Mailman 3 September 2000 - Mailman-Developers

Re: [Mailman-Developers] Mailman password and administrative reminders
by Dan Mick 14 Aug '03

14 Aug '03

? This very message came to me with the following header: Errors-To: mailman-developers-admin(a)python.org All my bounces come to the list admin address, set in the admin webpage, in the second field of General Options. Do you have that set to something, and bounces still come to root? > 2. Bounces are sent to the poor postmaster instead of a -admin address. > I'm not entirely certain, but I think an Errors-To: header or something > like that in all Mailman messages might allow one to distribute that load > somewhat.

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List-* header suggestion
by John A. Martin 05 Oct '00

05 Oct '00

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Would the long List-* header fields be more attractive and easier to read if they were folded something like the following? List-Subscribe: <http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers>, <mailto:mailman-developers-request@python.org?subject=subscribe> List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers>, <mailto:mailman-developers-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe> Perhaps folding after the comma would be OK unless the whole field is not greater than, say, 78 characters? jam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: OpenPGP encrypted mail preferred. See <http://www.gnupg.org/> iEYEARECAAYFAjnUnu8ACgkQUEvv1b/iXy9sBQCdEyGhXrxIs/9Vkpcc31wOPn7e iE8AoJPTJaw6bTSBHD1+TU5KNZVcs/ij =jNfW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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another weird mailman problem.
by Chuq Von Rospach 05 Oct '00

05 Oct '00

This just showed up in my logs... --- Sep 26 13:07:01 2000 (6974) Bhawks-l: lvymay(a)worldnet.fr - exceeded limits Sep 26 13:07:01 2000 (6974) Bhawks-l: disabled lvymay(a)worldnet.fr Sep 26 13:07:01 2000 (6974) Bouncer exception: body Sep 26 13:07:01 2000 (6974) Traceback (innermost last): File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Bouncers/BouncerAPI.py", line 65, in ScanMessages mlist.RegisterBounce(addr, msg) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Bouncer.py", line 141, in RegisterBounce self.HandleBouncingAddress(addr, msg) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Bouncer.py", line 236, in HandleBouncingAddress text = text + \ AttributeError: body ---- I don't remember seeing this one before. -- Chuq Von Rospach - Plaidworks Consulting (mailto:chuqui@plaidworks.com) Apple Mail List Gnome (mailto:chuq@apple.com) And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say 'Man, what are you doing here?'"

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Itchy, and thus subscribing
by Jeff Waugh 03 Oct '00

03 Oct '00

Hi all, I'm just kicking in with Python, having had an insane Python devotee whispering it in my ear for the past six months, so I've been looking for code to peruse, and hopefully contribute to. Given that I use mailman on a daily basis (actively and passively), and I have a couple of itches, I thought I should join up, and read up. One thing I'd like to do, that doesn't seem to appear on the TODO list, is provide an extra option for moderators: bouncing to another address. Dealing with a few lists, I find that some useful emails are sent to inappropriate addresses, and it would be cool to just bounce 'em out instead of cutting them off. Anyhow, I have to go read the code before I get all ambitious, don't I? Of course, I ought to thank you all for a kickarse piece of software too. :) - Jeff -- jdub(a)aphid.net ----------------------------------- http://slug.org.au/ -- Ye shall be cursed to fall in love so easily, and yet be so cold of heart as never to express it.

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] List-* header suggestion
by Nigel Metheringham 01 Oct '00

01 Oct '00

jarrell(a)vt.edu said: > Umm, the headers *are* folded.. In the very note that arrived from > you, they were folded that way. Unless a friendly MTA on the way to > me folded them for me, or unfolded them for you... chuqui(a)plaidworks.com said: > they aren't on my site, ron -- it' spossible you have an MTA that > *is* folding them for you. Does it do laundry, too? > Folding them would be a good idea, IMHO. I see the ones on the mailman-* lists as folded. I see the ones from the exim lists (again Mailman 2.0beta6) as unfolded. An MTA is playing silly games with the headers which is normally the sort of gratuitous fiddling that sendmail does... except the system that is playing games appears to be a postfix one (I expected better from Wietse). I do agree that they *should* be folded by mailman when generated. BTW Ron, any chance you could get rid of the gratuitous HTML multiparts. [They bugger the archives apart from anything else] Nigel. -- [ - Opinions expressed are personal and may not be shared by VData - ] [ Nigel Metheringham Nigel.Metheringham(a)VData.co.uk ] [ Phone: +44 1423 850000 Fax +44 1423 858866 ]

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bug report
by Gunther Stammwitz 01 Oct '00

