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#266908 12/21/2025 6:42 PM
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We have a user who reports getting 28 Happy Birthday emails from us. Another one reported 14. Any idea what could cause this?

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
Baldeagle #266909 12/21/2025 7:05 PM
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this sounds like it may be a hiccup on your webhosts mail server end.

when did this all happen? who else got multiple redundant mails. were the mails all dated the same? did the user once have no birthday set, then once they set their bd, a flood of mails got sent? could they have been backlogged (clogged up) with many others on your mail server, that just recently got reset and released (sent)?

what does your ubbt admin log say? each mail that ubbt sends out is logged there. if only one entry is listed, then ubbt only sent one mail to your webhost's mail server for delivery.

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
Baldeagle #266910 12/21/2025 7:14 PM
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There's no question that we've sent him a bunch of emails. The contents of those emails is unknown. His birthday was the 19th.
Code
]# grep "[email protected]" /var/log/maillog*
/var/log/maillog:Dec 21 06:43:54 ded602 postfix/smtp[1215838]: 1F850740B2015: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=3.5, delays=0.06/0/1.9/1.5, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as b405a5d3-de6a-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog:Dec 21 15:50:18 ded602 postfix/smtp[1242424]: C405E740B2017: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=3.7, delays=0.06/0/2.5/1.2, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 08f274c5-deb7-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog:Dec 21 16:04:51 ded602 postfix/smtp[1242943]: CEE96740B2017: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=2.7, delays=0.1/0.01/1.7/0.83, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 11c36cf4-deb9-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 18:00:43 ded602 postfix/smtp[203450]: BCF3E740B1C0E: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx3.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.56]:25, delay=3.6, delays=0.07/0.04/3.3/0.17, dsn=4.2.0, status=deferred (host mx3.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.56] said: 450 4.2.0 Recipient address rejected: greylisting in action. Please try again in few minutes (in reply to RCPT TO command))
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 18:10:11 ded602 postfix/smtp[203848]: BCF3E740B1C0E: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=572, delays=569/0.03/2.1/0.88, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 14e04b58-dc6f-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 18:51:02 ded602 postfix/smtp[205272]: A6914740B1C0D: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=2.4, delays=0.07/0.03/1.5/0.76, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as c97bf6dc-dc74-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 19:05:37 ded602 postfix/smtp[205944]: BD558740B1C0D: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx3.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.56]:25, delay=3.7, delays=0.06/0.05/2/1.6, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as d27b21eb-dc76-11f0-b3b6-ec0d9a6ed4ce)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 19:33:25 ded602 postfix/smtp[206965]: 3A991740B1C0E: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx3.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.56]:25, delay=2.6, delays=0.04/0.06/1.6/0.91, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as b5a710fe-dc7a-11f0-b3b6-ec0d9a6ed4ce)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 20:49:04 ded602 postfix/smtp[209574]: D153F740B1C0C: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx3.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.56]:25, delay=2.9, delays=0.05/0.04/1.9/0.92, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 46f5f42a-dc85-11f0-b3b6-ec0d9a6ed4ce)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 21:01:31 ded602 postfix/smtp[210148]: 0B69B740B1C10: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=2.5, delays=0.04/0.01/1.8/0.63, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 04529330-dc87-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 22:12:46 ded602 postfix/smtp[212701]: 6ACE3740B1C0C: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=3.1, delays=0.06/0/2/0.97, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as f81cce37-dc90-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 22:41:25 ded602 postfix/smtp[213751]: EEF7F740B1C13: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=2.8, delays=0.05/0/1.7/1.1, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as f8cdb271-dc94-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 23:32:38 ded602 postfix/smtp[215635]: DE867740B1C14: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=2.7, delays=0.06/0.03/1.7/1, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 20681c57-dc9c-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 23:37:10 ded602 postfix/smtp[215910]: 