From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/69872 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: unsent messages Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:30:09 -0700 Message-ID: <87k4o51pq6.fsf@pellet.net> References: <87y6cxwyji.fsf@pellet.net> <87d3u8eqti.fsf@mean.albasani.net> <87fwyvcyqb.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87aap1iyg3.fsf@mean.albasani.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1280993490 12060 80.91.229.12 (5 Aug 2010 07:31:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 07:31:30 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M18259@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Aug 05 09:31:28 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OguvH-0002Ws-LX for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:31:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OguuB-0005j2-Bi; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:30:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Oguu8-0005ip-5K for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:30:16 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Oguu6-0001Tj-8N for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:30:15 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Oguu4-0007Cf-00 for ; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:30:12 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oguu3-0001c3-US for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:30:11 +0200 Original-Received: from 63.226.249.211 ([63.226.249.211]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:30:11 +0200 Original-Received: from eric by 63.226.249.211 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:30:11 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 39 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.226.249.211 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:zv3KTa/fKfdjsVKYFPFQF6R55xM= X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:69872 Archived-At: On Wed, Aug 04 2010, Memnon Anon wrote: > Ted Zlatanov writes: > >> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:27:38 +0200 Memnon Anon wrote: > [...] >> MA> I encountered no trouble ever since. >> >> Could you put this on the Emacs Wiki somewhere under Gnus, since it >> seems quite useful (it probably doesn't belong in the manual or in the >> FAQ). > > Mhh, > > somewhere "under Gnus" doesn't feel right. > I'd rather suggest the msmtp page. > > However, I first would like to know > > a) How this works for Eric and > b) Why this happens in the first place! > It seems to be working fine, but the original problem was so sporadic it's really hard to know. I can say that since I started using the queue I don't seem to have lost any messages. I also don't know who to "blame", though it does seem that msmtp would leave something in the logs if it choked... > I did some testing to investigate whether this is gnus or msmtps "fault", > but after some time, I just wanted to get my emails send and stopped > further tests when everything worked satisfactorily. > > I will try msmtp with mutt, and see if I can reproduce the lost mail > phenomenon in that setup. A new msmtp version was released recently, > maybe the problem is fixed already ... > > Memnon (checking out the msmtp bug tracker first) Anon