[Mailman-Developers] -bounces becoming crazy, typo in bin/newlist (and bin/rmlist)

2002-01-10 Thread Fil
1) I've just faced a huge problem: the listname-bounces address has become crazy, sending bounced messages to the list-admins, and issuing "You have been removed from list" messges to bouncers, then again, then again, in a loop that sent 4000 messages before I interrupted it by sending all -bounce

[Mailman-Developers] Minor Feature Request - Rename List

2002-01-10 Thread Marc Perkel
The first option under General is: The public name of this list (make case-changes only). If this were done right - changing this field would cause the list to be renamed. ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/

[Mailman-Developers] RFE: turn off Bounce Disable notifications

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Mick
these are unconditional right now, and should be a GUI-selectable item. If I can find the time I'll try to hack up a patch. ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Jason R. Mastaler
Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It might be that inverting the problem might be the right answer: > Mailman 2.1 goes through an API for all "member"-type queries, and > so perhaps storing the member info external to config.db via a new > "member-adaptor" interface, so that TMDA could also

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Jason R. Mastaler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Barry A. Warsaw) writes: > The intent though is that once I go to beta (next release), those > attributes and their semantics will be frozen through the MM2.1 > release. Right now TMDA assumes attributes containing e-mail addresses will either be lists, or dictionaries in whic

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Mick
> Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It might be that inverting the problem might be the right answer: > > Mailman 2.1 goes through an API for all "member"-type queries, and > > so perhaps storing the member info external to config.db via a new > > "member-adaptor" interface, so that TMD

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "JRM" == Jason R Mastaler > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JRM> Right now TMDA assumes attributes containing e-mail addresses JRM> will either be lists, or dictionaries in which the addresses JRM> are the keys. This seems to hold true for both MM 2.0 and JRM> 2.1a. Yup,

Re: [Mailman-Developers] Minor Feature Request - Rename List

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "MP" == Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MP> The first option under General is: MP> The public name of this list (make case-changes only). MP> If this were done right - changing this field would cause the MP> list to be renamed. Too much work for MM2.1, but it's o

Re: [Mailman-Developers] can't use mailmanctl -s start

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
[Fil describes problems with the mailmanctl -s flag...] This is fixed now in CVS I believe. There was a subtle (is there any other kind? :) race condition and a reference counting issue in the handoff of the lock from the parent to the child. Pesky bugger to track down, but I think I've got it

Re: [Mailman-Developers] 2.1a4: outgoing messages lack 'Date:' header under qmail

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "JRM" == Jason R Mastaler > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JRM> I think Message.UserNotification.send() should also add a JRM> 'Date' header just as it adds 'Message-ID' (which I'm glad to JRM> see it now does!). JRM> Accordingly, I've submitted a patch (#500670) to the

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Jason R. Mastaler
Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "ease" wasn't the point; the point is that "reaching into config.db" > is unsupported, whereas "plugin membership module" *is* intended to > be supported, and therefore stable interface. Then, since you've > got your choice of storage formats, the world's y

[Mailman-Developers] First big Mailing

2002-01-10 Thread Marc Perkel
I'm doing my first big mailing with Mailman/Exim to deliver effector for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The list is about 20,000 names. Anyhow - started out moving right along, maybe too well - saturated the T1 pretty quick and the system slowed down. But the email logs were really going fas

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Mick
> Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > "ease" wasn't the point; the point is that "reaching into config.db" > > is unsupported, whereas "plugin membership module" *is* intended to > > be supported, and therefore stable interface. Then, since you've > > got your choice of storage formats,

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "JRM" == Jason R Mastaler > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JRM> I'd imagine my wanting access to the `member' addresses from JRM> another application isn't all that uncommon. Mine just JRM> happens to be written in Python which made this easy. It JRM> might be nice to op

Re: [Mailman-Developers] First big Mailing

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Mick
What version? > I'm doing my first big mailing with Mailman/Exim to deliver effector for the > Electronic Frontier Foundation. The list is about 20,000 names. > > Anyhow - started out moving right along, maybe too well - saturated the T1 > pretty quick and the system slowed down. But the email l

[Mailman-Developers] Re: First big Mailing

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "MP" == Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MP> I'm doing my first big mailing with Mailman/Exim to deliver MP> effector for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The list is MP> about 20,000 names. A good cause, for sure. MP> During this time I saw a number of errors.

[Mailman-Developers] How do you tell if DB is corrupt?

2002-01-10 Thread Marc Perkel
I think I have a problem. The html interface into mailman is working - the email quit. I have a frowing number of python processes stacking up. I had just started sending to a list of 20,000 for the first time. I think something is locked up dealing with mail delivery and subscribing with mailman

Re: [Mailman-Developers] First big Mailing

2002-01-10 Thread Marc Perkel
Version 2.08 Dan Mick wrote: > What version? > > > I'm doing my first big mailing with Mailman/Exim to deliver effector for the > > Electronic Frontier Foundation. The list is about 20,000 names. > > > > Anyhow - started out moving right along, maybe too well - saturated the T1 > > pretty quick

Re: [Mailman-Developers] First big Mailing

2002-01-10 Thread Chuq Von Rospach
On 1/10/02 10:08 PM, "Marc Perkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyhow - started out moving right along, maybe too well - saturated the T1 > pretty quick and the system slowed down. That's not good. IT's not a mailman problem, but it's not good. You need to tune your MTA to slow it down down so

