Partial loopback from iol.it?

James Mastros (root@jennifer-unix.dyn.ml.org)
Sun, 25 Jan 1998 22:09:36 -0500 (EST)


I have been getting many duplicate messages from the list lately -- most of
them seem to have headers like the following:

(The below is slightly reformated, to force it to fit on an 80 column screen.)
> Received: from nic.funet.fi (nic.funet.fi [128.214.248.6]) by
> jennifer-unix.jennifer-unix.dyn.ml.org (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id
> TAA01266 for <root@jennifer-unix.dyn.ml.org>; Sun, 25 Jan 1998
> 19:54:57 -0500
This is me.

> Received: from vger.rutgers.edu ([128.6.190.2]:4439 "EHLO vger.rutgers.edu"
> ident: "root") by nic.funet.fi with ESMTP id <18093-620>; Mon, 26
> Jan 1998 02:53:30 +0200
The normal path of linux-kernel for me (.net domain).

> Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id <971167-257>; Sun, 25 Jan 1998 19:43:24
> -0500
The list-server itself.

> Received: from dante.iol.it ([195.210.91.2]:62380 "EHLO dante.iol.it"
> ident: "NO-IDENT-SERVICE") by vger.rutgers.edu with ESMTP id
> <971257-257>; Sun, 25 Jan 1998 19:24:34 -0500
Being sent to the list -- perfictly normal for a mail from sombody at
dante.iol.it -- that isn't where this mail originated (the first time
around, anyway).

> Received: from [195.210.91.100] by dante.iol.it
> (Netscape Messaging Server 3.0) with SMTP id AAA2699
> for <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>;
> Mon, 26 Jan 1998 01:25:44 +0100
> Received: from dante.iol.it ([195.210.91.2]) by capri.iol.it
> (Netscape Messaging Server 3.5) with ESMTP id AAA3722
> for <wiz@ischia.iol.it>; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 02:52:39 +0100
> Received: from nic.funet.fi ([128.214.248.6]) by dante.iol.it
> (Netscape Messaging Server 3.0) with ESMTP id AAA7655;
> Mon, 19 Jan 1998 01:27:28 +0100
Some internal routing at iol.it... odd, and prone to errors, but not
errorous unto itself. Note that it goes from dante to capri to dante...
not a good sign. Also note that dante originaly got the message from none
other then nic.funet.fi.

> Received: from vger.rutgers.edu ([128.6.190.2]:11275 "EHLO vger.rutgers.edu"
> ident: "root") by nic.funet.fi with ESMTP id <13693-18750>; Mon, 19
> Jan 1998 02:25:16 +0200
OK, funet from vger.

> Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id <970897-241>; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 19:15:00
> -0500
And vger from the original sender.

<snip> (ommitted to protect the innocent)
> To: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
<snip>

----CUT----

I suggest that, until their mail problems are sorted out, we kick
wiz@ischia.iol.it (who appears to be the original recipent -- see line 33)
from linux-kernel.

-=- James Mastros