Re: [gentoo-user] disappearing mail

[Matt Harrison]

On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 02:33:47PM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> On 09/05/2011 02:21 PM, Matt Harrison wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 02:16:08PM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> >> On 09/05/2011 11:48 AM, Matt Harrison wrote:
> >>> I've got an odd problem and I really can't work out what is causing it. I have two
> >>> gentoo mailservers under my control, one is working fine (it seems) but the other is
> >>> just not getting mail out. I'm not even sure if this will be delivered until I see it
> >>> come back through the list.
> >>>
> >>> According to my logs, the mails are being accepted without issue by the receiving MX,
> >>> but that is the last that will be seen of them. It's not happening for every mail, but
> >>> a lot. Recipients can be on BT Internet, gmail, or other (apparently) unrelated
> >>> providers.
> >>
> >> Once the recipient server gives you the 250 OK response, the message is
> >> its responsibility. There's nothing you can do after that point, and the
> >> only person who can tell you what happened to the message is that
> >> server's admin.
> >
> > Thats what I was afraid of. The thought of dealing with BT technical support is
> > depressing :(
> >
>
> I got the test message; everything looks perfect, sorry =)

Well thanks for trying Michael. Tomorrow I will call up one of the providers and ask
them to check through logs and see whats going on. I'm hoping they'll oblige.

Many thanks

Matt