27DED740B1C0E: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=2.2, delays=0.07/0.04/1.5/0.67, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as c2bec030-dc9c-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 18 23:50:55 ded602 postfix/smtp[216504]: 7469E740B1C15: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=2.5, delays=0.04/0.01/1.7/0.68, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as aec95c4e-dc9e-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 01:16:13 ded602 postfix/smtp[219637]: 12E0A740B1C13: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=2.7, delays=0.05/0.01/1.6/1, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 98ef5830-dcaa-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 01:22:30 ded602 postfix/smtp[219905]: 85A7C740B1C18: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=2.8, delays=0.05/0.01/2/0.71, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 7983149b-dcab-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 01:41:41 ded602 postfix/smtp[220617]: 2F9A0740B1C19: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=1.9, delays=0.03/0.01/1.2/0.61, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 2789b0fc-dcae-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 02:51:45 ded602 postfix/smtp[223038]: 81C7A740B1C16: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=2.8, delays=0.07/0.03/1.6/1.1, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as f1024c48-dcb7-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 02:58:43 ded602 postfix/smtp[223264]: 99EAA740B1C1A: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=2.9, delays=0.05/0/1.5/1.3, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as ea5b9a0a-dcb8-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 03:18:30 ded602 postfix/smtp[224048]: 3C4CD740B1C1A: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx3.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.56]:25, delay=2.7, delays=0.06/0/1.9/0.74, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as ae6f8cde-dcbb-11f0-b3b6-ec0d9a6ed4ce)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 07:22:32 ded602 postfix/smtp[491511]: 1C890740B1C17: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=3.2, delays=0.06/0/2.2/0.93, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as c5092fcd-dcdd-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 08:26:48 ded602 postfix/smtp[494049]: B5798740B1C20: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx3.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.56]:25, delay=3, delays=0.05/0.02/1.9/1.1, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as bfa63dd2-dce6-11f0-b3b6-ec0d9a6ed4ce)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 08:27:15 ded602 postfix/smtp[494083]: 15F75740B1C1D: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx3.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.56]:25, delay=2.7, delays=0.07/0/2/0.69, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as d023f15e-dce6-11f0-b3b6-ec0d9a6ed4ce)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 11:07:26 ded602 postfix/smtp[500268]: 8D8BC740B1C1E: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=3.2, delays=0.09/0/1.7/1.4, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 3030d8a7-dcfd-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 11:41:04 ded602 postfix/smtp[501739]: D190C740B1C1C: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=2.8, delays=0.08/0/1.8/0.91, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as e342443a-dd01-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 11:50:29 ded602 postfix/smtp[502296]: 90CA7740B1C25: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=2, delays=0.07/0.03/1.3/0.6, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 3458cbcc-dd03-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 14:04:03 ded602 postfix/smtp[507913]: 7B724740B1C20: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=3.1, delays=0.04/0/2/1, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as dc8f743a-dd15-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 14:09:58 ded602 postfix/smtp[508214]: 332AC740B1C22: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=2.2, delays=0.06/0.03/1.4/0.7, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as b07d111d-dd16-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 14:22:45 ded602 postfix/smtp[509035]: DDE0D740B1C26: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx3.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.56]:25, delay=2.2, delays=0.03/0.01/1.4/0.75, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 79618c4d-dd18-11f0-b3b6-ec0d9a6ed4ce)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 15:11:42 ded602 postfix/smtp[511172]: 09647740B1C26: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx1.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.54]:25, delay=3.3, delays=0.06/0.04/2.1/1, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 4fd59937-dd1f-11f0-9805-ec0d9a6ed386)
/var/log/maillog-20251221:Dec 19 15:16:47 ded602 postfix/smtp[511452]: B1DDD740B1C26: to=<[email protected]>, relay=mx2.pub.mailpod5-cph3.one.com[185.164.14.55]:25, delay=3.2, delays=0.04/0.01/2.2/0.9, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 061e3640-dd20-11f0-9bee-ec0d9a6ed4c6)

