Symptoms
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Auto-reply messages are not sent to the sender and the original message is not forwarded to the specified email address in the Forward to field at Domains > example.com > Email Addresses > [email protected] > Auto-Reply (tab).
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QMail is installed as a mail server at Tools & Settings > Mail Server Settings.
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The following messages appear in /var/log/maillog:
autoresponder[<PID>]: Starting the autoresponder filter...
autoresponder[<PID>]: Unable to save new SRS password into: /var/lib/plesk/mail/srs/secret
autoresponder[<PID>]: Unable to get SRS password
qmail-local-handlers[<PID>]: _mh_fork(): The child process with pid <PID> killed by signal 11
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The following message appear in /var/log/messages:
hostname kernel: autoresponder[<PID>]: segfault at 20 ip 000000000040f2c5 sp 00007ffd6b8fb320 error 4 in autoresponder[400000+3f000]
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The following message appears in /var/log/audit/audit.log:
# grep <PID> /var/log/audit/audit.log
type=ANOM_ABEND msg=audit(1525802765.034:801831): auid=4294967295 uid=30 gid=31 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:unconfined_service_t:s0 pid=<PID> comm=”autoresponder” reason=”memory violation” sig=11
Cause
Product issue:
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#PPPM-8505 “Now if qmail is installed, the auto-reply forwarding works correctly: the auto-reply message is sent to the sender and the original email is sent to the specified mail address.”
Fixed in:- Plesk Obsidian 31 July 2018 (fixed as PPP-36511, Linux)
Resolution
Workaround
If update is not possible for some reason you may try the following
temporary solution
As a workaround, apply the following steps:
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Connect to the Plesk server via SSH.
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Create the directory /var/lib/plesk/mail/srs/ with the following command:
# install -d -m 0750 -o popuser -g popuser /var/lib/plesk/mail/srs/
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