Mailman 3 April 2001 - Mailman-Developers

syncmail - patch to handle filenames with spaces
by Gregory P . Smith April 27, 2001

April 27, 2001

This qualifies as a hack in my book, but it works well for our repository. I modified an unknown version of the python syncmail script on our CVS server to properly deal with filenames in the cvs repository that have spaces in them. Attached are the patch against our previous version of syncmail and an actual copy of our whole syncmail script (since it has no obvious version numbers, etc). Why send this here? A friend pointed me to the mailman project as being the maintainers of the python syncmail script. I hope he's right (i didn't see anything obvious mentioning such on the webpage). Previously the version of syncmail we used would send emails saying "***** Broken: Foo no such file" instead of showing the diff of the file named 'Foo goes to the bar' (ie: a filename with evil spaces in it). With this it works with spaces. enjoy or ignore, Greg

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] RFC 2919 on List-Id (fwd)
by J C Lawrence April 26, 2001

April 26, 2001

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:59:36 -0400 Jay R Ashworth <jra(a)baylink.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 01:03:01AM -0700, J C Lawrence wrote: >>> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC >>> libraries. > What, you're crossing *this* one, and you didn't cross RFC 2821 > and RFC 2822? :-) Yup, There's not that much actually new in 2821 and 2822. 2919 is actually *new*. -- J C Lawrence claw(a)kanga.nu ---------(*) http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ --=| A man is as sane as he is dangerous to his environment |=--

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RFC 2919 on List-Id (fwd)
by J C Lawrence April 26, 2001

April 26, 2001

>To: IETF-Announce: ; >Subject: RFC 2919 on List-Id >Cc: rfc-ed(a)ISI.EDU >Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 16:50:44 -0700 >From: RFC Editor <rfc-ed(a)ISI.EDU> > > > > >A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. > > > RFC 2919 > > Title: List-Id: A Structured Field and Namespace for the > Identification of Mailing Lists > Author(s): R. Chandhok, G. Wenger > Status: Standards Track > Date: March 2001 > Mailbox: chandhok(a)within.com, wenger(a)within.com > Pages: 9 > Characters: 18480 > Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None > > I-D Tag: draft-chandhok-listid-04.txt > > URL: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2919.txt > > >Software that handles electronic mailing list messages (servers >and user agents) needs a way to reliably identify messages that >belong to a particular mailing list. With the advent of list >management headers, it has become even more important >to provide a unique identifier for a mailing list regardless of >the particular host that serves as the list processor at any >given time. > >The List-Id header provides a standard location for such an >identifier. In addition, a namespace for list identifiers >based on fully qualified domain names is described. This >namespace is intended to guarantee uniqueness for list owners >who require it, while allowing for a less rigorous namespace >for experimental and personal use. > >By including the List-Id field, list servers can make it easier >for mail clients to provide automated tools for users to >perform list functions. The list identifier can serve as a key >to make many automated processing tasks easier, and hence more >widely available. > >This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol. > >This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for >the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions >for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the >"Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the >standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution >of this memo is unlimited. > >This announcement is sent to the IETF list and the RFC-DIST list. >Requests to be added to or deleted from the IETF distribution list >should be sent to IETF-REQUEST(a)IETF.ORG. Requests to be >added to or deleted from the RFC-DIST distribution list should >be sent to RFC-DIST-REQUEST(a)RFC-EDITOR.ORG. > >Details on obtaining RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by sending >an EMAIL message to rfc-info(a)RFC-EDITOR.ORG with the message body >help: ways_to_get_rfcs. For example: > > To: rfc-info(a)RFC-EDITOR.ORG > Subject: getting rfcs > > help: ways_to_get_rfcs > >Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the >author of the RFC in question, or to RFC-Manager(a)RFC-EDITOR.ORG. Unless >specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for >unlimited distribution.echo >Submissions for Requests for Comments should be sent to >RFC-EDITOR(a)RFC-EDITOR.ORG. Please consult RFC 2223, Instructions to RFC >Authors, for further information. > > >Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza >USC/Information Sciences Institute > >... > >Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant Mail Reader >implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version >of the RFCs. > > >[The following attachment must be fetched by mail. Command-click the >URL below and send the resulting message to get the attachment.] ><mailto:RFC-INFO@RFC-EDITOR.ORG?body=RETRIEVE:%20rfc%0D%0ADOC-ID:%20rfc2919> >[The following attachment must be fetched by ftp. Command-click the >URL below to ask your ftp client to fetch it.] ><ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2919.txt> -- J C Lawrence claw(a)kanga.nu ---------(*) http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ --=| A man is as sane as he is dangerous to his environment |=--