As far as backups on the mail server, we had an issue recently with Microsoft (outlook and hotmail) blocking our mail. This caused the mail queue to grow, but I don't see how that could have affected him specifically.

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
Baldeagle #266911 12/21/2025 7:17 PM
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what does the ubbt admin log say?

it is possible that ubbt only sent one, and your mail server got clogged (server hiccup for whatever reason), and produced all of the mail server logs you just posted.

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
Baldeagle #266912 12/21/2025 7:24 PM
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Here's snippets from the admin log:
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2025-12-21 06:51:44	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Geoff1992 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:44	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	YOUNG GUNS15 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:44	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GradyDouglass ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:44	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Truck-man ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:44	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	CjBarf1221 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:43	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Brian W ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:43	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Little coal ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:43	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	BYD ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:43	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	RabidScott ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:43	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	KMAHORNEY ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:43	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Frank Martin ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:43	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	805Chevy ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:43	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Trent Tumbleson ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:43	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	CORONA1974 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:43	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Badhat ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:42	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	eeh1 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:42	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Nitro710 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:42	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	crush ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:42	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	BretB ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:42	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Mark Gould ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:42	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Elvis ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:42	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	sheikyurbouti ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:42	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Cliff59 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:42	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GNHBUS ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:41	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	UKtruckman ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:41	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	63chevk10 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:41	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	216wny ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:41	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Kojack ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:41	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GLPerry ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:51:41	texczech	66.220.129.134	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	dads29 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:26	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Geoff1992 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:26	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	YOUNG GUNS15 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:25	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GradyDouglass ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:25	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Truck-man ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:25	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	CjBarf1221 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:25	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Brian W ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:25	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Little coal ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:25	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	BYD ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:25	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	RabidScott ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:24	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	KMAHORNEY ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:24	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Frank Martin ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:24	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	805Chevy ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:24	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Trent Tumbleson ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:24	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	CORONA1974 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:24	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Badhat ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:24	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	eeh1 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:24	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Nitro710 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:23	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	crush ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:23	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	BretB ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:23	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Mark Gould ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:23	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Elvis ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:23	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	sheikyurbouti ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:23	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Cliff59 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:23	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GNHBUS ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:23	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	UKtruckman ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:23	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	63chevk10 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:23	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	216wny ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:22	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Kojack ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:22	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GLPerry ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:46:22	UBB.threads	178.128.4.164	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	dads29 ([email protected])

2025-12-21 06:40:56	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Geoff1992 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:55	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	YOUNG GUNS15 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:55	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GradyDouglass ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:55	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Truck-man ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:55	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	CjBarf1221 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:55	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Brian W ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:55	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Little coal ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:55	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	BYD ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:55	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	RabidScott ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:55	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	KMAHORNEY ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:55	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Frank Martin ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:54	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	805Chevy ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:54	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Trent Tumbleson ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:54	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	CORONA1974 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:54	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Badhat ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:54	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	eeh1 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:54	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Nitro710 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:54	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	crush ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:54	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	BretB ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:54	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Mark Gould ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:53	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Elvis ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:53	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	sheikyurbouti ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:53	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Cliff59 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:53	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GNHBUS ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:53	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	UKtruckman ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:53	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	63chevk10 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:53	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	216wny ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:53	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Kojack ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:53	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GLPerry ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:40:53	UBB.threads	157.245.89.105	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	dads29 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:19	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Geoff1992 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:19	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	YOUNG GUNS15 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:18	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GradyDouglass ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:18	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Truck-man ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:18	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	CjBarf1221 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:18	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Brian W ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:18	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Little coal ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:18	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	BYD ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:17	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	RabidScott ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:17	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	KMAHORNEY ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:17	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Frank Martin ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:17	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	805Chevy ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:17	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Trent Tumbleson ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:16	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	CORONA1974 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:16	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Badhat ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:16	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	eeh1 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:15	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Nitro710 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:15	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	crush ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:15	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	BretB ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:15	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Mark Gould ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:15	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Elvis ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:14	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	sheikyurbouti ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:14	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Cliff59 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:14	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GNHBUS ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:14	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	UKtruckman ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:14	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	63chevk10 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:13	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	216wny ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:13	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Kojack ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:13	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GLPerry ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:36:13	UBB.threads	139.180.235.198	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	dads29 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:14	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Geoff1992 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:14	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	YOUNG GUNS15 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:14	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GradyDouglass ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:14	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Truck-man ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:14	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	CjBarf1221 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:14	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Brian W ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:14	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Little coal ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:14	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	BYD ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:14	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	RabidScott ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:13	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	KMAHORNEY ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:13	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Frank Martin ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:13	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	805Chevy ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:13	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Trent Tumbleson ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:13	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	CORONA1974 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:13	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Badhat ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:13	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	eeh1 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:13	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Nitro710 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:13	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	crush ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:13	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	BretB ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:13	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Mark Gould ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:12	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Elvis ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:12	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	sheikyurbouti ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:12	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Cliff59 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:12	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GNHBUS ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:12	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	UKtruckman ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:12	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	63chevk10 ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:12	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	216wny ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:12	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	Kojack ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:12	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	GLPerry ([email protected])
2025-12-21 06:06:12	UBB.threads	167.94.146.59	MAIL_BIRTHDAY	dads29 ([email protected])
According to Grok:
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Repetition in Current Group (06:40:53–06:40:56, 06:36:13–06:36:19, 06:25:57–06:25:58, 06:06:12–06:06:14):

No direct email repetition within this group across different IPs (157.245.89.105, 139.180.235.198, 64.38.180.255, 167.94.146.59) or timestamps.

