[Mailman-Developers] File handle shortages

[J C Lawrence]

I'm now getting this, with no other changes in the system, when
approving messages held for moderation.  Same kernel, same file
handle limits as before...:

IOError writing outgoing queue exceptions.IOError/[Errno 23] Too many open files in
system: '/var/lib/mailman/data/mm_q.10890.13' Traceback (innermost last): File
"/var/lib/mailman/scripts/contact_transport", line 58, in ? File
"/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/OutgoingQueue.py", line 155, in enqueueMessage File
"/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 829, in open_ex File
"/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 824, in open_ex IOError: [Errno 23] Too
many open files in system: '/var/lib/mailman/data/mm_q.10890.13' IOError writing
outgoing queue exceptions.IOError/[Errno 23] Too many open files in system:
'/var/lib/mailman/data/mm_q.10918.9' Traceback (innermost last): File
"/var/lib/mailman/scripts/contact_transport", line 58, in ? File
"/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/OutgoingQueue.py", line 155, in enqueueMessage File
"/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 829, in open_ex File
"/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 824, in open_ex IOError: [Errno 23] Too
many open files in system: '/var/lib/mailman/data/mm_q.10918.9' Content-type:
text/html 

...

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/var/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 112, in run_main
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py", line 112, in main
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py", line 200, in HandleRequests
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 122, in HandleRequest
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 131, in HandlePostRequest
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 1329, in Post
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/Archiver.py", line 206, in ArchiveMail
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 200, in lock
  File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 156, in __read
IOError: [Errno 23] Too many open files in system: '/var/lib/mailman/locks/mud-dev.archiver.lock.bush.10877'

The mail (at least) does seem to get thru.

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