Michael McAndrew wrote: > >Anyone know why the following command doesn't finish? It just hangs until I >escape with ctrl+Z
And do you leave it in the background after that or what? >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailman]# bin/config_list -i >vawupdate/scripts/carers.config.txt carers > >Configuration of other lists with similar configuration files works fine. >This seems to be an intermittent problem that occurs on some lists, and i >don't know why. I am using mailman 2.1.7 on Fedora 4. Would any extra info >be helpful? I am stuck. Thanks a lot. > >Michael > >Here is the config file: > >""" By placing the input inside triple quotes, you make the whole thing one string that isn't assigned to anything, so this doesn't have any effect on the list. >real_name = 'carers' >moderator = [] >description = '' >subject_prefix = '[VAW ]' >archive_private = 0 >owner = [' [EMAIL PROTECTED]'] I don't know that it does real harm, but I suggest you not have a leading space in the owner email. >new_member_options = 256 >member_moderation_action = 2 >member_moderation_notice = '' >default_member_moderation = 0 >info = '' >anonymous_list = False >first_strip_reply_to = False >reply_goes_to_list = 0 >reply_to_address = '' >umbrella_list = False >umbrella_member_suffix = '-owner' >send_reminders = False >welcome_msg = '' >send_welcome_msg = False >goodbye_msg = '' >send_goodbye_msg = False >admin_immed_notify = False >admin_notify_mchanges = True >respond_to_post_requests = 1 >emergency = 0 >administrivia = True >max_message_size = 5000 >host_name = 'list.vawcvs.org' >include_rfc2369_headers = 1 >include_list_post_header = 1 >preferred_language = 'en' >available_languages = ['en'] >encode_ascii_prefixes = 2 >nondigestable = True >msg_header = '' >msg_footer = '' >digestable = True >digest_is_default = False >mime_is_default_digest = False >digest_size_threshhold = 100 >digest_send_periodic = True >digest_header = """Daily digest for %(list_name)s""" Actually, my comment about one string is wrong. The first string ends at 'digest_header = '. Then there is some invalid config_list input and the start of another string. > >digest_footer = """You have been sent this message because you which ends here. >are subscribed to Voluntary Action Westminster's >%(list_name)s mailing list. > >To SUBSCRIBE to or UNSUBCRIBE from any of our >mailing lists, log on to www.vawcvs.org, and >click on 'Mailing lists'. Alternatively, >send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] detailing >the changes you would like us to make and >your request will be dealt with promptly.""" and then another string starts here. >digest_volume_frequency = 1 >advertised = True >subscribe_policy = 2 >unsubscribe_policy = 1 >ban_list = [] >private_roster = 2 >obscure_addresses = True >accept_these_nonmembers = [] >hold_these_nonmembers = [] >reject_these_nonmembers = [] >discard_these_nonmembers = [] >generic_nonmember_action = 3 >forward_auto_discards = False >require_explicit_destination = True >acceptable_aliases = '' >max_num_recipients = 0 >header_filter_rules = [] >bounce_matching_headers = """ And ends here, and so on. ># Lines that *start* with a '#' are comments. >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >message-id: relay.comanche.denmark.eu >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]""" >bounce_processing = True >bounce_score_threshold = 5.0 >bounce_info_stale_after = 7 >bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings = 3 >bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings_interval = 7 >bounce_unrecognized_goes_to_list_owner = True >bounce_notify_owner_on_disable = True >bounce_notify_owner_on_removal = True >archive = True >archive_volume_frequency = 1 >nntp_host = '' >linked_newsgroup = '' >gateway_to_news = 0 >gateway_to_mail = 0 >news_moderation = 0 >news_prefix_subject_too = 1 >autorespond_postings = 0 >autoresponse_postings_text = '' >autorespond_admin = 0 >autoresponse_admin_text = '' >autorespond_requests = 0 >autoresponse_request_text = '' >autoresponse_graceperiod = 90 >filter_content = False >filter_mime_types = '' >pass_mime_types = """multipart/mixed >multipart/alternative >text/plain""" >convert_html_to_plaintext = False >filter_action = 0 >topics_enabled = 0 >topics_bodylines_limit = 5 >new_member_options = 256 >member_moderation_action = 2 >member_moderation_notice = '' >topics = [] > >""" The extraneous triple quotes don't explain why config_list hangs. If I feed that file to config_list, I get Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/config_list", line 362, in ? main() File "bin/config_list", line 357, in main do_input(listname, infile, checkonly, verbose) File "bin/config_list", line 263, in do_input execfile(infile, globals) File "z", line 45 digest_header = """Daily digest for %(list_name)s""" ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax which is exactly what I expected to get. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. 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