>> Prior to Mailman 2.1.9, the error would have occurred once and the >> message would have been lost. Beginning in 2.1.9, a queue file >> backup/recovery mechanism was implemented which allowed messages that >> were in process when a crash occurred to be recovered, but the problem >> here is that if the message itself causes the crash, a loop occurs >> such as you experienced. This is addressed in 2.1.10b3 by counting the >> number of times a .bak file has been recovered and moving it aside >> after 3 tries. >> >> It would be wonderful if you could install the latest >> Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py from >> <http://codebrowse.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/files> >> and see if this mitigates the problem. >> > Ok, I will definitely try this.
Yes, it does solve the problem of processing on the lists stopping completely. I'll keep that file in my Mailman! Thank-you. Now to just work out the root cause of the memory errors ... Lachlan
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