[Mailman-Users] problems with confirmation

[Christopher Adams]

Thanks for your reply. The error file is accessible by user "mailman" and
nothing was written to it.

-rw-rw-r--   1 mailman  mailman         0 May  8  1999 error
-rw-rw-r--   1 nobody   mailman        71 Oct 18 22:32 post
-rw-rw-r--   1 root     mailman      1186 Mar 22 12:40 smtp
-rw-rw-r--   1 nobody   mailman      3725 Mar 22 12:40 subscribe

The user Mailman is part of the group mailman.


My subscribe log shows the following:

Mar 22 12:40:15 2002 (8459) test1: pending chris.a.adams at state.or.us
poe.osl.state.or.us

Christopher Adams
Automated Systems
Oregon State Library
503-378-4243  x258
chris.a.adams at state.or.us

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Hagan" <ryan at pacificommultimedia.com>
To: <mailman-users at python.org>
Cc: "Christopher Adams" <Chris.A.Adams at state.or.us>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] problems with confirmation


> Hey,
>
> I just had a similar problem with 2.0.8 and postfix running on
> debian.  First, check your $prefix/logs/error file and look for something
> that looks like an access violation on your *.db files.  If you see that,
> or even if you don't, try checking the owner and groups of that file.  It
> should be accessible by user "mailman".  Just try reading that file as the
> mailman user.  If you can't, there's a permission problem.  The problem I
> had was that the user mailman was not a member of the group
> "mailman".  Oops.  Good luck, hope that helps.
>
> At 12:17 PM 3/22/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >I have upgraded Mailman to v. 2.06. I created a list and then tried to
> >subscribe. I get the request for confirmation back. When I send the
> >confirmation, I get no reply back. I have looked in my mail log and it
> >appears that it has been sent, yet I never receive anything. I also tried
> >sending a message to the list to see if that would go through,even though
my
> >subscription did not go through, and I don't receive anything back to let
me
> >know there is a problem.
> >
> >I am using Postfix with Procmail and Solaris 7
> >
> >
> >
> >Christopher Adams
> >
> >
> >
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> Ryan Hagan
> Pacificom Multimedia
> ryan at pacificommultimedia.com
>