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Ildhund
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June 17, 2009
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Email service disruptions today?

  • June 17, 2009
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I have tried to post via email several times today with bizarre results. First a reply to a thread in this forum - it didn't appear, and I didn't get a non-delivery report. I then forwarded the same post as a new thread starter in the Testing sub-forum. Same again. Then I did the same again - and this time it appeared, not once but three times (so far). That is, three copies of the last transmission - the failed messages were all slightly different.

Some of my replies have gone through, others have just disappeared without trace.

I'm hoping that the email gnomes have been wielding their screwdrivers today to improve the email service - perhaps an admin could confirm?

Noel

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    IldhundAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 18, 2009

    U-oh, I seem to have been bitten by a mutation of the multiple-post bug in the Testing sub-forum. It's a bit more serious this time, though - it was an OP, not a reply, so it can't be treated by simply locking the thread. It's threads that are multiplying.

    I'll happily provide what evidence I can to help the techies find out what's happening - I just hope that by curing the S.D.A variant they haven't unleashed a more virulent form.

    Treat my avatar as a quarantine flag!

    Noel

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    Anonymous
    June 18, 2009

    Noel, most likely the only way to stop this one will be to disable your account. If you don't already have another one set up that you can use for now, you might want to do that. I'll send a note to John since he is the only one that can do it that is relatively reachable now.

    john_cornicello__retired_
    john_cornicello__retired_
    Inspiring
    June 18, 2009

    I just got in. I will see if I can just make the Test forum Read-only for the time being and not turn off the account.

    MichaelKazlow
    MichaelKazlow
    Legend
    June 17, 2009

    Email for the new U2U forum is a bit on the funky side. I  recommend using the web possibly with an RSS feed until it gets fixed.

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    IldhundAuthor
    Inspiring
    June 17, 2009

    Thanks, Michael. I've been posting via e-mail since day 1 (that's more than two months now), but today is the first time I've had any problems getting through. Same client, same account, same ISP all the time. That's why I thought there might have been some tweaking going on.

    Noel

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