It doesn't seem to matter if the ticket is raised via email, or manually, the system log reports the same failure. So I'm now fairly sure whatever the root cause of this failure is, is the reason my auto-reply no longer works. Whether the reply has OTRS fields or not doesn't make a difference. New Queue, New Reply, still not working. Anyone got any ideas? I've added the HASH and LINE428 to the output error message just to assist in determining what particular section was generating this error message and it is definitely the dynamic field check of backend.pm. Tue Dec 1 09:16:43 2015 notice OTRS-CGI-99 Response::Agent: 1s taken (URL:Action=AgentTicketPhone&Subaction=StoreNew:root@localhost) Tue Dec 1 09:16:43 2015 error OTRS-CGI-99 LINE428 HASH(0x7fd5d36ebbc0) backend The field configuration is invalid Tue Dec 1 09:16:43 2015 error OTRS-CGI-99 LINE428 HASH(0x7fd5c0bf2b58) backend The field configuration is invalid Tue Dec 1 09:16:43 2015 info OTRS-CGI-99 New Ticket [2015120199000021/test, manually ] created (TicketID=97,Queue=CEO::CTO::Infrastructure,Priority=3 Normal,State=new) Any guidance here would be great. Cheers Rob. From: otrs-bounces@otrs.org [mailto:otrs-bounces@otrs.org] On Behalf Of Rob Shears Sent: 30 November 2015 15:38 To: User questions and discussions about OTRS. Subject: [otrs] AutoReply not functioning So I've been doing lots of configs, and something I've done, somewhere along the line, has disabled auto-replies. OTRS 4.x CentOS 7.x MSSQL Backend (fully functional, I know it is not supported!) I have a queue (Q1) that receives all messages from a postmaster mail account (MAIL1) via POP3. The ticket is created successfully. There is an autoreply set on this queue, which is never submitted to the mail server (whether SMTP, SendMail or anything else, there is no attempt made to send this message at the MTA level). I can reply, respond etc fine from the ticket itself, OTRS is working as far as emails go, except the autoresponse. Notably (probably of relevance), when the email is picked up, an error is thrown: ERROR: OTRS-otrs.PostMasterMailbox.pl-99 Perl: 5.16.3 OS: linux Time: Mon Nov 30 14:40:03 2015 Message: The field configuration is invalid Traceback (6328): Module: Kernel::System::DynamicField::Backend::ValueSet Line: 426 Module: Kernel::System::Ticket::Event::TimeUpdate::Run Line: 158 Module: Kernel::System::EventHandler::EventHandler Line: 226 Module: Kernel::System::Ticket::Article::ArticleCreate Line: 401 Module: Kernel::System::Ticket::ArticleCreate Line: 195 Module: Kernel::System::PostMaster::NewTicket::Run Line: 564 Module: Kernel::System::PostMaster::Run Line: 368 Module: Kernel::System::MailAccount::POP3::Fetch Line: 216 Module: Kernel::System::MailAccount::MailAccountFetch Line: 441 Module: main::Fetch Line: 171 Module: /opt/otrs/bin/otrs.PostMasterMailbox.pl Line: 85 Through some astute reading, I know this error is triggered from line 426 (actually from ln428) of the backend.pm file, but that doesn't help me narrow down the cause. Stepping through these other files hasn't led me to the answer, except to be fairly convinced it is the problem. Dynamic fields defined in the system include, (source module) name of field: (KIX4OTRS) KIXFAQEntry (?) ProcessManagementProcessID (?) ProcessManagementActivityID (ITSMCore) ITSMCriticality (ITSMCore) ITSMImpact (SystemMonitoring) TicketFreeText1 (SystemMonitoring) TicketFreeText2 (SystemMonitoring) ArticleFreeText1 Invalidating some of these fields makes no difference, the error occurs. Probably no surprise there, if it needs the field, it needs the field. I have tried with both SenderFrom and EnvelopeFrom set and unset, no difference. What could be causing auto-replies to not be generated? What other investigative paths should I take? I am hitting a brick wall here, I can't see anything wrong with the configs except the error about dynamic fields but I cannot be even sure that is related. The auto-response is simple, plain text, doesn't even use any OTRS fields during the testing I am doing. Any advice, guidance or direction on restoring the missing auto-reply functionality would be great! Cheers Rob Shears.