I didn't since it was supposed to be fixed, but I tried it anyway and it doesn't make any difference. The message is assigned a new MessageID every time so there's no way to detect a loop. Imail sends it back to WebShield as a new message each time. It appears to me that no bounce message is ever sent. The message I finally receive via nobody is the original message.
Dan R. Scott Perry wrote: > >> Last Sunday I went live with 7.07 on a new computer. Previously I was >> running 6.06 on the same computer with McAfee WebShield. Now when I >> get mail for an invalid recipient it just keeps getting looped between >> the two. > > > Do you have both "example.com" and "example.com." listed for all domains > in WebShield (once with the "." at the end, once without), to bypass the > infinite loop bug? > >> I enabled the nobody alias to stop the loop but I can't find any >> setting that stops this and I really don't want to have to live >> without bounce messages going out. I'm wondering if it has anything >> to do with the missing > in the invalid user line or if I've just >> misconfigured something. > > > No, IMail's log files strip out the last ">". > >> Imail log: >> 04:23 09:40 SMTPD(060000B4) [128.128.15.14] connect 128.128.15.250 >> port 4548 >> 04:23 09:40 SMTPD(060000B4) [128.128.15.250] HELO nampaserver.trhs.org >> 04:23 09:40 SMTPD(060000B4) [128.128.15.250] mail from:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> 04:23 09:40 SMTPD(060000B4) [128.128.15.250] RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> 04:23 09:40 SMTPD(060000B4) [128.128.15.250] ERR trhs.org invalid user >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > This shows that IMail rejected the E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MailShield at this point should send a bounce message back to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> 04:23 09:40 SMTPD(060100B4) [128.128.15.14] connect 128.128.15.250 >> port 4552 >> 04:23 09:40 SMTPD(060100B4) [128.128.15.250] HELO nampaserver.trhs.org >> 04:23 09:40 SMTPD(060100B4) [128.128.15.250] mail from:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> 04:23 09:40 SMTPD(060100B4) [128.128.15.250] RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> 04:23 09:40 SMTPD(060100B4) [128.128.15.250] ERR trhs.org invalid user >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > But, instead, it keeps trying to send that E-mail. > >> WebShield log: >> Tue Apr 23 09:39:01 2002 MAIL SENT: >> Sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Recipient list: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> MessageID: 1019576291546 >> Size: 474 bytes >> >> Tue Apr 23 09:39:51 2002 MAIL RECEIVED: >> Received from IP address: 128.128.15.250 (Internal) >> Sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Recipient list: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> MessageID: 1019576391609 >> Size: 662 bytes > > > These are actually two different E-mails, and it appears to be > backwards, but it seems that WebShield thinks the E-mail was delivered > to IMail. > >> Tue Apr 23 09:39:51 2002 Attempting to route to the mails domain via >> a Relay >> Tue Apr 23 09:39:51 2002 Tried to connect relay to host >> relay.trhs.org and failed (code -1) > > > That's something to note -- it seems that you have WebShield set to send > mail through relay.trhs.org, but it can't connect. Unless you have a > reason for this, you should either tell WebShield not to send to the > relay server, or get the relay server set up. > >> Tue Apr 23 09:39:51 2002 Attempting to route to the mails domain via DNS >> Tue Apr 23 09:39:51 2002 MX lookup: Host imail.trhs.org found by name >> Tue Apr 23 09:39:51 2002 MX lookup: Attempting connection to host >> imail.trhs.org >> Tue Apr 23 09:39:51 2002 Connection via DNS unsuccessful > > > Again, another problem. It couldn't connect to imail.trhs.org -- but > imail.trhs.org isn't in the DNS entries. It looks like WebShield is > connecting to an outdated internal DNS server. > >> Tue Apr 23 09:39:51 2002 Attempting an A-Record connect >> >> Tue Apr 23 09:39:51 2002 MAIL SENT: >> Sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Recipient list: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> MessageID: 1019576341625 >> Size: 568 bytes >> >> Tue Apr 23 09:40:41 2002 MAIL RECEIVED: >> Received from IP address: 128.128.15.250 (Internal) >> Sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Recipient list: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> MessageID: 1019576441593 >> Size: 756 bytes > > > It looks like WebShield is sending the mail back to itself. > > So it looks like a WebShield/DNS issue. It is set up to use a relay, > which it can't connect to. Then, it gets a seemingly incorrect MX > record for trhs.org. > > -Scott > --- > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. > http://www.declude.com > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be > removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
