From 7d3e03e7fd5252f34d479cbdcc5527e59a6ec577 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Erenberg <>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2022 23:06:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] increase retries for Postfix

---
 ceod/transactions/members/AddMemberTransaction.py | 4 ++--
 etc/default/ceod                                  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ceod/transactions/members/AddMemberTransaction.py b/ceod/transactions/members/AddMemberTransaction.py
index abbfc1f..ba37360 100644
--- a/ceod/transactions/members/AddMemberTransaction.py
+++ b/ceod/transactions/members/AddMemberTransaction.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class AddMemberTransaction(AbstractTransaction):
 
         # sometimes Postfix says 'User unknown in local recipient table' if we try
         # to send an email to a user right after they were created
-        max_tries = 3
+        max_tries = 30
         for i in range(max_tries):
             try:
                 self.mail_srv.send_welcome_message_to(user, password)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class AddMemberTransaction(AbstractTransaction):
             except smtplib.SMTPRecipientsRefused:
                 if i < max_tries - 1:
                     logger.warning('SMTP recipient refused, sleeping and trying again')
-                    time.sleep(3)
+                    time.sleep(5)
                     continue
                 else:
                     yield 'failed_to_send_welcome_message: recipient refused too many times'
diff --git a/etc/default/ceod b/etc/default/ceod
index fe40583..c2c74df 100644
--- a/etc/default/ceod
+++ b/etc/default/ceod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-GUNICORN_ARGS="-w 2 -b 0.0.0.0:9987 --access-logfile - --certfile /etc/ssl/private/csclub-wildcard-chain.crt --keyfile /etc/ssl/private/csclub-wildcard.key"
+GUNICORN_ARGS="-w 2 -t 600 -b 0.0.0.0:9987 --access-logfile - --certfile /etc/ssl/private/csclub-wildcard-chain.crt --keyfile /etc/ssl/private/csclub-wildcard.key"
 LE_WORKING_DIR="/root/.acme.sh"
 HOME=/root