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      SteveITS Galactic Empire @yanakis
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      @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.
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        yanakis @SteveITS
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        @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
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          @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.
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            yanakis @SteveITS
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            @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
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              @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
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                @gertjan I renabled SMTP notifications after the patch

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                  SteveITS Galactic Empire @yanakis
                  last edited by

                  @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.
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                    yanakis @SteveITS
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                    @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
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                      @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
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                        @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
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                          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
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                            @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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