[Mailman-Users] mailing lists failing - URGENT

[Merle Reine]

in /var/lib/mailman/logs/error:

Feb 03 15:09:48 2004 (21315) Traceback (most recent call last):
  File 
"/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.1-build/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", 
line 105, in _oneloop
  File 
"/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.1-build/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", 
line 155, in _onefile
  File 
"/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.1-build/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", 
line 130, in _dispose
  File 
"/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.1-build/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", 
line 153, in _dopipeline
  File 
"/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.1-build/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", 
line 82, in process
  File 
"/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.1-build/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", 
line 123, in send_digests
  File 
"/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.1-build/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", 
line 295, in send_i18n_digests
  File 
"/var/tmp/mailman-2.1.1-build/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Scrubber.py", 
line 308, in process
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/encodings/__init__.py", line 51, in 
search_function
    mod = __import__(modname,globals(),locals(),'*')
ValueError: Empty module name

Feb 03 15:09:48 2004 (21315) SHUNTING: 
1071545815.072109+214a6df88863cca87411acab3d4f082009f728e1

but , I seem to have been getting these messages since october so I am 
not sure if this is a problem.  Mail has worked until apparently this 
morning.

Merle Reine wrote:

> I deleted all files in shunt (backed up of course) restarted 
> mailmanctl and still no mail coming through.  Already ran check_perms 
> and everything is ok.
>
> Jon, how much would you charge to look at this for me?
>
> email or call:
> 858-587-6700 ext 244
> merle.reine at lindows.com
>
>
> Jon Carnes wrote:
>
>> Good call.  Some systems run through a security check on boot and reset
>> permissions.
>>
>> My guess is that the reboot caused a file being written to in one his
>> queues to be incomplete or corrupt.
>>
>> (of course - we're all just dancing in the dark...)
>>
>> Jon Carnes
>>
>> On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 17:56, Richard Barrett wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> On 3 Feb 2004, at 22:47, Merle Reine wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Sorry for not giving more information, I am completely stressed.
>>>>
>>>> I have mailman v 2.1.x and qrunner is running.  In 
>>>> /var/lib/mailman/qfiles/shunt it is full of files.  They appear to 
>>>> be filling up there.  Any Ideas?
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
>>> If messages are being shunted, are you certain that nothing is being 
>>> written to $prefix/logs/error; that is what I would expect to be 
>>> happening with shunts. If not is it possible that the permissions of 
>>> the logs directory have gotten screwed up? It might be worth running 
>>> check_perms to see if that makes any difference. Aside from that ...
>>>
>>> btw: what was the reason for the reboot? Any possibility of the 
>>> cause being something that has  affected MM's operation?
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Richard Barrett wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>> On 3 Feb 2004, at 22:19, Merle Reine wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>>
>>>>>> my mailing lists have been working for many month and all of a 
>>>>>> sudden after a reboot, fail to send.  I get no errors and in the 
>>>>>> /var/log/mail is shows:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Feb  3 14:10:40 mail postfix/local[12282]: 8C5AD18EC02: 
>>>>>> to=<alert at lindows.com>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent 
>>>>>> ("|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post alert")
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I is sending to the list but the list is not sending out to the 
>>>>>> recipients.  This is urgent, anyone have any ideas?
>>>>>>         
>>>>>
>>>>> You do not say what version of MM you are running but:
>>>>>
>>>>> If MM 2.0.x: is the mailman user's crontab installed and executing 
>>>>> the qrunner?
>>>>>
>>>>> If MM 2.1.x: has $prefix/bin/mailmanctl been executed to start the 
>>>>> qrunners and is the mailman user's crontab installed?
>>>>>
>>>>> In either version case are files accumulating under the 
>>>>> $prefix/qfiles directory?
>>>>>
>>>>>       
>>>>
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