On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:10:20 +0200 Bill Allombert wrote: [...] > The trick is listed in the FAQ: > > Q) How can I prevent popularity-contest from sending reports via email? > > A) This is not recommended. Reports are sent by email only when the HTTP > submission fails, which is generally caused by a temporary lack of internet > connectivity. By contrast, reports sent by email are stored in the mail > server > queue until the internet connectivity is back. > > Nevertheless, you can prevent popularity-contest from sending reports via > email > by adding > MAILTO= > to /etc/popularity-contest.conf > > I would like to the warning above that sometimes HTTP submissions on servers > using NTP because too many systems try to report at the same tie, which > overload the popcon server. We are working on a fix. [...]
Hello Bill, I use popularity-contest on most Debian boxes I administer and I have experienced this issue where the MTA is configured to only deal with local mail. On one such system, I get the bounce basically once a week. Since I haven't changed the default configuration of popularity-contest, this means that the HTTP method almost always fails and the SMTP method is tried (in vain). Do I understand correctly? Please note that the system is not up and running 24/7, and uses anacron: hence, the HTTP method is not tried always at the same time. Nonetheless, it seems to almost always fail! :-( Is there any progress on the fix you are working on? Questions: • is the HTTP method tried only once? • does the SMTP fallback kick in immediately afterwards? • could the HTTP method be tried more than once? • what would happen, if I added MAILTO= to /etc/popularity-contest.conf? -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ There's not a second to spare! To the laboratory! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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