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I can't get to the pending request page for a mailing list. (My web clients just say "waiting for response" and finally give up.) I think it is because there are too many pending requests after some problems. (config.db is almost 10MB.)
How can I do this some other way?
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"PS" == Per Starback <starback@ling.uu.se> writes:
PS> I can't get to the pending request page for a mailing list.
PS> (My web clients just say "waiting for response" and finally
PS> give up.) I think it is because there are too many pending
PS> requests after some problems. (config.db is almost 10MB.)
Just to give a heads up, I'm soon going to be checking in some massive changes in this (and other regards). I'll be sending a long email to mailman-developers outlining the changes so if you're interested, please either join that list or read the archives. (I hope to make the post by the end of today).
-Barry
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I've kept this little bit of python handy for cleaning out posts in moderated lists that end up with too many posts to handle manually.
This is no longer working for me. No idea when it stopped working since it is not used very often. When I run it I get
$ python -i pwd
/bin/withlist -l faucettalk
Loading list: faucettalk (locked)
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, Dan
Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 10:31:35 -0700 (PDT) Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> wrote:
#!/bin/bash # usage remove_held <list> # removes held messages RM=/bin/rm if [ $# != 1 ] then echo "usage: $0 <listname>" exit -1 fi LISTNAME=$1 EMPTY=~mailman/data/request.db.empty HELD=~mailman/data/heldmsg-$LISTNAME TARGET=~mailman/lists/$LISTNAME if [ ! -e $EMPTY ] then echo "$EMPTY not found" exit -1 fi if [ ! -d $TARGET ] then echo "$TARGET not found" exit -1 fi $RM -fv $HELD* cp $EMPTY $TARGET/request.db exit 0
-- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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Worked like a charm. Hadn't noticed that request.db was a separate file.
Thanks, Dan
Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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"PS" == Per Starback <starback@ling.uu.se> writes:
PS> I can't get to the pending request page for a mailing list.
PS> (My web clients just say "waiting for response" and finally
PS> give up.) I think it is because there are too many pending
PS> requests after some problems. (config.db is almost 10MB.)
Just to give a heads up, I'm soon going to be checking in some massive changes in this (and other regards). I'll be sending a long email to mailman-developers outlining the changes so if you're interested, please either join that list or read the archives. (I hope to make the post by the end of today).
-Barry
![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5064f14325c3187445050fb56cce56a5.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
I've kept this little bit of python handy for cleaning out posts in moderated lists that end up with too many posts to handle manually.
This is no longer working for me. No idea when it stopped working since it is not used very often. When I run it I get
$ python -i pwd
/bin/withlist -l faucettalk
Loading list: faucettalk (locked)
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, Dan
Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 10:31:35 -0700 (PDT) Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> wrote:
#!/bin/bash # usage remove_held <list> # removes held messages RM=/bin/rm if [ $# != 1 ] then echo "usage: $0 <listname>" exit -1 fi LISTNAME=$1 EMPTY=~mailman/data/request.db.empty HELD=~mailman/data/heldmsg-$LISTNAME TARGET=~mailman/lists/$LISTNAME if [ ! -e $EMPTY ] then echo "$EMPTY not found" exit -1 fi if [ ! -d $TARGET ] then echo "$TARGET not found" exit -1 fi $RM -fv $HELD* cp $EMPTY $TARGET/request.db exit 0
-- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5064f14325c3187445050fb56cce56a5.jpg?s=120&d=mm&r=g)
Worked like a charm. Hadn't noticed that request.db was a separate file.
Thanks, Dan
Dan Busarow 949 443 4172 Dana Point Communications, Inc. dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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Barry A. Warsaw
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Christopher Lindsey
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Dan Busarow
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Jerry Feldman
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Per Starback