Re: [cobalt-users] Re:Listserv Software for Raq3

[Brent Sims <bs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Jeff Lasman wrote:

} Including a test-run of Mailman which I'll be trying in the next few
} days.  Any suggestions as to anything I need to know specific to a
} Cobalt-based install?

Hi Jeff,

	The only problems we've ran into are that mailman requires
some additions to the httpd.conf file and, well, we renumbered quite
a few times this year (upstreams going into bankruptcy) and the
mailman additions were overwritten each time we reset the network
settings on our Cobalt boxes. I'm sure you'd see this possibility
during the install though. Stale lock files, I'm sure, cause most of
the problems I've seen on this list and those that we've experienced
with our installations. I'm really not sure about this but I believe
them to be the result of users that don't log out. When weird things
start happening take a peek in .../mailman/locks/ and clean up the
mess (cron is your friend :-). Other than those blasted stale lock
files (figuring out the reason why mailman just stopped working
took quite a bit of effort the first time it happened here), Mailman
truly rocks. Administration is a breeze and our users love it. The
only thing I don't like about it is the directory permissions
mailman requires to run are a bit too loose for my taste.

	Peace be with you,

	Brent Sims
	WebOkay Internet Services, LLC
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