Hi. Hope someone can help. We are running Majordomo version 1.94.4.
We have been trying to set up a digest list. We have read the O'Reilly
book on "Mailing Lists" and we have read numerous articles about how to
set up a digest. After attempting everything, our digest is not
working.
Here's what we have done. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
1. We created two lists: oes2-test and oes2-test-digest following
normal
procedures for a new mailing list.
2. We modified our aliases file to look as follows:
oes2-test: "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper resend -s -l
oes2-test -f oes2-test-owner -h fiu.edu oes2-test-list"
oes2-test-list: :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/oes2-test,
"|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper digest -r -C -l oes2-test-digest
oes2-test-digest-list"
owner-oes2-test: mariam@fiu.edu
oes2-test-owner: owner-oes2-test
oes2-test-request: "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper majordomo -l
oes2-test"
oes2-test-approval: owner-oes2-test
oes2-test-digest: oes2-test
oes2-test-digest-list:
:include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/oes2-test-digest
owner-oes2-test-digest: owner-oes2-test
oes2-test-digest-owner: owner-oes2-test
oes2-test-digest-request: "|/usr/local/majordomo/wrapper majordomo -l
oes2-test-digest"
oes2-test-digest-approval: owner-oes2-test
3. We looked in our majordomo.cf file for the imporant variables and
their definitions and found the following:
$digest_work_dir = "/usr/local/mail/digest"
$filedir = "$listdir"
$listdir = "$homedir/lists"
$homedir = "/usr/local/majordomo"
$filedir_suffix = ".archive"
4. We then created the following directories:
/usr/local/mail/digest/oes2-test-digest
/usr/local/majordomo/lists/oes2-test-digest.archive
They are both owned by "majordomo" and majordomo can write to them.
5. We modified the oes2-test-digest.config file and changed the
following
parameters:
digest_issue=1
digest_volume=1
digest_maxdays=1
digest_maxlines=5
maxlength=2000000
6. We then attempted to test the digest. I sent a one-line message
to oes2-test (to which I am not subscribed anymore, but I am subscribed
to the oes2-test-digest mailing list) and received no e-mail. I then
attempted
to send a second e-mail with more than 10 lines, and still get no
e-mail.
7. When we check in the
/usr/local/majordomo/lists/oes2-test-digest.archive
and in the /usr/local/mail/digest/oes2-test-digest directories, we find
no files.
(Isn't majordomo supposed to start keeping these files here?)
8. Also, we are not sure where to go to look at a Log of what is going
wrong.
Any ideas where the Majordomo Log is kept? We found a Log file
in $homedir/Log but it only shows commands that our users are
sending to Majordomo (like unsubscribes, etc.). We cannot find a log
showing
what is going wrong with our digest.
9. We also tried sending majordomo the "mkdigest <list>
<list-password> command
but we get this error message back:
>>>> mkdigest oes2-test oes2-test-348
mj_digest: ABORT
Can't create new config file
/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.4/lists/oes2-test.config
Why is majordomo trying to create a new config file when that already
exists?
We think we are close to getting this to work, but we need some help.
Any help provided will be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks!
--
Maria Purvis
Coordinator
Operations & Systems Programming
Charles Perry Building, Room 417C
Office Phone: (305)348-2699
Office Fax: (305)348-3686
Cellular/Pager: (305)796-9514
E-mail: mariam@fiu.edu
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