Mt-notifier - Double Emails For Scheduled Posts Options

[dmosquin]

Hi,

I'm running MT-Notifier 3.2.7 on MT 3.2, and I'm having a small problem. The software is sending out double notifications for scheduled postings. If I manually publish, no problem - just one copy goes out.

A few days ago, I removed all MT-Notifier files and then replaced all of them with a fresh downloaded zip, and still no change.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[jayseae]

MT-Notifier should be recording the fact that it sent out a notification already. It sounds like it is not, for some reason or another. Can you tell me more about your setup (specifically what database you are using)? And also, do you know when the emails are being sent out? That is, do you get one when the entry is initially saved, and another when the entry is published by the schedule process? Or something else? Is every subscriber getting double posts, or only some?

[dmosquin]

MT-Notifier should be recording the fact that it sent out a notification already.  It sounds like it is not, for some reason or another.  Can you tell me more about your setup (specifically what database you are using)?  And also, do you know when the emails are being sent out?  That is, do you get one when the entry is initially saved, and another when the entry is published by the schedule process?  Or something else?  Is every subscriber getting double posts, or only some?

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The duplicates are both being sent at the same time when the cron job on the server runs periodic-tasks, i.e., when the post moves from scheduled to published. As far as I can tell, every subscriber is receiving double posts.

[dmosquin]

I should also add I have the following plugins installed, in case one of them might conflict:

BigPAPI, Better File Uploader, MT Blogroll, Email Whitelister, MT-Notifier, Nofollow, SpamLookUp (and disabled: CustomFields)

Email notification works fine from other software, as does MT's comment approval emails.

[dmosquin]

MT-Notifier should be recording the fact that it sent out a notification already.  It sounds like it is not, for some reason or another.  Can you tell me more about your setup (specifically what database you are using)?  And also, do you know when the emails are being sent out?  That is, do you get one when the entry is initially saved, and another when the entry is published by the schedule process?  Or something else?  Is every subscriber getting double posts, or only some?

How does it record the fact that a notification has been sent out? I might be able to log what's occurring if you could point me to the process.

[dmosquin]

*bump*

[dmosquin]

Upgraded to 3.4.2 and still the same problem (and same offer of spending some time to try and figure it out), so *bump*.

[jayseae]

For some strange reason I don't always get notified of updates to threads. Hopefully it's not MT-Notifier.

The "recording" happens by adding a URL to the "pinged_urls" field of the entry that is being sent. This doesn't actually ping that URL, just adds a value to that field so that it is "marked" as being complete.

As of 3.4.2, this URL is:

http://www.everitz.com/sol/mt-notifier/sent_service.html

Though there are a couple others URLs that have been used previously (those are checked also).

[dmosquin]

For some strange reason I don't always get notified of updates to threads.  Hopefully it's not MT-Notifier. 

The "recording" happens by adding a URL to the "pinged_urls" field of the entry that is being sent.  This doesn't actually ping that URL, just adds a value to that field so that it is "marked" as being complete.

As of 3.4.2, this URL is:

http://www.everitz.com/sol/mt-notifier/sent_service.html

Though there are a couple others URLs that have been used previously (those are checked also).

Thanks - I didn't receive a notification either. I'll have a look around.

[dmosquin]

Gave it another go with 3.4.4 - still no luck. Replaced all MT files in a new directory to check if it was a permissions problem, reinstalled MT-Notifier - nada. Just keeps on double notifying when scheduled posts are released via run-periodic-tasks.

[dmosquin]

Gave it another go with 3.4.4 - still no luck. Replaced all MT files in a new directory to check if it was a permissions problem, reinstalled MT-Notifier - nada. Just keeps on double notifying when scheduled posts are released via run-periodic-tasks.

Oh, sonofagun... rebooted the web server (after doing the above) for a different reason, and now it seems to work.

Will see how it goes with tonight's scheduled post.

[dmosquin]

Oh, I could scream. Different (non-testing) weblog, double notifications again.

[dmosquin]

(but the testing weblog still works if left to its own devices)