[Mailman-Users] problem with subscribe

[Barry Finkel]

lists.mailman-users at duinheks.nl wrote:

>Hallo mailman-users,
>
>When I send a message to duinheks-test-subscribe, the request
>does not arrive in mailman, but produces the following in the
>error log:
>May 08 21:47:51 2008 (3636) Uncaught runner exception: 'NoneType' object has 
>no
>attribute 'lower'
>May 08 21:47:51 2008 (3636) Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/opt/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 114, in _oneloop
>    self._onefile(msg, msgdata)
>  File "/opt/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 185, in _onefile
>    keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata)
>  File "/opt/mailman/Mailman/Queue/CommandRunner.py", line 241, in _dispose
>    res.do_command('join')
>  File "/opt/mailman/Mailman/Queue/CommandRunner.py", line 139, in do_command
>    return handler.process(self, args)
>  File "/opt/mailman/Mailman/Commands/cmd_subscribe.py", line 74, in process
>    if digest is None and password.lower() in ('digest', 'nodigest'):
>AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'lower'
>May 08 21:47:51 2008 (3636) SHUNTING:
>1210276071.4968121+a7b07b7c3e9162f8487f34b404c47109de1dd745
>
>I'm using mailman 2.1.10 under SlackWare 12.0.
>
>Please help me, I have not the faintest idea where to look.
>
>Groeten,
>
>           Hans.

A search of the list archives shows that this is a 2.1.10 bug for which
Mark Sapiro has released a patch.

     http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg49039.html

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