Re: [sendmail] bug?

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 36543
interpreted = N
texte = Yes, doing that has seemed to fix the problem -- for the most part, it seems that webcat is waiting till the emails are all processed before processing the page, so if a template has one email that is it sending it is not much of a hit, but if it has to send out 20 or more it takes too long, even 2 or 3 takes way to long.I can use [spawn] to help speed things up, but I did not have to with webcat 3, or at least with the version of webcat that Tenon did - and I do not think that I should expect any less from 4.Also I have noticed that after an email is sent out of the EMailFolder it is not being moved into the EMailCompleted or EMailProblems folders.>I noticed similar behavior after doing the iTools update on one of our test >servers. Going into the networkmanager application and resetting the dns >servers and domain search paths fixed the problem. > >I haven't tracked down what caused the problem yet, but this fixed it. > >-Jason Tyler >www.3ip.net > >> Since sendmail is slow outside WebCat too, that pretty much rules out >> anything to do with the WebCat upgrade. I would suggest that you check >> out your DNS settings; if you have a problem there, sendmail will take >> forever to resolve any addresses. Do this by using nslookup or ping to >> check a bunch of addresses. >> >> Also, check sendmail for several different addresses, in case it is the >> destination DNS that is having the problem. >> >> John Peacock >> >> Britt T. wrote: >>> >>> tried and it took a very long time to send still. >>> >>>> Try to sendmail from command line to see what it gets >>>> /usr/sbin/sendmail to_address < file_to_send >>>> >>>>> I just converted our servers (OSXS / iTools 5.018) over to the >>>>> WebCat 4.0.2b5 >>>>> >>>>> and now all my templates that have any [sendmail] tags are taking >>>>> f..o..r..e..v..e..r to process and once they do this error message is >>>>> popping up: Error: unix sendmail failed to deliver this email >>>>> >>>>> anyone else seeeing this behavior or am I just the lucky one? > > >############################################################# >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to > >Send administrative queries to -- ====================================================================== Britt Thompson | PO Box 1989 FishingWorld.com | Lindale, TX 75771 Easttexas.com | Ph: (903) 882-8877 / Fax: (903) 882-3110 ======================================================================############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [sendmail] bug? (Britt T. 2000)
  2. Re: [sendmail] bug? (Jason Tyler 2000)
  3. Re: [sendmail] bug? (John Peacock 2000)
  4. Re: [sendmail] bug? (Britt T. 2000)
  5. Re: [sendmail] bug? (lep@smithmicro.com 2000)
  6. Re: [sendmail] bug? (John Butler 2000)
  7. [sendmail] bug? (Britt T. 2000)
Yes, doing that has seemed to fix the problem -- for the most part, it seems that webcat is waiting till the emails are all processed before processing the page, so if a template has one email that is it sending it is not much of a hit, but if it has to send out 20 or more it takes too long, even 2 or 3 takes way to long.I can use [spawn] to help speed things up, but I did not have to with webcat 3, or at least with the version of webcat that Tenon did - and I do not think that I should expect any less from 4.Also I have noticed that after an email is sent out of the EMailFolder it is not being moved into the EMailCompleted or EMailProblems folders.>I noticed similar behavior after doing the iTools update on one of our test >servers. Going into the networkmanager application and resetting the dns >servers and domain search paths fixed the problem. > >I haven't tracked down what caused the problem yet, but this fixed it. > >-Jason Tyler >www.3ip.net > >> Since sendmail is slow outside WebCat too, that pretty much rules out >> anything to do with the WebCat upgrade. I would suggest that you check >> out your DNS settings; if you have a problem there, sendmail will take >> forever to resolve any addresses. Do this by using nslookup or ping to >> check a bunch of addresses. >> >> Also, check sendmail for several different addresses, in case it is the >> destination DNS that is having the problem. >> >> John Peacock >> >> Britt T. wrote: >>> >>> tried and it took a very long time to send still. >>> >>>> Try to sendmail from command line to see what it gets >>>> /usr/sbin/sendmail to_address < file_to_send >>>> >>>>> I just converted our servers (OSXS / iTools 5.018) over to the >>>>> WebCat 4.0.2b5 >>>>> >>>>> and now all my templates that have any [sendmail] tags are taking >>>>> f..o..r..e..v..e..r to process and once they do this error message is >>>>> popping up: Error: unix sendmail failed to deliver this email >>>>> >>>>> anyone else seeeing this behavior or am I just the lucky one? > > >############################################################# >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to > >Send administrative queries to -- ====================================================================== Britt Thompson | PO Box 1989 FishingWorld.com | Lindale, TX 75771 Easttexas.com | Ph: (903) 882-8877 / Fax: (903) 882-3110 ======================================================================############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to Britt T.

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