From owner-freebsd-hubs Sun Oct 5 23:33:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA07842 for hubs-outgoing; Sun, 5 Oct 1997 23:33:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hubs) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (spinner.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA07824 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 1997 23:33:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (localhost.dialix.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.netplex.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7/Spinner) with ESMTP id OAA17272; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 14:32:43 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <199710060632.OAA17272@spinner.netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: hubs@freebsd.org cc: postmaster@ns3.harborcom.net, postmaster@mail.freebsd.sol.net Subject: HEADS UP! mail black hole in freebsd relays somewhere? Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 14:32:22 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've heard a few comments about mail "disappearing" in the .com relays somewhere. Perhaps some anti-relaying is biting? Greg noticed that the ns3.harborcom.net had anti-relay stuff but that he was getting something like 90% of his mail via there, and only a small number via the .sol.net relay. Can we please check these two sites at least for mail jams? peter@hub[11:27pm]~-1009# host mail-relay.com.freebsd.org mail-relay.com.freebsd.org mail is handled (pri=20) by mail.freebsd.sol.net mail-relay.com.freebsd.org mail is handled (pri=20) by ns3.harborcom.net Greg's problem was solved when I directed his mail to go via mail.au.freebsd.org (he's in .au at the moment). This leaves nagging doubts about the .com relays. :-] He's had no mail coming in for periods of 8 hours or so at a time. Are these two relays overloaded? Do we need more .com relays? Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm Netplex Consulting ------- Forwarded Message Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1997 15:28:37 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Peter Wemm Subject: Re: test to grog@lemis.com via AU relay from freefall On Mon, Oct 06, 1997 at 01:51:47PM +0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 05, 1997 at 10:02:36PM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote: >>> testing.. >>> -Peter >> >> Works fine. Thanks. And FreeBSD mail is coming in again. >> >> Did you work out what was wrong at the other sites? >> >> Greg > > Err, no, I don't know what's wrong yet.. I just added lemis.com to the .au > list in /etc/mailertable on hub.. Oh, well, thanks anyway. I wonder how many other people were affected. Greg ------- End of Forwarded Message