After looking at the URL, I see that this is identified as a sendmail 8.10 and
8.11 bug. Bulk_mailer is also specifically named as an application that will
cause this behavior. Majordomo, without bulk_mailer does not appear to have
the same problem. Sendmail may "recommend" a wrapper, but do they offer one?
Do they offer a work-around? This is not a majordomo bug. Considering that
version 8.9 of sendmail is not mentioned as having this issue, one work-around
may be to downgrade your sendmail. Another might be to learn to tune the
sendmail queue(s) to achieve the same performance that bulk_mailer was created
for in the days when sendmail was considered slow. Exim is supposed to be a
drop-in replacement for sendmail, which was once considered to outperform
sendmail. I can't say whether or not this is still true, but the bottom line
is, at least in my opinion, you are looking in the wrong place for a solution
to a problem with the combination of bulk_mailer and sendmail.
Keep in mind, your reason for using bulk_mailer in the first place, to aide
sendmail's performance. Considering bulk_mailer appears to be more of a
hinderance at this point, it may be time to consider alternatives. If not,
consider submitting your request to the author of bulk_mailer.
Dan Liston
"Mohler, Jeff" wrote:
>
> http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/smenhanced.html seems to clearly outline my specific problem.
>
> My output in the logs is such:
> ---
> <message to large list comes in>
> <big pause>
> Nov 20 15:37:03 speedracer sendmail[25190]: fAKNYgK25188: timeout waiting for in
> put from local during Draining Input
> Nov 20 15:37:03 speedracer sendmail[25365]: fAKNZ3B25365: SYSERR: putoutmsg (loc
> alhost): error on output channel sending "250 2.1.5 <ryan@magma-da.com>... Recip
> ient ok (will queue)": Broken pipe
> Nov 20 15:37:03 speedracer sendmail[25365]: fAKNZ3B25365: lost input channel fro
> m daemon@localhost to stdin after rcpt
> Nov 20 15:37:03 speedracer sendmail[25365]: fAKNZ3B25365: from=<owner-nasanorcal
> events@speedtoys.com>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, relay=daemon@local
> host
> Nov 20 15:37:03 speedracer sendmail[25432]: fAKNb3S25432: SYSERR: putoutmsg (loc
> alhost): error on output channel sending "220 speedracer.speedtoys.com ESMTP Sen
> dmail 8.11.3/8.11.1; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:37:03 -0800 (PST)": Broken pipe
> Nov 20 15:37:03 speedracer sendmail[25432]: NOQUEUE: daemon@localhost did not is
> sue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during connection to stdin
> ...etc..etc..etc..xhundreds
> ---
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Liston [mailto:dliston@netscape.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:21 PM
> To: Mohler Jeff
> Cc: majordomo-users@GreatCircle.COM
> Subject: Re: Wrapper for bulk-mailer
>
> OK, I will play stupid. Why do you need a wrapper? Who/what told you that it
> is needed? And are you POSITIVE creating a link to bulk_mailer in the smrsh
> directory is not enough to solve your problem? Smrsh is discussed in the FAQ.
>
> Dan Liston
>
> "Mohler, Jeff" wrote:
> >
> > I already use bulk-mailer with great sucess. What I need..it to run it via a wrapper to solve an issue with large lists and a bug in Sendmail that is not fixed.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dliston@netscape.com [mailto:dliston@netscape.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 1:09 PM
> > To: Mohler Jeff
> > Cc: majordomo-users@GreatCircle.COM
> > Subject: Re: Wrapper for bulk-mailer
> >
> > Sendmail security requires a link in your smrsh directory to any/all executables
> > called by the RHS of aliases. If you are running RedHat, make sure /etc/smrsh/
> > contains a link to /usr/sbin/bulk_mailer. Then again, that also assumes majordomo
> > was installed from the rpm file, and that you are running an smrsh dependent
> > version of sendmail.
> >
> > I keep this right in my aliases file for quick reference.
> >
> > #####################################################################
> > #
> > # Use of bulk_mailer with sendmail:
> > # To have bulk_mailer distribute mail to a list, add the following lines
> > #
> > # owner-{FOO}: whoever-maintains-foo
> > # {FOO}-outgoing: "|{BULK_MAILER} owner-{FOO}@{YOUR.DOMAIN} {ADDRESS_LIST}"
> > #
> > # where {FOO} is the name of the list, {YOUR.DOMAIN} is your
> > # fully-qualified domain, {BULK_MAILER} is a full path name of the
> > # bulk_mailer program, and {ADDRESS_LIST} is a full path name of the
> > # file containing the list of addresses.
> > #
> > # test-outgoing: "|/usr/sbin/bulk_mailer owner-test@DOMAIN.TLD /var/lib/majordomo/lists/test"
> > #
> > ###########################################################################
> > Of course, additional arguments such as maxdomains are fine, this is just
> > a bare minimum to make it work.
> >
> > Dan Liston
> >
> > "Mohler, Jeff" wrote:
> > >
> > > I need to build a wrapper as I understand it for bulk-mailer.
> > >
> > > As this involves the aliases file..im very unsure on how to accomplish this.
> > >
> > > 3sracers-outgoing:"|/usr/local/bin/bulk_mailer -maxdomains <x> 3sracers@speedtoys.com /usr/local/majordomo/lists/3sracers"
> > >
> > > Thats how I currently call it, any pointers would be appreciated..and of great help to tohers in the archives as well.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
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