[Mailman-Users] Re: mailman loops because of & in an address

[Larry Gadallah]

I'm running 2.1b1 and Python 2.2 on FreeBSD 4.5. I had the same problem on a
list with no addresses containing '&' or any other odd characters. I remain
baffled.

Cheers,

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> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:49:37 +0200 (CEST)
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> Dear people,
> 
> We just experienced a loop: a message was sent many times because it
> wasn't deleted in the /home/mailman/qfiles directory
> The error mailed was:
> 
> /usr/bin/python -S /home/mailman/cron/qrunner
> 
> sh: c.lovell at xtra.co.nz: command not found
> c... User unknown
> 
> It appeared that there was an address added to the list:
> m&c.lovell at xtra.co.nz
> 
> The loop could only be stopped by removing the .msg and .db file in the
> qfiles directory. I also removed this address from the subscribers.
> 
> Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening again?
> 
> We run mailman 2.0.6 on Redhat Linux and it seems on first sight an error
> in the combination python/mailman.
> 
> Thanks for bothering,
> 
> 
> Tsjebbe de Vries
> Antenna Foundation
> The Netherlands
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