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On 10/29/2010 2:39 PM, James T Brown wrote: > 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". > My speculation is that by outside they really mean outside the main mail.msu.edu stuff. I know for a fact stuff from other msu.edu addresses (like my server) were not getting through. Now, that said, I've actually seen a couple of those emails from earlier show up, so maybe they didn't get completely lost after all. Gary > > 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>> > >