--- Gabriel Lai Yong Shern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I did increase the value of concurrencyremote so > that it won't stay in the server too long, because > the default value is 60. > > What are others opinions on changing the value of > concurrency?? > > Gab > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Edwin Casimero > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 7:25 PM > Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] ***SPAM*** Help! > Cannot send email outside my own server! > > > Thank you to all for your guidance, > > I started out yesterday with 40,000+ in queue. > Now I am down to 542. > > For the benefit of other qmailtoaster fans... > > This is my analysis of the problem: > - I got a call from a customer that emails are not > being sent to yahoo, but within their company it > works. > - I checked and indeed confirmed this using > another email server I also operate. > - I asked help here on the qmail toaster mailing > list > - I turned off the firewall, nope, that's not it. > - Email receiving is fine. > - Clue from the Gabriel Lai Yong Shern: qmailctl > queue > - Found out I've got 40,000+ in the queue > - They are mostle from a very large message board > I host which holds 60,000+ members. The admin just > sent a party invitation to everyone in the board. > - Analysis from Jake Vickers regarding SPAM, I > also checked with the RBL evidence that I have an > old insecure feedback form in php. > > What I did to help solve this problem: > - I fixed the feedback forms by updating them to > the latest ones with anti-spam > - I increased the > /var/qmail/control/concurrencyremote setting from 60 > to 120 > - I did: qmailctl doqueue to speed up delivery > - I coordinated with the large messageboard admin > to fix his part and not send mail for a while > - Now after more than 24 hours, I tweaked > queuelifetime from 24 hours to 4 hours just to help > empty the queue. > - Now I am down to 500+ in the queue, I will reset > back the queuelifetime maybe to 12 hours. > > What do you think guys? Anything I missed? > Will update you on final resolution of this > problem. > > > > On 2/6/06, Jake Vickers < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Gabriel Lai Yong Shern wrote: > > > *Don't worry, it will send out by now....* > > ** > > *You should see send log file* > > ** > > *I have a client also, where the company will > send out approx 100mails > > in 1 hour. I modified the concurrencyoutgoing > file to be higher, so > > that it will send faster.* > > ** > > *but, I will advice you jot down the default > value, when every mails > > finished sending, put it back default value. * > > ** > > *After modified, please restart server. If > stop qmail, will take > > sometime, so restart is the best* > > Let's see. If I follow this, your main mail > server got black listed, > right? I did a check at DNSStuff.com, and see > that you were listed here: > > http://psbl.surriel.com/listing?ip=209.11.243.202 > http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?209.11.243.202 > Which means that you are listed as a spammer. > Since the second link is > SpamCop (one that almost every one uses) that > would explain why your > mail cannot make it out of your domain. You need > to find out who was > spamming, remove them from your server, and on > the SpamCop link I sent > they have instructions on how to remove yourself > from their list. This > is one of the risks of hosting other people's > websites/email. Hope you > charge them enough to make up for the > aggravation! > You could always swing all of your email > accounts to another server with > a different IP in the meantime. But you will > still need to investigate > why you were listed as a spammer, or your new IP > will just get > blacklisted, and on and on. > That will also be why you have 3000+ emails in > your queue. Most servers > will check against SpamCop (or one of the many > others), and since you're > listed as a spammer, they drop connection on > you. So your email sits in > the queue, until your > /var/qmail/control/queuelifetime is exceeded. > Sorry about your bad luck, and hopefully that > helps some. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted > <http://www.vr.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