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] (no subject)
by Ben Burnett April 19, 2001

April 19, 2001

I keep on getting duplicates of messages sent to this list. I'm replying to one of them now. I don't get duplicates of all messages just certain ones. Is anyone else getting duplicates of messages? I can put together a list of all of the duplicates I've gotten recently if anyone is interested. -Ben ------- Original Copy ------- >Subject: [Mailman-Developers] (no subject) >Date: 04/18/2001 4:30 PM >From: "Vassil " <jonny(a)dir.bg> >To: mailman-developers(a)python.org >Hello! I have a big problem with my video card. It is Nvidia ge Force 2 >MX and I can't run Linux with it! What should I do? Is there any way ? >----------------------------- >Free mail from www.dir.bg! > >_______________________________________________ >Mailman-Developers mailing list >Mailman-Developers(a)python.org >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers >

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ANNOUNCE Mailman 2.0.4
by barry＠digicool.com April 18, 2001

April 18, 2001

Folks, I've just released Mailman 2.0.4 which is simply a patch release so that Mailman works better with Python 2.1. Mailman 2.0.3 had a few constructs which caused warnings when run with Python 2.1. The unfortunate part is that those warnings could occur in the qrunner process which tended to cause cron to bombard the system administrators with email. If you upgrade your Python to 2.1, you should definitely upgrade to Mailman 2.0.4, otherwise consider it optional. As usual, I'm releasing this as both a complete tarball and as a patch against Mailman 2.0.3. You /must/ update your source to 2.0.3 before applying the 2.0.4 patch. Since the patch is small, I'm including it in this message. To apply, cd into your 2.0.4 source tree and apply it like so: % patch -p0 < mailman-2.0.3-2.0.4.txt Currently both http://mailman.sourceforge.net and http://www.list.org are updated, and I expect the gnu.org site to be updated soon as well. The release information on SF is at http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=31693 See also http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman http://www.list.org http://mailman.sourceforge.net Enjoy, -Barry [From the NEWS file] 2.0.4 (18-Apr-2001) Python 2.1 compatibility release. There were a few questionable constructs and uses of deprecated modules that caused annoying warnings when used with Python 2.1. This release quiets those warnings. Index: NEWS =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/NEWS,v retrieving revision 1.25.2.4 retrieving revision 1.25.2.5 diff -u -r1.25.2.4 -r1.25.2.5 --- NEWS 2001/03/12 19:32:10 1.25.2.4 +++ NEWS 2001/04/18 10:45:54 1.25.2.5 @@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman. +2.0.4 (18-Apr-2001) + + Python 2.1 compatibility release. There were a few questionable + constructs and uses of deprecated modules that caused annoying + warnings when used with Python 2.1. This release quiets those + warnings. + 2.0.3 (12-Mar-2001) Bug fix release. There was a small typo in 2.0.2 in ListAdmin.py Index: Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py,v retrieving revision 1.50 retrieving revision 1.50.2.1 diff -u -r1.50 -r1.50.2.1 --- Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py 2000/09/09 19:13:58 1.50 +++ Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py 2001/04/18 04:33:48 1.50.2.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License @@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ import os -# XXX: should be converted to use re module -import regsub import string -import mm_cfg -import Utils -from htmlformat import * +import re +from Mailman import mm_cfg +from Mailman import Utils +from Mailman.htmlformat import * + class HTMLFormatter: def InitVars(self): @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def ParseTags(self, template, replacements): text = self.SnarfHTMLTemplate(template) - parts = regsub.splitx(text, '</?[Mm][Mm]-[^>]*>') + parts = re.split('(</?[Mm][Mm]-[^>]*>)', text) i = 1 while i < len(parts): tag = string.lower(parts[i]) Index: Mailman/Utils.py =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py,v retrieving revision 1.104 retrieving revision 1.104.2.2 diff -u -r1.104 -r1.104.2.2 --- Mailman/Utils.py 2000/11/16 21:43:11 1.104 +++ Mailman/Utils.py 2001/04/18 04:23:07 1.104.2.