Mail loop

Phil_R_Lawrence · April 25, 2005, 1:09pm

Over the weekend I seem to have built up a 23M procmail log for my test
box… Can anyone help me find the cause/stop this loop?

Here’s a bit of the procmail log:

— Logging /home/rt_dispatcher/procmail.log for rt_dispatcher,
procmail: [30459] Mon Apr 25 09:07:36 2005
procmail: Assigning “MAILDOMAIN=rt.example.com”
procmail: Assigning “RT_MAILGATE=/opt/rt3/bin/rt-mailgate”
procmail: Assigning “RT_URL=https://rt.example.com”
procmail: Assigning “LOGABSTRACT=all”
procmail: Executing “formail -c -xReceived: |grep $MAILDOMAIN |sed -e
‘s/.for <(.)>* ;.$/\1/’”
procmail: Assigning “TO=”
procmail: Executing “echo $TO| $HOME/get_queue.pl”
procmail: [30459] Mon Apr 25 09:07:37 2005
procmail: Assigning “QUEUE=general”
procmail: Executing “echo $TO| $HOME/get_action.pl”
procmail: Assigning “ACTION=correspond”
procmail: Executing
“/opt/rt3/bin/rt-mailgate,–queue,general,–action,correspond,–url,https://rt.example.com,–debug”
Connecting to https://rt.example.com/REST/1.0/NoAuth/mail-gateway at
/opt/rt3/bin/rt-mailgate line 99, <> chunk 1.
not ok - Could not load a valid user at /opt/rt3/bin/rt-mailgate line
108, <> chunk 1.
procmail: [30435] Mon Apr 25 09:07:41 2005
procmail: Assigning “LASTFOLDER=/opt/rt3/bin/rt-mailgate --queue general
–action correspond --url https://rt.example.com --debug”
procmail: Notified comsat: “rt_dispatcher@:/opt/rt3/bin/rt-mailgate
–queue general --action correspond --url https://rt.example.com --debug”
From MAILER-DAEMON Mon Apr 25 09:07:31 2005
Folder: /opt/rt3/bin/rt-mailgate --queue general --action correspond
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Phil_R_Lawrence · April 25, 2005, 1:15pm

Phil Lawrence wrote:

Over the weekend I seem to have built up a 23M procmail log for my test
box… Can anyone help me find the cause/stop this loop?

Here’s a bit of the procmail log:
…

Also here’s a bit from /var/log/maillog:

Apr 25 09:15:12 localhost postfix/qmgr[2530]: C2532102E5: removed
Apr 25 09:15:13 localhost postfix/pickup[31921]: 1D81B102ED: uid=48
from=
Apr 25 09:15:13 localhost postfix/cleanup[31805]: 1D81B102ED:
message-id=20050425131513.1D81B102ED@localhost.localdomain
Apr 25 09:15:13 localhost postfix/qmgr[2530]: 1D81B102ED:
from=apache@localhost.localdomain, size=34397, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Apr 25 09:15:13 localhost postfix/local[31806]: 1D81B102ED:
to=root@localhost.localdomain,
orig_to=MAILER-DAEMON@localhost.localdomain, relay=local, delay=0,
status=bounced (can’t create user output file. Command output: procmail:
Couldn’t create “/var/mail/nobody” )
Apr 25 09:15:13 localhost postfix/cleanup[31567]: 34AB1102E5:
message-id=20050425131513.34AB1102E5@localhost.localdomain
Apr 25 09:15:13 localhost postfix/qmgr[2530]: 34AB1102E5: from=<>,
size=36453, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Apr 25 09:15:13 localhost postfix/qmgr[2530]: 1D81B102ED: removed
Apr 25 09:15:13 localhost postfix/local[32417]: 34AB1102E5:
to=root@localhost.localdomain, orig_to=apache@localhost.localdomain,
relay=local, delay=0, status=bounced (can’t create user output file.
Command output: procmail: Couldn’t create “/var/mail/nobody” )
Apr 25 09:15:13 localhost postfix/qmgr[2530]: 34AB1102E5: removed
Apr 25 09:15:13 localhost postfix/local[30925]: 686E910E72:
to=rt_dispatcher@localhost.localdomain,
orig_to=apache@rt.example.com, relay=local, delay=214045, status=sent
(delivered to command: /usr/bin/procmail)
Apr 25 09:15:13 localhost postfix/qmgr[2530]: 686E910E72: removed

Phil_R_Lawrence · April 25, 2005, 1:47pm

OK, here’s an actual message:

From MAILER-DAEMON Fri Apr 22 21:08:05 2005
X-Original-To: apache@rt.example.com
Delivered-To: rt_dispatcher@localhost.localdomainDate: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:07:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAILER-DAEMON@localhost.localdomain (Mail Delivery System)
Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
To: apache@rt.example.com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
boundary=“CCA10117CB.1114218462/localhost.localdomain”
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

This is a MIME-encapsulated message.

–CCA10117CB.1114218462/localhost.localdomain
Content-Description: Notification
Content-Type: text/plain

This is the Postfix program at host localhost.localdomain.

I’m sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be
be delivered to one or more recipients. It’s attached below.

For further assistance, please send mail to

If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the attached returned message.

                     The Postfix program

rt_dispatcher@rt.example.com (expanded from ): mail for
rt.example.com loops back to myself

–CCA10117CB.1114218462/localhost.localdomain
Content-Description: Delivery report
Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; localhost.localdomain
X-Postfix-Queue-ID: CCA10117CB
X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; apache@rt.example.com
Arrival-Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:02:15 -0400 (EDT)
Final-Recipient: rfc822; rt_dispatcher@rt.example.com
Original-Recipient: rfc822; root
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; mail for rt.example.com loops back to
myself

–CCA10117CB.1114218462/localhost.localdomain
Content-Description: Undelivered Message
Content-Type: message/rfc822
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Received: by rt.example.com (Postfix, from userid 48)
id CCA10117CB; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:02:15 -0400 (EDT)
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=“----------=_1114196535-2809-18087”
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.417 (Entity 5.417)
From: RT_CorrespondAddressNotSet@rt.example.com
To: root@rt.example.com
Subject: Could not load a valid user
X-RT-Loop-Prevention: testesirt
Message-Id: 20050422190215.CCA10117CB@rt.example.com
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 15:02:15 -0400 (EDT)