[Mailman-Users] unable to start Mailman

Adam McGreggor adam-mailman at amyl.org.uk
Mon Nov 4 19:18:40 CET 2013


On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 11:51:32AM -0600, c cc wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Adam McGreggor <adam-mailman at amyl.org.uk>wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 11:43:55AM -0600, c cc wrote:
> > > I just moved our mailman to a new server, but I can't start mailman--I
> > keep
> > > getting the following message:
> > >
> > > Starting mailman: Site list is missing: mailman
> > >
> > > I do have a list named mailman moved over, and have moved over about 30
> > > lists.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any idea? Thanks!
> >
> > I would imagine there to be a path issue; is the output of list_lists
> > what you expect it to be?
> >
> Thanks! list_lists shows all my lists though. Any idea?

Permissions (`check_perms`)? Multiple instances of Mailman installed
(`which mailmanctl`, `locate mailmanctl`)?, and the site list not
being found by the one invocing the start.

How are you trying to start Mailman, and if it's say
/etc/init.d/mailman, does that use the correct path?

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