Mailman 3 March 2002 - Mailman-Developers

Headers and footers not appearing
by Colin Mackinlay 16 Mar '02

16 Mar '02

Hi, I seem to have lost the ability to add a customised footer and header to messages. The FAQ says it was a problem in 2.0 and fixed in 2.1. -- Colin Mackinlay

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locked - please help
by Bradford Shaw 15 Mar '02

15 Mar '02

Hello, We have addressed this issue with mailman-users but without an results so we are now asking you for help in solving this. We are having a problem with a large list (12,000) that has become locked while uploading members. One of our people were subscribing members using the web interface and the list locked with a bug error. We can't seem to get the list to work and would like to seek another method than removing the list and recreating it. Recreating it will only add confusion to the members who have already received welcome letters with passwords -- which would become obsolute. In looking into the locks directory, we see 82 files similiar to this: <site>.lock.loginname.perilpoint.com.54206 <site>.lock.loginname.perilpoint.com.55962 istname.lock.loginname.perilpoint.com.10275 listname.lock.loginname.perilpoint.com.16039 listname.lock.loginname.perilpoint.com.18389 We have two questions: (1) What do we do with these files? Delete them? ?? (2) How do we unlock the list so that it will operate again? Please help. Brad Shaw

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mailman for windows xp
by Loren Kallwick 15 Mar '02

15 Mar '02

I looked around and could'nt find anyone working on making mailman work on XP. Can you tell me if anyone has come up with something? Loren

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Privacy roster setting
by Kory Wheatley 15 Mar '02

15 Mar '02

I want to know if there's a way to change all my lists that have the setting to "view subscribers (set to anyone)" and change it to (List admin only). I did make the change today in the mm_cfg.py file, but that's only for new lists. How do I change the settings to all the lists at the command line. Do I need to use "config_list" if so, how? -- ######################################### Kory Wheatley Academic Computing Analyst Sr. Phone 282-3874 ######################################### Everything must point to him.

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Unsubscribe through the web
by Rodolfo Pilas 15 Mar '02

15 Mar '02

[I use 2.1a4+ updated today from CVS] It is not possible to unsubscribe through a listinfo page. When you try tu unsubscribe through the listinfo page with: #: Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py:253 msgid "Unsubscribe or edit options" You access to this form: (something I paste in English, from .po file to your guide, but I use MM in Spanish) <FORM Method=POST ACTION="../subscribe/test"> To unsubscribe from Test, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options %(either)senter your subscription email address: <p><center> <INPUT name="email" type="TEXT" value="" size="30"> <INPUT name="UserOptions" type="SUBMIT" value="Anular su subscripción o editar sus preferencias" ><INPUT name="language" type="HIDDEN" value="es"></center>Si dejas el campo en blanco, se te preguntará tu dirección de correo electrónico </FORM> And receive the following message: #: Mailman/Cgi/subscribe.py:167 msgid "" "Your subscription request has been received, and will soon be acted upon.\n" "Depending on the configuration of this mailing list, your subscription " "request\n" "may have to be first confirmed by you via email, or approved by the list\n" "moderator. If confirmation is required, you will soon get a confirmation\n" "email which contains further instructions." I understand that there is a problem here: <FORM Method=POST ACTION="../subscribe/test"> perhaps it may be <FORM Method=POST ACTION="../unsubscribe/test"> -- Rodolfo Pilas Quien los puso a estos tipos donde estan, rodolfo(a)pilas.net Quien los deja seguir en su lugar, http://rodolfo.pilas.net Quien los baja ahora de su altar, ICQ #17461636 Quien les paga para que hagan lo que haran http://xtralinux.org -=# Apocalipsis Now % Cuarteto de Nos #=- 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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clean install of mailman-2.1a4
by Kory Wheatley 15 Mar '02

