On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 19:16:24 -0700 Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> wrote:
> On 10/04/2018 05:03 PM, Dave Stevens wrote: > > > > The list exists, the sender is subscribed and unmoderated the > > destination email exists, the post operation seems to have worked > > (where's the logfile???) but no mail delivered. > > > > Where should I be looking? > > > In Mailman's logs. Particularly 'error', 'post', 'smtp' and > 'smtp-failure'. Where they are depends on how Mailman was installed, > possibly /usr/lib/mailman/logs/ or /var/lib/mailman/logs/ or > /var/log/mailman/ or elsewhere depending on how Mailman was > configured/packaged. > > If there is no error or smtp failure and there are entries in the > 'post' and 'smtp' logs, then the message was delivered to the > outgoing MTA. > files from /var/log/mailman: error exists and has a few entries but none as recent as Oct 3 which is the failure date. post has this content only: Oct 01 17:13:04 2018 (2966) post to amsdirectors from g...@uniserve.com, size=2919, message-id=<20181001171248.33c61328@user-Satellite-A100>, success I can confirm that this was delivered, I received it. smtp, dated Oct 1 and smtp.1, dated Oct 2, are zero bytes no file smtp-failure and from syslog.1 this excerpt at the relevant time: Oct 3 18:02:11 web5 postfix/smtpd[23732]: connect from apps-kam-2.gov.bc.ca[142.34.224.137] Oct 3 18:02:11 web5 postfix/smtpd[23732]: C21AE8ED2DF: client=apps-kam-2.gov.bc.ca[142.34.224.137] Oct 3 18:02:11 web5 postfix/cleanup[4673]: C21AE8ED2DF: message-id=<201810040102.w9412abv006...@apps-kam-2.gov.bc.ca> Oct 3 18:02:11 web5 postfix/qmgr[1546]: C21AE8ED2DF: from=<dasal...@gov.bc.ca>, size=1268, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Oct 3 18:02:12 web5 postfix/smtpd[23732]: disconnect from apps-kam-2.gov.bc.ca[142.34.224.137] Oct 3 18:02:12 web5 postfix/local[4674]: C21AE8ED2DF:this point then deleted to=<kitimat-aqadvisories...@web5.bcenclave.ca>, orig_to=<kiti...@aqadvisories.ca>, relay=local, delay=0.92, delays=0.2/0.01/0/0.71, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post kitimat) Oct 3 18:02:12 web5 postfix/qmgr[1546]: C21AE8ED2DF: removed so to me this looks just like a normal delivery. I think it must be the case that mailman handed off the delivery to postfix at this point then deleted the message. But then why no actual delivery? D -- In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil. My books are not conceived in terms of such a war, and offer no simple answers to simplistic questions. ----- Ursula Le Guin ------------------------------------------------------ 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
