[Mailman-Users] question about entries in Mailman logs

[Mark Sapiro]

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Christopher Adams wrote:
> A list subscriber (joe.blow at server.com) regularly posts to his list
> (listX) successfully. However, the mailman logs fill up daily with
> these kind of entries, coming seconds apart. They have the same
> message-id.
> 
> I don't know how to interpret this and if it is a Postfix problem or
> related to Mailman. I would appreciate some clarification.
> 
> smtp.log.6:Aug 01 03:56:06 2007 (10919)
> <F01D445F5D607141A78EDA56F4B6FBD702175A0C at dpsstex01.dpsst.local> smtp
> to listX for 72 recips, completed in 17.070 seconds
> 
> 
> post.log.4:Aug 03 03:56:25 2007 (30474) post to listX from
> joe.blow at server.com, size=5318,
> message-id=<F01D445F5D607141A78EDA56F4B6FBD702175A0C at dpsstex01.dpsst.local>,
> 72 failures
> 
> 
> smtp-failure.log.4:Aug 03 03:56:25 2007 (30474) Low level smtp error:
> Server not connected, msgid:
> <F01D445F5D607141A78EDA56F4B6FBD702175A0C at dpsstex01.dpsst.local>


Mailman is either misconfigured or there is some intermittent issue
between Mailman and the outgoing MTA. Does any mail ever get delivered
or does it sit in Mailman's 'retry' queue being retried forever?

See
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.073.htp>
for some advice.

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Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net>       The highway is for gamblers,
San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan

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