[LON-CAPA-admin] email message forwarding

[Todd Ruskell]

Gerd,

So this is what I used to see in /var/log/mail when messages were forwarded:
Dec 10 09:50:40 loncapa postfix/pickup[30831]: 512E333EC4: uid=2134
from=<www>
Dec 10 09:50:40 loncapa postfix/cleanup[30804]: 512E333EC4:
message-id=<20071210165040.512E333EC4 at loncapa.Mines.EDU>
Dec 10 09:50:40 loncapa postfix/qmgr[9260]: 512E333EC4:
from=<www at mines.edu>, size=2066, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 10 09:50:40 loncapa postfix/smtp[30608]: 512E333EC4:
to=<somestudentaddress at gmail.com>,
relay=izzard.mines.edu[138.67.130.10], delay=0, status=sent (
250 2.0.0 lBAGoeuL013751 Message accepted for delivery)
Dec 10 09:50:40 loncapa postfix/qmgr[9260]: 512E333EC4: removed

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But now this is what I get in /var/log/mail.  Notice that the log is now
showing messages as rejected.  I don't *think* we changed our mail
configuration on the loncapa servers, but as I said, our campus email
guys did make some changes:

Jan 10 10:48:22 loncapa postfix/pickup[5654]: 42D1533EC7: uid=2134
from=<www>
Jan 10 10:48:22 loncapa postfix/cleanup[8415]: 42D1533EC7:
message-id=<20080110174822.42D1533EC7 at loncapa.Mines.EDU>
Jan 10 10:48:22 loncapa postfix/qmgr[6489]: 42D1533EC7:
from=<www at mines.edu>, size=1163, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jan 10 10:48:22 loncapa postfix/smtp[8417]: 42D1533EC7:
to=<somestudentaddress at mines.edu>,
relay=izzard.mines.edu[138.67.130.10], delay=0, status=bounced (host
izzard.mines.edu[138.67.130.10] said: 553 5.3.0 <www at mines.edu>...
REJECT:550 www at mines.edu - invalid address - email to or from this
address is disabled (in reply to MAIL FROM command))
Jan 10 10:48:22 loncapa postfix/qmgr[6489]: 42D1533EC7: removed

Jan 28 13:42:42 loncapa postfix/pickup[23148]: 2944D33EC8: uid=2134
from=<www>
Jan 28 13:42:42 loncapa postfix/cleanup[30572]: 2944D33EC8:
message-id=<20080128204242.2944D33EC8 at loncapa.Mines.EDU>
Jan 28 13:42:42 loncapa postfix/qmgr[6489]: 2944D33EC8:
from=<www at mines.edu>, size=1128, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jan 28 13:42:42 loncapa postfix/smtp[30576]: 2944D33EC8:
to=<anotherstudentaddress at mines.edu>,
relay=izzard.mines.edu[138.67.130.10], delay=0, status=bounced (host
izzard.mines.edu[138.67.130.10] said: 553 5.3.0 <www at mines.edu>...
REJECT:550 www at mines.edu - invalid address - email to or from this
address is disabled (in reply to MAIL FROM command))

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So it doesn't look like the mail is coming "from" the student at all.
Does this mean we have a misconfigured mail server on our loncapa systems?

Clearly I'm not an expert here.  Additional thoughts appreciated.

Todd

Gerd Kortemeyer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If the students have registered an email address themselves, the email
> should "come from" that address.
> 
> So, I think the solution is to ask your students to register such an
> address.
> 
> - Gerd.
> 
> On Jan 28, 2008, at 2:58 PM, Todd Ruskell wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> When LON-CAPA sends out message-forwarded email, it seems to do it as
>> user www.  Unfortunately our campus has recently blocked all email with
>> www@ listed as the from or reply-to address.  In general I can see where
>> this is a "good thing", but it broke our message forwarding.  Is there
>> someplace in LON-CAPA where this can be adjusted, or do we need to do
>> any processing within our external mail packages?
>>
>> Any ideas are appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Todd
>>
>> --Dr. Todd Ruskell
>> Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics       Office:  Meyer Hall 326
>> Colorado School of Mines                     Phone: 303-384-2080
>> 1523 Illinois Street                         Fax: 303-273-3919
>> Golden, CO 80401
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-- 
Dr. Todd Ruskell
Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics       Office:  Meyer Hall 326
Colorado School of Mines                     Phone: 303-384-2080
1523 Illinois Street                         Fax: 303-273-3919
Golden, CO 80401