Mailman 3 September 2001 - Mailman-Developers

HELP!
by Bill Bradford Sept. 21, 2001

Sept. 21, 2001

Now, my list(s) have gotten to the point that where if I dont clear out the qfiles directory every four to six hours, I start getting stuff like this in ~mailman/logs/error: Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): Traceback (most recent call last): Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): File "/usr/local/mailman/cron/qrunner", l ine 282, in ? Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): kids = main(lock) Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): File "/usr/local/mailman/cron/qrunner", l ine 252, in main Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): keepqueued = dispose_message(mlist, ms g, msgdata) Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): File "/usr/local/mailman/cron/qrunner", l ine 121, in dispose_message Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): if BouncerAPI.ScanMessages(mlist, mime msg): Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Bouncers /BouncerAPI.py", line 59, in ScanMessages Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): addrs = func(msg) Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Bouncers /DSN.py", line 46, in process Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): if string.lower(msg.gettype()) <> 'mul tipart/report' or \ Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): File "/usr/local/lib/python2.1/string.py" , line 51, in lower Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): return s.lower() Sep 20 15:40:04 2001 qrunner(19365): AttributeError : 'None' object has no attr ibute 'lower' This is 2.0.6, and it works fine otherwise. Suggestions? Python 2.1... Has worked fine for months... bill -- Bill Bradford mrbill(a)mrbill.net Austin, TX

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Backup mailman
by Rodolfo Pilas Sept. 18, 2001

Sept. 18, 2001

First of all I wish to confirm that I do not understand MM 100% and also I do not know python. I has lost a complete list (user & confs) because a corrupt config.db. For this reason I has just made a small script that create a backup.tar.gz of each list config and subscriber-list. (a patched list_lists (list_names) and a bash script) I think this backup script to be run one time a day. Ok, I understand that may be easy to do something like this in python... you have here my idea of a backup, if you have something better, please, notice me! -- ____________________________________________________ -=(( Rodolfo Pilas - rodolfo(a)linux.org.uy ))=- -==((( Are you ready for XtraLinuX - http://xtralinux.org )))==- -=((____________________________________________________))=- Public GnuPG key: http://www.keyserver.net 1024D/57153363 2001-06-02 key fingerprint = DAAE 3246 3F7D A420 B7A0 48A5 D120 C773 5715 3363

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] Stripping Received headers on anonymous lists
by J C Lawrence Sept. 18, 2001

Sept. 18, 2001

On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 06:25:59 -0700 Derek Balling <dredd(a)megacity.org> wrote: >> From an anonymity perspective, to do it properly ALL headers >> other than TO/FROM/CC/SUBJECT need to be removed. > True. So what are the chances of doing this? :) Source wise its a fairly simple hack. >> Its also worth realising that the likely most common use of this >> feature isn't for anonymity, but is for group presence. Eg a >> MailMan run tech support list where all official reponses come >> from the same address. > Wouldn't the questions get posted to the list with that same > address then, as well? That seems a confusing use of the > feature. :) You're skipping the extesnsible and flexible wonder that is MS Outlook and the population's capacity to properly configure their own mail systems. The times I've seen this done they gang two lists -- one a public list, and the other an internal list that the HelpDesk is subscribed to, with the internal list set with privacy options and REply-To. They'd rather conflate everything into one than fix their mail systems. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. claw(a)kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] public.html
by Rodolfo Pilas Sept. 18, 2001

Sept. 18, 2001

El Tue, 18 Sep 2001 13:39:42 +0200 Szilard Vizi <vizisz(a)freemail.hu> ha escrito: > > IOError: [Errno 2] No template file found: 'private.html' > > (I use the Spanish version) > > In your case the problem is that Juan Carlos (the Spanish > translation maintiner) does not renamed his private.txt translation > to private.html > cd /usr/local/mailman/templates/es/ > mv private.txt private.html OK! it works! But the private.html do not replace any macro like %(listname)s and when you access the server try with the following URL: http://www.server.com/mailman/private/mylist/%(basepath)s/ You can see my system at http://www.espaciolibre.net/cgi-bin/private/uylug-demoday/ Now I stop the bug report about template file not found, but I feel that the system has a more complex problem here and perhaps you need to fix it for the 2.1a3. -- ____________________________________________________ -=(( Rodolfo Pilas - rodolfo(a)linux.org.uy ))=- -==((( Are you ready for XtraLinuX - http://xtralinux.org )))==- -=((____________________________________________________))=- Public GnuPG key: http://www.keyserver.net 1024D/57153363 2001-06-02 key fingerprint = DAAE 3246 3F7D A420 B7A0 48A5 D120 C773 5715 3363

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] Mailman, majordomo, mhonarc - Questions about conversion
by J C Lawrence Sept. 18, 2001

Sept. 18, 2001

On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:43:31 -0400 Chip Hart <chip(a)pcc.com> wrote: > Would someone mind confirming my suspicion that the ability to use > an external archiver is SITE and not LIST specific? Depends how you implement it. If you use the plug-it-into-mailman approach, then yes, its site specific. Nothing however prevents you from using an external archiver hung off a subscribed address. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. claw(a)kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.

