Re: [gentoo-user] disappearing mail

[Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>]

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 =)