[Mailman-Users] New list fails to archive

[Hugh Esco]

Thanks Mark.  Just the advise that was needed.  

Turns out that my script in init.d/ couldn't find its pid and so didn't
known how to shut anything down.  I had to use kill pid commands from
the ps listing.  But when it restarted, the archive runner started up
with the rest of them and the archives I was watching got populated with
a few tests.  

I think I'm in business here.  

Thanks for the help.

-- Hugh

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:01:41 -0700
Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net> wrote:

> Hugh Esco wrote:
> >
> >The moderation que appropriately snags unauthorized mail.  The list is
> >passing traffic through to the list.  But so far, I have seen no
> >evidence that anything is being archived, although I believe I've
> >appropriately configured these new lists to do that.  
> >
> >The root administrator on this server tells me that other lists hosted
> >with his server are being archived.  
> 
> 
> Do you believe this? It seems you may have shell access. If so, do
> 
> ps -fAw | grep python
> 
> to be sure that 1) ArchRunner is running and 2) if the command option
> is something other than --runner=ArchRunner:0:1 (i.e. if it is sliced)
> that all slices are running. E.g. if you see a process with option
> --runner=ArchRunner:0:2, there must be s second one with option
> --runner=ArchRunner:1:2. Whatever the second 'n' is there should be n
> processes with first number 0,1,...,n-1.
> 
> 
> >I've poked around and found the code, the lists, the archives
> >(directories have been created for my new lists, which seem to have the
> >same permissions and ownership as the lists who's archives do work) and
> >the logs.  But I haven't found any clues to my issue.  
> 
> 
> Also look in qfiles/archive to see if there are messages waiting to be
> archived.
> 
> If the lists are working, the list's archive attributes are 'Yes',
> ArchRunner is running and qfiles/archive is empty, yet your messages
> aren't being archived, I think there have to be exceptions in
> Mailman's error log.
> 
> -- 
> Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net>       The highway is for gamblers,
> San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan
>