On Thu, 02 Jul 2015 08:23:23 -0700, you wrote: >On 07/02/2015 07:56 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: >> I have a new Mailman implementation connected to Postfix which is in >> turn connected to Dovecot. These two components are working correctly, >> as I have mailboxes set up with them and have created a test Mailman >> mailing list and received confirmation that it has in fact been >> created. Now I'm attempting to subscribe a test user in the normal >> way, by sending an email to {list-name}-subscr...@mydomain.com. I have >> not received a subscription confirmation, but the following >> information from /var/log/mailman/error shows a problem: >> >> Jul 02 14:15:01 2015 gate_news(18693): Traceback (most recent call >> last): >> Jul 02 14:15:01 2015 gate_news(18693): File >> "/usr/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 293, in <module> >> Jul 02 14:15:01 2015 gate_news(18693): main() >> Jul 02 14:15:01 2015 gate_news(18693): File >> "/usr/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 268, in main >> Jul 02 14:15:01 2015 gate_news(18693): lock.lock(timeout=0.5) >> Jul 02 14:15:01 2015 gate_news(18693): File >> "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 243, in lock >> Jul 02 14:15:01 2015 gate_news(18693): self.__write() >> Jul 02 14:15:01 2015 gate_news(18693): File >> "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 422, in __write >> Jul 02 14:15:01 2015 gate_news(18693): fp = open(self.__tmpfname, >> 'w') >> Jul 02 14:15:01 2015 gate_news(18693): IOError : [Errno 13] >> Permission denied: >> '/var/lock/mailman/gate_news.lock.{my-system-name}.{MyDomain.com}.18693.0' >> Here are the directory permissions: >> >> drwxrwsr-x 2 root mailman 80 Jul 2 13:57 mailman >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Sep 14 2012 lock -> ../run/lock > > >gate_news runs every 5 minutes. do you see this error every 5 minutes? >Have you run Mailman's bin/check_perms?
I just ran check_perms to fix another problem, and it appears the two *were* related, as this one's now gone as well. >In any case, issues with gate_news only affect gating from usenet of >those lists that have Mail<->News gateways -> gateway_to_mail = Yes. Mine don't, or shouldn't. If they do, I'll turn that off immediately. > >> I also receive messages like these about every fifteen minutes in >> /var/log/mailman/bounce: >> >> Jul 02 14:42:12 2015 (1308) post to mailman from >> mailman-owner@{my-domain.com}, size=1736, >> message-id=<mailman.53.1435726803.13146.mailman@{my-domain.com}>, 1 >> failures >> Jul 02 14:42:16 2015 (1308) post to mailman from >> mailman-owner@{my-domain.com}, size=1733, >> message-id=<mailman.98.1435726804.13146.mailman@{my-domain.com}>, 1 >> failures > > >Mailman is sending a notice to the 'mailman' list and it's >undeliverable. That doesn't look like a 'bounce' log message. It looks >more like 'post' log. What's in the 'smtp-failure' log? The smpt log is now clean. Newest message is ten minutes older than the current date and time. I suspect running check_perms fixed everything. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://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: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org