On Tue, 26 May 2020, Mark Sapiro wrote:
What is the character set coding for the log files, please?
I'm using MM 2.1.29
Basically unknown. For the most part, log files are us-ascii, but some
entries contain user entered data such as names or (malformed) email
addresses that might contain non-ascii and might be encoded in the
character set of the list's preferred language or something else.
Thanks. I thought it might be something like that. It's not critical for
me, as the list admin / mdoerator just needs to look at logs sometimes for
possible troublshooting. If the log files don't all render perfectly it's
not a major issue.
A few weeks ago his MSP started bouncing his list emails. He noticed after
he was suspended for excessive bounces. While the problem could not (or
would not?) be explained, I suspect he tagged a list "via" message (or
many) as spam, causing his MSP to block the list address. But who knows.
I have done this with nothing special in Apache. I just put a symlink to
the respective log(s) in a browser accessible place giving it a .txt
extension, e.g. vette.txt -> /var/lib/mailman/logs/vette.log.
Thanks for the tip.
Prior to my inquiry, I ended up with this Apache config stanza to permit
viewing all the log files using Apache autoindex, allowing Apache and the
web browser to do the work.
Adding "AddEncoding x-gzip .gz" allows direct viewing of the compressed
(rotated) log files in the log directory. Adding "ForceType text/plain"
avoids the need for the .txt extension for MIME setting. I was also going
to set the charset, but being as it's random... :-)
# Mailman logs
Alias /logs /var/log/mailman/
<Directory /var/log/mailman/>
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Mailman admins"
AuthUserFile "/home/.../passwd"
Require valid-user
# ENable autoindex!
DirectoryIndex disabled
AddEncoding x-gzip .gz
ForceType text/plain
Options FollowSymlinks Indexes
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
I also created a subdirctory "latest" in /logs with symlinks to the
current versions of the log files. Hmm, I think I could probably do a
virtual location in Apache itself for this.
Thanks for your incredible support for Mailman users over the past 20
years, Mark! I posted this message, then told me partner (another list and
Linux user for 20 years) that I expected you might be responding at
dinner -- and here you are!
Brett
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