[Mailman-Users] messages locked in "shunt" directory

[Richard Barrett]

On 1 Jul 2004, at 12:33, Hartmut Steffin wrote:

> hi guys,
>
> short question: why are my messages shunt?
>

have you checked the Mailman error log to see if there is any 
indication of problems with these messages when they are being handled, 
presumably by the ArchiveRunner?

> long description:
>
> since a few days the archives are not updated. everything else works, 
> i.e. you can send messages, subscribers receive a.s.o.
> the archive does not reflect changes since a week or so. i looked into 
> the directories. not only the html files are unchanged, but mboxes 
> too. investigating further, i found a directory ~mailman/qfiles/shunt
> which seems to hold all messages since the last update. is there a 
> cronjob missing? did i do s.th. stupid in configration?
>
> mailman-2.1.2-44
>
> my cronjobs are:
>
> 0 8 * * * /usr/bin/python -S /usr/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs
> 0 9 * * * /usr/bin/python -S /usr/lib/mailman/cron/disabled
> 0 12 * * * /usr/bin/python -S /usr/lib/mailman/cron/senddigests
> 0 5 1 * * /usr/bin/python -S /usr/lib/mailman/cron/mailpasswds
> # 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /usr/bin/python -S 
> /usr/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news
> 27 3 * * * /usr/bin/python -S /usr/lib/mailman/cron/nightly_gzip
> 57 3 * * * /usr/bin/python -S /usr/lib/mailman/cron/nightly_archives
>
> permanently running processes belonging to mailman:
> ps -f -U mailman
> mailman  29958     1  0 Jun30 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/python 
> /usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl -q start
> mailman  29960 29958  0 Jun30 ?        00:00:02 qrunner 
> /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=ArchRunner:0:1 -s
> mailman  29961 29958  0 Jun30 ?        00:00:00 qrunner 
> /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=BounceRunner:0:1 -s
> mailman  29962 29958  0 Jun30 ?        00:00:01 qrunner 
> /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=CommandRunner:0:1 -s
> mailman  29963 29958  0 Jun30 ?        00:00:04 qrunner 
> /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=IncomingRunner:0:1 -s
> mailman  29964 29958  0 Jun30 ?        00:00:01 qrunner 
> /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=NewsRunner:0:1 -s
> mailman  29973 29958  0 Jun30 ?        00:00:06 qrunner 
> /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=OutgoingRunner:0:1 -s
> mailman  29974 29958  0 Jun30 ?        00:00:01 qrunner 
> /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=VirginRunner:0:1 -s
>
> tia
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / regards
> Hartmut Steffin