[Mailman-Users] mailman cron error
Adam Lipson
adaml at jbase.com
Thu May 29 23:01:01 CEST 2003
Thanks to everyone for their great suggestions. I just blew away the list and set up a new one and it works great. I guess we have learned something from Microsoft (restarting is the way to go)
-----Original Message-----
From: jbrouhard at ci.st-joseph.mo.us [mailto:jbrouhard at ci.st-joseph.mo.us]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:58 PM
To: mailman-users at python.org
Cc: Adam Lipson
Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] mailman cron error
If the aforementioned tricks don't work...
You can always run nmap localhost
to find out what ports *ARE* open and are listening on your box.. That's how I tend to troubleshoot smtp and web problems.
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Joe Brouhard, MCP, A+
Computer Support Technician
City of St Joseph
jbrouhard at ci.st-joseph.mo.us
http://www.ci.st-joseph.mo.us
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Rosenman [ mailto:ler at lerctr.org]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 3:49 PM
To: Adam Lipson; mailman-users at python.org
Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] mailman cron error
--On Thursday, May 29, 2003 16:30:25 -0400 Adam Lipson <adaml at jbase.com>
wrote:
> thanks for your help,
>
> I can't think of any place the port assignment would be set for an
> individual list can you? I guess I can try setting up a new list from
> scratch to see if the config files somehow were corrupt when the list was
> built? Any idea where to look besides that?
Jon's suggestion to check for typo's is a good one.....
LER
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Rosenman [ mailto:ler at lerctr.org]
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:26 PM
> To: Adam Lipson; mailman-users at python.org
> Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] mailman cron error
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> --On Thursday, May 29, 2003 16:25:35 -0400 Adam Lipson <adaml at jbase.com>
> wrote:
>
>> yes I can telnet to port on 119 (they are the same machine by the way)
>> and one list works with the news interface yet the other does not.
> connection refused says it's not getting there...
>
> (or asking on a different port...)
>
> LER
>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Larry Rosenman [ mailto:ler at lerctr.org]
>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:24 PM
>> To: Adam Lipson; mailman-users at python.org
>> Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] mailman cron error
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>> --On Thursday, May 29, 2003 16:22:39 -0400 Adam Lipson <adaml at jbase.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> the settings are the same for each list in the mailman web interface.
>>>
>>> "Internet address" is the fqdn for the machine and "name of Usenet group
>>> to gateway to and/or from" is the name of the list created using the
>>> ctlinnd newgroup command.
>> can you, from the mailman machine, telnet fqdn 119 and get a banner?
>>
>>>
>>> I guess I must have missed something??? The list is showing up in the
>>> news group view like the other list. The other odd bit and perhaps this
>>> is the problem is that mailman is taking a minute or two to post each
>>> posting. Since I installed the RPM version of mailman I don't know the
>>> password for mailman to view its crontab. If I su - mailman and crontab
>>> -l it says no crontab for root, but should this not report the crontab
>>> for mailman not root?
>> crontab -u mailman -l as root should work.
>>
>> LER
>>
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Larry Rosenman [ mailto:ler at lerctr.org]
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:11 PM
>>> To: Adam Lipson; mailman-users at python.org
>>> Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] mailman cron error
>>>
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>>> --On Thursday, May 29, 2003 16:09:05 -0400 Adam Lipson <adaml at jbase.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was afraid of that. It works for one list but not the other. I
>>>> can't find a setting to allow it for one list and not the other. Know
>>>> where it is?
>>> Check the settings for EACH list's news server.
>>>
>>> It looks like it's just not there, fwiw, since it's connection refused,
>>> and not a INN
>>> error.
>>>
>>> LER
>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Larry Rosenman [ mailto:ler at lerctr.org]
>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:08 PM
>>>> To: Adam Lipson; mailman-users at python.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman cron error
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, your INN server isn't running or accepting connections.
>>>>
>>>> LER
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --On Thursday, May 29, 2003 16:04:36 -0400 Adam Lipson
>>>> <adaml at jbase.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Anyone seen this error before? I had mailman working with INN and
>>>>> then it stopped working. I don't think I changed anything and now it
>>>>> is working intermittently.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Adam
>>>>>
>>>>> Subject: Cron <mailman at listserver> /usr/bin/python -S
>>>>> /var/mailman/cron/gate_news
>>>>>
>>>>> Traceback (innermost last):
>>>>> File "/var/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 222, in ?
>>>>> main()
>>>>> File "/var/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 203, in main
>>>>> process_lists(lock)
>>>>> File "/var/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 148, in process_lists
>>>>> conn, first, last = open_newsgroup(mlist)
>>>>> File "/var/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 75, in open_newsgroup
>>>>> password=mm_cfg.NNTP_PASSWORD)
>>>>> File "/var/mailman/Mailman/pythonlib/nntplib.py", line 111, in
>>>>> __init__ self.sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
>>>>> socket.error: (111, 'Connection refused')
>>>>>
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