[Mailman-Users] cron/gate_news problem

[JLG]

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, JLG wrote:

Hey, I sent this in on Friday and hadn't heard from anyone. I went and
reviewed my message and realized part of it hadn't pasted correctly.
Here's the full email I am getting from cron:


Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/share/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 225, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/share/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 203, in main
    process_lists(lock)
  File "/usr/share/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 148, in process_lists
    conn, first, last = open_newsgroup(mlist)
  File "/usr/share/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 78, in open_newsgroup
    r,c,f,l,n = conn.group(mlist.linked_newsgroup)
  File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/pythonlib/nntplib.py", line 260, in
group
    resp = self.shortcmd('GROUP ' + name)
  File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/pythonlib/nntplib.py", line 210, in
shortcmd
    return self.getresp()
  File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/pythonlib/nntplib.py", line 186, in
getresp
    raise NNTPPermanentError(resp)
Mailman.pythonlib.nntplib.NNTPPermanentError: 501 newsgroup


Thanks in advance!

Jen


> 
> Greetings!
> 
> I've been given the task of admining a MLM for my company and I've
> been happy with Mailman. We've been using it for a few days now,but as
> of yesterday morning my mailbox has been overrun with messages from cron.
> 
> The mail lists we have here also get posted to a news group, and the
> messages began when I misspelt the name of a group, which I have since
> corrected. I am still receiving the following message though:
> 
> Mailman.pythonlib.nntplib.NNTPPermanentError: 
>                                         501 newsgroup
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From root at post.xxxxx.com  Fri Aug 25 08:20:16 2000
> Return-Path: <root at post.xxxxx.com>
> Received: from post.xxxxx.com (post.xxxxx.com [63.86.xxx.xxx])
>         by mercury.xxxxx.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA06061
>         for <jglick at mercury.xxxxx.com>; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:20:16 -0400
> Received: (from root at localhost)
>         by post.xxxxx.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA11149
>         for mailman; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:20:02 -0400
> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:20:02 -0400
> Message-Id: <200008251320.JAA11149 at post.xxxxx.com>
> From: root at post.xxxxx.com (Cron Daemon)
> To: mailman at post.xxxxx.com
> Subject: Cron <mailman at post> /usr/bin/python
> /usr/share/mailman/cron/gate_news
> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/usr/share/mailman>
> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/bin:/bin>
> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=mailman>
> Status: O
> X-Status: D
> X-Keywords:
> X-UID: 875
> 
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 225, in ?
>     main()
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 203, in main
>     process_lists(lock)
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 148, in process_lists
>     conn, first, last = open_newsgroup(mlist)
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 78, in open_newsgroup
>     r,c,f,l,n = conn.group(mlist.linked_newsgroup)
>   File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/pythonlib/nntplib.py", line 260, in
> group
>     resp = self.shortcmd('GROUP ' + name)
>   File "/usr/share/mail
> 
> 
> I'm using mailman-2.0beta2 on a RH 6.2 machine with kernel 2.2.5-15smp
> I thought 501 erros usually had to do with domain name problems, There's 
> nothing in my logs that aids troubleshooting this problem. any ideas?
> 
> thanks in advance!
> 
> Jen G.
> 
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