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License @@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import re from UserDict import UserDict from types import StringType -# XXX: obsolete, should use re module -import regsub import random import urlparse @@ -415,19 +413,8 @@ def QuoteHyperChars(str): - arr = regsub.splitx(str, '[<>"&]') - i = 1 - while i < len(arr): - if arr[i] == '<': - arr[i] = '<' - elif arr[i] == '>': - arr[i] = '>' - elif arr[i] == '"': - arr[i] = '"' - else: #if arr[i] == '&': - arr[i] = '&' - i = i + 2 - return string.join(arr, '') + from cgi import escape + return escape(str, quote=1) Index: Mailman/Version.py =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/Mailman/Version.py,v retrieving revision 1.20.2.3 retrieving revision 1.20.2.4 diff -u -r1.20.2.3 -r1.20.2.4 --- Mailman/Version.py 2001/03/07 23:25:41 1.20.2.3 +++ Mailman/Version.py 2001/04/18 04:43:29 1.20.2.4 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. # Mailman version -VERSION = "2.0.3" +VERSION = "2.0.4" # And as a hex number in the manner of PY_VERSION_HEX ALPHA = 0xa @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ MAJOR_REV = 2 MINOR_REV = 0 -MICRO_REV = 3 +MICRO_REV = 4 REL_LEVEL = FINAL # at most 15 beta releases! REL_SERIAL = 0 Index: Mailman/Bouncers/Catchall.py =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/Mailman/Bouncers/Attic/Catchall.py,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.4.2.1 diff -u -r1.4 -r1.4.2.1 --- Mailman/Bouncers/Catchall.py 2000/08/07 02:34:33 1.4 +++ Mailman/Bouncers/Catchall.py 2001/04/18 04:41:47 1.4.2.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License @@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ # implementation of Bouncer.ScanMessage(). We keep it because I don't feel # like splitting it up and porting it. It should at the very least be ported # to use mimetools and re. :( + +# In Python 2.1, the import of regsub causes a DeprecationWarning. This is +# annoying so if we can import the warnings module, we turn off warnings about +# the import of regsub. It's not worth changing the uses of regsub to use the +# re module because Catchall.py is going away in Mailman 2.1. +try: + import warnings + warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', module='regsub') +except ImportError: + pass import re import string Index: admin/www/Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/admin/www/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.1.2.1 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.1.2.1 --- admin/www/Makefile 2000/11/08 18:43:39 1.1 +++ admin/www/Makefile 2001/04/18 10:43:46 1.1.2.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -HT2HTML = /home/bwarsaw/projects/ht2html/ht2html.py +HT2HTML = $(HOME)/projects/ht2html/ht2html.py HTSTYLE = MMGenerator HTALLFLAGS = -f -s $(HTSTYLE) Index: admin/www/download.ht =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/admin/www/download.ht,v retrieving revision 1.5.2.4 retrieving revision 1.5.2.5 diff -u -r1.5.2.4 -r1.5.2.5 --- admin/www/download.ht 2001/03/12 19:33:49 1.5.2.4 +++ admin/www/download.ht 2001/04/18 10:44:14 1.5.2.5 @@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ <h3>Downloading</h3> <p>Version -(<!-VERSION--->2.0.3<!-VERSION--->, +(<!-VERSION--->2.0.4<!-VERSION--->, released on -<!-DATE--->Mar 12 2001<!-DATE--->) +<!-DATE--->Apr 18 2001<!-DATE--->) is the current GNU release. It is available from the following mirror sites: <ul> @@ -98,5 +98,3 @@ % gunzip -c mailman.tar.gz | tar xf - </pre> </blockquote> -e> -> Index: admin/www/download.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/admin/www/download.html,v retrieving revision 1.6.2.6 retrieving revision 1.6.2.7 diff -u -r1.6.2.6 -r1.6.2.7 --- admin/www/download.html 2001/03/12 19:33:49 1.6.2.6 +++ admin/www/download.html 2001/04/18 10:44:14 1.6.2.7 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <HTML>  - +   2.0.3<!-VERSION--->, +(<!-VERSION--->2.0.4<!-VERSION--->, released on -<!-DATE--->Mar 12 2001<!-DATE--->) +<!-DATE--->Apr 18 2001<!-DATE--->) is the current GNU release. It is available from the following mirror sites: <ul> @@ -270,8 +270,6 @@ % gunzip -c mailman.tar.gz | tar xf - </pre> </blockquote> -e> -> </TD> </TR> Index: cron/qrunner =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/cron/qrunner,v retrieving revision 1.18.2.2 retrieving revision 1.18.2.3 diff -u -r1.18.2.2 -r1.18.2.3 --- cron/qrunner 2001/01/03 06:42:11 1.18.2.2 +++ cron/qrunner 2001/04/18 03:58:35 1.18.2.3 @@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ _listcache = {} + def open_list(listname): - global _listcache mlist = _listcache.get(listname) if not mlist: try: @@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__': - global _listcache ## syslog('qrunner', 'qrunner begining') # first, claim the queue runner lock lock = LockFile.LockFile(QRUNNER_LOCK_FILE,

