[Mailman-Users] help! mailman not working with virtual servers

[Lynn Siprelle]

On Mar 25, 2005, at 8:04 PM, Terry Allen wrote:

>> I am trying to move my heretofore working mailman installation from 
>> one server (FreeBSD/Sendmail) to another (RedHat/Exim). I can access 
>> my lists at my main url, but I get "Page not found" on the domains I 
>> host. The error  log says "premature end of script headers". None of 
>> the lists have colliding names. Mailman is critical to my clients. I 
>> have been through the faq, the archives and the documentation. I've 
>> tried everything I could find that seemed applicable. help! Moving 
>> servers is bad enough without this crap!
>>
>> Lynn
> Hi again,
> 	If the error is 'premature end of script headers', I would hazard a 
> guess that the CGI is not being interpreted by the server correctly 
> for Mailman, or it is being interpreted as a binary file rather than a 
> text file for execution.
> 	I'd have a look at the mailman installation on the new server for cgi 
> execution firstly

But why would it work on the main url but not the virtual ones? Here's 
what I mean.

This works:
http://lsiprelle.simpli.biz/mailman/listinfo

This doesn't:
http://www.democracyfororegon.com/mailman/listinfo

Same server, same mailman installation. The first one runs fine, the 
second one throws premature end of script headers.

Lynn

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