Comparison with Previous Group (06:51:41–06:51:44, 06:46:22–06:46:26):

All emails from the previous group (e.g., [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], etc.) repeat in the current group across IPs 66.220.129.134, 178.128.4.164, 157.245.89.105, 139.180.235.198, and 167.94.146.59.
New emails in current group: [email protected] (klhansen), [email protected] (Rusty Rod)—unique to 06:25:57–06:25:58 (64.38.180.255).

Analysis:

The overlap of 30+ identical emails (e.g., [email protected] across all timestamps/IPs) suggests a bulk mailing list or automated birthday notification system reused across multiple servers (texczech, UBB.threads). The new entries (klhansen, Rusty Rod) indicate a possible forum post notification distinct from the birthday batch. No internal repetition within the current group’s distinct IP clusters, but full consistency with the prior group’s email list.

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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Help me understand something. In the admin log, there is a column titled User. I noticed that UBB_THREADS was the sender in some of the Happy_BIRTHDAY messages, but there are also display names in there. Why would the display names be there?

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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The "User" and their "IP Address" column is what triggered the birthday event. It looks to me as though you've had 5 events triggered by the system at the same time (hour) when your server database went down or moved IP addresses or whatever -- It may have been rebooted, had a service restart, incomplete boot, had a hiccup or fault or whatever.

Each event attempted to run, but failed due to an inability to write to your cache database with the "completion" update. This all happened on 2025-12-21 between 6:06 to 6:51. User texczech and their ip address may have been listed here as part of this server issue you had.

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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How does a user trigger a birthday event? I thought only the system could do those? Is there a way to prevent users from triggering those?

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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Originally Posted by Baldeagle
How does a user trigger a birthday event? I thought only the system could do those? Is there a way to prevent users from triggering those?

the last part of my reply above you.

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User texczech and their ip address may have been listed here as part of this server issue you had.

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Analyzing the mail logs for [email protected] (in my first reply above) shows that all the mail ids are unique. This means the problem had to be the forum software, because the mail server was not sending duplicate messages. I have disabled birthday notices until we can figure this out.

I still don't understand how texczech (and other members) becomes the user that sends a birthday email. So, I'll ask again - is there a way for members to trigger a birthday message? Can they click on something to send one? Saying this is a server issue is not helpful.

Also, what is the ubbthreads mechanism for sending the birthday notice? (please provide the precise step by step process for generating one)

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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I pasted the section of triggers.inc.php dealing with birthdays into Grok and asked him to analyze it for anything in there that could trigger multiple birthday notices. This was its answer.
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Yes, potential issues:

PENDING-$rightnow lock in CACHE table may fail if concurrent requests overlap, allowing multiple triggers.
No unique constraint on CACHE_VALUE for 'birthdays', risking race conditions.
trigger_birthday_notifications called multiple times if invoked externally (e.g., page load loops).

When I asked it to explain the race condition, it responded with this;

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Race conditions may occur due to concurrent trigger_birthday_notifications calls, as the PENDING-$rightnow lock in the CACHE table lacks robust synchronization. Multiple requests could bypass the check, triggering duplicate emails.

To fix race conditions in UBBThreads' libs/triggers.inc.php:

Add a unique index on {$config['TABLE_PREFIX']}CACHE for CACHE_FIELD='birthdays' to prevent duplicate entries.
Use a transaction or semaphore (e.g., file lock) around the PENDING-$rightnow update and email loop.
Modify function to check and set lock atomically with SELECT ... FOR UPDATE in MySQL before proceeding.

