KENNEY, William P. (Info. Tech. Services) wrote: >This is a new list, so there haven't been many deliveries. The owner >added the users herself and needs to know if anyone is actually >receiving the mail from the list. She hasn't gotten anything from the >server. > >When she asked if I could tell if the messages were being transmitted I >had just received 4 smtp failure notifications as root on the system. >Since her list has more than 4 users, I have to believe the rest went >out.
Were these for 4 different addresses or 4 notices for 1 address. If four different addresses, that modifies the details of what I say below, but not the important message. Anyway, from Mailman's point of view, the message 'went out' to all recipients (unless there is some error in Mailman's 'smtp-failure' log which I doubt), and subsequently, Mailman was notified that 4 messages were not delivered to 1 recipient, or 1 message was not delivered to 4 recipients, or 2 messages were not delivered to 2 recipients, or ?? >I told her to add me to the list and send a test message out. If I >receive it I'll know the system is working, if not I'll check with the >network group to see if they have changed anything in the firewall. Look in Mailman's 'bounce' log. You should see bounces recorded for the four notices you received. If so, after the 5th bounce for that user, the member's delivery will be disabled and the owner will receive a 'disabled' notice with a copy of the bounce, and after three weeks (and three notices to the member), the member will be removed from the list and the owner will be notified of that too. You can also look in Mailman's 'smtp' log and see that posts are being sent. It seems as if posts are being sent to the entire list and one member is bouncing. Ultimately, there is no way to know if the other members are receiving the mail or not, but at least you know it is being accepted by some remote SMTP server, and bounces are not being returned. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
