[Mailman-Users] Archive problems

Thomas Waters thomaswaters at mac.com
Thu Apr 13 20:55:53 CEST 2006


On Apr 13, 2006, at 1:25 PM, Brad Knowles wrote:
>
> 	The mm_cfg.py file should over-ride any conflicting values that  
> are found in Defaults.py.  That's the whole purpose of this file --  
> we provide a set of defaults for you in Defaults.py, and then if  
> you want anything different you put those things in mm_cfg.py.
>
>
> 	Now, what may be tripping you up is some of the values specified  
> in the configuration files are additive -- it's not either/or, but  
> both.  So, if Defaults.py specifies things one way and mm_cfg.py  
> specifies something else, it's not that the values in Defaults.py  
> get over-ridden, but instead the values specified in the mm_cfg.py  
> file get added to whatever is defined in Defaults.py.
>
> 	However, these things are only additive in the areas where it  
> makes sense for that to happen, so you should go back to the  
> installation instructions and make sure that you understand which  
> configuration options are used for what, and precisely what is used  
> where and in what format.

Maybe the mm_cfg.py file is not being used- or there is something  
wrong with it, so Mailman is using the default.py file.

The largest piece of this problem unresolved is the list of archives  
is not complete.  The list includes only a few months at the end of  
2005.  I do not seem to be able to get this list to show all archives.



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Thomas Waters
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University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
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