[Mailman-Developers] Message unparsable errors

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "B" == Bob  <bob@nleaudio.com> writes:

    B> In doing a routine looksee at my MM 2.1b3 install, I saw some
    B> data in my error log:

    B> Aug 13 21:01:29 2002 (9001) lost data files for filebase:
    B> 1029286885.82315+6620b 7dc5eb172c8752545915a9096a3778b0616 Aug
    B> 13 21:07:31 2002 (9001) message is unparsable:
    B> 1029287248.371788+6b3b5f5a932 4846f9ca26c0d3209f046aca69449 Aug
    B> 13 21:07:31 2002 (9001) lost data files for filebase:
    B> 1029287248.371788+6b3b 5f5a9324846f9ca26c0d3209f046aca69449 Aug
    B> 13 21:12:31 2002 (9001) message is unparsable:
    B> 1029287493.927862+c335a400f9a 1513dd5a6ca7d2c2154f72846c3fe Aug
    B> 13 21:12:31 2002 (9001) lost data files for filebase:
    B> 1029287493.927862+c335 a400f9a1513dd5a6ca7d2c2154f72846c3fe Aug
    B> 13 21:58:31 2002 (9001) message is unparsable:
    B> 1029290306.708443+f57c6fcfcbf f0bd3662c8a47e39e113f2352fa1c Aug
    B> 13 21:58:31 2002 (9001) lost data files for filebase:
    B> 1029290306.708443+f57c 6fcfcbff0bd3662c8a47e39e113f2352fa1c Aug
    B> 16 21:05:41 2002 (9001) message is unparsable:
    B> 1029546301.349363+ad52387697e 04f59e9a9647ead0822b6e27497ee Aug
    B> 16 21:05:41 2002 (9001) lost data files for filebase:
    B> 1029546301.349363+ad52 387697e04f59e9a9647ead0822b6e27497ee Aug
    B> 16 21:08:41 2002 (9001) message is unparsable:
    B> 1029546511.308229+be0a322837d cec9eda90366f706bd2e5594ed906 Aug
    B> 16 21:08:41 2002 (9001) lost data files for filebase:
    B> 1029546511.308229+be0a 322837dcec9eda90366f706bd2e5594ed906

    B> As far as I can tell, no message was sent to MM2.1 on August 16
    B> - at least it's not recorded in the post log.

You probably won't see entries for these except in your MTA logs.
They're messages that the email package was unable to parse.  Mailman
will chuck these unless you set

QRUNNER_SAVE_BAD_MESSAGES = 1

in your mm_cfg.py file, and then they'll get saved in qfiles/bad.
Very likely, they're spam.

    B> Also, in the vette log, what does this mean:

    B> Jul 24 08:59:43 2002 (9003) Precedence: bulk message ignored
    B> by: aes-la-request@ light-list.com Aug 15 08:00:04 2002 (9003)
    B> Precedence: bulk message ignored by: aes-la-request@
    B> light-list.com

Normal operation.  It means one of the autorepliers or the -request
command handler is ignoring a message with a Precedence: bulk header.
These should /only/ be sent by other automated processes, e.g. other
listservers, and it makes no sense to autoreply to such a message.
This is just logging that fact.

-Barry