Add unique index: Run ALTER TABLE {$config['TABLE_PREFIX']}CACHE ADD UNIQUE (CACHE_FIELD, CACHE_VALUE) WHERE CACHE_FIELD='birthdays'; via MySQL.
Implement transaction: Wrap trigger_birthday_notifications in START TRANSACTION; ... COMMIT; with SELECT ... FOR UPDATE on CACHE where CACHE_FIELD='birthdays' before updating.
Add file lock: Use flock(fopen('/tmp/ubb_birthday.lock', 'w'), LOCK_EX) before email loop, release with flock(..., LOCK_UN) after.
Test: Simulate concurrent calls to ensure single execution.

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I had to look up what Grok was. Grok defines itself as "a free AI assistant designed by xAI to maximize truth and objectivity. Grok is a generative AI chatbot created by Elon Musk's company xAi." The AI bot is spitting out odd opinions on race/race conditions. You are also feeding your forum user's email addresses/privacy into an AI training bot 🤔 along with UBB System's copyrighted code.

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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There isn't anything for us to fix, UBB.threads is a simple PHP script with a MySQL backend, once a message is triggered to send mail it sends a message off to whatever your configured mail system is; after that point UBB.threads is done, it assumes the message has been delivered.

Once it hits your mail spooler any hiccup on the server can cause messages to repeat a send, it's how they work; until the mail system gets an "okay" that a message has been transmitted it'll retry to send the message; which during a "hiccup" could be any number of retries and technically any or all of those can be delivered to users (I'm sure we've all got duplicate emails at times from newsletters).

Diagnosing issues outside of UBB.threads is outside of the scope of the user to user forums as it is no longer a script issue.

We will not be accepting suggestions from AI tools which fail to understand the overall scope of the entirety of the code base; providing your user information to such databases could be seen as a huge privacy issue.

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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The mail server is sending multiple messages each with a unique ID. How do you explain that?

I suggest you rewrite the code for birthday emails as follows:
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function trigger_birthday_notifications($sent, $rightnow, $today) {
    global $config, $dbh, $html, $user, $ubbt_lang;

    // Start transaction
    $dbh->begin_transaction();

    try {
        // Lock the birthdays cache row to prevent concurrent execution
        $query = "SELECT CACHE_VALUE FROM {$config['TABLE_PREFIX']}CACHE WHERE CACHE_FIELD = 'birthdays' FOR UPDATE";
        $sth = $dbh->do_query($query, __LINE__, __FILE__);
        $current_status = $dbh->fetch_array($sth)[0];

        // If it's in pending mode, check if stuck (over 1 hour)
        if (preg_match("#PENDING#", $current_status)) {
            $status = preg_replace("#PENDING-#", "", $current_status);
            if (($rightnow - $status) < 3600) {
                $dbh->rollback();
                return;
            }
        }

        // Update cache with new pending status
        $query = "UPDATE {$config['TABLE_PREFIX']}CACHE SET CACHE_VALUE = ? WHERE CACHE_FIELD = ? AND CACHE_VALUE = ?";
        $dbh->do_placeholder_query($query, array("PENDING-$rightnow", 'birthdays', $current_status), __LINE__, __FILE__);

        // If no rows affected, another process is handling it
        if (!$dbh->affected_rows()) {
            $dbh->rollback();
            return;
        }

        // Convert time to birthday format (UTC)
        $birthday = $html->convert_time($rightnow, 0, "n/j/", 1, 0);

        // Query members with birthdays today
        $query = "
            SELECT t1.USER_DISPLAY_NAME, t2.USER_REAL_EMAIL, t2.USER_LANGUAGE
            FROM {$config['TABLE_PREFIX']}USER_PROFILE AS t2,
                 {$config['TABLE_PREFIX']}USERS AS t1
            WHERE t1.USER_ID = t2.USER_ID
              AND t2.USER_BIRTHDAY LIKE '$birthday%'
              AND t1.USER_IS_BANNED = 0
              AND t2.USER_ACCEPT_ADMIN_EMAILS = 'On'
        ";
        $sth = $dbh->do_query($query, __LINE__, __FILE__);

        $mailer = new mailer();
        while (list($bname, $b_email, $b_lang) = $dbh->fetch_array($sth)) {
            $mailer->set_language($b_lang);
            $mailer->set_subject('BDAY_SUBJECT', array('BOARD_TITLE' => $config['COMMUNITY_TITLE']));
            $mailer->set_salute('EMAIL_SALUTE', array('USERNAME' => $bname));
            $mailer->add_content('BDAY_CONTENT', array('BOARD_TITLE' => $config['COMMUNITY_TITLE']));
            $mailer->ubbt_mail($b_email);

