Bug 159879

Summary:	sendmail bad file descriptor error upstream patched
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Reporter:	Need Real Name <steve>
Component:	sendmail	Assignee:	Thomas Woerner <twoerner>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version:	3.0
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.issociate.de/board/post/185558/Deferred:_Bad_file_descriptor_after_remote_side_closes_connection.html
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Bug Blocks:	200922

Description Need Real Name 2005-06-08 19:36:19 UTC

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Description of problem:
There's a bug in 8.12.11 that was fixed upstream in 8.13.2. The release notes describe it best:

	If a server returns a 421 reply to the RSET command between
		message deliveries, do not attempt to deliver any more
		messages on that connection.  This prevents bogus "Bad
		file number" recipient status.  Problem noted by
		Allan E Johannesen of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

(http://www.sendmail.org/ftp/RELEASE_NOTES)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
8.12.11

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try to send 2 mails to an address @aol.com from a host with no reverse DNS
2. Observe the first one rejected properly with a 421, the second with a "Deferred: Bad file descriptor" status.
3.
  

Actual Results:  See above

Expected Results:  the second mail should have a "Deferred: 421..." status instead

Additional info:

It's fixed upstream, please just incorporate their fix.

Comment 1 Thomas Woerner 2007-07-24 13:26:23 UTC

I am sorry, but the fix is very large, because it has to get fixed in several
parts of sendmail. Even 8.14.0 still contains fixes for 421 returns.
Closing as WONTFIX.