On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 11:58 +0300, Axel Thimm wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 08:44:28PM +1200, Nigel Jones wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 11:29 +0300, Axel Thimm wrote: > > > as per the mailed instructions I submitted a password reset by > > > entering account & mail into the FAS web portal. But I never received > > > the mail with the URL reset. > > I just noted this in the topic of #fedora-admin. Due to having > > thousands of accounts in FAS we have to be careful that we don't flood > > the pipes too much. As a result our mail queue is VERY full at the > > moment, and password reset e-mails are getting tacked onto the end. > > > > You will get your password reset e-mail, I assure you (I see plenty of > > them in the queue), if you get multiple, only the last reset e-mail will > > work. > > > > We really apologize for this, but there is a fine art in getting e-mail > > servers sending at the right pace, and we don't want Google etc to start > > thinking we only exist to spam people. > > OK, thanks for clarifying. BTW I did not submit a request multiple > times, if you see plenty of request for me in the queue then something > is wrong. Errr I didn't actually check to see what was going to you, I was making a rash generalization to * that if you request multiple then only the last will work :) > > Also being hosting quite a few multi-thousand lists: Sending out even > the exact same mail a couple of thousand times at a high rate > doesn't yet mark you as a spammer, this is also true of the large > lists @redhat.com. Although I highly appreciate any act of caution > these days! Good point, but yeah, not really that good to flood the pipes. - Nigel -- Nigel Jones <dev@xxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ Fedora-infrastructure-list mailing list Fedora-infrastructure-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list
