[Mailman-Developers] Another stupid question
Jay R. Ashworth
jra@baylink.com
Wed, 22 May 2002 23:21:17 -0400
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 10:27:58PM -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
> >>>>> "JRA" == Jay R Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> writes:
> JRA> Defaults.py *has* a default email host and URL host... but
> JRA> they didn't get picked up on the build for some reason; I had
> JRA> to key them in manually. Is there somewhere else they are?
>
> Did you key those in /after/ you created your test list? If so, and
> if DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST was the empty string at the time you created
> your list, then I can see how your list's host_name attribute would be
> the empty string. Remember that changing DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST after the
> fact doesn't update your list configs.
Can't remember it if I don't know it. Thanks.
> So, you need to fix host_name (and probably web_page_url). Only the
> former can be changed on the General admin page. Both of course can
> be changed via withlist.
Or I can remove the list and reinstantiate it, right?
> Both DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST are calculated by
> configure, so look at your configure output to see if it got the right
> values or not. If not, then you need to look seriously at your DNS
> setup, or your Python installation. socket.getfqdn() better return
> the fully qualified domain name for your machine, or you've got
> problems, but they ain't in Mailman.
They came up empty. Hostname had been set to a name with an underscore
in it, which didn't DNS.
> JRA> Do I have to reinstall *again*?
>
> You should almost /never/ have to completely reinstall. At worst you
> might have to re-run configure and "make install", and perhaps do a
> little fixup with withlist (if your configure screwed up and you
> didn't catch it until your created some lists).
Nah; it'll be easier to reinstall.
No real lists yet.
> JRA> I'm losing my hair here... <sigh>
>
> i-think-i'm-going-bald-ly y'rs,
<ass type="smart">
Cheers,
-- jra
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