On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 6:01 AM, Jonathan Riddell <j...@jriddell.org> wrote: > > I'm impressed you don't just filter out these e-mails, I always have.
I'd just disable them rather than filter them out :) > > I guess the better solution would be to send such e-mails directly to the > contributor in question, a fun job incase anyone wants to take it up. Indeed. In many cases it is a temporary network glitch though, which is fine (even Blogspot and Wordpress.com have hiccups from time to time). > > Jonathan Regards, Ben > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:24:06PM +1200, Ben Cooksley wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> Of late planet has been having quite a lot of problems accessing a >> small minority of blogs. This results in sysadmin receiving an email >> once every time planet checks for new posts indicating there is a >> problem (every 30 minutes essentially). >> >> It would be appreciated if people could please ensure their blogs are >> adequately hosted to avoid these problems in the future. >> >> Some of the issues which have been problems in the past include: >> database servers being down, blog software being inoperable, domains >> expiring, hosting plan limits being exceeded and systems being >> overloaded. >> >> In terms of blog software failure: >> >> Wordpress upgrades have only completed partially on numerous >> occasions. Please ensure all parts of the site are accessible >> post-upgrade, as the absence of .htaccess files will still allow the >> front and admin pages to be accessed. >> >> Ghost has been plagued with numerous issues for those who use it. If >> you do choose to use it, please keep aggressive backups and ensure it >> is supervised and automatically restarted as needed (by using Phusion >> Passenger for instance). >> >> Mitigating hosting plan limits and system overload: >> >> This can be accomplished by shifting heavy resources such as images to >> cloud providers or by using a caching intermediary like Incapsula or >> CloudFlare. For those operating the server themselves, the use of >> Varnish for caching is also an option. >> >> Thanks, >> Ben Cooksley >> KDE Sysadmin >> _______________________________________________ >> kde-community mailing list >> kde-community@kde.org >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community > _______________________________________________ > kde-community mailing list > kde-community@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community