4 Dec
2002
4 Dec
'02
2:08 p.m.
"RB" == Ron Brogden <rb@islandnet.com> writes:
RB> Howdy. I am currently running 2.1b5 of Mailman and am trying
RB> to sort out an issue with archiving that has crept up.
RB> The problem has been mentioned previously from what I can tell
RB> but no resolution seems to have been mentioned.
RB> What the problem is that list archives (for reasons I won't
RB> bore you with) have a number of SPAM message in them with all
RB> sorts of random encoding types and other mangled garbage.
RB> What happens is that when the archiver gets to the point of
RB> writing the archive, the encoding type test generates an error
RB> and the whole archiving process grinds to a crashing halt.
RB> These are busy lists and the mbox archive takes a very long
RB> time to parse and there just is not enough time in the day to
RB> search for the offending message, chop it out and wait another
RB> 45 minutes or more until the archives are regenerated to hit
RB> the next garbled header, etc. This will also continue to be a
RB> problem if any future SPAM messages sneak in via forged
RB> headers, etc.Could you send me a sample of an offending message, as an attachment? Better yet, file a bug report with SourceForge and upload (don't paste!) that same on the bug report.
Thanks, -Barry