Temp. fix for ticket #71

INSTALL

@@ -438,8 +438,7 @@ add the following line inside root's crontab::
 Replace mailng_dir with the installation path of MailNG.
 
 By default, messages older than 14 days are automatically purged. You
-can modify this value by changing the variable MAX_MESSAGES_AGE inside
-settings.py.
+can modify this value by changing the MAX_MESSAGES_AGE parameter in the admin panel.
 
 Using the statistics plugin
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@@ -526,4 +525,4 @@ Last but not least, modify the SECRET_KEY parameter and choose a new
 value (exactly 16 characters). This key is really important, it is
 used to encrypt/decrypt user passwords stored inside sessions. 
 
-Do not communicate this key to anyone!!
+Do not communicate this key to anyone!!

lib/db.py

@@ -13,13 +13,18 @@ def mysql_newconnection(host, dbname, login, password):
     return MySQLdb.connect(host=host, db=dbname, user=login, passwd=password)
 
 def getconnection(name):
-    if not name in connections.keys():
+#    if not name in connections.keys():
+    if True:
         from django.conf import settings
         
         cfg = settings.DB_CONNECTIONS[name]
         if cfg["driver"] == "mysql":
             conn = mysql_newconnection(cfg["host"], cfg["dbname"], cfg["login"], 
                                        cfg["password"])
+
+        if connections.has_key(name):
+            close(connections[name])
+
         connections[name] = conn
     return connections[name]