[Mailman-Users] Mailman not sending mail

[Richard Barrett]

On 21 Nov 2003, at 21:07, Jeremy Gilbert wrote:

> I have a new Mailman server running Mailman 2.1.3 with postfix on
> a Slackware 9.1 machine.  Postfix is working great.  I can send
> and receive mail to any local account on the list server.
>
> My problem is that no e-mail sent to any of the lists I've created
> is forwarded, I cannot send invitation e-mails from the admin
> pages and the list owners never receive messages when lists are
> created.  Mailman does not send mail to either outside addresses
> nor addresses on the list server.
>

Have you run the command $prefix/bin/mailmanctl start to get Mailman's 
qrunner daemons going?

> Here is what shows up in my /var/log/maillog when it receives a
> message that should  be forwarded to a list:  (I've sanitized it)
>
> </var/log/maillog>
> Nov 21 14:04:07 listserver postfix/smtpd[1529]: connect from
> xxxxxxxxxx[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
> Nov 21 14:04:07 listserver postfix/smtpd[1529]: C3EDB2ACBF:
> client=xxxxxxxxx[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver postfix/cleanup[1531]: C3EDB2ACBF:
> message-id=<D42823BE36BEB24F866287AC9CDEF0007FA649 at EXCHANGE1.xxxxx
> xx.com>
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver postfix/qmgr[1062]: C3EDB2ACBF:
> from=<xxxxx at xxxx.com>, size=784, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver vagated[1534]: connection from
> localhost
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver vagated[1534]: spooled to
> 01534-7A043BE7
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver vagatefwd[1535]: Message
> 'incoming/xf-01534-7A043BE7' scheduled for scanning now.
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver vagatefwd[1535]: Virus Scanner will
> process message 'incoming/qf-01534-7A043BE7'.
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver postfix/smtp[1533]: C3EDB2ACBF:
> to=<test at xxxxxxxx.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=1,
> status=sent (250 Mail accepted for delivery (queued as
> 01534-7A043BE7).)
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver vagated[1534]: connection to localhost
> closed
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver postfix/smtpd[1529]: disconnect from
> xxxxxxxxxxxx[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver vagatefwd[1538]: Message
> 'outgoing/xf-01534-7A043BE7' scheduled for delivery now.
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver postfix/smtpd[1539]: connect from
> localhost[127.0.0.1]
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver postfix/smtpd[1539]: 3FED22ACC0:
> client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver postfix/cleanup[1531]: 3FED22ACC0:
> message-id=<D42823BE36BEB24F866287AC9CDEF0007FA649 at EXCHANGE1.xxxxx
> x.com>
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver postfix/qmgr[1062]: 3FED22ACC0:
> from=<xxxxx at xxxxx.com>, size=3422, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver postfix/smtpd[1539]: disconnect from
> localhost[127.0.0.1]
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver vagatefwd[1538]: Message
> 'outgoing/qf-01534-7A043BE7' successfully forwarded.
> Nov 21 14:04:08 listserver postfix/local[1540]: 3FED22ACC0:
> to=<test at xxxxxxxxx.com>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent
> ("|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post test")
> <end of /var/log/maillog>
>
> There are no other messages that show up in this log or any other
> log in /var/log.  This my first time using Mailman, so I don't
> know if there are log files hidden anywhere else.
>
> I did have a problem with Mailman choking on groups because
> postfix was running as with gid "nogroup" and Mailman expected gid
> "mailman."  I re-installed Mailman with the group "nogroup," but I
> don't know if that caused more problems than it fixed.
>
> Please let me know if you need more information or have any ideas
> for a solution.
>
> Jeremy
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Richard Barrett                               http://www.openinfo.co.uk