[Mailman-Users] Postfix/Mailman breaks (somewhat) upon sending out to list of 300+ users

[Jon Carnes]

Just out of left field, but when you put in the mailing addresses for your
dad's list, how did you do it? Manually, or did you feed them in via
"add_members"?  Check the list and see what the 53rd and 54th address are,
then go back to your import list and check out those addresses for errors...

Might not help, but it's certainly something to look at while you are
waiting for inspiration.

Another thought - how much space does your server have available (df)?  How
is your memory on your server (top)?  Could you be running out of resources?

Jon Carnes
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted M Harapat" <ted-mailman at mob.net>
To: <mailman-users at python.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 3:17 PM
Subject: [Mailman-Users] Postfix/Mailman breaks (somewhat) upon sending out
to list of 300+ users


> Hello all. Any suggestions and ideas on this problem are welcome.
>
> First of all, I recently switched to postfix after many years with
sendmail and
> qmail. I really like it. So then I got majordomo working with it, then
someone
> suggested I try Mailman and I really love this system. Thank you FSF &
Python!
>
> So it's easy enough to set up with a little looking around. I set it up
and set
> up 4 lists on it. 3 of them with under 20 people on it, and one (for my
father)
> over 300 people. The smaller lists work perfectly. That is, until my
father
> sends out to his list of 300+ people. According to the mail logs, the
incoming
> mail to the server is received to the list and it is sent back to my
father for
> approval (as I have set it up intentionally). So he approves it, and it
sends
> emails out to exactly 53 of the 300+ members. Then it stops sending with
no
> errors (I've checked all of postfix's and syslog's logs). Not only that,
but
> everything else with Mailman is then foobarred. Now when any of the
smaller
> lists send to it, postfix records receiving it but then it doesn't do the
next
> step such as sending it out to the users on the list or going to the admin
for
> approval. It (Mailman) just stops dead cold. No more outgoing traffic or
errors
> explaining why.
>
> So, upon examining every log I could think of, I finally just Reload
postfix
> using the included scripts. Then, all of a sudden, everything starts
> processing. All mail waiting to go to the admins for approval or waiting
to go
> to the end users on all the different lists are suddenly sent out as
quickly
> and efficiently as everything normally goes with Mailman. All mail except
the
> remaining 240+ people on my dad's list. Mail to those listmembers has
> disappeared.
>
> So.... I decided to try this again. Same thing. Dad sends mail out to the
list,
> it goes to exactly 53 people and dies again, and makes Postfix go goofy
again.
> Outside of this combined Postfix/Mailman problem, the mail server acts as
> normal, processing all other traffic. I almost suspect that this is much
more
> of a Mailman than postfix problem. I think I'm good enough with postfix to
know
> if its a problem there and it doesn't appear to be. But I can't be sure
because
> it is partially resolved just by my reloading the MTA.
>
> Strangely enough, these 53 users are the exact same 53 from the first
time.
>
> I've checked over mailing lists for the last few months reading a lot of
things
> (since what an email of this subject would be called) and didn't find
anything.
> And nothing on this is in the FAQs or Manuals that I can tell.
>
> Anyone have any idea? Anything at all?
>
>
> HELP!
>
>
> -ted
>
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