no notification for tickets which created by email although always_cc is set

[winnie@…]

Hey,

If I create a new ticket via a email no notification is send to the email listed in always_cc is send. This is quite stupid since it would be cool to know if someone has create a new ticket.

If I create a ticket via webinterface the notification works of course

[bas]

When i am back from holidays i will llok into it, did you enabled in trac.ini:

      smtp_enabled = true
      smtp_always_cc = test@test.nl

[bas]

is the same problem as described in #113?

[anonymous]

Same with the version r253.

[anonymous]

That is strange because i also use smtp_always_cc for different projects and encounter no problem at all. Maybe one of the plugins is causing these side effect. What version of trac do you use? This ny serup:

notification]
always_notify_reporter = true
smtp_always_cc = basv@sara.nl
smtp_enabled = true
smtp_from = email2trac@sara.nl
smtp_port = 25
smtp_replyto = email2trac@sara.nl

[winnie@…]

Well.. I guess I found the issue: you've to set a python egg cache which is writeable for the user trac (or the webpage) is running for. With setting the cache to /tmp everything works fine.

The mainquestion for me is now: Why the hell the normal notifications via web worked.. but via email2trac not?

[bas]

the enviroment is set by the MTA and the other is set via your WEBSERVER, maybe we must always set the python egg cache

[thomas.schabetsberger@…]

This ticket has been closed years ago. Although I am figuring out exactly this problem. Trac works well. I have configured the smtp_always_cc address and I receive notifications on any changes.

However I do not recieve anything when a ticket has been created by email2trac. Also the reporter or the owner are not notified. It seams that no email is going out in this case.

When I modify such a ticket via the web form, everything goes right and notifications are sent out.

Based on the previous comment I gave the .egg-cache 777 rights and restarted Apache, which did not solve the problem.

Do you have a hint for me where I should have a look on?

[bas]

There is nothing in the trac.log. And do you use run_email2trac. If yes can you try the [--eggcache=<directory>] option for run_email2trac. This set the python egg cache directory environment variable. The setting in email2trac.conf iss tool late.

I forgot to document it. It is now also fixed in the wiki

[bas]

Replying to bas:

There is nothing in the trac.log. And do you use run_email2trac. If yes can you try the [--eggcache=<directory>] option for run_email2trac. This set the python egg cache directory environment variable. The setting in email2trac.conf iss tool late.

I forgot to document it. It is now also fixed in the wiki

Did this suggestion solved your problem?

[thomas.schabetsberger@…]

Thank you for your answer. Adding --eggcache=<directory> results in fetchmail errors. Thats what I have in my fetchmailrc:

poll mail.med-home.com protocol IMAP username "trac-ticket" password "xxxxxxxx"
mda "/usr/local/bin/run_email2trac --eggcache=/var/data/trac/.egg-cache"

And thats the error I receive now:

fetchmail: MDA returned nonzero status 1

[thomas.schabetsberger@…]

Now I played around, removed the --eggcache option when calling the run_email2trac in fetchmailrc. In /var/log/syslog I know get this:

webtek)root@minerva:/var/lib/fetchmail# tail -f /var/log/syslog
Jan  7 01:35:01 minerva email2trac trac: Failure sending notification on creation of ticket #423: Can't extract file(s) to egg cache  The following error occurred while trying to extract file(s) to the Python egg cache:    [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/fetchmail/.python-eggs'  The Python egg cache directory is currently set to:    /var/lib/fetchmail/.python-eggs  Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  You can change the cache directory by setting the PYTHON_EGG_CACHE environment variable to point to an accessible directory. 
Jan  7 01:35:02 minerva sSMTP[5807]: Sent mail for root@webtek.at (221 Bye.) uid=101 username=fetchmail outbytes=708

this looks much better than before. But how can I solve this now?

[bas]

Just set the egg cache directory to /var/tmp where fetchmail and trace both has write access.

[thomas.schabetsberger@…]

poll mail.med-home.com protocol IMAP username "trac-ticket" password "xxxxxxxxx"
mda "/usr/local/bin/run_email2trac --eggcache=/var/tmp"

Delivers a "fetchmail: MDA returned nonzero status 1". Also, no tickets are created anymore from emails. If I remove the --eggcache option, then tickets are created again, but no emails are sent and the error message from above re-appears.

[bas]

Just be sure can you test 2 scenarios:

1. chmod 777 /var/lib/fetchmail/.python-egg . So everybody can write and read there

or:

2. Make in /var/tmp a directory .python-egg with permission 777 and set the eggcache option again

Do you have a notification plugin installed that may cause this side effect?

[anonymous]

I always get Spam errors, i am not able to post.

[bas]

You always post as anonymous. Just fill in a valid email address or send a reply by mail. With subject line intact.

