Error posting to a mailman list.
Hi,
I seem to be having an ongoing error with mailman, at least one list is failing to work after working for a period....
The list from the mailman end seems to work as I can subscribe people and they get an email, but I can no longer send to the list...it bounces.
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The original message was received at Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:25:13 +1200 from vuwunicosmtp002.vuw.ac.nz [130.195.86.26]
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman post its-agp" (reason: 1) (expanded from: <its-agp@lists.vuw.ac.nz>)
----- Transcript of session follows ----- post script, list not found: its-agp 554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 1
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Reporting-MTA: dns; vuwunicosmtp004.vuw.ac.nz Received-From-MTA: DNS; vuwunicosmtp002.vuw.ac.nz Arrival-Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:25:13 +1200 =====8><----
The list seems to be in /etc/aliases,
=======8><----- its-agp: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman post its-agp" its-agp-admin: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman admin its-agp" its-agp-bounces: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman bounces its-agp" its-agp-confirm: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman confirm its-agp" its-agp-join: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman join its-agp" its-agp-leave: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman leave its-agp" its-agp-owner: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman owner its-agp" its-agp-request: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman request its-agp" its-agp-subscribe: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe its-agp" its-agp-unsubscribe: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe its-agp" =======8><-----
The list exists on the server,
======8><----- [root@vuwunicosmtp004 its-apg]# ls -l total 24 -rw-rw---- 1 apache mailman 6149 Aug 28 10:42 config.pck -rw-rw---- 1 apache mailman 6149 Aug 28 10:42 config.pck.last -rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 128 Aug 14 09:34 pending.pck -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache mailman 20 Aug 28 10:21 request.pck [root@vuwunicosmtp004 its-apg]# pwd /var/mailman/lists/its-apg [root@vuwunicosmtp004 its-apg]# ======8><-----
Mailman's error log,
======8><--- [root@vuwunicosmtp004 mailman]# tail error Aug 28 10:25:13 2006 post(16091): post script, list not found: its-agp Aug 28 10:27:50 2006 post(16231): post script, list not found: its-agp Aug 28 10:30:06 2006 post(16744): post script, list not found: its-agp ======8><----
So I am a bit at a loss....suggests some sort of link within or to mailman is broken.....
How to fix please?
Regards
Steven Jones ITS Linux/Unix/San System Administrator Technology Integration Team Victoria University of Wellington Phone: +64 4 463 6272 Mobile: +64 27 563 6272
Steven Jones wrote:
I seem to be having an ongoing error with mailman, at least one list is failing to work after working for a period....
The list from the mailman end seems to work as I can subscribe people and they get an email, but I can no longer send to the list...it bounces.
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----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman post its-agp" (reason: 1) (expanded from: <its-agp@lists.vuw.ac.nz>)
----- Transcript of session follows ----- post script, list not found: its-agp 554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 1
The alias is expanded and invoking the wrapper which is invoking the 'post' script which says the list isn't found.
The list seems to be in /etc/aliases,
=======8><----- its-agp: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman post its-agp" its-agp-admin: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman admin its-agp" its-agp-bounces: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman bounces its-agp" its-agp-confirm: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman confirm its-agp" its-agp-join: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman join its-agp" its-agp-leave: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman leave its-agp" its-agp-owner: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman owner its-agp" its-agp-request: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman request its-agp" its-agp-subscribe: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe its-agp" its-agp-unsubscribe: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe its-agp" =======8><-----
Two questions: Do other lists that work invoke the same wrapper (/var/mailman/mail/mailman)?, and what do you see if you look at the above with something that shows 'transparent' characters?
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[root@vuwunicosmtp004 mailman]# tail error Aug 28 10:25:13 2006 post(16091): post script, list not found: its-agp Aug 28 10:27:50 2006 post(16231): post script, list not found: its-agp Aug 28 10:30:06 2006 post(16744): post script, list not found: its-agp
Here again, the 'post' script can't find the list. I'm grasping, but either the wrapper invokes a post script from a different installation than /var/mailman (not likely), or there is a transparent character in the list name in the pipe in the alias. I can't off hand think what else it might be.
So I am a bit at a loss....suggests some sort of link within or to mailman is broken.....
What happens if you manually give the command
python /var/mailman/scripts/post its-agp < /dev/null
If working properly, there should be no error from the command and no entry in the error log, but there will be messages in the post, smtp and probably smtp-failure logs.
-- Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
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