[OIT] Your mail is not going through ?

Postmaster postreader@washcoll.edu
Sat, 7 Sep 2002 22:49:36 -0400


A lot of strange things could potentially cause mail not to work
properly.

To list a few recent problems I have seen:

	1. brown-outs (A Major problem on campus this summer/fall )
	2. lightning strikes (This also happen a lot). 
	3. bad network switches (Normally die to the above).
	4. bad cables 
	5. viruses (mostly a Windows problem)
	6. dirty databases (may cause mail to be delivered in the wrong
	place)

You can always do a bbc to yourself to confirm the message was sent.

> I sent out e-mails to appropriate e-mail addresses of my team using webmail.
> None, I repeat, none of the kids got those e-mails.  Any idea what the
> problem was.  I sent the message at 2:03 pm.  I have a copy of this 

Ted Knab
System Engineer