Re: Missing mails
G'mornin' Paul, Have you looked into your mail queue to verify that there is no mail sitting there undelivered? I can see several other possible problems, but you can quickly verify if the problem is your box by reading the mail logs. Find out where your mailer keeps it's running logs and read up on them for yesterday. If they were sent and acknowledged by your smtp then it's not your problem locally, but a problem somewhere else. Mail is something people get crazy about. I have an attorney who's office has yet to deliver successfully an email to my wife. I've offered to help track down the problems, but like you already mentioned, it's a built in way to have a perpetual excuse - oh, you *didn't* get my email? - after a year, it's rhetorical! good luck to you. On Wednesday 23 May 2001 20:58, Paul Wright wrote: Hi all, Starting a few days ago, I've encountered some mysteriously disappearing mail. Twice today I've posted to the list and had my posts go MIA. Yesterday, mail to a friend dissapeared into the aether (ether?) I'm wondering if there may be a problem with my MTA setup, the list, or if it's just those damn sun-spots (I'm leaning toward the sunspots). Before yesterday, I had never expirienced lost email, and had thought it was only a lame excuse to use when confronted with accusations of failure to respond. Now I'm not so sure... I am currently using Masqmail to send and retrieve my mail, I retrieve mail from two POP3 accounts and use one of those services (gmx.net) as my smart mailer. I use cram-md5 login for auth when sending, and standard POP3 login when retrieving. All mails use my @gmx address for the return path. I cannot send mails directly from my dialup box because my isp has managed to get the entire range of dialup IP addresses listed on the rbl (probably a good idea). I'm usually pretty good at troubleshooting problems on my own, but when the symptom seems to happen inconsistantly, I get stumped. If anyone has any idea about why this may be occurring, and how to correct the problem, I'd appreciate your help. That is, assuming this mail ever gets to the list in the first place. Thanks all. -- Jaye Inabnit\ARS ke6sls/TELE: USA-707-442-6579\/A GNU-Debian linux user Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WEB: http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls ICQ: 12741145 If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. SHOUT JUST FOR FUN. Free software, in a free world, for a free spirit. Please Support freedom!
Re: Missing mails
On Thu, 24 May 2001 10:00:53 PDT, Jaye wrote: G'mornin' Paul, And good afternoon to you, Jaye Have you looked into your mail queue to verify that there is no mail sitting there undelivered? I can see several other possible problems, but you can quickly verify if the problem is your box by reading the mail logs. Find out where your mailer keeps it's running logs and read up on them for yesterday. Already checked both, the mail spool (var/spool/masqmail/input) is empty. I originally checked using mailq. If they were sent and acknowledged by your smtp then it's not your problem locally, but a problem somewhere else. I thought that originally, but wanted to get a second opinion. I'm now sure it's nothing to do with my setup, but was unsure that I was assessing the situation correctly. Mail is something people get crazy about. I have an attorney who's office has yet to deliver successfully an email to my wife. I've offered to help track down the problems, but like you already mentioned, it's a built in way to have a perpetual excuse - oh, you *didn't* get my email? - after a year, it's rhetorical! Yeah, I've heard the excuse from clients (I sometimes work in construction) and friends before. I always thought it was something they said when they owe me money ;-) I couldn't really be sure thought, because I have almost no expirience with the systems the use (Win9x, and Mac). Perhaps if I used something other than GNU/Linux, the occasional bug wouldn't bother me so much. (I'd grow accustomed to them!) good luck to you. Thanks, but I don't need luck, I've got Debian! -- Paul T. Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] -currently seeking employment-
Missing mails
Hi all, Starting a few days ago, I've encountered some mysteriously disappearing mail. Twice today I've posted to the list and had my posts go MIA. Yesterday, mail to a friend dissapeared into the aether (ether?) I'm wondering if there may be a problem with my MTA setup, the list, or if it's just those damn sun-spots (I'm leaning toward the sunspots). Before yesterday, I had never expirienced lost email, and had thought it was only a lame excuse to use when confronted with accusations of failure to respond. Now I'm not so sure... I am currently using Masqmail to send and retrieve my mail, I retrieve mail from two POP3 accounts and use one of those services (gmx.net) as my smart mailer. I use cram-md5 login for auth when sending, and standard POP3 login when retrieving. All mails use my @gmx address for the return path. I cannot send mails directly from my dialup box because my isp has managed to get the entire range of dialup IP addresses listed on the rbl (probably a good idea). I'm usually pretty good at troubleshooting problems on my own, but when the symptom seems to happen inconsistantly, I get stumped. If anyone has any idea about why this may be occurring, and how to correct the problem, I'd appreciate your help. That is, assuming this mail ever gets to the list in the first place. Thanks all. -- Paul T. Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] -currently seeking employment-
