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# Edward Brey

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## Forum Replies Created

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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[MF Gig Calendar] RSS feed doesn't work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work-6/)
 *  Thread Starter [Edward Brey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breyed/)
 * (@breyed)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-feed-doesnt-work-6/#post-3518524)
 * The reason I’m interested in RSS is for email updates. On a previous version 
   of the Carolyn Carter site, I was using plain-old posts for performances. This
   led to problems with clearly showing concert dates and locations, as well as 
   grouping old performances by performance date (not post date) in the archive.
   Your plug-in was the answer to all these problems.
 * However, the one other feature I had with the old system was a way to automatically
   send emails of new performances to subscribed fans using the [Jetpack](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/)
   plug-in’s feature for emailing posts. Since MF Gig Calendar doesn’t use plain-
   old posts, the Jetpack approach no longer works. However, MailChimp has a nice
   feature for doing email campaigns based on RSS feed. The emails it produces are
   formatted better, so I was looking forward to making the switch – once there 
   is a working RSS feed. 🙂
 * If you haven’t encountered it yet, there is an excellent [online RSS validator](http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolyncarter.info%2Ffeed%2Fevents)
   to show you the errors.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin] Success email received when backup fails due to "Network is unreachable" error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/)
 *  Thread Starter [Edward Brey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breyed/)
 * (@breyed)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/#post-3481873)
 * Seems like it should work fine. I did a test using wp_remote_post directly:
 * >  wp_remote_post(‘[https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token&#8217](https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token&#8217);,
   > array(‘timeout’ => ’15’, ‘method’ => ‘POST’, ‘body’ => ”) );
 * The result was the “bad request” that I’d expect from an empty body, not a cannot
   connect from using an IPv6 address like I get from UpdraftPlus. I can’t reproduce
   the problem in a small test to show my hosting provider.
 * So the problem remains a mystery. I decided to switch to DropBox. It was less
   space for free, but it will be enough for a while and it worked perfectly first
   try. Thanks all the same for the pointers.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin] Success email received when backup fails due to "Network is unreachable" error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/)
 *  Thread Starter [Edward Brey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breyed/)
 * (@breyed)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/#post-3481870)
 * I’m getting a YAGNI response form the hosting provider, a la, maybe someday we’ll
   support IPv6, so we want to keep the DNS entries there. Lame. Still, there seems
   to be something peculiar to UpdraftPlus. I did a simple test to see how curl 
   plays on their host:
 *     ```
       <pre>
       <?php
       $ch = curl_init();
       curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.googleapis-fkepwfkpewfko.com/upload/drive/v2/files?uploadType=media");
       curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
       curl_exec($ch);
       echo "Invalid address: " . curl_error($ch) . "\n";
   
       curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v2/files?uploadType=media");
       curl_exec($ch);
       echo "Valid address: " . curl_error($ch) . "\n";
       ?>
       </pre>
       ```
   
 * The results came back as expected:
 *     ```
       Invalid address: Couldn't resolve host 'www.googleapis-fkepwfkpewfko.com'
       Valid address:
       ```
   
 * Any idea on where to look to understand why UpdraftPlus might be doing doing 
   anything unexpected?
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin] Success email received when backup fails due to "Network is unreachable" error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/)
 *  Thread Starter [Edward Brey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breyed/)
 * (@breyed)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/#post-3481824)
 * Interestingly, authentication with Google Drive works correctly. I’m guessing
   that is because authentication uses a redirect link, so it is my browser, not
   the plugin site connecting to Google. However, the plugin is able to detect that
   authentication completed successfully. Does it do this by querying something 
   from Google? If so, since that works, it may be a clue to help track down the
   problem to understand how the authentication connection differs from the upload
   connection.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin] Success email received when backup fails due to "Network is unreachable" error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/)
 *  Thread Starter [Edward Brey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breyed/)
 * (@breyed)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/#post-3481812)
 * As of veresion 1.4.14, the email report is accurate. Now it says:
 * > Site: [http://reformationpc.org](http://reformationpc.org)
   >  UpdraftPlus WordPress
   > backup is complete. Backup contains: Files and database Latest status: The 
   > backup attempt has finished, apparently unsuccessfully
   > Check out UpdraftPlus.Com for help, add-ons and support ([http://www.updraftplus.com](http://www.updraftplus.com))
 * Now if only I could solve the original problem. The folks at webhostingpad say
   they “made some changes on the server to prioritize the DNS resolve of IPv4 instead
   of IPv6 first”. However, even after resetting the plugin settings, deactivating
   it, waiting a couple days, and then reactivating and reauthorizing with Google
   Drives, I still get IPv6 addresses. Do you know if the DNS result may be cached
   anywhere or where the code that does the PHP lookup lives? Either of these would
   be a help to the hosting tech support, which is now placing the blame on the 
   plugin.
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin] Success email received when backup fails due to "Network is unreachable" error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/)
 *  Thread Starter [Edward Brey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breyed/)
 * (@breyed)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/#post-3481625)
 * I should have thought of that. Here is the email body:
 * > Site: [http://reformationpc.org](http://reformationpc.org)
   >  UpdraftPlus WordPress
   > backup is complete. Backup contains: Files and database
   > Need even more features and support? Check out UpdraftPlus Premium ([http://updraftplus.com](http://updraftplus.com))
 * (I’m not a minister in the official ordained sense – just in the “happy to minister
   where I can” sense. 🙂
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [[UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin] Success email received when backup fails due to "Network is unreachable" error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/)
 *  Thread Starter [Edward Brey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/breyed/)
 * (@breyed)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/success-email-received-when-backup-fails-due-to-network-is-unreachable-error/#post-3481608)
 * [Full log](http://pastebin.com/xzc4ANyb)

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