PM notification issues. *now corrected, with fix*

[clarkstoncracke]

I just switched to a dual dedicated server setup. I'm having complaints from some users that pm notifications aren't going out, yet some say they receive them.
Does vbulletin send out a pm notification if the user is logged in?

The same people complain that sometimes they don't get thread subscriptions. Looking at the email server stats, its sending out over 12,000 emails a day for notifications.

????

[sonichero]

a board of that size is bound to have some problems. Thats why many big board people take days to get an activation email.

in phpBB, the PM does not go thru until the user logs in. I assume its the same as vB

[clarkstoncracke]

Originally Posted by sonichero

a board of that size is bound to have some problems. Thats why many big board people take days to get an activation email.

in phpBB, the PM does not go thru until the user logs in. I assume its the same as vB

I have a dual pent 4 running the email server, it can handle it. I even have the instant email mod, so people get instant notifications. Before I had a dedicated email server, I had to use batching w/locking.

I just figured out what happened. Aol and Hotmail accounts now require a reverse-dns tag on all emails. I failed to set that up on the new server!

Had close to 30,000 emails sitting in the mail q', changed the email server setup, hit send, and they all went.

I hope aol/hotmail doesn't block me from spamming now. lol

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Key words to help others in the future

Failure to send email or notifications to hotmail
failure to send email or notifications to american online accounts

"ERROR MESSAGE:
Connecting to mailin-04.mx.aol.com [205.188.156.249]:25 ... connected
SMTP<< 220-rly-yd05.mx.aol.com ESMTP mail_relay_in-yd5.8; Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:20:08 -0400
220-America Online (AOL) and its affiliated companies do not
220- authorize the use of its proprietary computers and computer
220- networks to accept, transmit, or distribute unsolicited bulk
220- e-mail sent from the internet. Effective immediately: AOL
220- may no longer accept connections from IP addresses which
220 have no reverse-DNS (PTR record) assigned.
SMTP>> EHLO host2.*****.com
SMTP<< 250-rly-yd05.mx.aol.com peer name unknown
250 HELP
SMTP>> MAIL FROM:<nobody@**CENSORED**