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 > [log in to unmask] >