[Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?
Jewel
jewel.brueggeman-makda at washburn.edu
Wed Nov 19 00:29:08 CET 2008
At first mail was being delivered - then it stopped - and now it's
delivering again but everytime it has been delivering the messages are
delivered out of order and the delay can be anywhere from 10 min - 4
hours. I looked at the FAQ and I know this is not my issue because users
from gmail, aol, yahoo, etc are receiving - it's just that they response
of post is delayed. If I send a test to the mailman list (which I am a
member of) I can see in the /var/log/maillog that the message was sent
and my smtp log looks fine. I can also see the post in archives. A
while later I will finally see the post in my inbox. I am concerned
that my machine is the culprit but am not sure. I have check the
qfiles/in and qfiles/out and they are empty. I do have a lot in
qfiles/bad but that's because there is a lot of bad emails on these lists.
I am not sure how to "follow a post" from MTA to Mailman and back to MTA
to confirm my machine is processing correctly.
Thanks,
Jewel
Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Jewel wrote:
>
>
>> I really need someone to help me. I have confirmed that mail is coming
>>
> >from my server but then it disappears. I don't know what logs to look
>
>> at or what items to check to check if the problem is in fact my machine
>> not able to process the mail.
>>
>
>
> You've raised a few issues: missing delivery, slow delivery, lost posts.
>
> The FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/4oA9> has some info on mail not
> being delivered to some users.
>
> For slow delivery, check Mailman's 'smtp' log and Mailman's qfiles/out/
> queue for signs of backlogging - i.e. anywhere from some to lots of
> entries in qfiles/out; log entries of the form
>
> Nov 18 08:51:29 2008 (30746) <message id> smtp to LISTNAME for 217
> recips, completed in 4.734 seconds
>
> with fewer than tens or hundreds of messages per second and timestamps
> equal to the previous entry's time stamp plus the processing time of
> this entry.
>
> Also check the MTA log and follow a post from the MTA to mailman and
> back to the MTA and from there to the end users. If posts are being
> sent to end recipients and not bouncing, they've left your control and
> if recipients aren't receiving them, you have to look to the receiving
> server.
>
>
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Jewel Makda
Student Computer Services Coordinator
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