[bas]

Thank you for your reply. Both scenarios have the same result: fetchmail: MDA returned nonzero status 1

Starting fetchmail from commandline (not via cron), which brings up the following:

(webtek)fetchmail@minerva:/var/tmp$ fetchmail -f /etc/fetchmailrc
1 message for trac-ticket at mail.med-home.com.
reading message trac-ticket@mail.med-home.com:1 of 1 (1034 header octets).
email2trac.py -- Email -> TRAC tickets

A MTA filter to create Trac tickets from inbound emails.

first proof of concept from:
 Copyright 2005, Daniel Lundin <daniel@edgewall.com>
 Copyright 2005, Edgewall Software

Authors:
  Bas van der Vlies <basv@sara.nl>
  Walter de Jong <walter@sara.nl>

How to use
----------
 * See https://subtrac.sara.nl/oss/email2trac/

 * Commandline opions:
                -h,--help
                -d, --debug 
                -f,--file  <configuration file>
                -n,--dry-run
                -p, --project <project name>
                -t, --ticket_prefix <name>

SVN Info:
        $Id: email2trac.py.in 582 2011-12-20 10:38:10Z bas $

option --eggcache not recognized
fetchmail: MDA returned nonzero status 1
 (613 body octets) not flushed
(webtek)fetchmail@minerva:/var/tmp$

I am wondering about "option --eggcache not recognized" as I think I have the latest version.

[bas]

option --eggcache not recognized fetchmail: MDA returned nonzero status 1

(613 body octets) not flushed

(webtek)fetchmail@minerva:/var/tmp$ }}}

I am wondering about "option --eggcache not recognized" as I think I have the latest version.

--eggcache is only supported by: run_email2trac. Can you set this in your email2trac.conf file:

python_egg_cache : /var/tmp

It is on:

• ​https://subtrac.sara.nl/oss/email2trac/wiki/Email2tracConfiguration

Maybe we must also make a command line option, like run_email2trac

[thomas.schabetsberger@…]

Sorry, but I am always using run_email2trac, never directly email2trac.

/etc/fetchmailrc:

poll mail.med-home.com protocol IMAP username "trac-ticket" password "xxxxxxxxx"
mda "/usr/local/bin/run_email2trac --eggcache=/var/tmp/.python-egg"

This delivers the above output.

[thomas.schabetsberger@…]

/usr/local/etc/email2trac.conf

[DEFAULT]
project: /var/data/trac
debug: 0
umask: 022
spam_level: 5
reply_all : 0
mailto_link: 0
umask: 022
email_header: 0
trac_version: 0.12
enable_syslog : 1
alternate_notify_template :
alternate_notify_template_update :
drop_spam : 0
verbatim_format: 1
strip_signature: 0
email_quote: >
strip_quotes: 0
ignore_trac_user_settings: 0
black_list: MAILER-DAEMON@
drop_alternative_html_version: 1
ticket_update: 1
python_egg_cache : /var/tmp

[thomas.schabetsberger@…]

Also, if I call "run_email2trac with the option from commandline, I receive the same error.

(webtek)fetchmail@minerva:/var/tmp$ run_email2trac --eggcache=/var/tmp/.python-egg

email2trac.py -- Email -> TRAC tickets

A MTA filter to create Trac tickets from inbound emails.

first proof of concept from:
 Copyright 2005, Daniel Lundin <daniel@edgewall.com>
 Copyright 2005, Edgewall Software

Authors:
  Bas van der Vlies <basv@sara.nl>
  Walter de Jong <walter@sara.nl>

How to use
----------
 * See https://subtrac.sara.nl/oss/email2trac/

 * Commandline opions:
                -h,--help
                -d, --debug 
                -f,--file  <configuration file>
                -n,--dry-run
                -p, --project <project name>
                -t, --ticket_prefix <name>

SVN Info:
        $Id: email2trac.py.in 582 2011-12-20 10:38:10Z bas $

option --eggcache not recognized

[bas]

Which version of email2trac do you use?

11:42 itrac.irc.sara.nl:/root 
root# strings /usr/bin/run_email2trac  | grep eggcache
--eggcache

[thomas.schabetsberger@…]

(webtek)root@minerva:/usr/local/bin# strings run_email2trac | grep eggcache
--eggcache

I think I am running version 2.4.7 - have just updated before I started posting. How can I find that out?

[bas]

I shall make an option that will display the version. The documentation is wrong. I still use old command line parsing options for the C-program ( to be compatible with other flavors of Unix). Use:

--eggcache /var/tmp

Note: without the =

[thomas.schabetsberger@…]

That was the reason. Problem solved. Ticket creation and sending of notification is now working. Thanks a lot!!

[bas]

Replying to thomas.schabetsberger@…:

That was the reason. Problem solved. Ticket creation and sending of notification is now working. Thanks a lot!!

Your Welcome :-D. After my vacation i will make a FAQ about the most common problems.

[bas]

created FAQ