[Mailman-Users] new trouble with existing lists
backdoc
alias2 at crotchett.com
Mon Dec 29 04:06:01 CET 2003
Thanks again.
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/ was the correct place. There was already a mailman
script there. I guess the problem was that I just didn't have a mailman
mailing list.
Thanks for being so much help.
Darren
Jon Carnes wrote:
> You'll probably get a better response on a FreeBSD mailing list... but
> (from memory), the proper location for FreeBSD startup script is
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/
>
> If that doesn't work you might try: man rc.conf
>
> Good Luck - Jon Carnes
>
> On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 20:15, backdoc wrote:
>
>>Thank you very much for the help. The problem was that I didn't have a
>>mailman mailing list and I needed to start the mailmanctl daemon.
>>
>>I wasn't aware of these changes to Mailman.
>>
>>I have a new question, though. Where should I put the
>>"/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/bin/mailmanctl start" command in FreeBSD so
>>that it starts on boot?
>>
>>TIA,
>>Darren
>>
>>Jon Carnes wrote:
>>
>>>Read FAQ 3.14
>>>
>>>It looks like either your cron daemon is not running (for Mailman
>>>versions 2.0.x and below) - or your mailmanctl daemon is not runing (for
>>>Mailman versions 2.1.x and above).
>>>
>>>Jon Carnes
>>>
>>>On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 10:29, backdoc wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Problem description:
>>>>
>>>>I can no longer subscribe to or send mail to my lists.
>>>>
>>>> Here's some detail.
>>>>
>>>>From the standpoint of being able to use the mailing lists (subscribe,
>>>>post messages, etc), the lists had been working for several weeks.
>>>>Then, spontaneously, all of the normal list server tasks quit working
>>>>except for the web interface. Attempting to subscribe to a mailing list
>>>>results in a page that says a "confirmation has been sent ...". But, I
>>>>never receive that confirmation mail.
>>>>
>>>>I have looked at all of the logs in /mailman/logs to see if I could see
>>>>any references to my attempts to subscribe to the list. But, I do not.
>>>> /var/log/messages does not show any references to Mailman either.
>>>>
>>>>My mail server is Postfix. It seems to operate normally in every way.
>>>>
>>>> Some possible clues:
>>>>
>>>>I don't really have any strong suspicions that point to a particular
>>>>culprit. I don't generally muck around with my server except to keep
>>>>the installed software up to date via portupgrade. I don't really
>>>>remember if the lists not working coorelates to running portupgrade.
>>>>But, I don't think so.
>>>>
>>>>Due to the fact that I own 2 domains and the domain name for the box is
>>>>not the same domain name of the list I have created the lists for, there
>>>>was a minor issue regarding the wrong URL showing up on the web
>>>>interface portion of Mailman. It was showing the box domain name as
>>>>opposed to the list domain name. The incorrect URL did not appear to
>>>>have an adverse affect. But, it was potentially confusing for users.
>>>>So, I made a few attempts to correct it by altering the mm_cfg.py file.
>>>> In spite of some good suggestions here on the mailman-users list, I
>>>>never resolved that problem. Again, I can't associate Mailman breaking
>>>>with attempts to fix the URL problem.
>>>>
>>>> What additional info can I give you to help you help me?
>>>>
>>>>That's about all that I can think of to shed light on the problem. Not
>>>>seeing anything in the log files, I don't really know how to backtrace
>>>>the problem? Even though I don't feel like I broke it by editing the
>>>>mm_cfg.py file or running portupgrade, I'm sure that I have somehow
>>>>broken it.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>TIA,
>>>>Darren
>>>>
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