[Mailman-Users] Mailman no longer working or working very slowly

[Steven Jones]

While looking at the shunt queue I see a all pcks at a certain time (Feb 17 20:21) I have looked at so far have this as a content, instead of normal content.

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[root at vuwunicosmtp004 shunt]# /var/mailman/bin/show_qfiles 1197321907.8858631+471a68770096868aa8540e5bf8bc643da86ac63d.pck|moreTraceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/mailman/bin/show_qfiles", line 74, in ?
====================> 1197321907.8858631+471a68770096868aa8540e5bf8bc643da86ac63d.pck
    main()
  File "/var/mailman/bin/show_qfiles", line 67, in main
    sys.stdout.write(msg.as_string())
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Message.py", line 130, in as_string
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 102, in flatten
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 130, in _write
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 156, in _dispatch
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 230, in _handle_multipart
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 102, in flatten
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 130, in _write
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 156, in _dispatch
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 297, in _handle_message
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 102, in flatten
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 130, in _write
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 156, in _dispatch
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 230, in _handle_multipart
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 102, in flatten
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 130, in _write
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 156, in _dispatch
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 277, in _handle_message_delivery_status
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 102, in flatten
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 130, in _write
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 156, in _dispatch
  File "/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.5.1-25.rhel3.8-root/var/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 274, in _handle_message_delivery_status
TypeError: iteration over non-sequence
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regards

Steven

-----Original Message-----
From: mailman-users-bounces+steven.jones=vuw.ac.nz at python.org [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+steven.jones=vuw.ac.nz at python.org] On Behalf Of Steven Jones
Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2010 2:26 p.m.
To: Mark Sapiro; mailman-users at python.org
Cc: Andrey Sabitov
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman no longer working or working very slowly

Hi,

Looking at shunt we have 127 items....but its not all the same list we have at least 5 so far....

When I do a, find /var/mailman/lists/ -name digest.mbox |wc -l

I have 49 lists....

So its not obvious which list it is so far...

I have looked inside one digest.mbox and there is nothing but benign content so far....a

Its possible that the content is / was a DOS attack?  or maybe just chance....

regards

Steven



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:mark at msapiro.net] 
Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2010 2:16 p.m.
To: Steven Jones; mailman-users at python.org
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman no longer working or working very slowly

Steven Jones wrote:
>
>Which python process - i.e.which qrunner.
>
>Also look in Mailmans qfiles/* directories to see which one has a large
>number of messages.
>
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>in.
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>We moved the queues and restarted its now running fine....which isnt a real 
>fix of course.


I think our messages crossed in transit, but you have only temporarily
circumvented the problem. It will recur with additional posts to the
problem list until you fix or remove that list's digest.mbox.

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

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