cyrus & postfix, message being corrupted when viewed by the client

[cyrus]

On Dec 5, 2005, at 11:15 AM, Bill Kearney wrote:

>> I have not yet used another client , because logically, if it works
>> on 1 server with the same patch levels, then it should work on the
>> other server.
>
> Not if the client is defective or is unable to handle connecting to  
> the
> server properly.
>
>> K , just tested
>> outlook express windows se(both servers ok)
>> thunderbird osx(both servers ok)
>> mail osx v205 (one server messed up, one server ok)
>
> Thought that would happen.  <grin>
>
>   It's very rare for an e-mail server to function normally but deliver
> corrupted messages.  Since cyrus wasn't complaining in it's logs I  
> figured
> it had to be something client-side.
>
>> in the meantime i will get onto apple about a possible bug
>
> Sounds like that's the right place to start.
>
already filed with hte developers.

> You could go a step further and run 'ethereal' to trap the network  
> packets.
> See if the data being sent to the clients is correct or not.  If  
> the packets
> on the wire are corrupted then there's some sort of handshaking  
> nonsense
> going wrong.  Since you've got some clients that can get GOOD  
> content then
> unless the apple mail.app has a bug I'd start wondering about some  
> sort of
> language/encoding problems.  I'm betting the packets are good and the
> mail.app is getting seriously confused about the MIME structure.
>

I did get a full dump on the ethereal, between the client & the "bad"  
server,
  it looks like the oxs client is specifically requesting content  
that will corrupt the mime ( not that i know enough about cyrus, to  
see that)
it is as if it gets fedup, during the transfer and re-requests the  
mime header.

but WHY will it only do it on any server when this  disk is moved to  
the server, and Why is my other server ok with the osx client.



GOOD SYSTEM
fLVPJb7UcqEVWJ7G0Kw+TEw1SqbtzQ99cv4s/r+/EVxmar9UfUXEcUwlpTLBl 
+jf5HBafW6CPDKb
ZA7RjQSyiSYj7UjG5NcHPc9z3Pc9z3Pc9zskk3PPX0txSZTzfmzIWY6LOeRcUq8FxjDZRPSV 
1BUy
01TTyr9mSGeFlkjceDKQfjzaj/Dp/ 
wCFbnr09LE1BkX1bIvW3JkIjiM1fKtNmGmiGm6LFVQisIF2
IrEkkkNl+YjGvN/b8Oz8Xf0Lfie5U/ 
nHpizckmO08PnYhljFFWjxuhF7EzUZdhNGNLzU7zQ3IHmB
rqLOue57nue57nue4Sr8Q31o5F/D29GmffV1n 
+MVFNlHDmlpKPdtatxCd1pcOolI1AqKuSNGYA7E

BADSYSTEM

fLVPJb7UcqEVWJ7G0Kw+TEw1SqbtzQ99cv4s/r+/EVxmar9UfUXEcUwlpTLBl 
+jf5HBafW6CPDKb
ZA7RjQSyiSYj7UjG5NcHPc9z3Pc9z3Pc9zskk3PPX0txSZTzfmzIWY6LOeRcUq8FxjDZRPSV 
1BUy
01TTyr9mSGeFlkjceDKQfjzaj/Dp/ 
wCFbnr09LE1BkX1bIvW3JkIjiM1fKtNmGmiGm6LFVQisIF2
IrEk0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/ 
CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAAAATAEAAAAAAAAA
EAAATgEAAAEAAAD+//// 
AAAAAEkBAABKAQAASwEAAP//////////////////////////////////
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you can see from the above that it is re-starting the get!!


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0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgADAP7/ 
CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADAAAATAEAAAAAAAAA
EAAATgEAAAEAAAD+//// 
AAAAAEkBAABKAQAASwEAAP//////////////////////////////////
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>> thanks bill.
>
> You're most welcome.  Always try different clients before going to the
> extremes of changing the servers.
>
> -Bill Kearney
>