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Subject: How to track down ABORT due to mail loop ?
From: Werner Keilholz <werner @ cstb . fr>
Organization: CSTB
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:47:41 +0200
To: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com

Sorry if this is a newbeeish kind of question right after subscribing,
but I'm stuck...

I'm running a Sun under SunOS 4.1.3. I also have NT machines, but decide

to use the Sun for this.
I install perl5.004_04 OK. Then majordomo 1.94.4. Only minor problems.
config-test says, its OK.

I create a list for test and it works fine - as long as everybody
subscribes with a valid email address.
I send messages to the list - works fine, everybody gets one.

Then I try to add snoopy@doghouse.usa (snoopy doesn't have email :-( ).
No problem still.

Then  I send a normal message to the list; I get

> MAJORDOMO ABORT (mj_majordomo)!!
>
> majordomo: not replying to MAILER-DAEMON to avoid mail loop.

What is worse, the list-owner is not notified of this event, and nobody
else on the list gets the message.
I can't find anything about this in the README or FAQ.

How can I track down this problem ?  I understand sendmail black magic
might be necessary, but all I really want is majordomo to tell me that
there was a problem with snoopy (and keep delivering messages to the
others) - that's why I got majordomo in the first place (instead of just

making an alias for the list).

My main concern is that
- messages are actually delivered
- errors are *only* reported to the owner

Any hints would be greatly appreciated. For now I'm back to my alias...

Thanks in advance,

Werner

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