Re: Listmail disappearing: bad spam filters?

All,

HEY! This is the second time I've brought up list mail mysteriously
vanishing, and it's like my reports of the problem are vanishing too. Can I
*please* have some attention from someone with access to the mail servers?

> I moderate three of the main PostgreSQL lists. For the last month or so,
> we've been having chronic issues with e-mails from certain users getting
> blocked. That is, they don't show up in the moderation queue. They may
> show up in the spam trap, but it's hard for me to tell: Maia does NOT
> provide a search interface, so I can't find them amount the 500+ e-mails in
> the trap.
>
> Blocked e-mails include even ones from regular PostgreSQL contributors like
> Gevik.
>
> Can someone please help troubleshoot this? People's mails are not getting
> through to the list, and they're getting very frustrated.
>
> Below is one such blocked user. He's tried to send this post multiple
> times since he subscribed.
>
> --Josh Berkus
>
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
>
> Subject: Postgres v MySQL 5.0
> Date: Monday 16 October 2006 09:33
> From: "Duncan Garland" <duncan(dot)garland(at)ntlworld(dot)com>
> To: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Cc: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
>
> How do you position Postgres against MySQL 5.0?
>
> MySQL is more popular but I've always regarded it as a bit lightweight. I'm
> told that this is no longer the case with 5.0. Why choose Postgres over
> MySQL 5.0?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------

--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco