Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Borks on Large Attachments

2008-02-07 Thread Lachlan Michael
> Lachlan Michael wrote: >> >>One more data point. An attachment of 500-600kB was ok, but an attachment >>of 1.5MB was not. >> >>For the 1.5MB file case, the memory errors just kept coming until the >> .bak >>file was left in place, and not moved away. Does this point to the mail >>just being too

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Borks on Large Attachments

2008-02-06 Thread Mark Sapiro
Lachlan Michael wrote: > >One more data point. An attachment of 500-600kB was ok, but an attachment >of 1.5MB was not. > >For the 1.5MB file case, the memory errors just kept coming until the .bak >file was left in place, and not moved away. Does this point to the mail >just being too big for pytho

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Borks on Large Attachments

2008-02-06 Thread Lachlan Michael
> >>> 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

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Borks on Large Attachments

2008-02-05 Thread Barry Warsaw
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 5, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Lachlan Michael wrote: > Now to just work out the root cause of the memory errors ... It's important to remember that Python's email parsing code sucks the entire message text into memory and keeps large attachments in m

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Borks on Large Attachments

2008-02-05 Thread Lachlan Michael
>> 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

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Borks on Large Attachments

2008-02-04 Thread Lachlan Michael
Mark Sapiro さんは書きました: > Lachlan Michael wrote: > >> I have a problem when using mailman. The problem manifests itself when a >> user sends a largish attachment (say 300kB) such as a digital camera >> picture to a list. The lists I run are small private groups and if >> possible I would like to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Borks on Large Attachments

2008-02-04 Thread Mark Sapiro
Lachlan Michael wrote: > >I have a problem when using mailman. The problem manifests itself when a >user sends a largish attachment (say 300kB) such as a digital camera >picture to a list. The lists I run are small private groups and if >possible I would like to allow users to send these kind of a

[Mailman-Users] Mailman Borks on Large Attachments

2008-02-04 Thread Lachlan Michael
Dear Mailman List, I have a problem when using mailman. The problem manifests itself when a user sends a largish attachment (say 300kB) such as a digital camera picture to a list. The lists I run are small private groups and if possible I would like to allow users to send these kind of attachment