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Hi Greg, could you please check my account as I'm not seeing all the posts? Thanks! Rooty
------- Forwarded Message ------- From: ytooR <Arpspoof@proton.me> Date: On Saturday, December 17th, 2022 at 6:15 PM Subject: please unshadow ban me To: cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org <cypherpunks@lists.cpunks.org>
Hi Greg, could you please check my account as I'm not seeing all the posts?
Thanks!
Rooty
rooty, so you know, in the past I’ve had replies from Greg when sending a personal email, but not sure that comments just to the list are always noticed (especially if the list is having issues). the list server is being hammered this past day or two with fake unsubscription request attacks, see posts by punk. sometimes messages get delayed for a really long time when this happens.
On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 02:15:39AM +0000, ytooR wrote:
Hi Greg, could you please check my account as I'm not seeing all the posts?
Hi. You're not banned. Nobody is banned. There are no filters. If you find a message in the archives (https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/) but didn't get it: 1. first double-check your spam filters or similar... 2. then if it's still a mystery, let me know and I'll try to find signs of a bounced/rejected message in the server mail logs It helps to have a specific message to look for, since the logs are very large. Note that some list members cc or bcc their messages to cypherpunks, and some also respond to individuals with or without copying the list. So, there may be messages you don't see because they were not addressed to the list. I hope this helps! The server we use seems to be reliable overall, and should not be taxed due to high list traffic, subscribe/unsubscribe, spam, etc. ~ Greg
Thanks!
Rooty
Greg, thank you for addressing publicly the concern Rooty raised.
I hope this helps! The server we use seems to be reliable overall, and should not be taxed due to high list traffic, subscribe/unsubscribe, spam, etc.
Given this has not always been the case in the past, has the server been upgraded in the past year or two? Or how long should messages take at low points?
Some administrivia below: On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 05:32:30AM -0500, Karl Semich wrote:
Greg, thank you for addressing publicly the concern Rooty raised.
It's truly my pleasure :)
I hope this helps! The server we use seems to be reliable overall, and should not be taxed due to high list traffic, subscribe/unsubscribe, spam, etc.
Given this has not always been the case in the past, has the server been upgraded in the past year or two? Or how long should messages take at low points?
Nothing has changed - messages should be processed in at most a few minutes. Once the Mailman software begins sending messages to list subscribers, it can take a few minutes for everyone's message to arrive because it does this in small batches. I estimate that full delivery should always take under 20 minutes. If someone's mail system is not available, then it's up to Postfix to attempt redelivery. This follows a pattern of retrying after 5 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, then daily for (IIRC) 7 days -- or something like that. Basically, it retries quickly the first few times, then retries slowly. Mailman counts any bounces from a subscriber, including for temporary issues for things like being over quota. After a week's worth of bounces, addresses are automatically removed from the list. You get a notification if this happens to you (also a warning!), but of course if your email isn't accepting incoming messages from the list, you won't get the warning either. All of the above is completely standard for Mailman (the mailing list software) and Postfix (the mail transport agent). This is all running on an Ubuntu 18 server with a dedicated 1Gb uplink. I'll be upgrading it to Ubuntu 22. ~ Greg
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