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os x server mail push no more available calendar still pushing

Hi,


suddenly my os x server 10.8.2 seems to stopped working when it comes to mail.

Viewing the push option on my iphone or ipad there is no more push available while for the ical caldav calendar push is still available and working.


Is there a way to debug on the server where might the problem be? On which logs I need to search?


It was working reliable in the past and I don't know why it stopped working.


Any help is appreciated.


Regards

eldrik

Mac mini Server (Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion, runs OS X Server on VM Fusion 4

Posted on Nov 15, 2012 11:10 PM

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Nov 16, 2012 4:18 AM in response to infinite vortex

I already tried the following:


- turned off push notifications, stopped, ical, contacts and mail and after a reboot turned on push, mail, contacts and ical again via server.app

- renewed the push certificates of my apple id

- tried another apple id with the push certificates

- dropped the profilemanager profiles on my ios devices and added them again after a reboot


the push option now has vanished also for ical on my ios devices 😟

Nov 17, 2012 1:28 AM in response to eldrik

I have the same problem. With my Lion Server worked fine and pushed new mails from my own mail server on the mac mini to my iOS devices. Now I'm using Mountain Lion with the Server App and I can't receive push mails on my devices. I also have new push certificates from apple. I'm not using the Profile Manager (With Lion Server I also didn't use it, and push worked!). So I can't set the Mail Notifications to Push on my devices for the mail account on my ML Server.

When I filter the Console on the Server I can see the following messages:


16.11.12 17:58:49,142 push_notify[14519]: Opening connection to apn feedback server feedback.push.apple.com for topic com.apple.mail.XServer.64a87de9-5f35-42d3-9cb0-0631b8942ff8


16.11.12 17:58:54,697 push_notify[14519]: Disconnected from apn feedback server feedback.push.apple.com for topic com.apple.mail.XServer.64a87de9-5f35-42d3-9cb0-0631b8942ff8


16.11.12 18:15:12,445 apsd[84]: <APSConnectionNotificationQueue: 0x7fa8d48537d0>: outstanding count -1 for com.apple.apsd-queue-port=com.apple.syncdefaultsd.push-user=501-env=production


The Last message repeats more and more. Is the server trying to push, but has a failure? I don't understand the output.


Greets

Nov 19, 2012 8:12 AM in response to eldrik

I'm glad to hear that i am not the only one who has problems with push mail.

My first thought was also that the server has a problem but after reading the thread, i think it could maybe be iOS.

All my devices run 6.01 and all of them are fetching mails from the ML server.

How is ML reciving the mails from the server? Are these mails also pushed or rather fetched?

Nov 19, 2012 11:28 AM in response to menzbua

I also would say that this issue does't depent on the used OSX Server. I used a Lion Server for more then one year without having push mail problems. Monday last week I suddenly did not receive any push mail. First I was looking for the problem, but could not find a hint. So I restored a two week old complete time machine backup of my lion server. When the backup was made, push mail worked definetly fine. But also no push. The I decided to install a new blank Mountain Lion Server and did not use any backup. Renewed my push certificates and my signed ssl certificate as well. Everything but push is working propably.


Regards

Nov 19, 2012 12:09 PM in response to jroegner

so much time waisted on this and it seems like an iOS error, but I was the opinion that my iPad latest iOS update where still pushing also my iPhone does not...


maybe apple dropped the feature on their side (push certificate) in Germany they had to cancel iCloud push for some patent reason maybe that could be a far reason?


Or some date related bug in the latest iOS update?


Hope apple will have a fix and my server is not in an invalid configuration status after all those repair tryouts :(

Nov 20, 2012 10:14 AM in response to fight_or_flight

There is more than one way to report things to Apple. It really comes down to how much it's worth to you. The most available are…


1) Apple Feedback

http://www.apple.com/feedback/


2) Apple Developer bug reporter (this works even with the free accounts)

https://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/


The more detailed you are the better. Bear in mind that there's a lot that can go on with a Push event on Poerts TCP2195-2196 from your server that's out of control of Apple ranging from your server setup (firewalls etc), your network topology (DNS plus your Internet connection and provider proxy servers) through to your ISP and your cellular provider etc, and everything in between… and that's before iOS has a chance to do anything right or wrong.


While I'm definitely not absolving Apple of anything (for all I know it may well be their fault), one needs to appreciate that just saying it doesn't work isn't going to get anyone very far. Apple can't predict every single circumstance that OS X Server may find itself in so as many details as you can give would be useful.

Nov 21, 2012 10:29 PM in response to eldrik

For iOs users in germany it seems that Apple had to wide out his drop of email push to other providers because of a lost patent suit against motorola, have a look at that news entry of one of germanys big it related internet newsside (use google translator if you are not able to read german)


http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Apple-deaktiviert-Push-E-Mails-von-weiter en-Anbietern-1754529.html


Maybe they forget to mention that user of os x server are also on that list?!


Would be interesting to know if other user that report to this thread are located in germany...


Regards

os x server mail push no more available calendar still pushing

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