I don't think this was impacting just mail coming from "outside" of
MSU...   I seem to have lost some mail as well - messages from an
internal box was delivering mail outside ok, but the messages sent
to my MSU Mail Account never made it.  The logs mentioned that the
mail was delivered, but never arrived in my Inbox.

Just sent a couple of test messages and all appears to be operating
normally now.   Probably related to the fix discussed below, but
again, this was from a box on the MSU domain, not from the "outside".


Jim




> On 10/29/2010 2:16 PM, Bill Wheeler wrote:
>> We're noticing the same thing you are, Gary.  Whatever is going on seems
>> to 'mask' our MX records, but not those for msu.edu.  Our MX records can
>> be seen from on campus, but not from off campus.  A records appear
>> viewable from anywhere.
>
> Supposedly the problem is now fixed.  Our other IT guy here chatted 
> with the ATS people, and they've eventually figured out "Had a problem 
> with one of the filters on the mail coming in from "outside" MSU.  The 
> filter was fixed around 1:30 and mail has been flowing since then.".
>
> Now, that doesn't really sound like something like what you're 
> describing, with MX issues.  I actually had no problem with mail all 
> morning on a non mail.msu.edu system, it was just mail trying to go 
> *to* the main msu email servers.
>
> Of course, that also sounds like anything that came in that never made 
> it was probably lost forever.
>
> Gary
>> --Bill.
>> ----------------
>> Bill Wheeler, Systems Administrator
>> Michigan State University Libraries
>> [log in to unmask]  (517)884-0882
>>
>> On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 14:05 -0400, Gary Schrock wrote:
>>> On 10/29/2010 11:49 AM, Jon Galbreath wrote:
>>>> There's been an ongoing network issue with routers for the last day 
>>>> or so.  http://servicestatus.msu.edu/status_detail.php?id=5062
>>>> It might be related.
>>>>
>>> Yeah, I thought about that, but it does seem to actually get to the msu
>>> mail servers (I can see the delivery on my mail server), and I would
>>> have thought by that point it'd be beyond routing problems.
>>>
>>> (Oops, didn't send this out when I thought I did.  More seems to be
>>> getting through now than before, but nothing old that went in has come
>>> through yet.)
>>>
>>>> Jon Galbreath
>>>> MCSE/Security+
>>>> Systems Administrator
>>>> International Studies and Programs
>>>> Ph: 517-884-2144
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Gary Schrock [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 11:48 AM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: [MSUNAG] mail.msu.edu email getting lost?
>>>>
>>>> Anybody else noticing this morning that mail to msu email addresses 
>>>> isn't necessarily getting through?  (Of course, it means you folks 
>>>> might not get this either :) ).
>>>>
>>>> Mail sent from the webmail to ones self seems to get through 
>>>> immediately fine.  Mail sent from an external source seems to be 
>>>> disappearing into a void most of the time (we've seen a few seem to 
>>>> get through, but most doesn't seem to be arriving).
>>>>
>>>>    From the sending side, I can tell that the msu mail servers have 
>>>> received it immediately without any problem.  I just don't know if 
>>>> there's some sort of massive internal slowdown going on, or if it's 
>>>> just getting lost?
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>>
>>


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