Missing mails

[Paul Wright <paul@cvanet.com>]

Hi all,

Starting a few days ago, I've encountered some mysteriously disappearing mail.  
Twice today I've posted to the list and had my posts go MIA.  Yesterday, 
mail to a friend dissapeared into the aether (ether?) I'm wondering if 
there may be a problem with my MTA setup, the list, or if it's just those 
damn sun-spots (I'm leaning toward the sunspots).  Before yesterday, I had 
never expirienced lost email, and had thought it was only a lame excuse to 
use when confronted with accusations of failure to respond. Now I'm not so 
sure...

I am currently using Masqmail to send and retrieve my mail, I retrieve 
mail from two POP3 accounts and use one of those services (gmx.net) 
as my smart mailer. I use cram-md5 login for auth when sending, and 
standard POP3 login when retrieving.  All mails use my @gmx address for 
the return path.  I cannot send mails directly from my dialup box because 
my isp has managed to get the entire range of dialup IP addresses listed 
on the rbl (probably a good idea).

I'm usually pretty good at troubleshooting problems on my own, but when 
the symptom seems to happen inconsistantly, I get stumped.

If anyone has any idea about why this may be occurring, and how to correct 
the problem, I'd appreciate your help.  That is, assuming this mail ever 
gets to the list in the first place.

Thanks all.




-- 
Paul T. Wright <paul@cvanet.com>
-currently seeking employment-