The archives contain a lengthy discussion of this issue (from quite a while back).
What version of Mailman are you running? You might want to upgrade at this time if you are running a version below 2.0.13. Also, how are the resources on your current server? 50thousand plus is a lot of folks and it may be that it's time to upgrade your hardware. I think that you are right about the problem being related to qrunner and its timeout. It could simply be that it is taking soo long to deliver a message that the lock file times out: # This variable specifies how long the lock will be retained # for a specific operation on a mailing list. Watch your # logs/lock file and if you see a lot of lock breakages, you # might need to bump this up. However if you set this # too high, a faulty script (or incorrect use of bin/withlist) # can prevent the list from being used until the lifetime # expires. This is probably one of the most crucial tuning # variables in the system. LIST_LOCK_LIFETIME = hours(5) # cron/qrunner lock lifetime. This is probably the second # most crucial tuning variable in the system. See the # notes for LIST_LOCK_LIFETIME above. Watch your logs/smtp # file and make sure that QRUNNER_LOCK_LIFETIME is set longer # than the longest period you see here. It is a bad thing # if multiple qrunners run at the same time. QRUNNER_LOCK_LIFETIME = hours(10) Hope this helps! Take care - Jon Carnes On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 06:12, Mozzi wrote: > Hi all > > I get the problem that on verey large lists some people get mail 2 or > even 4 times. (50 000+) > I use these lists to mail users on my system. > > Now I think I know where the problem lies. > in the config file it says this > > QRUNNER_PROCESS_LIFETIME = minutes(15) > QRUNNER_MAX_MESSAGES = 300 > > I s it possible that my process liftime is just to long ? > can I fafely set it to None ? > > When setting it to none do I..... > QRUNNER_PROCESS_LIFETIME = 0 > or..... > QRUNNER_PROCESS_LIFETIME = none ??? > > Am I on the right track here or is there another cure? > > SECONDLY > QRUNNER_MAX_MESSAGES = 300 > does this mean it sends mails out 300 @ a time ? > Can I increase that to say 500? > > Tnx all > > Mozzi > > -- > _ > ( ) Ascii ribbon campaign against html email > X > / \ > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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/ ------------------------------------------------------ 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/
