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Subject: Problems with cyrus deliver and message format
From: James F. Hranicky (jfhcise.ufl.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 02 2000 - 15:33:42 CST

[ I've also sent this to cyrus-bugs+andrew.cmu.edu ]

Cyrus imapd version : 2.0.7
Cyrus sasl version : 1.5.24
OS version : FreeBSD 4.1.1-STABLE

I'm trying to get postfix (both snapshot-20001005 and snapshot-20001030)
to work with cyrus, however, everytime delivery is attempted, I get a
data format error:

        Nov 2 14:38:57 palm.cise.ufl.edu postfix/pipe[45574]:
        043DF20F04: to=<jfhcise.ufl.edu>, relay=cyrus, delay=5,
        status=bounced (data format error)

So, in an attempt to get delivery working at all, I ran the deliver program
by hand on another already delivered piece of mail:

        % cat ~jfh/Mail/inbox/2 | deliver jfh ; echo $?
        65

The contents of ~jfh/Mail/inbox/2 :

        % cat ~jfh/Mail/inbox/2
                From jfhcise.ufl.edu Wed Nov 1 11:17:40 2000
                Return-Path: <jfhcise.ufl.edu>
                Delivered-To: jfhcise.ufl.edu
                Received: from cise.ufl.edu (palm.cise.ufl.edu [128.227.205.231])
                        by testpc.cise.ufl.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id A24FD20F02
                        for <jfh>; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:17:35 -0500 (EST)
                Message-Id: <20001101161735.A24FD20F02testpc.cise.ufl.edu>
                Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:17:35 -0500 (EST)
                From: jfhcise.ufl.edu
                To: undisclosed-recipients:;
                
                icky

Using ktrace to see what's going on:

        % cat ~jfh/Mail/inbox/2 | ktrace -id deliver jfh ; echo $?
        65
        % kdump
        [ ... ]
         46420 deliver CALL socket(0x1,0x1,0)
         46420 deliver RET socket 3
         46420 deliver CALL connect(0x3,0xbfbfd128,0x17)
         46420 deliver NAMI "/var/imap/socket/lmtp"
         46420 deliver RET connect 0
         46420 deliver CALL break(0x8063000)
         46420 deliver RET break 0
         46420 deliver CALL read(0x3,0x805d000,0x1000)
         46420 deliver GIO fd 3 read 47 bytes
               "220 palm.cise.ufl.edu LMTP Cyrus v2.0.7 ready\r
        [ ... ]
         46420 deliver CALL write(0x3,0x8061000,0x1d2)
         46420 deliver GIO fd 3 wrote 466 bytes
               "From jfhcise.ufl.edu Wed Nov 1 11:17:40 2000\r
                Return-Path: <jfhcise.ufl.edu>\r
                Delivered-To: jfhcise.ufl.edu\r
                Received: from cise.ufl.edu (palm.cise.ufl.edu [128.227.205.231])\r
                        by testpc.cise.ufl.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id A24FD20F02\r
                        for <jfh>; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:17:35 -0500 (EST)\r
                Message-Id: <20001101161735.A24FD20F02testpc.cise.ufl.edu>\r
                Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:17:35 -0500 (EST)\r
                From: jfhcise.ufl.edu\r
                To: undisclosed-recipients:;\r
                \r
                icky\r
                \r
                \r
                .\r
               "
         46420 deliver RET write 466/0x1d2
         46420 deliver CALL read(0x3,0x805d000,0x1000)
         46420 deliver GIO fd 3 read 43 bytes
               "554 5.6.0 Message contains invalid header\r
               "

I see that lmtpd is apparently complaining about an invalid header. Picking the
first header and removing it (the "From jfh" line) :

        % cat ~jfh/Mail/inbox/2
                Return-Path: <jfhcise.ufl.edu>
                Delivered-To: jfhcise.ufl.edu
                Received: from cise.ufl.edu (palm.cise.ufl.edu [128.227.205.231])
                        by testpc.cise.ufl.edu (Postfix) with SMTP id A24FD20F02
                        for <jfh>; Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:17:35 -0500 (EST)
                Message-Id: <20001101161735.A24FD20F02testpc.cise.ufl.edu>
                Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:17:35 -0500 (EST)
                From: jfhcise.ufl.edu
                To: undisclosed-recipients:;
                
                icky

I get:

        % cat ~jfh/Mail/inbox/2 | deliver jfh ; echo $?
        0

A successful delivery. Checking my mail with netscape's imap client shows
that I now have mail.

As far as I know, all MDAs put the "From user..." line at the beginning of
each message for message separation. Am I supposed to configure postfix
(or anything else) to prevent this line from showing up in users' mail
messages?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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