Mailman 3 December 2008 - Mailman-Users

when does logs/post get updated?
by Ricardo Kleemann 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Hi, I'm having some problems with my lists recently. I see in my mail log that "mailman post" has been called. However, when I look in the logs/post file, it's been almost 24 hours since anything has been written there. I'm running mailman on Ubuntu Hardy, and another weird thing is that whenever I stop mailman, it always leaves at least one process hanging around. I have to forcefully kill it. After I stop it, I still see: list 3833 0.0 0.4 83076 7540 ? Ss 08:29 0:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl -s -q start list 3842 0.1 2.5 105372 38148 ? S 08:29 0:01 /usr/bin/python /var/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=OutgoingRunner:0:1 -s Even more strange when I reboot the machine, I'll see 2 entire sets of mailman processes, almost as if the mailman start had been called twice. In any case, right now it seems that mailman has stopped accepting posts. Is there a way to get more debug from mailman when "mailman post" is called? I don't see any errors, yet I don't see the post log file updating. Ricardo

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Administrivia intercept not working.
by Brad Rogers 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Hello All, I run a small mailing list which under version 2.1.11 of Mailman. A while ago, an unsubscribe message came to the list rather than be intercepted and acted upon. I thought nothing of it at the time, but a similar occurrence on another list (to which I subscribe but do not have admin priveleges) prompted me to look closer at my settings. Admin messages to the list are supposed to be intercepted, but for some reason, this one (actually, there were several from the same person) wasn't. Obviously something amiss. The other list runs under v2.1.9 of MM. I can forward copies of messages (with headers) if required so those of you more knowledgeable than me can see what's happening. Finally, I only have web access to my Mailman list settings (via cPanel) as the list is run by my domain provider's servers, not locally. Therefore, I can't alter code directly. What access the list owner of the second list has, I don't know. Thanks, in advance, for all assistance. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent"

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Mailman Site Admin email Problem
by Sean Murphy 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Mailman used to send me an email as the "site admin" that a new list has been created. I use the web interface to create new lists. This email had the aliases I needed to add to the /etc/mail/aliases file in the body of the email. I have upgraded Mailman months ago but didn't notice that I had not been receiving this until now as the lists were already setup. I know I can run the genaliases command to get the same output but I fear I am not seeing all of the mailman site admin email. Is the email sent from a python script to an alias? is it specified in a config file?

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Strange error with Mailman 2.1.9
by Richard Hartmann 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Hi all, I have this in my error log: Nov 27 09:53:19 2008 post(18252): Traceback (most recent call last): post(18252): File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/post", line 69, in ? post(18252): main() post(18252): File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/post", line 64, in main post(18252): tolist=1, _plaintext=1) post(18252): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 137, in enqueue post(18252): os.fsync(fp.fileno()) post(18252): OSError : [Errno 5] Input/output error post(19319): File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/post", line 64, in main post(19319): tolist=1, _plaintext=1) post(19319): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 137, in enqueue post(19319): os.fsync(fp.fileno()) post(19319): OSError : [Errno 5] Input/output error Nov 28 11:49:40 2008 post(927): Traceback (most recent call last): post(927): File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/post", line 69, in ? post(927): main() post(927): File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/post", line 64, in main post(927): tolist=1, _plaintext=1) post(927): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 137, in enqueue post(927): os.fsync(fp.fileno()) post(927): OSError : [Errno 5] Input/output error And my in looks like: ./in: total 3.4M -rw-rw---- 1 root mailman 456K Nov 27 09:48 1227775710.928695+a44f4a2c5af5927c529c6c4a5589ab71759a1f86.pck.tmp -rw-rw---- 1 root mailman 120K Nov 27 14:38 1227793170.26085+afbc8b7ceee95547b83dc3e69f055d67e53acb33.pck.tmp -rw-rw---- 1 root mailman 16M Nov 28 11:43 1227861580.003396+d73b39bd22372e715d2d80786654ef362e65fae0.pck.tmp Things I checked are: 1) free disk space: more than enough 2) free inodes: more than enough 3) no SELinux or other security/restriction framework installed 4) bin/check_perms does not list any errors 5) other email is delivered Any other ideas what to check? Upgrading Mailmain is an option, but I would like to avoid that, if possible. Thanks for all feedback, Richard

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list tilts!!
by faisal anif 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

hi, I have 5 lists, list1, list2, list3, list4, and list5.. all the lists are working fine except list4, when adding or removing members from list4 it just tilts and nothing happens.. either by MASS SUBSCRIBE, or MASS REMOVAL or using add_members or remove members via SSH it just holds and nothing happens even if I left it for 30 minutes.. nothing until I click Ctrl+C to return to the command line.. what could be the problem? Thanks _________________________________________________________________ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE

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