addr=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > maildrop: > error writing to mailbox. > Dec 3 19:28:24 slim1 courierlocal: > id=00018709.3FCCCE0B.0001378A,from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,addr=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > /usr/local/courier/bin/maildrop: Unable to deliver to mailbox. > Dec 3 19:28:24 slim1 courierlocal: > id=00018709.3FCCCE0B.0001378A,from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,addr=<[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>,status: > deferred > > They receive SOME (mitch) mail fine... from the same server as the "max" > account - different domain though - but some mail from "max" and from some > remote users displays this error. > > Any thoughts? Check whatever you're doing in the maildrop recipe. You are probably invoking some external filter. When the external program barfs, you get the results shown above. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
