[xmail] Re: mail problem
Hi Charlie - Well, I'm uncertain what to tell you. My suspicion, since I have heard of no one having this particular sort of problem (there is a large XMail user base running 1.21 on Linux) is that there is something being overlooked. I would double check your findings as scientifically as possible, and make absolutely certain that what you think you are seeing is really what you are seeing. Make certain that the addresses you are using are all valid, that the logs are definately not reporting anything strange, your XMail server.tab settings look right, and so on. If you are certain about your findings, then I would start looking at other apps that may be interfering or trying to bind to the ports, such as Sendmail (which should be disabled, or at least XMail and Sendmail should be binding to different ports). If that all looks good, I would test your connection to make certain that packets aren't dropping or something. make certain your MTU setting is correct (if you are connecting via DSL PPP then it is likely less than the default of 1500 as I recall). I have had incorrect MTU settings cause intermittent failures that can be difficult to pin down. Without at least one or two other people verifying the findings or seeing the behavior, it probably indicates to an misconfiguration (of some sort) or an anomaly on your system. Did you try searching the forums for any similar user experiences? Jeff Charlie Qualls wrote: Hey there Jeff, I forgot, this also happens if listing several people in the to address field. I don't know how many before it balks though. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[xmail] Re: mail problem
Hey there Jeff, Thanks for your thinking this out for me. I'll see what else I can find. I know that large organizations use the program and I think it's a wonderful program, I'm a small operation with less then 30 users not counting the users I created to try to figure out the problem. Thanks again for some guidence on where else to look and places to look for a answer. In answer to you question about looking in the forums, no I didn't try searching that. I do know that for as long as I have been reading this group(about 2yrs) I have never seen a problem like this. -- Charlie Qualls Property Director/IT Manager Girl Scouts - Fox Valley Council mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, September 21, 2005, 11:38:36 AM, you wrote: Hi Charlie - Well, I'm uncertain what to tell you. My suspicion, since I have heard of no one having this particular sort of problem (there is a large XMail user base running 1.21 on Linux) is that there is something being overlooked. I would double check your findings as scientifically as possible, and make absolutely certain that what you think you are seeing is really what you are seeing. Make certain that the addresses you are using are all valid, that the logs are definately not reporting anything strange, your XMail server.tab settings look right, and so on. If you are certain about your findings, then I would start looking at other apps that may be interfering or trying to bind to the ports, such as Sendmail (which should be disabled, or at least XMail and Sendmail should be binding to different ports). If that all looks good, I would test your connection to make certain that packets aren't dropping or something. make certain your MTU setting is correct (if you are connecting via DSL PPP then it is likely less than the default of 1500 as I recall). I have had incorrect MTU settings cause intermittent failures that can be difficult to pin down. Without at least one or two other people verifying the findings or seeing the behavior, it probably indicates to an misconfiguration (of some sort) or an anomaly on your system. Did you try searching the forums for any similar user experiences? Jeff Charlie Qualls wrote: Hey there Jeff, I forgot, this also happens if listing several people in the to address field. I don't know how many before it balks though. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[xmail] Re: mail problem
The forum is an excellent resource, if sometimes challenging to get through (lots of info and search doesn't always cut it)... http://xmailforum.homelinux.net/ Charlie Qualls wrote: Hey there Jeff, Thanks for your thinking this out for me. I'll see what else I can find. I know that large organizations use the program and I think it's a wonderful program, I'm a small operation with less then 30 users not counting the users I created to try to figure out the problem. Thanks again for some guidence on where else to look and places to look for a answer. In answer to you question about looking in the forums, no I didn't try searching that. I do know that for as long as I have been reading this group(about 2yrs) I have never seen a problem like this. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[xmail] Re: mail problem
So, when you receive mail some email is lost - the logs say that mail came in correctly but it is not in the Domains - MailDir - new folder and when you send email some mail is lost - the logs say that it was sent correctly, but it never arrives at the recipient email account - and this happens ONLY with mail groups that you are aware of? Is that the gist of it? Jeff Charlie Qualls wrote: Hello Group, I'm using 1.21 on a redhat server running just mail. I'm having a issue of mail delivery. The logs say the mail was received ok but if I go look in the mailbox, it's not there. This happens internally and externally. I set up 30 bogus accounts and using the bat as a client set it up to mail to groups or list. I mail 4 test messages to the list of the bogus accounts. Checking each account, some made it and some did not. There was no rhythm or reason to which made it and which did not. Again this is also happening to mail sent outside of our system. Oh I also tried this with Thunderbird and had the same results but no pattern to what was delivered and what wasn't. Mostly I hope I explained the problem well enough that you all understand my problem. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[xmail] Re: mail problem
Hey there Jeff, Yes that is the gist as best as I can tell. -- Charlie Qualls Property Director/IT Manager Girl Scouts - Fox Valley Council mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, September 20, 2005, 6:23:36 PM, you wrote: So, when you receive mail some email is lost - the logs say that mail came in correctly but it is not in the Domains - MailDir - new folder and when you send email some mail is lost - the logs say that it was sent correctly, but it never arrives at the recipient email account - and this happens ONLY with mail groups that you are aware of? Is that the gist of it? Jeff Charlie Qualls wrote: Hello Group, I'm using 1.21 on a redhat server running just mail. I'm having a issue of mail delivery. The logs say the mail was received ok but if I go look in the mailbox, it's not there. This happens internally and externally. I set up 30 bogus accounts and using the bat as a client set it up to mail to groups or list. I mail 4 test messages to the list of the bogus accounts. Checking each account, some made it and some did not. There was no rhythm or reason to which made it and which did not. Again this is also happening to mail sent outside of our system. Oh I also tried this with Thunderbird and had the same results but no pattern to what was delivered and what wasn't. Mostly I hope I explained the problem well enough that you all understand my problem. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe xmail in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line help in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
