[Mailman-Users] "No subject" messages in archives

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

Barry Warsaw wrote:
>
> The only thing I would add is that the default lock lifetime is 15 
> seconds, so it's possible some other process would have broken the lock 
> during that time.  That you didn't get an exception when you exited (and 
> thus unlocked) the list is a good sign that didn't happen. ;)
> 

Urk.  I must live right.

> Given the MailList object, there's no easy way to extend the lock's 
> lifetime.  You can hack the LockFile.py file, or do something like:
> 
>  >>> m._MailList__lock.refresh(60 * minute)
> 

Good to know; I'll add that to the FAQ when I can.

>> I'm actually willing to live with these, unless they're damaging the
>> archives somehow.  Any guesses as to how difficult it would be to fix
>> these by say, simply editing the .mbox and re-running arch --wipe?
> 
> Unsure.  What does bin/cleanarch -n say?
> 

$ cleanarch -n <guppies.mbox
43413 messages found
$

I was a little off.

Metta,
Ivan
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