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Mailman, majordomo, mhonarc - Questions about conversion
by Chip Hart Sept. 18, 2001

Sept. 18, 2001

Would someone mind confirming my suspicion that the ability to use an external archiver is SITE and not LIST specific? We have a few lists here that wish to use the mailman html/archive process and a few legacy lists that need to maintain the majordomo/mhonarc process. If anyone out there has gone from a majordomo/mhonarc configuration to use mailman - but still maintains the mhonarc utilities as an external archiver and majordomo's mbox archiving - would you mind dropping me a line so I can pester you with a few small questions? Thank you! -- Chip Hart * chip @ pcc.com Physician's Computer Company * http://www.pcc.com/~chip 1 Main Street * Work:800-722-7708 Winooski, VT 05404 * Fax: 802-846-8178

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] Stripping Received headers on anonymous lists
by J C Lawrence Sept. 18, 2001

Sept. 18, 2001

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:54:39 -0700 Derek Balling <dredd(a)megacity.org> wrote: > I mentioned this once before and the general response I got was > "it uses them for loop detection, so it leaves them alone", but > for anonymous lists (especially ones dealing with sensitive > subjects) those received headers can easily give away the identity > of the person sending the message, which is a Bad Thing. > The X-Been-There flag SHOULD be catching looping, so I'm not > worried if this "loop detection of last resort" is removed. > This really (IMHO) should be there if we want to be able to > consider anonymous lists anonymous. Right now, they're WORSE than > anonymous because they give the ILLUSION of anonymity. :( >From an anonymity perspective, to do it properly ALL headers other than TO/FROM/CC/SUBJECT need to be removed. Its also worth realising that the likely most common use of this feature isn't for anonymity, but is for group presence. Eg a MailMan run tech support list where all official reponses come from the same address. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. claw(a)kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.

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Stripping Received headers on anonymous lists
by Derek Balling Sept. 17, 2001

Sept. 17, 2001

[originally posted to -users, but I figured -developers is probably a better forum for it] I mentioned this once before and the general response I got was "it uses them for loop detection, so it leaves them alone", but for anonymous lists (especially ones dealing with sensitive subjects) those received headers can easily give away the identity of the person sending the message, which is a Bad Thing. The X-Been-There flag SHOULD be catching looping, so I'm not worried if this "loop detection of last resort" is removed. This really (IMHO) should be there if we want to be able to consider anonymous lists anonymous. Right now, they're WORSE than anonymous because they give the ILLUSION of anonymity. :( Any thoughts on how this could be done? I'm not a python guy by trade, so I'm sorta lost trying to find where the anonymization takes place to begin with. :) D -- +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | dredd(a)megacity.org | "... And so it begins ... " | | Derek J. Balling | - Ambassador Kosh, Babylon 5 | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+

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public.html
by Rodolfo Pilas Sept. 17, 2001

Sept. 17, 2001

Content-type: text/html Bug in Mailman version 2.1a2 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 (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 96, in run_main main() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/private.py", line 132, in main }, mlist=mlist) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 517, in maketext raise IOError(errno.ENOENT, 'No template file found', templatefile) IOError: [Errno 2] No template file found: 'private.html' Can you confirm if I need to create the private.html and where to put it? (I use the Spanish version) All of my list that I mark as private archive has this problem, you can see one here: http://www.espaciolibre.net/cgi-bin/private/uylug-demoday/ -- ____________________________________________________ -=(( Rodolfo Pilas - rodolfo(a)linux.org.uy ))=- -==((( Are you ready for XtraLinuX - http://xtralinux.org )))==- -=((____________________________________________________))=- Public GnuPG key: http://www.keyserver.net 1024D/57153363 2001-06-02 key fingerprint = DAAE 3246 3F7D A420 B7A0 48A5 D120 C773 5715 3363

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current snapshot
by Ron Jarrell Sept. 17, 2001

Sept. 17, 2001

Still trying to install bowa-strip in filters, which I think just got deleted out of the repositor? I saw it go by earlier in the update, but wasn't really paying attention to the keys on the items, so dunno if it was a D or not...

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