[Mailman-Users] Weird problem data format error. Command output Mailbox does'nt exist

[carconni]

HI,

I have an odd problem.  I have over a hundred lists and all but one  
is working properly.  The initial support call was a complaint that  
the mail server was bouncing back the emails sent to the list  
claiming that there was no such user (list-name).

I thought it was odd, so I rmlist -a and recreated it using newlist.   
I tested the list, mail went to the user and everyone was happy.

Oddly, the mailserver bounced that night (we aren't sure why) but the  
next day I got another call about the same list.  I thought that it  
was a fluke, maybe some weird setting had been reverted when the  
server bounced, so again I removed the list (rmlist but without  
removing the archives) and recreated the list using newlist.  I  
tested the list by sending an email and everyone (except the  
administrator who now had to repopulate the list was happy)

It is day 3.  I got phone call today.  The same list is broken  
again.  All the other lists work fine but this one seems to be  
unrecognized by the system:

Aug  2 13:36:36 mail postfix/smtpd[5008]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from  
sjc.mailserver.com[63.80.14.252]: 550 <qvc- 
requests at mail.mailserver.com>: Recipient address rejected: User  
unknown in local recipient table; from=<carconni at mailserver.com>  
to=<qvc-requests at mail.mailserver.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<[172.16.246.5]>
Aug  2 13:42:02 mail postfix/smtpd[5066]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from  
sjc.mailserver.com[63.80.14.252]: 550 <qvc- 
requests at mail.mailserver.com>: Recipient address rejected: User  
unknown in local recipient table; from=<carconni at mailserver.com>  
to=<qvc-requests at mail.mailserver.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<[172.16.246.5]>
Aug  2 13:45:31 mail postfix/pipe[6401]: 9E219166485D: to=<qvc- 
requests at mailserver.com>, relay=cyrus, delay=0, status=bounced (data  
format error. Command output: qvc-requests: Mailbox does not exist )
Aug  2 13:57:17 corp-admin2 postfix/pipe[7594]: 222591665614: to=<qvc- 
requests at mailserver.com>, relay=cyrus, delay=0, status=bounced (data  
format error. Command output: qvc-requests: Mailbox does not exist )
Aug  2 14:05:45 mail postfix/pipe[7722]: 34A081666003: to=<qvc- 
requests at mailserver.com>, relay=cyrus, delay=0, status=bounced (data  
format error. Command output: qvc-requests: Mailbox does not exist )

I have spent the better part of 6 hours looking for a reason.  I've  
checked permissions, not just with checkperms but manually, step by  
step, directory by directory comparing the broken list to a list that  
is known to be working.


/private/var/mailman/archives/private/qvc-requests/database "other"  
perms must be 000 (fixing)

drwxrwsr-x    3 root     mailman   102 Jun 18 13:30 production
drwxrwsr-x    2 root     mailman    68 Jun 18 13:30 production.mbox
drwxrwsr-x   10 root     mailman   340 Aug  1 11:18 qvc-requests
drwxrwsr-x    3 root     mailman   102 Jul 26 09:02 qvc-requests.mbox


/var/mailman/lists root# ls -l qvc-requests
total 56
-rw-rw----   1 mailman  mailman   3777 Aug  2 11:25 config.pck
-rw-rw----   1 mailman  mailman   3778 Aug  2 11:24 config.pck.last
-rw-rw----   1 mailman  mailman  11089 Aug  1 14:16 digest.mbox
-rw-rw----   1 mailman  mailman    131 Aug  1 10:24 pending.pck
-rw-rw-r--   1 www      mailman     24 Aug  1 11:18 request.pck

/var/mailman/archives/private/qvc-requests root# ls -l
total 160
drwxrwsr-x   10 mailman  mailman    340 Aug  1 14:16 2007-August
-rw-rw-r--    1 mailman  mailman   2476 Aug  1 14:16 2007-August.txt
drwxrwsr-x   28 mailman  mailman    952 Jul 31 15:08 2007-July
-rw-rw-r--    1 mailman  mailman  66954 Jul 31 15:08 2007-July.txt
drwxrwsr-x    7 root     mailman    238 Aug  1 11:59 attachments
drwxrwx---   12 mailman  mailman    408 Aug  1 14:16 database
-rw-rw-r--    1 root     mailman   1465 Aug  1 14:16 index.html
-rw-rw----    1 mailman  mailman    892 Aug  1 14:16 pipermail.pck



I've checked the alias file in /var/mailman/data/aliases:   
(Everything looks ok)

# STANZA START: qvc-requests
# CREATED: Wed Aug  1 09:09:12 2007
qvc-requests:             "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman post qvc- 
requests"
qvc-requests-admin:       "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman admin qvc- 
requests"
qvc-requests-bounces:     "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman bounces  
qvc-requests"
qvc-requests-confirm:     "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman confirm  
qvc-requests"
qvc-requests-join:        "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman join qvc- 
requests"
qvc-requests-leave:       "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman leave qvc- 
requests"
qvc-requests-owner:       "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman owner qvc- 
requests"
qvc-requests-request:     "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman request  
qvc-requests"
qvc-requests-subscribe:   "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe  
qvc-requests"
qvc-requests-unsubscribe: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman  
unsubscribe qvc-requests"
# STANZA END: qvc-requests

I've checked locks: - nothing regarding this list there.

main.cf shows: alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/lmail/ 
company.aliases,hash:/var/mailman/data/aliases

Where else can I check?

Thank you