[hypermail] Setup error - set_folder_by_date

From: Kissman, Paul (BLC) <"Kissman,_at_hypermail-project.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:27:52 -0400
Message-Id: <D1C2C4674A3F6C40AFDD047486F816A6172BB5_at_ES-MSG-005.es.govt.state.ma.us>

I hope somebody can help me.

What might this error mean?

Error set_folder_by_date msg 0 num_from_gdbm 2

I've been trying to set up Hypermail to work on my system and thought I'd gotten it yesterday. But then, a new month started today on October 1st.

We are running on a Linux (VALinux/Redhat) box with sendmail. We run about 15 lists that majordomo has been archiving in monthly files (e.g., construction.0309 in a Unix mailbox format). I don't seem to have any trouble importing archival mailboxes into a new hypermail archive through the -m option

I am using a list called construction_at_mlin.lib.ma.us for testing the hypermail setup

I have set up a config file construction.hmrc in /mlin/hypermail/ I have added the following alias to my /etc/aliases/file

construction-list: "|/usr/local/bin/hypermail -i -u -d /mlin/wwwtest/hypermail-archives/construction/ -c /mlin/hypermail/construction.hmrc"

I have looked very carefully at ownership and permissions and don't see any problems with the MTA accessing any of the files it needs to.

I am using the folder_by_date method.

The setup seemed to work yesterday, the last day of September. I allowed it to create the construction folder and September created itself.

However, today, October 1st, I sent another test message. The mailer sent me an unknown message.

When I tried to emulate the process by piping the mailbox through, I get the following error:

cat /mlin/www/mailing-list-archives/construction.0310 |/usr/local/bin/hypermail -i -u -d
/mlin/wwwtest/hypermail-archives/constructi on/ -c /mlin/hypermail/construction.hmrc -p The "showhr" option has been deprecated. Ignoring it. Reading old headers...
hypermail: Error set_folder_by_date msg 0 num_from_gdbm 2 Broken pipe

What does this mean?

Any help would be appreciated.

Here is my config file. I am still playing with some of the options

# First try by pjk: 09/30/2003

# Options affecting both messages and index pages
language="en"
isodate=1

#Header Options

label="MLIN Construction Mailing List Archives" usetable=0
hmail="construction_at_mlin.lib.ma.us"

#Miscellaneous

stripsubject = "construction"
mailto=none
domainaddr=mlin.lib.ma.us

# Index page options

folder_by_date="%y%m"
defaultindex=date
default_top_index=folders
avoid_top_indices=attachment
attachmentsindex=0
latest_folder=current

# Index body style

indextable=0
reverse=1
reverse_folders=1
icss_url=/mlin/wwwtest/css/hypermail.css
# this next line doesn't seem to do anything
describe_folder="%b %e, %Y"

# Index headers/footers

archives=/hypermail-archives/index.html
about=/hypermail-archives/construction/about.html
# ihtmlheaderfile=/hypermail-archives/indexheader.hyp
# ihtmlfooterfile=/hypermail-archives/indexfooter.hyp

# Message page options

showhtml=2
showhr=1
iquotes=1
mcss_url=/mlin/wwwtest/css/hypermail.css quote_hide_threshold=100

# Message page links

linkquotes=1
searchbackmsgnum=100
link_to_replies=none
quote_link_string=none
# spamprotect=1
# spamprotect_id=1

# Message page headers/footers

showreplies=1
show_msg_links=1
show_index_links=1
showheaders=1
show_headers=From,Subject,Date
# mhtmlheaderfile=
# mhtmlfooterfile=

# Attachments

inlinehtml=0
usemeta=0
prefered_types=text/plain
ignore_types=text/x-vcard
save_alts=0

# System Administration
# Message input

increment=1

# Message Filtering

# filter_out =
# filter_require
# filter_out_full_body=
# filter_require_full_body=

# Filesystem output

dir=/mlin/wwwtest/hypermail-archives/construction htmlsuffix=html
dirmode=0755
filemode=0664

# System miscellaneous

usegdbm=1
# may want to turn this next one on to get rid of majordomo archive
files
append=0
uselock=1
base_url=http://work.mlin.org/hypermail-archives/

Paul J. Kissman
Library Information Systems Specialist
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners 648 Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02215
paul.kissman_at_state.ma.us
www.mlin.lib.ma.us or www.mlin.org
617-267-9400 / 800-952-7403 (in-state)
Fax: 617-421-9833 Received on Wed 01 Oct 2003 02:31:16 PM GMT