[Mailman-Users] list automatically removing users

Lawrence Bowie ldb at freestandards.org
Fri Jul 21 19:25:22 CEST 2006


Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Lawrence Bowie wrote:
> 
> 
>>Mark Sapiro wrote:
>>
>>>Is bounce processing turned off for the list and not just
>>>DEFAULT_BOUNCE_PROCESSING = No in mm_cfg.py?
>>
>>Does not exists anywhere in my config.
> 
> 
> 
> So new lists are created with bounce_processing on and you manually
> turn it off.
> 

This is an old list. I am referring to and it explicitly turned off
via the web interface.


> 
> 
>>>Did these unsubscribes occur at the time that cron/disabled runs
>>>(default 9:00 a.m. server time)?
>>
>>Yes, it did.
> 
> 
> 
> So presumably, it was cron/disabled that did the unsubscribes. If
> Mailman's bounce log (or logs if rotated) goes back a month ago, check
> for any occurrences of entries for the involved users. Also, try
> 
> bin/list_members --nomail=bybounce listname
> 
> and see if you currently have any members disabled by bounce.
> 

There were not any users revealed after this command was executed.

> 
> 
>>>Was bounce processing ever enabled for the list? If so, once a member
>>>is disabled for bouncing, cron/disabled will continue to send warning
>>>messages and eventually remove the member, even if bounce processing
>>>is turned off for the list.
>>>
>>
>>Bounce process was not enabled at all.
> 
> 
> 
> As I note above, when the list was first created, bounce_processing was
> on by default. Are you sure you turned it off immediately after
> creating the list?
> 

Cannot be sure all I know it turned off now and it was NOT recently turned
off.




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