[Mailman-Users] Phantom admin requests?

[Jon Carnes]

You are getting a notice of waiting messages but when you click on the
link (or go to the admindb page manually) you don't find any messages
waiting to be approved?

Take a look at the request.db file for the list:
  ~mailman/lists/<listname>/request.db

Make sure the rights on the file are correct.

That file may be corrupted.  If so you can simply replace it with
another list's request.db file (just make sure the file is empty before
copying).

In version 2.1.x you can simply delete the request.db file and it will
be regenerated - but alas, you can not do that in version 2.0.x of
Mailman. Still, copying an empty request.db over the corrupt one should
take little effort.

Good Luck - Jon Carnes 

On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 13:04, iain d broadfoot wrote:
> ah yes, a little more info might help. :D
> 
> * Jon Carnes (jonc at nc.rr.com) wrote:
> > I'm sorry Iain, my psychic can't get a clear picture of the admin
> > message you are being sent... you might have to include it with your
> > note for help. :-(
> 
> it's the standard 'X admin requests waiting' that mailman sends out when
> (for example) someone tries to post to a limited list.
> 
> > 
> > Also, my psychic can only pinpoint the version number of Mailman down to
> > 2.xxx.  You'll either have to concentrate harder or send that info along
> > with your help note...
> 
> version is 2.0.11 - system running Debian Woody.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> iain