[Mailman-Users] Phantom admin requests?

[iain d broadfoot]

* Jon Carnes (jonc at nc.rr.com) wrote:
> 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?

yes, that was exactly it.

interestingly, rather than the page that says 'no requests pending', i
got basically the full request page, but without anything to do! there
were two 'submit all data' buttons, but that was all.

> 
> 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.

they were rw-rw-r--, i assume that's correct - same for other (working)
lists on the same system.

> 
> 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).

done, and fixed. :D

thanks for your help, and thanks for your patience.

someday, i'm sure i'll learn how to ask for help properly (and yes i
have read esr's how to ask questions :D).

again, thank you Jon.

iain
(a happy mailman user)

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