[Mailman-Users] Mail 2.1.12: We're sorry, we hit a bug!

[Mark Sapiro]

Mark Sapiro wrote:
> On 02/18/2014 06:56 PM, Srinivas B. wrote:
>> 
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>> 
>> Feb 18 21:42:26 2014 admin(10273):
>> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>> admin(10273): [----- Mailman Version: 2.1.12 -----]
>> admin(10273): [----- Traceback ------]
>> admin(10273): Traceback (most recent call last):
>> admin(10273):   File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 112, in
>> run_main
>> admin(10273):     main()
>> admin(10273):   File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py", line 165,
>> in main
>> admin(10273):     process_form(mlist, doc, cgidata)
>> admin(10273):   File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py", line 716,
>> in process_form
>> admin(10273):     forward, forwardaddr)
>> admin(10273):   File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 167, in
>> HandleRequest
>> admin(10273):     forward, addr)
>> admin(10273):   File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 244, in
>> __handlepost
>> admin(10273):     msg = cPickle.load(fp)
>> admin(10273): ValueError: could not convert string to float
>> 
>> 
>> Not selecting the checkbox titled: Preserve messages for
>> site-administrator, is processing the emails just fine and there are no
>> issues.
>> 
>> Any insights on how to fix this error?


It turns out that for many years it has not been possible to preserve
messages for the site-administrator if HOLD_MESSAGES_AS_PICKLES = No.

This is now reported at
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1282365> and fixed at
<http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/revision/1448>.

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