Re: all major US carriers received text messages overnight that appear to have been sent around Valentine's Day 2019

[Blake Hudson <blake () ispn net>]

Jared Mauch wrote on 11/8/2019 12:33 PM:
> > On Nov 8, 2019, at 1:26 PM, Matt Hoppes <mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net> wrote:
> >
> > “During an internal maintenance cycle last night, 168,149 previously undelivered text messages were inadvertently sent to 
> > multiple mobile operators’ subscribers," Syniverse said in a statement.
> >
> >
> > how do you inadvertently send messages that were supposed to be sent but worked and sent? Isn’t that the desired 
> > outcome?
> I run mailing lists.  I’ve had times where I find something stuck in the system and instead of just deleting it, I 
> actually try to make sure it goes out based on the original intent.  This has resulted in me sending out e-mails a year 
> or two later at times.
>
> - Jared

Timing can be critical, which is why SMTP servers often expire and 
return queued messages after 12-72hrs (maybe a week at most). Any 
messages that can't be returned are eventually discarded and a message 
is sent to the mail server's administrator. Sounds like none of that 
actually happens within Syniverse's TXT/SMS delivery system. Someone is 
asleep at the wheel if 100-200k messages are stuck in queue for months.