[FFmpeg-devel] Mailing List Delay

Michael Niedermayer michael at niedermayer.cc
Wed Aug 4 23:51:18 EEST 2021


On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 01:10:00AM +0000, Soft Works wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of
> > Michael Niedermayer
> > Sent: Wednesday, 4 August 2021 00:59
> > To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-
> > devel at ffmpeg.org>
> > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] Mailing List Delay
> > 
> > On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 09:59:47PM +0100, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> > > On 7/14/2021 8:05 PM, Nicolas George wrote:
> > > > Therefore, the information we need now to debug is what the logs of
> > > > ffbox0-bg.mplayerhq.hu contains immediately after 20 Feb 2021
> > > > 11:47:04 -0800.
> > > >
> > > > If it happens to you again, you can ask for the logs immediately, it
> > > > will be more likely the admins can find what went wrong.
> > >
> > > It is happening at this very moment as a type this, with a patch:
> > >
> > > From: Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com>
> > > To: ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org
> > > Subject: [PATCH] ffprobe: Rename Audio Service Type 'type' field to
> > 'service_type'
> > > Date: Mon,  2 Aug 2021 21:55:01 +0100
> > >
> > > Which has not appeared.
> > 
> > In the past delayed mails where caused by spam filtering.
> > more specifically by some mail server being on too many DNSBL lists and
> > grossd delaying the mail.
> > 
> > what you or anyone else can do is check the involved mailservers on some
> > DNSBL checkers.
> > heres what is listed in our configuration file:
> > 
> > dnsbl = bl.spamcop.net;2
> > dnsbl = combined.njabl.org
> > dnsbl = cbl.abuseat.org
> > dnsbl = dnsbl.sorbs.net
> > dnsbl = pbl.spamhaus.org
> > dnsbl = xbl.spamhaus.org
> > dnsbl = spamrbl.imp.ch
> > dnsbl = list.dsbl.org
> > dnsbl = dnsrbl.swinog.ch
> > dnsbl = psbl.surriel.com
> > dnsbl = dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
> > dnsbl = db.wpbl.info
> > dnsbl = ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
> > 
> > This has not been adjusted since quite some time probably because noone
> > complained.
> > Are there any that are unreliable and should be removed ?
> > Any that should be added ?
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Yes that list appears to be outdated. njabl.org doesn't exist anymore

removed, a dead list has in the past caused problems too


> and some others appear to have low relevance. uceprotect is subject to criticism due to charging for quick removal. 

hmm, thats something that should be considered indeed but thats seperate of the issue ATM


> I don't have sufficient up-to-date experience to suggest a good collection of current BL services, though.
> 

> Anyway, I doubt that these problems are related to DNSBL checks, as the purpose of those checks is to prevent spam rather than to delay spam.

grossd is a greylisting daemon, delaying is how it works.

[...]

ill try to find the mail

thx


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