I had mailman in SuSE 8 configured and running fine, until this morning,
when it stopped working.
In mail logs, all appeared to be in order
Jul 15 18:47:01 mail postfix/local[4901]: B4261284115:
to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent
("|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd admin")
Jul 15 18:51:03 mail postfix/local[4982]: 7DF3028411A:
to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=local, delay=1, status=sent
("|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post offers")
Cron jobs were in place
mail:~ # /etc/rc.d/cron status
Checking for Cron: running
mail:~ # /etc/rc.d/mailman status
Checking for service mailman: running
Yet, no mail got distributted by the list manager. It didn't go to the
list archives either. They all sat in /var/lib/mailman/qfiles
In /var/lib/mailman/logs/qrunner, there was this for each new posting.
Jul 15 19:18:00 2002 (5847) Could not acquire qrunner lock
I figured it out, eventually:
The lists received a shitload of viruses from someone, and there was a
stale lock in /var/lib/mailman/locks
I don't know if the process was dead or hung, because I have just
removed the locks, to get the lists back in working order, quickly (they
are important).
The virus that was received was Frethem (the one with "Your
Password"--it has an attached .exe). I have RAV antivirus, but it scans
mails after the list delivers it through sendmail.
It goes like this: mail goes to mailman "wrapper", then the wrapper
sends it by "sendmail", it gets scanned and sent forward if it's ok. I
use postfix as MTA.
mail:/var/log # rpm -q mailman
mailman-2.0.8-125
In case this happens again, what information do you need me to provide,
so you can fix it?
Thanks
--
Silviu Marin-Caea Systems Engineer Linux/Unix http://www.genesys.ro
Phone +40723-267961
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