[Mailman-Users] Can't send or receive via mail lists
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Wed Apr 5 20:10:37 CEST 2006
Todd Zullinger wrote:
>See FAQ 6.11 for info on cPanel.
>
> http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.011.htp
>
>You don't want to edit Defaults.py. Your changes should go into
>mm_cfg.py, as stated emphatically at the top of Defaults.py:
>
> # NEVER make site configuration changes to this file. ALWAYS make
> # them in mm_cfg.py instead, in the designated area. See the
> # comments in that file for details.
>
>If you don't follow this, your changes will very likely get
>overwritten during an update and your setup might stop working
>mysteriously.
>
>
>
I did see that in the comments of the Defaults.py file. I was looking
at that file while talking with the support people. When I brought that
to their attention, their statement was "You can't break it anymore then
it already is". Now I understand why I should place that in mm_cfg.py.
I will get that done pronto.
>Sort of the equivalent of a reboot for windows. To me that's a sign
>that the support folks are punting and hoping a restart will magically
>fix a problem they do not understand. I've had the displeasure of
>dealing with more than a few hosting services that run cPanel and have
>no clue how to do basic sysadmin on the boxes they have.
>
>
I'm starting to relate to that, see the tech support comment above :-)
>
>Mailman isn't running, so a restart which calls stop and then start
>will fail the stop. That's the qrunner error you see first. The
>second error you get when mailman tries to start is trying to tell you
>that the master site list needs to be created. If it is not created
>as part of the cPanel installation and setup, then you need to create
>it. See the FAQ and docs that come with mailman for details. It's
>covered in good detail there, but the paths will be different for you
>on cPanel. There may well be other issues you run into that are
>caused by the way cPanel tries to mask all of the sysadmin tasks for
>you. The support options available to cPanel users (some of which are
>listed in the mailman FAQ) might be better places to get specific
>guidance on getting mailman running on cPanel.
>
>On a typical mailman installation, you'd simply run
>
> bin/newlist mailman
>
>as the mailman user to create the site list.
>
>Good luck
>
>
Thank you, I will give that a try.
I will also look at the cpanel forums.
Thanks,
R
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