[Mailman-Users] New lists do not work
Dear folks, We haven't made any progress on this one, so let me send it out again to see if someone recognizes something: I have no expertise at all in computer programming or the mailman program. Our installation set up by a good programmer who is not too familiar with mailman. He doesn't have the time to participate in this list. So I'll present our problem in the language of one who doesn't understand the technical language and I'll forward any suggestions to our programmer. Here's the situation: 1. Our mailman program was working fine for several months. 2. When some configuration changes were made to our server, sendmail stopped woring as did the mailman forwarding capabilities. The cause was located and corrected and all seemed to be fine. All our lists started to work again and continue to work well. But 3. New lists that are created do not work. 4. It is initially possible to administer the list, but when the first message is sent, it does not forward and, after that, it is no longer possible to access the administration page. The admin access page comes up, you type in the password, but, then, nothing happens. 5. Also, it is not possible to delete these lists and try to create them again with the same name. Any suggestions? Ralph -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] New lists do not work
On Friday 15 November 2002 09:31, Ralph Boersema wrote: Our installation set up by a good programmer who is not too familiar with mailman. He doesn't have the time to participate in this list. I would suggest that the first order of business is to hire a system administrator. As long as you have people who don't have time to keep your infrastructure up and running and familiarize themselves with the software the company is using, you will continue to have problems. For example, who is going to apply security patches? Who is going to perform backups? Who is going to get new machines up and running? Who is going to install and configure new software? Who is going to ensure that the infrastructure continues to meet the needs of the company? These are just some of the functions required to maintain the technology assets of any company, large or small. Then there's the obvious question of who is going to fix things when they stop working. 3. New lists that are created do not work. 4. It is initially possible to administer the list, but when the first message is sent, it does not forward and, after that, it is no longer possible to access the administration page. The admin access page comes up, you type in the password, but, then, nothing happens. On the subject of mail from new lists not forwarding, did you forget to update the aliases file and/or run newaliases? As for the problems accessing the administration page, more information would be helpful. Was there anything of significance in the logs? Are your Mailman and Python up to date? What version of Mailman are you running? Are there files in the locks directory that could be hosing things? Seriously, think about hiring a system administrator. Every company larger than three or four people that uses computers should have one. If your company is small and doesn't have the resources to retain a full-time administrator, you could hire someone part-time or outsource the function. Kyle -- Since the general civilizations of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. -James Madison -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] New lists do not work
On Friday 15 November 2002 09:31, Ralph Boersema wrote: 4. It is initially possible to administer the list, but when the first message is sent, it does not forward and, after that, it is no longer possible to access the administration page. The admin access page comes up, you type in the password, but, then, nothing happens. One other suggestion I just thought of... run ~mailman/bin/check_perms. Kyle -- Since the general civilizations of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. -James Madison -- 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
[Mailman-Users] New lists do not work
Dear folks, I have no expertise at all in computer programming or the mailman program. Our installation set up by a good programmer who is not too familiar with mailman. He doesn't have the time to participate in this list. So I'll present our problem in the language of one who doesn't understand the technical language and I'll forward any suggestions to our programmer. Here's the situation: 1. Our mailman program was working fine for several months. 2. When some configuration changes were made to our server, sendmail stopped woring as did the mailman forwarding capabilities. The cause was located and corrected and all seemed to be fine. All our lists started to work again and continue to work well. But 3. New lists that are created do not work. 4. It is initially possible to administer the list, but when the first message is sent, it does not forward and, after that, it is no longer to access the administration page. The admin page comes up, you type in the password, but, then, nothing happens. Any suggestions? Ralph -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] New lists do not work
Check to see if the location of the system aliases file changed. - Original Message - From: Ralph Boersema [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 9:31 AM Subject: [Mailman-Users] New lists do not work Dear folks, We haven't made any progress on this one, so let me send it out again to see if someone recognizes something: I have no expertise at all in computer programming or the mailman program. Our installation set up by a good programmer who is not too familiar with mailman. He doesn't have the time to participate in this list. So I'll present our problem in the language of one who doesn't understand the technical language and I'll forward any suggestions to our programmer. Here's the situation: 1. Our mailman program was working fine for several months. 2. When some configuration changes were made to our server, sendmail stopped woring as did the mailman forwarding capabilities. The cause was located and corrected and all seemed to be fine. All our lists started to work again and continue to work well. But 3. New lists that are created do not work. 4. It is initially possible to administer the list, but when the first message is sent, it does not forward and, after that, it is no longer possible to access the administration page. The admin access page comes up, you type in the password, but, then, nothing happens. 5. Also, it is not possible to delete these lists and try to create them again with the same name. Any suggestions? Ralph -- 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