01 Oct '00

Bug in Mailman version 1.1 We're sorry, we hit a bug! If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy of this page to the webmaster for this site with a description of what happened. Thanks! Traceback: Traceback (innermost last): File "/home/mailman/scripts/driver", line 112, in run_main main() File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py", line 83, in main is_auth = list.WebAuthenticate(password=adminpw, File "/home/mailman/Mailman/SecurityManager.py", line 83, in WebAuthenticate return self.CheckCookie(cookie_key) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/SecurityManager.py", line 117, in CheckCookie if cookiedata[keylen+1] <> '"' and cookiedata[-1] <> '"': IndexError: string index out of range -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Environment variables: Variable Value DOCUMENT_ROOT /usr/local/httpd/htdocs SERVER_ADDR 195.94.87.243 HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING gzip, deflate REMOTE_HOST pd9017f5b.dip.t-dialin.net SERVER_PORT 80 PATH_TRANSLATED /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/hvgg-abi2001 REMOTE_ADDR 217.1.127.91 UNIQUE_ID OdZpCcNeV-IAACOrLQs HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE de GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1 SERVER_NAME www.edu-search.de HTTP_CONNECTION Keep-Alive HTTP_USER_AGENT Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; QXW03304) HTTP_ACCEPT image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, */* REQUEST_URI /mailman/admindb/hvgg-abi2001 PATH /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin QUERY_STRING SCRIPT_FILENAME /home/mailman/cgi-bin/admindb PATH_INFO /hvgg-abi2001 HTTP_HOST www.edu-search.de REQUEST_METHOD GET SERVER_SIGNATURE SCRIPT_NAME /mailman/admindb SERVER_ADMIN root(a)edu-search.de SERVER_SOFTWARE Apache/1.3.12 (SuSE/Linux) PYTHONPATH /home/mailman HTTP_COOKIE sid=1033263952 SERVER_PROTOCOL HTTP/1.1 REMOTE_PORT 1614

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Multiple messages comming out...
by Paul Nicholas Faure 29 Sep '00

29 Sep '00

I sent one message to anounce@engsoc, and mailman is sending it out every half hour. logs/post: ... Sep 29 12:12:04 2000 (21880) post to announce from paul(a)engsoc.carleton.ca, size=673, 9 failures Sep 29 12:42:05 2000 (23424) post to announce from paul(a)engsoc.carleton.ca, size=673, 9 failures Sep 29 13:12:03 2000 (24652) post to announce from paul(a)engsoc.carleton.ca, size=673, 9 failures Sep 29 13:42:02 2000 (25800) post to announce from paul(a)engsoc.carleton.ca, size=673, 9 failures logs/error: Sep 29 13:12:03 2000 (24652) Delivery exception: I/O operation on closed file Sep 29 13:12:03 2000 (24652) Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/HandlerAPI.py", line 82, in do_pipeline func(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py", line 106, in process mlist.RegisterBounce(recip, msg, saveifdirty=0) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Bouncer.py", line 144, in RegisterBounce self.HandleBouncingAddress(addr, msg) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Bouncer.py", line 242, in HandleBouncingAddress msg.rewindbody() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/pythonlib/rfc822.py", line 104, in rewindbody self.fp.seek(self.startofbody) ValueError: I/O operation on closed file Any ideas ? I don't know anything about python. Thanks for your help. -- Paul Faure paul(a)paulfaure.com Carleton University Systems Engineer 3rd Year paul(a)porkchop.org Engsoc Admin/BOG Technical Director paul(a)engsoc.org

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] Multiple messages comming out...
by bwarsaw＠beopen.com 29 Sep '00

29 Sep '00

Try 2.0b6. I fixed some dup bugs between the two releases. -Barry

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] I patched syncmail to look prettier to my eyes.
by zooko＠mad-scientist.com 29 Sep '00

29 Sep '00

> zooko(a)mad-scientist.com writes: > > Notice that I discovered syncmail, and learned how to use it, by > > following the instructions on SourceForge. > > So I was right! Documentation *is* useful! Even for little hacks > like syncmail. Yeah -- it was great: everybody gave me kudos for connecting CVS commits to our mailing list, and we all immediately started using CVS commit mail to keep track of our project. Sometimes easy and simple hacks are the most valuable! Thanks! Regards, Zooko

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] I patched syncmail to look prettier to my eyes.
by zooko＠mad-scientist.com 29 Sep '00

29 Sep '00

> Barry A. Warsaw writes: > > Fred was just musing that the syncmail script, is both a historical > > misnomer, and seems to be used in a lot of projects now. He wondered > > whether we should rename it and make it more available to the > > SourceForge community at large. I'd be all for that, and am willing > > to add it as a Python snippet on SF. > > Snippets don't have documentation; syncmail does: Notice that I discovered syncmail, and learned how to use it, by following the instructions on SourceForge. By the way, thanks for Python, guys. Python rocks. Mojo Nation would not be deployed today if it weren't for Python. Regards, Zooko

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Mailman-Developers September 2000