Nick Dokos (2nd attempt): [OT] Thanks!

* Nick Dokos (2nd attempt): [OT] Thanks!
@ 2010-03-29 21:39 Nick Dokos
  2010-03-29 21:44 ` Carsten Dominik
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2010-03-29 21:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode; +Cc: nicholas.dokos

[I think this bit the dust because of the same problem: I forgot
to update a setting. 2nd attempt.]

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Date:    Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:39:31 -0400
From:    Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To:      emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
cc:      nicholas.dokos@hp.com, Mikael Fornius <mfo@abc.se>,
	 Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
Subject: [OT] Thanks!

As most here know already (sorry for spamming the list with the test
message!), I was unable to post to the list for a while.  But I have now
been able to post three times and, as the Bellman said, "What I tell you
three times is true": the problem[1] is solved[2].

I owe a debt of gratitude to Mikael Fornius, who not only groped through
the list logs looking for possible problems, but also pointed out a
header that looked funny to him. Upon further investigation, a fix to
this header started the flow again. Mikael, thanks for saving my
sanity[3]. Also, thanks to Karl Berry who went looking through email
logs at gnu.org looking for the problem.

It felt pretty lonely out there for a while, so please allow me to express
my hearfelt thanks to Mikael and Karl who came to my rescue[4].

Thanks very much!

Nick

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[1] The theory is that at some point around the middle of February,
    gnu.org's exim server started enforcing a Sender Verification
    test. See

    http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg172919.html

    for some details. I don't know if the theory is correct, but the fix
    - changing my postfix configuration to make sure that the Sender:
    header contains an email address that the gnu.org server can test
    successfully - seems to work in any case.

[2] Famous last words...

[3] OTOH, my "friends" say that that is a non-existent entity - I beg
    to differ, but as they emphasize, that proves their point...

[4] ... or, as many volunteers have heard before: "You did such a good
    job that you deserve to have your salary doubled." :-)

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