[NTLUG:Discuss] why does the mail server stop working over and over again

[MadHat]

On May 3, 2005, at 9:48 AM, Chris Cox wrote:
> Jack Snodgrass wrote:
>> They mail server seems to stop working for multiple days once or more 
>> pre month. What's worng with it? Is there one person that is too busy 
>> to notice that it's broke ( again )
>> Is it a hardware issue
>> Is it a software issue There is a bottleneck here someplace.
>
> Not sure.  I guess what we need is somebody with some time
> to look into this.  Send me an email at ccox at ntlug.org if
> you believe you are the person to admin the server.

Spam and viruses are a big problem.  The mail server gets hammered all 
the time and gets backed up trying to deal with it all.

>> This makes linux look bad when the NTLUG doesn't even have a decent 
>> mail server. I won't even mention the inability to provide coverage 
>> via a news group. The *News Groups (Currently broken on our server)
>> *message has been on the ntlug home page for weeks.
>
> We do have moderation on our lists and sometimes it means
> that they aren't monitored and things will queue up a bit.
>
> I personally would like to see the newgroups return.  It's
> probably a simple matter to make them work... while many
> know how to put up a newserver, not too many appear to
> know how to establish the linkage between news and mail
> (post to news -> list, post to list -> news).  So if this
> is your forte... again, send me an email at ccox at ntlug.org.

The problem with the news groups where weird and would need a fresh 
start.  Last time looked it worked for a week then stopped.  Nothing 
made sense, but this was on a older version of mailman.

But I am glad to know that NTLUG is the flagship example of Linux.  
heheh...

>> We can fix this if the powers that be will let us.
> Uh... done.. I think... if you're saying you want to
> be our full time admin?

I can't seem to get into the server after the last crash we had, or I 
could take a look again.

I have found that most people in Technology have been extremely swamped 
as of this year, more so than I remember before.  Not sure why, other 
than companies are taking on more work loads, but not willing to hire 
more staff causing the already over worked IT and security staff to be 
more stressed and over worked.