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(no subject)
by Vassil April 18, 2001

April 18, 2001

Hello! I have a big problem with my video card. It is Nvidia ge Force 2 MX and I can't run Linux with it! What should I do? Is there any way ? Please write me to jonny(a)dir.bg I will be very pleased if you answer me! ----------------------------- Free mail from www.dir.bg!

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: [Mailman-Developers] URGENT Please Help: Duplicates with 2.0 final
by Dan Mick April 18, 2001

April 18, 2001

> I guess it depends on what list server background you have. If you're > familiar with listserv and it's relatives that have nomail, this makes > sense. If you're coming from majordomo or have no real mlist experience, I > think it's confusing. And I'm not sure if it really buys you much (and > when/how do you decide to clean out your subscriber lists?) I created a withlist script and a mail template to send reminders to all "nomail" folks, and run it by hand from time to time; I'm not convinced it's better, but it lets me not permanently lose people without giving them a chance to stay less painfully than resubbing.

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(no subject)
by Vassil April 18, 2001

April 18, 2001

Hello! I have a big problem with my video card. It is Nvidia ge Force 2 MX and I can't run Linux with it! What should I do? Is there any way ? ----------------------------- Free mail from www.dir.bg!

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HandlerAPI ?
by Fil April 17, 2001

April 17, 2001

Hi, I read somewhere in tha archives that HandlerAPI is deprecated. However it seems that (from a brand new CVS install with mimelib) it is still called from cron/checkdbs and cron/mailpasswds And here's the output of these two scripts : mailman@miel:~$ python cron/mailpasswds Traceback (most recent call last): File "cron/mailpasswds", line 47, in ? from Mailman.Handlers import HandlerAPI ImportError: cannot import name HandlerAPI mailman@miel:~$ python cron/checkdbs Traceback (most recent call last): File "cron/checkdbs", line 30, in ? from Mailman.Handlers import HandlerAPI ImportError: cannot import name HandlerAPI -- Fil

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Mailman Qrunner error
by Kory Wheatley April 17, 2001

April 17, 2001

I'm receiving this error below which is sent to the Owner of Mailman's email account every minute when the Qrunner cron process runs. Does anyone know what this means. Please respond to wheakory(a)isu.edu, ( I have over 150 mailman mailing lists that its critical that they function properly). I would greatly appreciate solutions? Traceback (innermost last): File "/home/mailman/cron/qrunner", line 85, in ? from Mailman import MailList ValueError: bad marshal data -- ######################################### Kory Wheatley Academic Computing Analyst Sr. Phone 282-3874 ######################################### Everything must point to him.

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