Hi Fred, Yes it was a firewall issue that I could control.
I eventually got the hosting company to sort it out. I thought I was going crazy when it just stopped. Anyway, sorted now and your message gave me the confidence to tell them it was not my fault. Thanks, Dan On 16 Feb, 11:06, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 16, 10:39 am, DanC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > An app I have had online for a while has started timeing out when I > > add a new user. I think it is failing on the send activation email > > action. The error dump is below. Am I right in thinking this is the > > mailer? > > > If so, what could I have changed to make this happen. Sorry to sound > > gormless, but I just can't understand why a working app would have > > stopped working? > > Yup, it's timing out opening a connection to your smtp server. You may > have changed nothing, but something in between you and the smtp server > may have changed. Is the smtp server still running on the port / host > it used to be? Has something (maybe not under your control) like a > firewall changed? > > Fred > > Fred > > > > > Sent mail to xxxxxxx > > > Timeout::Error (execution expired): > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:60:in `new' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `old_open' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in `old_open' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:392:in `do_start' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/smtp.rb:377:in `start' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_mailer/base.rb:671:in `perform_delivery_smtp' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_mailer/base.rb:526:in `__send__' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_mailer/base.rb:526:in `deliver!' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionmailer-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_mailer/base.rb:392:in `method_missing' > > /app/models/user_observer.rb:3:in `after_create' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/observer.rb:171:in `send' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/observer.rb:171:in `update' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/observer.rb:185:in `notify_observers' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/observer.rb:184:in `each' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/observer.rb:184:in `notify_observers' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/callbacks.rb:328:in `notify' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/callbacks.rb:321:in `callback' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/callbacks.rb:238:in `create_without_timestamps' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/timestamp.rb:29:in `create' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/base.rb:2699:in `create_or_update_without_callbacks' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/callbacks.rb:222:in `create_or_update' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/base.rb:2400:in `save_without_validation!' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/validations.rb:1019:in `save_without_dirty!' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/dirty.rb:87:in `save_without_transactions!' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/transactions.rb:150:in `save!' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb: > > 66:in `transaction' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/transactions.rb:129:in `transaction' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/transactions.rb:138:in `transaction' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/transactions.rb:150:in `save!' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/transactions.rb:158:in `rollback_active_record_state!' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/transactions.rb:150:in `save!' > > /app/controllers/imports_controller.rb:60:in > > `create_administrator' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/base.rb:1253:in `send' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/base.rb:1253:in `perform_action_without_filters' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/filters.rb:617:in `call_filters' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/filters.rb:610:in `perform_action_without_benchmark' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in > > `perform_action_without_rescue' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in > > `perform_action_without_rescue' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/rescue.rb:136:in `perform_action_without_caching' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/caching/sql_cache.rb:13:in > > `passenger_orig_perform_action' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:34:in > > `cache' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/ > > active_record/query_cache.rb:8:in `cache' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/caching/sql_cache.rb:12:in > > `passenger_orig_perform_action' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/railz/ > > request_handler.rb:65:in `perform_action' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/base.rb:524:in `send' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/base.rb:524:in `process_without_filters' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/filters.rb:606:in > > `process_without_session_management_support' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/session_management.rb:134:in `process' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/base.rb:392:in `process' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/dispatcher.rb:183:in `handle_request' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/dispatcher.rb:110:in `dispatch_unlocked' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/dispatcher.rb:123:in `dispatch' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/dispatcher.rb:122:in `synchronize' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/dispatcher.rb:122:in `dispatch' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/dispatcher.rb:132:in `dispatch_cgi' > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/ > > action_controller/dispatcher.rb:39:in `dispatch' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/railz/ > > request_handler.rb:50:in `process_request' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/ > > abstract_request_handler.rb:207:in `main_loop' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/railz/ > > application_spawner.rb:378:in `start_request_handler' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/railz/ > > application_spawner.rb:336:in `handle_spawn_application' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/utils.rb:183:in > > `safe_fork' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/railz/ > > application_spawner.rb:334:in `handle_spawn_application' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb: > > 352:in `__send__' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb: > > 352:in `main_loop' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb: > > 196:in `start_synchronously' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb: > > 163:in `start' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/railz/ > > application_spawner.rb:213:in `start' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:262:in > > `spawn_rails_application' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/ > > abstract_server_collection.rb:126:in `lookup_or_add' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:256:in > > `spawn_rails_application' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/ > > abstract_server_collection.rb:80:in `synchronize' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/ > > abstract_server_collection.rb:79:in `synchronize' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:255:in > > `spawn_rails_application' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:154:in > > `spawn_application' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:287:in > > `handle_spawn_application' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb: > > 352:in `__send__' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb: > > 352:in `main_loop' > > /usr/local/passenger/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb: > > 196:in `start_synchronously' > > /usr/local/passenger/bin/passenger-spawn-server:61 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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