Question Malformed Mail Header

Halenbane
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18 Aug 2012 11:03 #702 by Halenbane

Malformed Mail Header was created by Halenbane

I noticed that from time to time when someone logs in, the mud seems to crash and come back up really fast. This is what the syslog is telling me.

Aug 18 03:47:11 :: Mail system - fatal error - malformed mail header
Aug 18 03:47:11 :: Line was: ~

Anyone had this happen before?

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Halenbane
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19 Aug 2012 04:28 #704 by Halenbane

Replied by Halenbane on topic Re: Malformed Mail Header

I saw the reference to "malformed mail header" in mail.c, but not sure what is happening to cause problems. I looked thru the few mails that had been sent (just a few between me and a builder) over the last month or so, and didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

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19 Aug 2012 05:52 #705 by Vatiken

Replied by Vatiken on topic Re: Malformed Mail Header

Corrupt mail file...

Code:

if (sscanf(line, "### %ld %ld %ld", &recipient, &sender, (long *)&sent_time) != 3) {
  	log("Mail system - fatal error - malformed mail header");
  	log("Line was: %s", line);
  	return NULL;
  }

File should look something like this:

Code:

### 1 1 1345355253
Msg1
~
### 1 1 1345355264
Msg2
~

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Halenbane
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19 Aug 2012 06:52 #706 by Halenbane

Replied by Halenbane on topic Re: Malformed Mail Header

Yeah I thought I had checked them all. I'll look again. Thanks.

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19 Aug 2012 16:05 #712 by Vatiken

Replied by Vatiken on topic Re: Malformed Mail Header

tbaMUD.com uses the mail system regularly and I have heard of no issues. As far as I know, all mail handling is done in mail.c, so unless you altered something there should be no issues.

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