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Re: what does this mean: "cannot execute binary file"?

2006-04-12 09:58:51
(w/ bcc to Timmothy, since you're probably not getting your procmail list 
traffic right now...)

At 11:03 2006-04-12 -0400, TjL wrote:

My webhosting company (Dreamhost) seems to have absolutely no clue.

Are their heads in a cloud, or some less fluffy place?

I reported this as a problem and removed my .forward-postfix

Can you post the content of that file please?

so mail would get delivered until they solved the problem... Some 8 hours
later they "tested" the problem by sending me an email, and when it
was received they said "OH, well the problem must be solved, you're
getting email now."

DUH!  Of course it was received, but procmail/formail still isn't working!

Check the Received: headers on the test message amd those on prior archived 
mail.  I'm guessing they "upgraded" the mail software.

The "cannot execute binary file" is not a message embedded within 
procmail.  It is possible it is the result of a system call to return an 
error message associated with an error code (though I don't know if 
procmail actually makes any such calls).

A greater possibility lies in security config changes with the 
MTA.  Postfix probably has a feature similar to Sendmail's smrsh (sendmail 
restricted shell).  Some guy probably started reading up on something and 
went "oh, we should turn this on" without considering compatability issues.

---
  Sean B. Straw / Professional Software Engineering

  Procmail disclaimer: <http://www.professional.org/procmail/disclaimer.html>
  Please DO NOT carbon me on list replies.  I'll get my copy from the list.


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