[Mailman-Users] password request, subcribing hanging

[John Masterson]

Mailman 2.0.6
Redhat 6.2
Python 1.5.2

We've considered upgrading Python, but we noticed that the brand new Redhat
7.2 still uses the older version, so we're cautious that there may be a
reason for that.

When a user tries to subscribe to a list, or when a user requests that their
password be sent to them, the web page and hangs and spins and eventually
results in a 'document contains no data' (Netscape)  or 'cannot find server'
(IE). The request does actually goes through, multiple (two or three in my
tests) times. Other web functions seem to work fine, nice and speedy.

After clicking the subscribe request submit button, two processes were
created that look like this:

mailman  31401  0.1  0.4  3336 2468 ?        S    20:05   0:00
/usr/bin/python -S /www/mailman/scripts/driver subscribe
mailman  31429  0.1  0.4  3336 2468 ?        S    20:05   0:00
/usr/bin/python -S /www/mailman/scripts/driver subscribe

They persist for around five minutes.

Mailman logs look like this:

==> smtp <==
Oct 24 20:09:01 2001 (27919) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 0.143 seconds
Oct 24 20:09:02 2001 (27919) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 0.514 seconds

==> smtp-failure <==
Oct 24 20:08:42 2001 (31401) -1 jmasterson at modwest.com (ignore)
Oct 24 20:08:53 2001 (31429) -1 jmasterson at modwest.com (ignore)

==> subscribe <==
Oct 24 20:08:42 2001 (31401) mtnorml-list: pending jmasterson at modwest.com
208.146.74.99
Oct 24 20:08:53 2001 (31429) mtnorml-list: pending jmasterson at modwest.com
208.146.74.99


I ended up getting two subscription confirmation emails.


Thanks for any ideas or suggestions.




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