[Mailman-Users] What does the following Mailman Error Suggest?

Mark Sapiro msapiro at value.net
Wed May 24 16:48:30 CEST 2006


Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
>May 23 23:32:07 2006 (15435) delivery to wash at wananchi.com failed with code -1: (8, 'hostname nor servname provided, or not known')
>May 23 23:32:08 2006 (15435) Low level smtp error: (8, 'hostname nor servname provided, or not known'), msgid: <mailman.0.1148415149.15
>292.warta_01 at warta.wananchi.com>

The 'hostname nor servname provided, or not known' message comes from
the OS or the Python lib in attempting to establish an SMTP connection
(which attempt fails which is why there is nothing in the MTA log. See
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.014.htp>

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