On Sun, 2012-08-19 at 12:22 +0900, Matthias Schmidt wrote: > Am 13.08.2012 um 00:25 schrieb David Dodell: > > > This list is my last hope on getting my problems fixed. > > > > I am running OSX Lion (not Mountain Lion). Mailman was part of > > the default installation. > > > > I have two issues which I have gotten absolutely no help from Apple > > Enterprise Support ... basic answer, we don't support open source > > > software and couldn't answer me on why they installed / advertised > > > mailing lists but don't support it ... but I regress.
There are lots of mailing lists available. Mailman is only one of them. Apple no doubt supports _a_ mailing list, but as Apple Enterprise Support says, one can seldom expect support from a proprietary software vendor for software which isn't their own. > > (1) First issue is cosmetic. At the bottom of each administrative > > page, mailman does not display the icons which I see on ever other > > > mailman website ... basically the mailman / python logos. Not a > > > real big deal, besides the cosmetic irk. I've checked the docs, > > > found the path in the config file, and sure enough the images are > > > there in the path, but they still do not display. Ideas? > > where is apache looking for the icons. > I think I read on the OS X Server List that the icons are on a > different place than they should be. Look in your apache error log. If a page is trying to display a graphic, another page, or any file that's linked from a served page, and apache can't find it, it'll log the error. > > (2) Second issue is more serious. I can't get list moderation to > > work. A message comes in to be moderator, I get email >> notification of this. However, if I login to the administrator >> page, "pending moderator requests", if I try to approve, reject, or >> any other command on that page, NOTHING happens ... the message keeps >> appearing, no action is taken etc. > > anything in the logs (apache, mailman ...)? The vast majority of problems on any Unix type system leave footprints in logs at a system level. These are definitely your first recourse in any investigation. Logs in Unix-type OSes (OS X, Linux, BSD, etc.) are almost invariably in /var/log, and are one of the things I really love about Unix-flavor systems :) > > > > I've repaired all permissions, but besides that, lost on what to try > > next. > > did you try your own install of mailman as it was suggested on the os > x server list? I've very frequently had the best luck installing Mailman (and other software packages) from a tarball and _slavishly_ following the install directions. My policy on such installs out of the chute is: do not deviate, do not pass Go, do not collect even a singly byte of what you perceive as slack! If the install screws up and some part of it won't work, you have a clear path back from which others on forums such as this one can follow your tracks, plus if there's a genuine bug, you can report it as same without concern that it might be the result of some step you skipped, or added, or some non-standard procedure that you followed. If one does a totally politically correct install, and still has problems, then it's time for some sleuthing and experimentation. -- Lindsay Haisley | "Never expect the people who caused a problem FMP Computer Services | to solve it." - Albert Einstein 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com | ------------------------------------------------------ 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
