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    yanakis @SteveITS
    last edited by May 16, 2023, 6:31 AM

    @steveits said in E-Mail Notification SPAM since 23.01:

    @yanakis 1) is it flapping?
    2) install/update the System Patches package and install patch
    Fix SMTP notification loop / config.cache write failures (Redmine #14031, Redmine #14061)

    1 - meaning?
    2 - no new packages available
    Fix SMTP notification loop / config.cache write failures (Redmine #14031, Redmine #14061) - I am not that advanced :)

    Seems to happen every night, I got more than 1000 messages

    Thanks!

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      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @yanakis
      last edited by May 16, 2023, 12:04 PM

      @yanakis said in E-Mail Notification SPAM since 23.01:

      no new packages available

      You already have an old version of the System Patches package installed?

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        SteveITS Galactic Empire @yanakis
        last edited by May 16, 2023, 12:09 PM

        @yanakis flapping meaning, is it actually going up and down? Or is this the same alert being resent repeatedly (the bug).

        Re: 2, I meant, install that patch using that package.

        Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
        When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
        Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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          yanakis @SteveITS
          last edited by yanakis May 17, 2023, 6:43 AM May 17, 2023, 6:39 AM

          @steveits said in E-Mail Notification SPAM since 23.01:

          @yanakis flapping meaning, is it actually going up and down? Or is this the same alert being resent repeatedly (the bug).

          Re: 2, I meant, install that patch using that package.

          No, is the same alert repeated although I disabled smtp notifications
          I just applied the patch. let's see what happens over night.

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            SteveITS Galactic Empire @yanakis
            last edited by May 17, 2023, 12:22 PM

            @yanakis You have to install the System Patches package I linked above, then go to System/Patches

            Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
            When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
            Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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              yanakis @SteveITS
              last edited by May 18, 2023, 7:44 AM

              @steveits said in E-Mail Notification SPAM since 23.01:

              @yanakis You have to install the System Patches package I linked above, then go to System/Patches

              I did but overnight happened again? does it need a restart?

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                Gertjan @yanakis
                last edited by May 18, 2023, 7:53 AM

                @yanakis

                You :

                ... disabled smtp notifications

                and installed the patch.

                Still, you receive mails from pfSense ?

                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                  yanakis @Gertjan
                  last edited by May 18, 2023, 8:01 AM

                  @gertjan I renabled SMTP notifications after the patch

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                    SteveITS Galactic Empire @yanakis
                    last edited by May 18, 2023, 1:39 PM

                    @yanakis and just to be clear your system logs show only one WAN drop?

                    Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                    When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                    Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                      yanakis @SteveITS
                      last edited by May 18, 2023, 3:48 PM

                      @steveits said in E-Mail Notification SPAM since 23.01:

                      @yanakis and just to be clear your system logs show only one WAN drop?

                      no WAN drop, just thousands of emails containing the same text:

                      0:49:00 MONITOR: GSM_DHCP has packet loss, omitting from routing group Failover
                      1.1.1.1|192.168.8.107|GSM_DHCP|50.998ms|0ms|50%|down|highloss
                      0:49:01 MONITOR: GSM_DHCP is available now, adding to routing group Failover
                      1.1.1.1|192.168.8.107|GSM_DHCP|46.107ms|2.507ms|0.0%|online|none
                      18:04:22 MONITOR: WAN_PPPOE has packet loss, omitting from routing group Failover
                      8.8.8.8|86.122.163.2|WAN_PPPOE|16.069ms|11.825ms|24%|down|highloss
                      18:06:07 MONITOR: WAN_PPPOE is available now, adding to routing group Failover
                      8.8.8.8|86.122.163.2|WAN_PPPOE|14.924ms|2.202ms|4%|online|none
                      18:06:32 MONITOR: WAN_PPPOE has packet loss, omitting from routing group Failover
                      8.8.8.8|86.122.163.2|WAN_PPPOE|14.82ms|0.573ms|23%|down|highloss
                      18:07:56 MONITOR: WAN_PPPOE is available now, adding to routing group Failover
                      8.8.8.8|86.122.163.2|WAN_PPPOE|16.51ms|13.409ms|10%|online|none

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                        SteveITS Galactic Empire @yanakis
                        last edited by May 18, 2023, 7:05 PM

                        @yanakis I'd expect 00:49 and 18:04 to be separate email alerts...

                        You can change monitoring thresholds, monitoring IPs, or even disable monitoring in the System/Routing page if you want to assume they are always up.

                        Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                        When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                        Upvote 👍 helpful posts!

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                          Gertjan @yanakis
                          last edited by May 19, 2023, 5:21 AM

                          @yanakis said in E-Mail Notification SPAM since 23.01:

                          MONITOR: GSM_DHCP

                          That's the typical WAN type interface that fluctuates.
                          I friend of my doesn't have ADSL or fiber as he lives to far out in the middle of now where.
                          He tried all type of satalite access (not yet startlink) and now uses a 4G modem/router.
                          It's pretty good, but bandwidth isn't stable at all. It's a 0 to 50 Mbit/sec dance all day long.

                          Btw : dpinger monitoring can mail ? I learned something.

                          No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                          Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                            last edited by May 19, 2023, 1:39 PM

                            Does /var/db/notifyqueue.messages contain any content right now? If so, rm /var/db/notifyqueue.messages and see if it happens again.

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                              yanakis @jimp
                              last edited by May 20, 2023, 11:06 AM

                              @jimp it seems it neeeded a restart after I applied the suggested patches. It just stopped the next day. I will keep an eye on it.

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