Mailman-Users September 2015

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cron log looks odd
by Steve Matzura 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

I get Mailman job logs that look like this: Sep 1 08:00:01 {my_node} CROND[29280]: (mailman) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/mailman/cron/checkdbs^M) Sep 1 09:00:01 {my_node} CROND[30120]: (mailman) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/mailman/cron/disabled^M) Sep 1 12:00:01 {my_node} atronus CROND[32514]: (mailman) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/mailman/cron/senddigests^M) Sep 1 05:00:01 {my-node} CROND[2654]: (mailman) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/mailman/cron/mailpasswds^M) Where does the '^M' come from, and is it bad that it's there?

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Archive looping
by Joseph Brennan 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

We have a list with a very large archive, over 137,000 messages in a month. It catches system alerts. This might just be a bad idea. Maybe we should archive by day. But it's been all right for many months up to now. I'm looking for ideas on how to solve a problem with the archives. Yesterday the archive got into a weird state that I could not break by a shutdown and fresh start. For each incoming message, it rewrites all of the old messages with one extra newline. This useless activity takes quite a while and has caused mail to accumulate in the in/ directory. Inspection of a sample message in a backup from about 24 hours ago shows hundreds of newlines added to the message in that time. The newlines are always added at the same place, between this:---

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(no subject)
by Nestor Praslin 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Hi dear, how are you doing, I have a question?can anybody help me install mailman and make it run? I like to get in touch with you if so so that maybe ca help me installl it in my server because I have installed via webmin once but didn`t get it to run. -- Nestor Praslin International sihay.com USA 239 603 7693 PMA 507 399 4843

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