I am setting multiple mail lists using Server Admin (When I try to set
them up via the web interface i get an error). I have had three lists
running for a couple of weeks with no problems. today, I started
setting up another 30 - 40 lists and started having problems.
1. I had set up all the lists and then did a save and exited Server
Admin. When i next launched Server Admin about half of the lists were
not there nor were their directories in the lists directory of the
mailman directory.
2. I recreated the lists - this time saving every 3 to 4 lists. this
seemed to work. Now when I go back to Server Admin, it takes a long
time for the General Mail window to update. When it comes up, all the
checkboxes have a blue background with a hyphen in them instead of
having a check mark or being blank. When I click on the Mailing List
tab, the Enable mailing list checkbox also has a blue background and a
hyphen in it instead of a check.
If I check the box, it displays a dialog that says no mailing lists
have been created. I did not save here (not a complete idiot). All the
directories have been created in the mailman lists folder and each
contains two files - config.pck and config.pck.last. I can access the
lists admin pages and have posted to a couple of the lists and they
worked.
There is one site running on the server. In Server admin the enabled
checkbox for that site will not stay checked. I can check it, save,
close Server Admin and when I come back to it, it is unchecked. I don't
know if this part of the problem. I believe that it has been like that
since the server was setup and it had been working fine including the
lists that have been working for a while. I am hesitant to check it and
save changes in fear of losing the mail lists that are working. Will
checking save in the web section save the state of the mail section?
Any help on what would cause Server Admin to behave this way would be
greatly appreciated.
