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| author | bwarsaw | 2000-03-22 04:35:39 +0000 |
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| committer | bwarsaw | 2000-03-22 04:35:39 +0000 |
| commit | ca232700830bb510dbc7e595ed15acb4103ef298 (patch) | |
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@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS -1. If from the web you get "document contains no data" +1. How do you spell this program? + + You spell it "Mailman", with a leading capital "M" and a + lowercase second "m". It is incorrect to spell it "MailMan" + (i.e. you should not use StudlyCaps). + +2. If from the web you get "document contains no data" If mail isn't getting delivered If you see "Premature end of script headers" If you see "Mailman CGI error!!!" @@ -39,13 +45,13 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS GID mismatch, then you should get an entry at the end of /var/log/syslog identifying the expected and received values. -2. If the web pages hang: +3. If the web pages hang: CERN Web servers might leave Python processes running, and in some cases might hang the CGI completely. In that case, switch to Apache. -3. Check ~mailman/logs/error periodically: +4. Check ~mailman/logs/error periodically: Many of the scripts have their stderr logged to ~mailman/logs/error, and some of the modules write caught errors @@ -62,7 +68,7 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS to force byte compilation of a file, or just fire up the Python interpreter and try importing the module. -4. Other debugging aids +5. Other debugging aids If you get exceptions in the log and/or Web pages, and these are complaining that files could not be opened, you might like to @@ -77,13 +83,13 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS will handle many other cases where files are unsuccessfully referenced. -5. Why doesn't the archive link work? +6. Why doesn't the archive link work? Have any messages been posted to the list? This is a known buglet; the archive link doesn't work until at least one message has been posted. -6. Okay, the archive link works, but I can't access the public +7. Okay, the archive link works, but I can't access the public archives. If you are using Apache, you must make sure that FollowSymLinks @@ -94,11 +100,11 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS http://www.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/1998-November/000173.html -7. Still having problems? Running on Linux? +8. Still having problems? Running on Linux? See the README.LINUX file. -8. I want to get rid of some messages in my archive. How do I do +9. I want to get rid of some messages in my archive. How do I do this? David Rocher posts the following recipe: @@ -107,9 +113,9 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS . edit $prefix/archives/private/<listname>.mbox/<listname>.mbox [optional] . run $prefix/bin/arch <listname> -9. I set member_posting_only to yes because I want to limit posts to - members only, however it seems like all messages coming from - members are held for approval. +10. I set member_posting_only to yes because I want to limit posts to + members only, however it seems like all messages coming from + members are held for approval. There appears to be a problem on some systems where the envelope sender (e.g. the Unix "From " line) is set incorrectly. This will @@ -147,7 +153,7 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS However, read the comments about this variable in the Defaults.py file for a full discussion of the issues. -10. How secure are the authentication mechanisms used in Mailman's web +11. How secure are the authentication mechanisms used in Mailman's web interface? If your Mailman installation run on an SSL-enabled web server |
