I can't reproduce locally, as this is an Enterprise only feature in the admin. I know this is not hosteks fault, I just need it sorted. Hostek have already stated the below response. The change suggested below, actually does fix this at least it has been working fine for over 8 months, till recently when the mail just keeps stopping every two days. And then I started seeing other web applications emails in my sent folder.
Response from Hostek. *We have identified the cause of the issue. The setting 'Maintain connection to mail server' in the 'Mail' section of the CFAdmin is what is causing this. If multiple sites on the server are using the same SMTP server, such as 'smtp.gmail.com', this setting causes ColdFusion to re-use that connection until it completes sending emails to that server that are currently in the queue. So, if both sites send an e-mail with the same 10-15 second period, it re-used the first site's authentication credentials since it did not re-establish the connection. This is not an issue for sites using the default cfmail settings since the local smtp service does not use username/password credentials, and it improves performance for mail sent locally when there is a lot of mail being sent. However, for now, I have disabled the 'Maintain connection to mail server' option to prevent the issue when using external mail servers. We will submit a bug report to Adobe suggesting that they treat CFMail tags with different authentication credentials as if they were sending to different servers (I.E. only use the same connection if the same username/password are specified). * Regards, Andrew Scott WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> wrote: > > Are both of the sites in question developed by you or completely unrelated? > If they are unrelated and have no access to the other one then this would > clearly point to a problem with cf and not hosteks fault. > In which case you should yry to reproduce locally with the same version of > cf. > > If they are related to you then this is more likely you are using the same > smtp settings somewhere. > > There is one way to completely bypass cfmail for sending email, and also > get much better tracking, reporting and reliability at the same time. > Take a look at sendgrid.net and sending via their api. > > Russ Michaels > www.michaels.me.uk > cfmldeveloper.com > cflive.net > cfsearch.com > On 21 Aug 2013 13:16, "Andrew Scott" <andr...@andyscott.id.au> wrote: > > > > > Sort off, just have no proof that is what is happening to me. What I do > > know, is that I have 5 emails that is clearly sent from another web > > application on the same server, sitting in my sent folder. > > > > I have been having issues with Hostek the last four weeks where my mail > > just stops being sent, they are at a loss to explain this, but there are > > errors to do with authentication in the logs. At least this is what I am > > being told and shown. > > > > Some months ago, I had this issue and emailed the person that I was > getting > > these emails from and he was dumbfounded as well, and was not aware that > > this was happening. > > > > What I can tell you is that there is a setting in the CFadmin to keep the > > mail connection open. However it appears that if this setting is switched > > on, and two people with seconds of each other send an email to the same > > server, ColdFusion will hold the connection open and use the credentials > of > > the previous person. > > > > So for arguments sake if I send an email via my website, and another > > customer does the same from their website, then the mail is sent using > the > > credentials of the first connection to that mail server. > > > > But as usual, as no other customer on Hostek has complained about this, I > > am reaching out to those who may be hosted there and use gmail for their > > mail. To hear if they are actually having the same issues as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Andrew Scott > > WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > > Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > So are you saying that mail sent from your gmail account is ending up > in > > > other peoples sent items? > > > > > > Russ Michaels > > > www.michaels.me.uk > > > cfmldeveloper.com > > > cflive.net > > > cfsearch.com > > > On 21 Aug 2013 11:51, "Andrew Scott" <andr...@andyscott.id.au> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I am reaching out to everyone who is using hostek for their hosting, > > and > > > > using gmail for your mail, your mail may not be being sent. > > > > > > > > There appears to be an issue on their servers at the moment, where > mail > > > > being sent just stops, well for me at least. Also it is possible that > > > some > > > > people are seeing your mail without you knowing about it. > > > > > > > > For example, I have 3 other customers of Hostek who have sent email > > from > > > > their hosted website on hostek, sitting in my sent folders. I wont go > > > into > > > > the implications this has from a security point of view, with details > > > > sitting in my gmail account about someone else's intended email. But > it > > > is > > > > a known bug in ColdFusion that seems to not be that well known, at > > least > > > > nothing can be found via a google search any way. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Andrew Scott > > > > WebSite: http://www.andyscott.id.au/ > > > > Google+: http://plus.google.com/113032480415921517411 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:356513 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
