Concerning Email and Broken Links
Posted in OAImages News by John E. Pannell on August 7th, 2010 at 9:38 am Update: 8/7/10 @ 1400: The block by CBL has been lifted for over four hours now. This is a good sign, but not a resolution of the problem below… yet.
Automated emails from this site’s mail server are currently being blocked by many or most ISPs. It has been listed on the Composite Blocking List for being compromised in some way. I have already had it delisted, but it has been listed again.
This most directly affects subscribers to the site as it prevents automated messages concerning passwords from being delivered. I consider this a critical issue. If it cannot be resolved soon, I will return to the old server and hosting solution. In the mean time, please read the rest of this message if you are experiencing difficulties logging into the members area!
- If you recently subscribed and don’t get your initial password right away that means the email has probably been rejected. Please email me at jpannell@triad.rr.com. I will try to find the rejected message and send it on manually. Please be patient. It may be several hours before I can respond. If I cannot find the message, send you a password, or the wait is unacceptable then I will return any payment you made in full.
- Until I know this is working well, please do not try to recover a lost password. The email probably will not get to you and I have no way of knowing what your password is after you change it!
- If you absolutely must have access to the members area before this can be fixed and have forgotten your password, use the “request new password” link ONCE, then email me at jpannell@triad.rr.com and be patient. I may be able to find the rejected email and send it on to you manually. Kindly remember, I do have a life of my own and may not be able to respond for several hours or more.
- If you recently subscribed and don’t get your initial password right away, please email me at jpannell@triad.rr.com. That means it’s probably been rejected. I will try to find the rejected message and send it on manually. Please be patient.
Yes, I consider the above to be an unacceptable answer but it is the best I can do until this situation is resolved, short of returning to a server I know is on its last days. Please be patient!
The matter of broken links and missing image files is a less serious problem. The site sends me emails whenever a missing image is found. Usually this is due to me not converting all the file names to all lower case when I downloaded and upload them between the servers. As these emails are between users on my server, they are not blocked and are not affected by the first problem.
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The current attempt a unblocking this site’s email server has now lasted just over 2 hours and 15 minutes. This is a positive sign, but I do not consider this issue resolved yet!
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