            // Log this action
            admin_log("MAIL_BIRTHDAY", $bname . " (" . $b_email . ")");
        }

        // Update cache to mark as sent
        $query = "UPDATE {$config['TABLE_PREFIX']}CACHE SET CACHE_VALUE = ? WHERE CACHE_FIELD = 'birthdays'";
        $dbh->do_placeholder_query($query, array($today), __LINE__, __FILE__);

        // Commit transaction
        $dbh->commit();
    } catch (Exception $e) {
        $dbh->rollback();
        throw $e; // Handle or log error as needed
    }
}

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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As said earlier in the thread, according to your log files this happened 4 or 5 times on December 21, between 6:06 AM to 6:51 AM

- what is happening:
your happy birthday emails being resent to each user having their birthday set to that day each time you clear your forum cache in the control panel.

- the cause and how to reproduce:
clearing cache from the control panel will clear all forum caches along with today's "sent birthday mail" marker cache. after the marker's cache is cleared, it is rebuilt when the next user/guest logs in or logs out, and users with birthdays on the current date will be sent a happy birthday mail.
note that because ubbt does not use server cron jobs and instead ubbt relies on certain natural actions to happen on the forum (such as logins or forum listings). also note that the account name who triggers the event job is listed in the log for this item. this natural trigger task is invisible to the users and has lived in the forum software this way since its early release.

- the desired solution:
prevent the "today's birthday sent" marker cache from being cleared.

- the fix:
in admin/doclearcache.php around line 18
and in scripts/mycookies.inc.php around line 17
find
Code
 WHERE CACHE_FIELD not in ('max_online', 'max_online_timestamp')

replace both with
Code
WHERE CACHE_FIELD not in ('max_online', 'max_online_timestamp', 'birthdays')

you can manually apply this modification to your forums now, or wait until the next version of UBB.threads is released when it will be included.

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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Originally Posted by isaac
you can manually apply this modification to your forums now, or wait until the next version of UBB.threads is released when it will be included.
Thank you for the fix.

When you say next version, are you referring to 8.0.1? or 8.1?

UPDATE: If the cache gets inadvertently cleared for some reason, shouldn't there be a check in the code that says if the cache value is NULL set to the current date? When I looked at my cache yesterday, the cell was empty. I assume that's because the cache was cleared. Your fix prevents the cache from being cleared, but if it were ever possible to set it to empty again, the problem would reoccur, would it not?

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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Code
select * from sbf_CACHE
Execute Another SQL Command
CACHE_FIELD	CACHE_VALUE
max_online	3622
max_online_timestamp	1760453823
birthdays	1
Even though I have a value in the birthdays cache, we're still sending tons of duplicates. I've disabled it until this is figured out.

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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8.0.1 is already out, so it'd be 8.1.0

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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Originally Posted by Baldeagle
UPDATE: If the cache gets inadvertently cleared for some reason, shouldn't there be a check in the code that says if the cache value is NULL set to the current date? When I looked at my cache yesterday, the cell was empty. I assume that's because the cache was cleared. Your fix prevents the cache from being cleared, but if it were ever possible to set it to empty again, the problem would reoccur, would it not?

the cache item is the day number. the code checks if the day number in the table = the current day number of today.
- if it does match, then affected_rows() is 0. the birthday email is NOT sent.
- if it does not match, then affected_rows() is 1. the birthday email is sent.
a "no match" could be "2 vs 1" or "2 vs NULL". doesnt matter. if the data gets updated from what it was before, that is a "no match."

the fix in my post above, requires that both files be updated.
/admin/doclearcache.php is when an admin manually clears the forum cache.
/scripts/mycookies.inc.php covers for when you have your forum in debugging mode and are actively attempting to troubleshoot a problem either as a user or as a guest account. with debugging enabled, it displays to everyone; certain aspects of your server, code, your database name, database username, and any table name that failed connecting to. certain other aspects such as bypassing cache are also performed when debugging is enabled. for security and overall forum performance, it should remain off unless you are actively troubleshooting an issue.

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Re: Multiple birthday emails being sent
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Thank you. That makes sense.

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