Network wide e-mail issues.

[GatorPatrick]

We're currently experiencing a problem with resolving RBL lists such as spamhaus and dnsbl. Due to this our mail servers are hanging connections and causing a "too many connections" error message to some of our users.

It doesn't seem to matter what resolvers we use currently as these hosts are just not resolving at all:

root@bmw [/etc]# nslookup sbl.spamhaus.org
Server: 67.19.86.18
Address: 67.19.86.18#53

Non-authoritative answer:
*** Can't find sbl.spamhaus.org: No answer

root@bmw [/etc]# nslookup sbl.spamhaus.org 4.2.2.1
Server: 4.2.2.1
Address: 4.2.2.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
*** Can't find sbl.spamhaus.org: No answer

root@bmw [/etc]#

We are working to restore service to normal as soon as possible.

[Sam]

Is this just for shared servers/reseller servers or are dedi servers affected aswell?

Thanks for the info

[Sam]

It must be for everyone:

[root@vortex ~]# nslookup sbl.spamhaus.org
Server:         207.218.192.38
Address:        207.218.192.38#53

Non-authoritative answer:
*** Can't find sbl.spamhaus.org: No answer

[gtgeorge]

Yes, same here, but fine from my ISP

[GatorPatrick]

This is currently affecting all boxes in the datacenter. Also our office in Houston is affected as well:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

H:\>nslookup sbl.spamhaus.org
Server: hg1012.houston.hostgator.com
Address: 192.168.1.12

Name: sbl.spamhaus.org


H:\>

[rsd]

What is the status on this? I am a reseller and all of my clients are calling me.

[gtgeorge]

Originally Posted by rsd

What is the status on this? I am a reseller and all of my clients are calling me.

Hmmm must be affecting your server a lot worse than our dedicated.... we have no problems with this issue yet.

You should tell all clients your server admins are working on resolving the issue.?

[GatorPatrick]

This issue is no longer occurring, we were able to resolve this issue midday today. We do not expect this issue to reoccur.

[Johnxtampa]

I'm assuming this refers to incoming emails getting bounced?

If by mid-day today, you meant mid-day August 21, then it's not fixed. I've gotten dozens of complaints about emails not being accepted, including some as late as 8pm yesterday, Aug. 21

[rsd]

We are still having issues also. All of our sites and email are down. We are on the Avenger server.

[johnfron]

Same here on Avenger...

[rsd]

This is killing me. All of my resold clients are calling and complaining

[gtgeorge]

avenger.hostgator.com is displaying not found for me. If that is the server address it is down.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by gtgeorge

avenger.hostgator.com is displaying not found for me. If that is the server address it is down.

hehe, avenger.websitewelcome.com

[gtgeorge]

Originally Posted by _Sam_

hehe, avenger.websitewelcome.com

geez I forgot about the websitewelcome.com, but ended up trying to access via the ip and was still not found and was definitely down.

[minorprophet]

"A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

dale@thewaylc.com
retry timeout exceeded"

Metro is still having this problem!! Any help?

[minorprophet]

Ok found out the problem on one domain. The site was over Quota.

But I just created a brand new site marcotek.com and it is still not working I am trying to move it to google.

[ghpk]

Originally Posted by minorprophet

Ok found out the problem on one domain. The site was over Quota.

But I just created a brand new site marcotek.com and it is still not working I am trying to move it to google.

if you've recently updated the nameservers you would need to wait 24-72 hours for the DNS to fully propogate.

[minorprophet]

Thanks google was working fast already switched and working within 15 minutes!

Again thanks for the help.