I compared the logs of exim for a message to the mailing list that doesn't work with a message to the list that does work.
And... bam! There it was - I have a user on my system who has the exact same name as the mailing list is called. Thanks for pointing me back to the exim logs! That's what exim put into the logs: 2012-01-19 09:26:04 1RnnJr-0007B3-Sk => somename <somen...@someserver.org> R=local_user T=mail_spool <= not working 2012-01-19 09:29:23 1RnnN5-0007Ba-LE => test <t...@someserver.org> R=mailman_router T=mailman_transport <= working It clearly shows, that there is a user on my system which has exactly the same name as the mailing list (d'oh!) So exim transports the mail message to the user and not to mailman. I just logged in as as that user and found all the messages I had sent earlier, in his inbox. That's totally logical! I should've thought of this before and read the logs more carefully. It's stated there 'R=local_user T=mail_spool'. So the system works like a charm, only the guy administering it doesn't.... Thanks again! Peter __________________________________________ http://twitter.com/UN_SPIDER Peter Stumpf From: Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> To: Peter STUMPF/VIENNA/UNO@UNOV Cc: mailman-users@python.org, "Stephen J. Turnbull" <step...@xemacs.org> Date: 18/01/2012 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] mail message to list disappears On 1/18/2012 1:07 PM, Peter STUMPF wrote: > > I've sent again a message to be able to trace the actions on the > server. The only file which got touched was the config.pck, the > config.pck.last and the request.pck. Everything else didn't receive > an updated timestamp. the 'in', 'out' and 'virgin' do have the date > of today, but the time is set to '8:00'. That's strange. The time stamps of 8:00 on in, out and virgin queue directories are probably from one or more "n moderator requests" messages sent by cron/checkdbs at that time. Ihis would indicate the message never reached the in queue. The updates to config.pck, config.pck.last and request.pck may have occurred because of an admindb web visit. What exactly is in the exim log for messages to this list? is the message routed and transported by the 'mailman' router and transport? -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
