I am posting this here since there doesn’t seem to be a place specific to the topic. I am looking for advise, but if I need to open a Vines support ticket, I will.
Our church has 6 workstations in a NAT-provided peer to peer network. All of the machines have been sending and receiving mail without a problem. This week, the Administrative Assistant informed me that she had not received any new mail since Aug 6. That week she was out of town with a death in the family and only realized the problem when she returned to work.
Immediately, I logged into her account with a client I have configured for the staff. I was able to view messages up to that date and beyond Aug 6. Later, I went to the church and checked a few things, DNS, pinging, etc. I also tried Outlook Express (she is using Thunderbird). To my surprise, Only messages up to Aug 6 were displayed – the display was identical to the last message.
So, I’m thinking: This is either a problem with the workstation or with the mailbox itself. But I could see an up-to-date message list at home. Hmmm. I went to the pastor’s office and set up the problem account on Outlook Express there. All messages showed there as on my computer.
The only difference I have noted in the mailbox is that Spam Assassin messages marked *** SPAM *** started showing up after about Aug 6. This may be a red herring. I have Spam Assassin turned on for the server, but without any special configuration – it’s just on.
I have used System Restore to roll-back the problem workstation to Aug 5, the last restore point available. Not joy!
I hope someone can offer some direction beyond what I have mentioned.
Our church has 6 workstations in a NAT-provided peer to peer network. All of the machines have been sending and receiving mail without a problem. This week, the Administrative Assistant informed me that she had not received any new mail since Aug 6. That week she was out of town with a death in the family and only realized the problem when she returned to work.
Immediately, I logged into her account with a client I have configured for the staff. I was able to view messages up to that date and beyond Aug 6. Later, I went to the church and checked a few things, DNS, pinging, etc. I also tried Outlook Express (she is using Thunderbird). To my surprise, Only messages up to Aug 6 were displayed – the display was identical to the last message.
So, I’m thinking: This is either a problem with the workstation or with the mailbox itself. But I could see an up-to-date message list at home. Hmmm. I went to the pastor’s office and set up the problem account on Outlook Express there. All messages showed there as on my computer.
The only difference I have noted in the mailbox is that Spam Assassin messages marked *** SPAM *** started showing up after about Aug 6. This may be a red herring. I have Spam Assassin turned on for the server, but without any special configuration – it’s just on.
I have used System Restore to roll-back the problem workstation to Aug 5, the last restore point available. Not joy!
I hope someone can offer some direction beyond what I have mentioned.
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