Massive delays on PM notification emails.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2007, 14:53

I just got the notifications for PMs that were sent to me at

13:48, 13:53 and 14:42 (their time tags are correct and match PMs I got) but the emails have only just shown up in gmail.

I get the impression something is broken somewhere.

eion · Post by **eion** » September 2nd, 2007, 15:01

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:I just got the notifications for PMs that were sent to me at

13:48, 13:53 and 14:42 (their time tags are correct and match PMs I got) but the emails have only just shown up in gmail.

I've been having similar problems, except that my PM notifications go to Hotmail rather than Gmail.

On a possibly related note, I've noticed occasional errorz in the 'new PM notification' pop-up window. I seem to recall something about an invalid parameter, but I'll make a note next time I see it.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2007, 15:03

eion wrote:In a possibly related note, I've noticed occasional errorz in the 'new PM notification' pop-up window. I seem to recall something about an invalid parameter, but I'll make a note next time I see it.

I think that only happens on the disco board, and perhaps the FP because of the way the forum is stuck together.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » September 2nd, 2007, 15:56

Emails are sent as part of the same process as sending PMs, so any delays can only be server related.

DreamHost Status wrote:Update:Unfortunately there were dns issues this morning causing problems with sending email. An extra caching dns machine has been added to help speed things up.

Possibly something to do with this, or any number of other problems DH has.

I'll have a look at the popup though.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2007, 15:56

I think the email delay issue has been about for a fair while.

eion · Post by **eion** » September 2nd, 2007, 16:00

And... here come another eight notification e-mails.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » September 2nd, 2007, 16:01

Is it because someone is thrashing the server with connections and page requests?

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » September 2nd, 2007, 16:01

Popup should work now.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2007, 16:02

spoodie wrote:Is it because someone is thrashing the server with connections and page requests?

Maybe, but I'm pretty sure it's not my doing

eion · Post by **eion** » September 2nd, 2007, 16:15

Well, it's definitely not me. The only thing the campus wireless connection here is capable of testing is my patience.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2007, 16:19

eion wrote:Well, it's definitely not me.

I'm fairly sure it was directed at me. as somehow (my usually saturated) 8mbit line is apparently able to maintain enough connections to 5punk (despite very few being visible on this end) to hammer/crash the apache server 5punk is hosted on.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » September 2nd, 2007, 16:24

-my pm email has arrived-.

: Sent: 16:59
: Delivered: 17:14.

The delay seems to be the first hop. So yeah, not much I can do about that I'm afraid.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 2nd, 2007, 16:27

Stoat wrote:-my pm email has arrived-.

: Sent: 16:59
: Delivered: 17:14.

The delay seems to be the first hop. So yeah, not much I can do about that I'm afraid.

could you make it send the notification 15 minutes before the PM?

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » September 2nd, 2007, 17:50

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:I'm fairly sure it was directed at me.

It was but I was only joking, I'm sure it's just that you're keen. I can only see page requests not connections. I'm going to investigate a bit further once I get more access to the 5punk control room.

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