In a message dated: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:20:55 EDT
Benjamin Scott said:

>  There are other differences.  Look at the "From:" headers for the
>messages (same ordering):
>
>> From: Amanda Backup User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>...vs...
>
>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>  Perhaps Amanda is generating the two messages using different methods?

I don't think so.  The first From line is just picking up the comment 
from the /etc or NIS passwd map gecos field.  The second is missing 
it for whatever reason...


>  I also notice the first message has *this* added to it:
>
>> X-PCBDesignLeader: http://www.zuken.com
>
>  It looks like someone programmed "estzuken" to route via a central smart
>host, and someone got cute with the header rewriting rules on said host.  I
>wonder if they screwed something else up in the process?

I'm thinking you might be onto something here.  The second From 
header might have been rewritten to replace (note, using perl-style 
regexps, since I can't think in 'sendmail'!) 

        .*<\w+\@(\w+\.){0,2}\1>

with:
        <\w+\@(\w+\.){0,2}\1>

>  Yes, but suppose there is a mis-placed NUL or other control character
>buried in the output somewhere?  You may not see it, but the computer will.
>Use "od" or a similar tool (on the direct output from Amanda, if at all
>possible) to be sure.

This shouldn't be the case, though I'm sure it's a possibility.

Things I'd check for:

        1. What is smtp path from your amanda host to your mail server
        2. Can you manually, i.e. outside of amanda, reproduce this 
           problem?
        3. What happens if you just have amanda e-mail to the local
           systems. i.e. don't let mail from your amanda server
           get delivered to another system, just have it dropped into
           /var/spool/mail/amanda.

           What does this mail look like.  Do you have the same 
           problems?
        4. Can Courier be replaced with sendmail easily and further 
           testing be done to eliminate or isolate the smtp server as 
           the problem?




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