On Sat, 10 Dec 2016 12:19:09 -0800 Mark Sapiro <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/10/2016 11:30 AM, Dave Stevens wrote: > > in a new setup I have a problem with the would-be subscriber > > sending to list-request and the /var/log/mailman/subscribe file > > shows the request at an appropriate place with the correct info and > > status "pending" > > > A confirmation request email was sent and Mailman is waiting for the > user's confirmation. > > > > The user has not received a verification email. Where should I look > > to see what has happened? I've checked the mailman administration > > page for that list and see no pending admin tasks. Mailman 2.1.16 > > on a ubuntu 14.04 system. > > > Look in the system's mail log for the disposition of the confirmation > request (very close in time to the subscribe log message). Most > likely, it will have been sent and accepted by the MX for the user's > domain. > > If so, the user should look in the her spam folder. > > Other possibilities are the user's ISP silently discarded or rejected > the message after accepting it. In the latter case there should be a > DSN logged in your mail log and possibly something in Mailman's > bounce log. > > All this assumes nothing seriously wrong happened in Mailman, but if > it did, there should be something in Mailman's error log. > very good, I'll check those places. Thanks a lot! d -- Reporter to Mahatma Ghandi after his tour of east London "What do you think of western civilization, Mr. Ghandi?" Ghandi - "I think it would be an excellent idea!" ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
