topic Re: Errors in mail.log in Operating System - HP-UX

Errors in mail.log

Michael Murphy_9 — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:55:54 GMT

We are having some issues with Oracle sending messages. I can send a message from the root and
Oracle user account. When I check the mail.log, I see these errors:
sendmail[27145]: m42BSHl27145: SYSERR(root): mime8to7: recursion level 21 exceeded
Does anyone have any ideas?

Re: Errors in mail.log

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:13:22 GMT

Shalom,

There is an inconsistency in the sendmail configuration. The oracle user may be configured to bounce mail back to itself.

Check

/etc/mail/aliases
/etc/mail/virtusertable
/etc/mail/genericstable

For more detail on this error, see http://www.sendmail.org

SEP

Re: Errors in mail.log

Michael Murphy_9 — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:49:56 GMT

SEP, the only file in there is the aliases and there is no entry for the oracle user. We have a similar system with the same aliases file and no problems. Thanks for your help.

Re: Errors in mail.log

Court Campbell — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:51:33 GMT

What version of sendmail are you running?

# echo \$Z | /usr/sbin/sendmail -bt -d0

Re: Errors in mail.log

Michael Murphy_9 — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:04:39 GMT

We are using
Version 8.11.1 (PHNE_35485)

Re: Errors in mail.log

Court Campbell — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:10:57 GMT

This message is related the mime8to7 functions ability to only call itself recursively 21 times. It was added as a bug fix for DoS attacks. It can be changed but only at compile time as far as I know. You might want to look into the messages that are getting sent.

Re: Errors in mail.log

Michael Murphy_9 — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:19:29 GMT

I am also getting this message when I run the mailq command as the oracle user.
101404 Sun Apr 27 11:21 MAILER-DAEMON
(alias database unavailable)
The database location is in the sendmail.cf file and I can manually send a message as the oracle user.

Re: Errors in mail.log

Court Campbell — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:27:16 GMT

try running newalaises to recreate the aliases db.

Re: Errors in mail.log

Court Campbell — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:28:21 GMT

Argh. Spelling. should be newaliases.

Re: Errors in mail.log

Court Campbell — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:32:08 GMT

Do you show any errors in syslog?

Re: Errors in mail.log

Michael Murphy_9 — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:56:53 GMT

Working with HP support and they have provided me with a solution. Thank you for your input.