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Subject: Re: newconfig stops working.
From: Phil Stracchino <alaric @ babcom . com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 11:12:09 -0700 (PDT)
To: Chiaki . Ishikawa @ personal-media . co . jp (Chiaki Ishikawa)
Cc: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com (MajorDomo Users)
In-reply-to: <199804101324.WAA16707@sparc18.personal-media.co.jp> from Chiaki Ishikawa at "Apr 10, 98 10:24:34 pm"

> Lately, I was asked to change the setting of a few features, and I
> used config to obtain the configuration file of the list in question
> and then sent it back after modification by newconfig.
> 
> Well, for some strange reasons, the newconfig doesn't accept my new
> configuration and reported back an error.
> 
> I recall that I used the config/newconfig in the past, the last time
> probably last summer and it worked flawlessly.
> 
> After some experimentation this time, however, I found that the
> newconfig even refuses to accept the UNMODIFIED config that it sent me
> when I issued config.  Further the error message suggests that
> something is totally broken.  But I am not sure what (maybe upgraded
> perl?).


Try this sequence of operations:


	writeconfig yourlist

	config yourlist

	[edit config file]

	newconfig yourlist


The writeconfig command will write a clean, correctly formatted config
file for you using the current settings that majordomo is using for your
list.


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