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Subject: Re: multilog-watch, qmail-remote, and "Sorry. Although I'm listed as a best-preference..."
From: Dave Sill <de5@sws5.ornl.gov>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:33:32 -0400
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Jeremy Kitchen <kitchen@scriptkitchen.com> wrote:

>On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 03:51:06PM -0400, Dave Sill wrote:
>> I think I'm losing it... I've been running Russ Allbery's
>> multilog-watch on a couple systems for years, and all of the sudden
>> I'm getting errors when it tries to mail its reports that seem to be
>> due to qmail-remote not thinking the local host is listed in
>> control/locals.
>> 
>> Here's a test:
>> 
>> $ /var/qmail/bin/qmail-remote sws5.ornl.gov root@sws5.ornl.gov 
>> root@sws5.ornl.gov
>> DSorry. Although I'm listed as a best-preference MX or A for that host,
>> it isn't in my control/locals file, so I don't treat it as local. (#5.4.6)
>> $
>
>iirc, qmail-remote doesn't actually look at control/locals
>
>I think when it says that, it's because it assumes that if qmail-remote
>is handling the message, that means it's not in control/locals

Ah, that makes sense.

>is the multilog-watch script sending messages via qmail-remote
>directly?

Yes.

>maybe it should use qmail-inject or qmail-queue instead?

Yeah, I guess. But it worked fine for almost five years. I just wish I
could figure out what broke it. I've worked around it by reconfiguring
multilog-watch to deliver its reports to a remote system.

-Dave

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