-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: mailing list issue From: Matt Domsch <[email protected]> To: Blake Hudson <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 12:40:39 PM > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:22:15PM -0600, Blake Hudson wrote: >> Happened to me last week and the week before. I checked my mail server >> logs and their have been no delivery attempts. My guess is that there is >> some internal problem on the mailing list server causing the messages to >> bounce. > Mailman definitely thinks you're bouncing: > > Nov 11 11:31:51 2010 (17817) linux-poweredge: [email protected] has stale bounce > info, resetting > Nov 12 14:42:10 2010 (17817) linux-poweredge: [email protected] current bounce > score: 2.0 > Nov 15 14:42:24 2010 (17817) linux-poweredge: [email protected] current bounce > score: 3.0 > Nov 16 08:52:19 2010 (17817) linux-poweredge: [email protected] current bounce > score: 4.0 > Nov 17 07:47:53 2010 (17817) linux-poweredge: [email protected] current bounce > score: 5.0 > Nov 17 07:47:53 2010 (17817) linux-poweredge: [email protected] disabling due to > bounce score 5.0 >= 5.0 > Nov 24 09:00:03 2010 (26373) Notifying disabled member [email protected] for > list: linux-poweredge > > > However my mail logs have rotated away for before the 24th, so I'm not > sure what caused mailman to think it's a bounce. >
Thanks for looking into it. Perhaps the same issue is occurring for other users, which may assist you in finding something current. Something to investigate, if possible, is the length of time messages will remain in queue in the case of a transient failure (such as a network fault or DNS failure). I can understand that dedicated mailing list servers don't want to be busied with messages that won't deliver, but I would think at least 2 delivery attempts would be prudent. With the default settings of most mail server software, 2 attempts would take under 15 minutes. This would still be considered very aggressive, as most mail servers will typically retry a message for several days before giving up. --Blake _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
