Re: Sightings

[mk@netstra.com.au (Michael Kurkowski)]

steam5me@dingoblue.net.au (Yuri) wrote in
<t04rgso2d5rgbia4lr2g33ia53ulorigrr@4ax.com>: 

>>Anyone else getting heaps (and heaps) of blank emails from
>>owner-sightings? 
>
>Yep.  Also I can't FTP into my site on railpage: message reads
>("Error writing file.  No storage space left on device")
>
>Plus emails to Brian Evans are bouncing... message reads:
>>bevans@omni.com.au... Deferred: Connection refused by fang.omni.com.au.
>>Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours
>
>Hmm, can someone put another 20c in the slot please?
>
>Seriously, I suspect omni's feed has fallen over.

*kerchink* *kerchink* *kerchink* *kerchink* (gotta use those 5c pieces)

Sounds like the hard disk on that server is full. The symptoms of the email 
not making it (delve into the full headers of the bounce message and it may 
most likely say that it can't write to device or similar), as with 
uploading your website. The mailing list will of course go beserk because 
it's automagically archived (can't write archive) and chances are when 
messages are being processed they get written to temporary files (which 
also can't be done while the device is full). Aint computers a wonderful 
thing....


Michael