On 5/17/09 5:49 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > David Newman wrote: > >> On 5/13/09 10:06 PM, David Newman wrote: >>> Mailman 2.1.12 >>> >>> Had a server crash. Built a new server, compiled MM 2.1.12 from source >>> and restored the lists, data, and archives from a backup. >>> >>> Messages are going to the list but most aren't getting archived, with >>> errors like the one pasted below. >>> >>> This has come up before: >>> >>> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2007-May/057100.html >>> >>> I'm wary about screwing up the digests, so two questions: > > > The above issue is the same exception, but it's a totally different > cause. > > >>> 1. Is there any way of clearing this error without renaming/moving the >>> digest? >>> >>> 2. If I do move the digest, will the messages that didn't get archived >>> then make it into the archive? Or will archiving work only for those >>> messages from that point forward? > > > This one has to be fixed in a different way. It has nothing to do with > digests. > > >> Sorry for replying to my own email, but I've noticed it's only HTML >> email that produces this error, and doesn't go into the archives. >> >> How to remedy (without clobbering the digest, that is)? > > > This is a known incompatibility between Mailman 2.1.12 and the Python > email 3.0.2 package. email 3.0.2 is part of Python 2.4.4 through > 2.4.6, and these are the only Python versions that have this problem > with Mailman 2.1.12. > > There is a long thread about this in the bug report at > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/328353> which also contains a > patch to (in your case) /usr/local/lib/python2.4/email/Charset.py. > > There is also an Update - March 2009: about this near the bottom of the > FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/pYA9> which contains a direct link to > the Charset.py patch. > > You could upgrade Python to 2.5.x or 2.6.x to fix this, but the easiest > fix is to apply the patch to /usr/local/lib/python2.4/email/Charset.py > and restart Mailman. Then you can run bin/unshunt to process the > shunted messages to the archive.
Thanks, Mark. Upgrading Python and running unshunt (which previously I didn't know about) appears to have made this archive whole. Thanks again. dn > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 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://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
