Re: identinfo SOCKFAULT1

[mea@nic.funet.fi]

> 	Hi folks!
> 	Sometimes I get message from zmailer with following error:
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: The Post Office <postmaster@access.lipetsk.ru>
> Subject: Too many "Received:" lines, looping message ?
> To: <caaetvar@mail.sts.ru>
> CC: The Post Office <postoffice@access.lipetsk.ru>
> 
> The following message was decided to exceed the sensible limit
> on the number of "Received:" headers, which number is usually
> fairly small for any average email, but can become rather large,
> if the message loops somewhere.
> 
> Our limit is 50 rounds, usually systems set it way lower, like
> at 15-17...

	This is because the system does not recognize itself
	as the target for the email.

	Your 'localnames' file does not list 'popserver.lipetsk.ru'
	as one of the local names.

> The entire original message file follows.
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> external
> rcvdfrom access.lipetsk.ru ([195.34.224.67]:56584 "EHLO access.lipetsk.ru" ident: "SOCKFAULT1")
> bodytype 8BITMIME
> with ESMTP
> identinfo SOCKFAULT1

	I don't remember what this did mean, but likely it is a result
	from not having 'ident' server in your local system.
	(nic.funet.fi does not have such either -- at DEC UNIX it
	 would need average 40 000 lookups via /dev/kmem to resolve
	 single ident information query -- a bit too much...
	 At Linux systems there is support for the lookup within the
	 kernel, and the entire thing is thus fairly light-weight...)

> from <caaetvar@mail.sts.ru>
> todsn ORCPT=rfc822;lecenya@popserver.lipetsk.ru
> to <lecenya@popserver.lipetsk.ru>
> env-end
> Received: from access.lipetsk.ru ([195.34.224.67]:56584 "EHLO
> access.lipetsk.ru" ident: "SOCKFAULT1") by access.lipetsk.ru with ESMTP
> id <92294-11875>; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 18:51:18 +0400
> Received: from access.lipetsk.ru ([195.34.224.67]:56584 "EHLO
> access.lipetsk.ru" ident: "SOCKFAULT1") by access.lipetsk.ru with ESMTP
> id <92573-11878>; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 18:50:46 +0400
> Received: from access.lipetsk.ru ([195.34.224.67]:56584 "EHLO
> access.lipetsk.ru" ident: "SOCKFAULT1") by access.lipetsk.ru with ESMTP
> id <92562-11878>; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 18:50:08 +0400
> Received: from access.lipetsk.ru ([195.34.224.67]:56584 "EHLO
> access.lipetsk.ru" ident: "SOCKFAULT1") by access.lipetsk.ru with ESMTP
> id <92294-11875>; Tue, 21 Jul 1998 18:49:28 +0400
> 
> [many others Received: lines skipped]
> 
> 
> 	What it means?
> 
> 	We use zmailer2.99.49p9 on FreeBSD UNIX-box.

   Hmm...  It may also relate to the way how non-blocking
sockets make connection on *BSD.  See file  libident/identuser.c

> -- 
> 	CU, Victor Gamov

/Matti Aarnio <mea@nic.funet.fi>