Re: [Security-Discuss] OT? - Do security settings cause this problem?

Le Mercredi 22 Juin 2005 11:54, Anne Wilson a écrit :
> A couple of days ago Doug Bainbridge was unable to talk to the expert list
> about a problem he was having - sympa blocked every attempt.  Yesterday I
> had a similar experience.  My problem was such that webmail was my only
> recourse, but I could not get anything through at all.  After three or four
> attempts I tried an absolutely innocuous message asking someone to contact
> me off-list - I couldn't reach my addressbook, so I had to ask.  This is
> what I got back:
>
> Resultats de vos commandes
>  Date: 21/06/2005 15:20
>  From: SYMPA <[email protected]>
>  To: [email protected]
>
> > Can someone please send off-list the email address of any expert who may
>
> Commande non comprise : la fin du message est ignorée.
> Aucune commande n'a été reconnue dans votre message
>
> The results is that when you most need them the lists are barred to you.
> It's a situation that only seems to have occured in the past week or so.
> Is it some change to the security settings at Mandriva's end?

It seems that some words in signature or message cause problem on sympa, at 
least at Mandriva.
Sympa catch those words and trie to interpret them as command, hence the error 
message.
Maybe it is a sympa bug triggered by a update of the server, or some other 
thing ( like a change in a filter that modify a mail in such a way that the 
error is triggered ). This type of error are quite hard to track down, unless 
you take one person to read the log and code for some days.

I am neither a admin, nor a sympa expert, maybe the question should be asked 
on sympa user list ?

Can you try to remove your signature, or give more information ?

-- 
Michael Scherer

____________________________________________________
Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? 
Go to http://store.mandriva.com
Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com
____________________________________________________