You should take this to the Admins of the ISP. It looks like they moved the aliases but did not create the Mailman lists.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mailman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:21 PM Subject: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Subscriber List Evaporated! HEEELLLPPP! > Hi, > > I'm hoping someone can help. My web hosting provider offers Mailman as > their list software of choice, and as a Python neophyte, I think it's a good > choice. :-) > > Problem is this: They recently migrated to another server. Right before > this migration, I made a "complete" backup via the Cpanel X interface. So > now you know where this is heading... > > Yesterday, I tried to send a message to the list and could not! The mail > bounced. I just send a test message a moment ago, here's what I got: > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (Exim). > > A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its > recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: > > pipe to |/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/mail/wrapper post > statesvillespoiler_pferris.com > generated by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Child process of virtual_address_pipe transport returned 1 from command: > /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/mail/wrapper > > The following text was generated during the delivery attempt: > > ------ pipe to |/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/mail/wrapper post > statesvillespoiler_pferris.com > generated by [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ > > Mailman error: post got bad listname: statesvillespoiler_pferris.com > > ------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------ > > <Headers SNIPPED!> > > Quoth The Raven, "'Tis only a test, and nothing more!" > > > *Please delete this message!* > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Sooo, can someone shed some light on what's going on?! It appears as it my > WHP (Web Host Provider) mailer "knows" this is a mailman list (note the > "pipe to |/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/mail/wrapper post > statesvillespoiler_pferris.com" -- why would it go to any Mailman directory > if the list didn't exist, and not instead bounce as "unknown recipient" or > whatever?!). YET, it's obviously having problems! The Control Panel > (Cpanel X) --> Mail Manager --> Mailing List Maintenance says "There are > currently no active mailing lists." for me. Notice the word "active"? What > does that mean, vis-à-vis a dormant list?!). I had nearly 700 subscribers. > I don't want to rebuild the list (and possibly clobber any chance of saving > the old one). > > Questions: > 1) Any chance at all of resurrecting the list? > 2) I've corresponded with my WHP admin, he's ready and willing to help, but > neither of us knows WHERE mailman keeps my list, what it's called and WHY > Mailman suddenly isn't seeing it (remember, this was a server migration - > that may or may not have anything to do with the problem!). > 3) What are the odds that there's a current subscriber list in my recent > backup? Where would it be? Note this "backup" seems to backup my FTP area > files, and very few 'system' files, so if it's in "/usr/local/somewhere...", > I'm probably doomed, but perhaps my admin can find it in his backup. He's > willing to look if I can give him a clue where to look! > 4) What can <I> do to help? > 5) What can my admin do to help? > > I have a subscriber list backup, as a TEXT file. Alas, it's about 6 months > old, so I'll be loosing a fair number of subscribers (ones that have since > UNsubscribed for whatever reason, and I'll lose those that have subscribed > after the backup was made. Something's better than nothing, I guess. I > HOPE this isn't my only option!) > > Please "cc" any replies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > **** THANKS EVER SO MUCH! **** > > --Pete > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > > This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe or change your options at > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/jonc%40nc.rr.com ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: archive@jab.org Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org