[Mailman-Users] qrunner error

[Myron Kowalski]

I think I found the (a) problem. There was a corrupted .db and .pck  
file in the
qfiles/virgin directory. After I deleted those files, mailman would  
start up w/o error
messages.

--myron
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Myron Kowalski
MoCoSIN Network/Systems Administrator
Moravian College
myron at cs.moravian.edu



On Oct 26, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Myron Kowalski wrote:

> On Oct 26, 2007, at 7:58 AM, Myron Kowalski wrote:
>
>> On Oct 25, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote:
>>
>>> Myron Kowalski wrote:
>>>
>>>> I noticed that messages were not going out to my mailing lists.  
>>>> When
>>>> I restarted mailman, this comes up. Any mail sent to the list is
>>>> being archived,
>>>> but is not going to the members.
>>>>
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>   File "/users/mailman/bin/qrunner", line 270, in ?
>>>>     main()
>>>>   File "/users/mailman/bin/qrunner", line 230, in main
>>>>     qrunner.run()
>>>>   File "/users/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 65, in run
>>>>     filecnt = self._oneloop()
>>>>   File "/users/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 93, in
>>>> _oneloop
>>>>     msg, msgdata = self._switchboard.dequeue(filebase)
>>>>   File "/users/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 156, in
>>>> dequeue
>>>>     data = self._ext_read(dbfile)
>>>>   File "/users/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 262, in
>>>> _ext_read
>>>>     dict = marshal.load(fp)
>>>> ValueError: bad marshal data
>>>>
>>>> I'm running mailman 2.1.9 and python 2.3.4.
>>>
>>>
>>> Something is wrong here because the line numbers in Switchboard.py
>>> look
>>> like Mailman 2.1.4, and that was the last version of Switchboard.py
>>> that had those statements in it anywhere.
>>>
>>
>> I was wrong on the version. I downloaded 2.19 but didn't install it
>> yet, so I am
>> running 2.1.4.
>>
>>> Presumably, this is OutgoingRunner encountering the problem, because
>>> IncomingRunner and ArchRunner both have to work for messages to be
>>> archived.
>>>
>>> The problem may be as simple as some spurious file in qfiles/out
>>> with a
>>> .db extension. If there are .pck files in qfiles/out, and one .db
>>> file, try moving the .db file aside.
>>>
>>
>> I pretty ignorant as to what qfiles/out is all about. I checked and
>> there are 1782 .pck files
>> and 1781 .db files. I assume these are messages that have accumlated
>> and can't be delivered
>> and one of them is causing the problem. How do I find the one?
>>
>
> I found one .pck out of place and move it. Restarted mailman with the
> same error.
> I moved the whole directory out of the way and restarted mailman--
> same error.
>
> Any other suggestions? I have a lot of users knocking on my door.
>
>>> -- 
>>> 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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