Re: [Mailman-Developers] Re: First big Mailing

2002-01-10 Thread Marc Perkel
I'm running Redhat 7.2 I'm running the 2.4.17 kernel. Python is 1.5.2. Mailman 2.0.8 and exim 3.34. Actually the problem is lack of logs. Mailman appears to be frozen with python tasks backing up as if the mailman tasks are locking up. I'm sure it's also processing a lot of bounced email. Could

[Mailman-Developers] Once again, fame and fortune can be yours

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
A few years ago we ran a Mailman logo contest, had quite a few very good submissions, and eventually chose a logo by The Dragon De Monsyne. Now with the advent of favicons I'd like to run another mini-contest. I admit shameful jealousy in seeing more and more cool favicons in my Mozilla tabs, a

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Jason R. Mastaler
Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think you still must misunderstand; Yup. I'm not very hip to the MM jargon yet. > what I'm suggesting is that TMDF TMDA == ``Tagged Message Delivery Agent'' > implement and supply a Mailman membership-management plugin for just > this purpose. You've

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Mick
> > what I'm suggesting is that TMDF > > TMDA == ``Tagged Message Delivery Agent'' sorry. > > implement and supply a Mailman membership-management plugin for just > > this purpose. > > You've lost me. What is a Mailman membership-management plugin? The thing we've been talking about. The t

Re: [Mailman-Developers] Re: First big Mailing

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "MP" == Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MP> Actually the problem is lack of logs. Is there nothing useful in errors/log? If not, it definitely ain't a Mailman problem. MP> Mailman appears to be frozen with python tasks backing up as MP> if the mailman tasks are l

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "DM" == Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DM> The thing we've been talking about. The thing virtclassed in DM> MemberAdaptor.py and derived/instantiated in DM> OldStyleMemberships.py. The thing that implements the DM> membership-management API. Except that I think TDM

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Jason R. Mastaler
Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The thing virtclassed in MemberAdaptor.py and derived/instantiated > in OldStyleMemberships.py. The thing that implements the > membership-management API. Jargon. :-) OK, I'll see what I can figure out. -- (TMDA (http://tmda.sourceforge.net/)) (user-lev

[Mailman-Developers] First Big mailing

2002-01-10 Thread Marc Perkel
I rebooted the system. Still have problems. > Well, you can double check and see if there are any stale lock files > in the locks directory. If you're exhausting your system resources as > Chuq points out, and your Python processes are either hanging, > thrashing with other processes, or just ge

Re: [Mailman-Developers] Re: First big Mailing

2002-01-10 Thread Chuq Von Rospach
On 1/10/02 10:30 PM, "Marc Perkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python is 1.5.2. That version's known to have some glitches. > Actually the problem is lack of logs. Mailman appears to be frozen with python > tasks backing up as if the mailman tasks are locking up. I'm sure it's also > processin

Re: [Mailman-Developers] documentation for config.pck elements?

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Mick
> > "DM" == Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > DM> The thing we've been talking about. The thing virtclassed in > DM> MemberAdaptor.py and derived/instantiated in > DM> OldStyleMemberships.py. The thing that implements the > DM> membership-management API. > > Except

Re: [Mailman-Developers] Re: First big Mailing

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "CVR" == Chuq Von Rospach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Python is 1.5.2. CVR> That version's known to have some glitches. Good point. Python 2.1.1 should be better. (And Python 2.1.2 release candidate just went out tonight, but I don't think Mailman users need freak out about

Re: [Mailman-Developers] First Big mailing

2002-01-10 Thread Chuq Von Rospach
On 1/10/02 10:49 PM, "Marc Perkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yea - 28 files in the locks directory. Do I delete the locks? > > Thanks for your help. I'll fix it in the morning. Yes. Make sure there are no python processes in the queue, though, so you don't step on something by accident. _

Re: [Mailman-Developers] First big Mailing

2002-01-10 Thread J C Lawrence
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:08:19 -0800 Marc Perkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm doing my first big mailing with Mailman/Exim to deliver > effector for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The list is about > 20,000 names. I'm going to do some guessing here, so make allowances. > Anyhow - starte

Re: [Mailman-Developers] Re: First big Mailing

2002-01-10 Thread J C Lawrence
On Fri, 11 Jan 2002 01:21:36 -0500 Barry A Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two things are critical before we can move forward: we need to > know what versions of the various bits of software you're running > (and that includes OS, Python, Mailman, and Exim), and we need to > see those traceb

Re: [Mailman-Developers] bin/update: "cannot import name SimpleCookie" in mailman cvs

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "SP" == Simone Piunno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SP> I've just upgraded from 2.1a3(CVS) to 2.1a4(CVS) and the same SP> problem occurred (even re-issuing make install) I had to SP> remove Cookie.py by hand. I was able to reproduce the problem when upgrading from 2.1a2 to curre

Re: [Mailman-Developers] can't use mailmanctl -s start

2002-01-10 Thread Fil
@ Barry A. Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > [Fil describes problems with the mailmanctl -s flag...] > This is fixed now in CVS I believe. It works. -- Fil ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mai