It is also the same error you get when the "path" pointing to where the
list archives/notebooks are stored, is incorrect.

It would be more informative to have the actual error that is written
to the log with the trace back info.

--Trish

On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, David Silberberg wrote:

> At 11:55 AM 12/2/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >I have 2 lists that always seem to keep getting held on me and everytime I
> >free them I get the following:
> >
> >
> >The RA-MAHZOR list has been freed, 4 files have been released.
> >
> >then I get this..
> >
> >An error occurred while logging mail  to the archives of the RA-MAHZOR
> >list. An incomplete copy of the message might  be present in the archive
> file.
> >Thelist is being held to prevent further occurrences of this error.
>
>
> This happens to our list when we run out of disk space for the
> digest/archives/index/or whatever the hell the list needs disk space for.
>
> You free the list, it tries to send messages AND copy them to the digest
> space, but can't - so, instead of losing digest messages, it "holds" the list.
>
> You need to free up space - either by deleting some archive files yourself,
> or having the site maintainer do it.
>
>
>
> David Silberberg
> Blues-l Co-list-mom
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