Sally K Scheer wrote: >The problem has been solved. Tech support discovered the solution on a >cpanel discussion list. Here's the solution that worked:
Which is probably a better place to be in the first place. See <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.011.htp>. >"I found that the issue was an empty request.pck file in the list's >directory: > >/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/lists/<listname> > >I found that if you remove the request.pck file it is recreated when you log >back in. This is normal. >I am not exactly sure if this is a good solution or not, I'm not real sure >what the request.pck file does, but it is never very big (usually around 24 >bytes). request.pck contains information about the outstanding moderator requests for the list. 24 bytes is 'empty' - it contains one 'version' record. >I only had this issue on a couple of lists, and removing the 0 byte >request.pck file for those lists seemed to fix the issue and I am not aware >of any further issues that came about because the file was deleted and >recreated. However, somebody else who is more aware of Mailman's inner >workings may know whether or not removing this file is a good or bad idea." If it is 0 bytes, removing it is probably a good idea. >While this solved the problem, it doesn't explain why it happened really. I >wouldn't mind hearing something about that from the real experts. I'm afraid this is a cPanel question. I've never heard of the standard Mailman distribution creating a 0 length request.pck. Prior to Mailman 2.1.5, the file was a Python marshal named request.db, and there was an issue when migrating from pre-2.1.5 to 2.1.5 in that there was no request.pck and cron/checkdbs would mail the list admin/moderator a daily reminder about "-1 moderator requests" but simply going to the admindb page would create the request.pck and fix it. See <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.038.htp>. The '-1 requests' issue was fixed in our distribution in 2.1.6. -- 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
