[Rack] Flushed queue = lost mail? - Re: Noisebridge-discuss mail server dead?

[Andy Isaacson]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 04:43:11PM -0700, giovanni_re wrote:
> Thanks for your work, Andy.  :)
> 
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013, at 04:21 PM, Andy Isaacson wrote:
> > There shouldn't be any mail lost, although there's lots of delay and
> > gmail may have fucked stuff up due to the large backlog:
> 
> How is Gmail involved with the nb mail system?

Only the obvious way -- subscribers whose mail is hosted on gmail.

Subscribers on gmail may lose some mail since gmail is refusing to
accept delivery.  Or maybe gmail will unfuck itself ... ah it looks like
it has done so now.

-andy

> > host alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[173.194.74.26] said: 452-4.2.2 The
> > email account that you tried to reach is over quota. Please direct
> > 452-4.2.2 the recipient to 452 4.2.2
> > http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=6558
> > s12si4084570qct.176 - gsmtp (in reply to RCPT TO command)
> > 
> > -andy
> > 
> > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 03:46:31PM -0700, giovanni_re wrote:
> > > Lost from the in queue ?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013, at 01:59 PM, Andy Isaacson wrote:
> > > > The mail system broke due to OOM errors.  I restarted the daemons and
> > > > flushed the queue.
> > > > 
> > > > -andy
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:00:32AM -0700, Mitch Altman wrote:
> > > > > Hi Andy,
> > > > > Are you someone who can check the status of the Noisebridge email server? It seems to be a bit quiet lately.
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Mitch.
> > > > > 
> > > > > ----------------
> > > > > > From: john_re at fastmail.us
> > > > > > To: noisebridge-discuss-owner at lists.noisebridge.net; danny at spesh.com; liz at bookmaniac.org
> > > > > > CC: maltman23 at hotmail.com; jim at systemateka.com
> > > > > > Subject: Noisebridge-discuss mail server dead?
> > > > > > Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:11:33 -0700
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I sent it mail yesterday , still not through yet,
> > > > > > & no other mail from nb either.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-March/date.html