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[jira] [Closed] (JAMES-1018) James SMTP server while redirecting mail sends it to itself rather than to the destination
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1018?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Benoit Tellier closed JAMES-1018.
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Fix Version/s: (was: 3.0.0)
Resolution: Won't Fix
James 2.3 is unmaintained, end of life.
Feel free to reopen if work is planned on this.
> James SMTP server while redirecting mail sends it to itself rather than to the destination
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>
> Key: JAMES-1018
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-1018
> Project: James Server
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: SMTPServer
> Affects Versions: 2.3.1
> Environment: Windows XP
> Reporter: Anastasia Tugaenko
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: routing
>
> Under certain network and DNS configuration James SMTP server version 2.3.1 sends mail to itself rather than to the next hop. As a result, the mail loops until resending limit is exceeded. It never gets to the destination.
>
> Configuration
> The configuration file - http://www.ispras.ru/ru/james/config.xml.
> The issue was reproduced in a virtual network with three nodes and two domains (see http://www.ispras.ru/ru/james/virtualNet.png):
> 1. network vbox1.test with nodes XP11 and XP12,
> 2. network vbox2.test with nodes XP21 and XP22;
> 3. nodes XP11 and XP21 are physically on the same virtual machine where James SMTP server runs. DNS runs on the same server.
> DNS configuration used to reproduces the issue is available here - http://www.ispras.ru/ru/james/etc.zip.
> The issue occurs when MX record for XP21 has higher priority than that of XP22.
> XP22 IN MX 15 XP21
> XP22 IN MX 25 XP22
> Steps to reproduce the issue:
> 1. Turn on the virtual machines for nodes XP11/XP21, XP12, XP22. Launch DNS and James SMTP on the XP11/XP21 virtual machine. Launch mail agents on XP12 and XP22.
> 2. Send a mail from XP12 to XP22 (e.g. to user@XP22.vbox2.test).
>
> Issue:
> Mail agent on XP12 sends the mail to the James SMTP server on XP11. The James SMTP server re-sends the mail to itself (the MX record priority is higher than that of XP22). As a result the mail never arrives to XP22.
> James SMTP log is available here - http://www.ispras.ru/ru/james/smtpserver.log.
> Here is an extract from it:
> 09/06/10 16:54:51 INFO smtpserver: Connection from XP12 (192.168.56.22)
> 09/06/10 16:54:52 INFO smtpserver: Successfully spooled mail Mail1276088091716-0 from asdfasdf@asd.a on 192.168.56.22 for [user@XP22.vbox2.test]
> 09/06/10 16:55:32 INFO smtpserver: Connection from XP1 (192.168.209.21)
> 09/06/10 16:55:32 INFO smtpserver: Successfully spooled mail Mail1276088132675-1 from asdfasdf@asd.a on 192.168.209.21 for [user@XP22.vbox2.test]
> 09/06/10 16:56:12 INFO smtpserver: Connection from XP1 (192.168.209.21)
> 09/06/10 16:56:12 INFO smtpserver: Successfully spooled mail Mail1276088172782-2 from asdfasdf@asd.a on 192.168.209.21 for [user@XP22.vbox2.test]
> 09/06/10 16:56:52 INFO smtpserver: Connection from XP1 (192.168.209.21)
> 09/06/10 16:56:52 INFO smtpserver: Successfully spooled mail Mail1276088212910-3 from asdfasdf@asd.a on 192.168.209.21 for [user@XP22.vbox2.test]
> The log shows that the mail gets constantly re-sent from XP11 to XP12 (the same physical machine) and never arrives to the destination. We tried other open-source SMTP servers in the same configuration - they do not loop and deliver the mail to the next hop.
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