SID-01195: notification for 1 Web displays changes since 1970

Status:	Unanswered	TWiki version:	4.1.2	Perl version:	v5.8.3
Category:	NotificationPlugin	Server OS:	Red Hat Linux release 9, 2.4.34-5.2.wrismp	Last update:	15 years ago

I am administering a Twiki where only one of the Web's notifications email nightly all changes since for the past 4 months instead of the daily changes like the other Webs and says since 1970.

actual email:

** This is an automated e-mail from TWiki.

New or changed topics in TWiki.UX, since 01 Jan 1970 - 00:00:

Topics in UX web: Changed: (now 07:00) Changed by: WhatOthersDoForImageCapture 17 Mar 2011 - 17:05 - r1->r2 Kumar Mayank What Others Do For Image Capture using Mobile Camera Google App Take Image If Logged In then creates a history Computation on server Does not ... ProjectM8WA 18 Mar 2011 - 02:11 - r6->r7 Maxim Rytin

** etc....

The closest I've come to finding information is the comment in the http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/NotificationPluginDev page:

"if the {username}NotifyList topic is initially empty, the topic appears to be created in 1970 (Unix epoch) which is kind of ugly..."

I copied the entire topic text from a working Web and also found that the parent topic was removed in the past. I put back WebHome like every other notification and now I can not see any difference between this Web and the working ones.

from SupportGuidelines:

I ran configure, it only reports an error for {ScriptUrlPath}δ not set, but when I go to next it says it has changed and needs a password (also not set). I don't want to mess with our production configuration at this point. I have saved the configuration HTML, but for security reasons I will email upon request.

Server info TWiki engine: TWiki-4.1.2, Sat, 03 Mar 2007, build 13046 Plugin API: 1.11

List of installed plugins () Spread Sheet Plugin (any TWiki, 10197): Add spreadsheet calculation like "$SUM( $ABOVE() )" to TWiki tables and other topic text Action Tracker Plugin (21 May 2007, $Rev: 14907 (17 Sep 2007) $): Adds support for action tags in topics, and automatic notification of action statuses Beautifier Plugin (Dakar, $Rev: 14024 (03 Jun 2007) $): Highlights and formats code fragments Comment Plugin (Dakar, 11359): Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle Edit Table Plugin (any TWiki, 11646): Edit TWiki tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes Embed Flash Plugin (1.2.1, $Rev: 16753 (30 Apr 2008) $): Embeds an Adobe Flash file Explicit Numbering Plugin (Dakar, 6827): Use the ##., ##.. etc. notation to insert outline numbering sequences (1, 1.1, 2, 2.1) in topic's text. Support also numbered headings. Headlines Plugin (2.12, $Rev: 14854 (13 Sep 2007) $): Build news portals that show headline news based on RSS news feeds from news sites. Interwiki Plugin (Dakar, $Rev: 11935$): Link ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic Preferences Plugin (Dakar, 9839): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form Render List Plugin (any TWiki, 1.034): Render bullet lists in a variety of formats Sectional Edit Plugin (Dakar, 17 Aug 2006): Allows the user to break a topic into sections for individual editing. Slide Show Plugin (Any TWiki, $Rev: 12847$): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings. Smilies Plugin (Dakar, 8154): Render smilies as icons, like for or for = :eek:= Spaced Wiki Word Plugin (Dakar, $Rev: 13635 (05 May 2007) $): Display TWiki links spaced out Table Plugin (1.020, 12339): Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns Tag Cloud Plugin (v1.01, $Rev: 14859 (13 Sep 2007) $): Renders a tag cloud given a list of terms Tag Me Plugin (TWiki 4, 1.044): Tag wiki content collectively to find content by keywords Toc Plugin (Dakar, 6827): Sophisticated table of contents generation Twisty Plugin (1.2.0, $Rev: 12154$): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically Wolfram Stuff Plugin (1.000): This is a simple Plugin which expands Bug tags on Twiki to the appropriate long URLs. Wysiwyg Plugin (Dakar, 12422): Translator framework for Wysiwyg editors

Web Server version $ /usr/local/apache/sbin/httpd -v Server version: Apache/1.3.34 (Unix) Server built: Apr 5 2006 16:59:27

Server OS version uname -a Linux <name removed> 2.4.34-5.2.wrismp #1 SMP Sat Jul 7 19:30:21 CDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Perl version and variant $ perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.3 built for i686-linux

Client info Red Hat Linux release 9 (Shrike) web server

Error info Email notification displays past 4 month of changes instead of daily changes. Other Webs in Twiki work correctly. Also says all changes since 1970.

Nothing noticeable in web error logs during time notifications go out (2am).

Only error in 'configure' is {ScriptUrlPath}δ is not set. May have been set manually by previous admin.

-- AndrewPuschak - 2011-06-02

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