15 Mar '02

I did a clean install of mailman-2.1a4 and the web interface is working fine, but I'm having problems with sending messages. I'm running Red Hat 7.2 with Python 2.2 and sendmail 8.11. My aliases for the list I created are correct. I changed the symbolic link in /etc/smrsh to point to mailman rather than wrapper. Here is the following error, I hope I can get some feedback on the solution to the problem. Mar 14 15:38:46 2002 (15583) Uncaught runner exception: please run connect() first Mar 14 15:38:46 2002 (15583) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 104, in __oneloop self.__onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 152, in __onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/OutgoingRunner.py", line 61, in _dispose func(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py", line 101, in process conn.quit() File "/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/smtplib.py", line 671, in quit self.docmd("quit") File "/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/smtplib.py", line 352, in docmd self.putcmd(cmd,args) File "/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/smtplib.py", line 308, in putcmd self.send(str) File "/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/smtplib.py", line 300, in send raise SMTPServerDisconnected('please run connect() first') SMTPServerDisconnected: please run connect() first Mar 14 15:52:54 2002 (15583) Uncaught runner exception: please run connect() first Mar 14 15:52:54 2002 (15583) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 104, in __oneloop self.__onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 152, in __onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/OutgoingRunner.py", line 61, in _dispose func(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py", line 101, in process conn.quit() File "/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/smtplib.py", line 671, in quit self.docmd("quit") File "/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/smtplib.py", line 352, in docmd self.putcmd(cmd,args) File "/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/smtplib.py", line 308, in putcmd self.send(str) File "/var/tmp/python2-2.2-root/usr/lib/python2.2/smtplib.py", line 300, in send raise SMTPServerDisconnected('please run connect() first') SMTPServerDisconnected: please run connect() first -- ######################################### Kory Wheatley Academic Computing Analyst Sr. Phone 282-3874 ######################################### Everything must point to him.

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timeout error with mail processing??
by Fil 15 Mar '02

15 Mar '02

I'm confident you should not raise a TimeOutError when processing email: it times out, just requeue the mail for processing another time... ==> logs/error <== Mar 15 18:24:59 2002 (29373) Unexpected Mailman error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py", line 272, in ParseMailCommands self.__dispatch[cmd](args, line, msg) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py", line 720, in ProcessConfirmCmd results = self.ProcessConfirmation(args[0], msg) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 968, in ProcessConfirmation data = Pending.confirm(cookie) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Pending.py", line 94, in confirm lock.lock(timeout=30) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 292, in lock raise TimeOutError TimeOutError -- Fil

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and another assert error
by Fil 15 Mar '02

15 Mar '02

When posting to a moderateed list (current cvs) Mar 15 17:30:17 2002 (15303) Uncaught runner exception: Mar 15 17:30:17 2002 (15303) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 103, in __oneloop self.__onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 153, in __onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 111, in _dispose status = self._dopipeline(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 134, in _dopipeline sys.modules[modname].process(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Moderate.py", line 58, in process ModeratedMemberPost) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Hold.py", line 193, in hold_for_approval id = mlist.HoldMessage(msg, reason, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 199, in HoldMessage assert not self.__db.has_key(id) AssertionError -- Fil

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a bug in current cvs
by Fil 15 Mar '02

15 Mar '02

One of my lists is totally dead, and how much I try to revive it it does not come up alive (others are well). All mails sent to the list end up in the shunt/ directory. Web interface fails when sending mail (like 'subscribe' requests)... Here's the error : Mar 15 15:08:08 2002 (25919) Uncaught runner exception: sequence item 0: expect Mar 15 15:08:08 2002 (25919) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 104, in __oneloop self.__onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 155, in __onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 111, in _dispose status = self._dopipeline(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 134, in _dopipelin sys.modules[modname].process(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 86, in process send_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 127, in send_digests send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 211, in send_i18n_dig addresses = getaddresses([msg['From']]) File "/home/mailman/pythonlib/email/Utils.py", line 83, in getaddresses all = COMMASPACE.join(fieldvalues) TypeError: sequence item 0: expected string, None found -- Fil

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: [Mailman-Developers] Mailman can't handle MIME: Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable?
by James Madill 15 Mar '02

15 Mar '02

Notes, the originating Mailer of the message in question is also ESMTP. My MTA, sendmail 8.12.1, is an ESMTP mailer, and able to correctly handle a lone period on a line in the middle of an E-mail message. What MTA does Mailman use when DELIVERY_MODULE is set to 'SMTPDirect'? Internal code? I think that what is happening is that the MTA that Mailman is talking to is not told that ESMTP should be used. In doing so, when Mailman writes out to the MTA, the MTA sees the EOM marker and stops accepting data for that message. -- James o o o o o o o . . . _______________________ _______=======_T___ o _____ |James Madill | |Duke Univ Med Ctr| >.][__n_n_| D[ ====|____ |james.madill(a)duke.edu| | (919) 286-6384 | (________|__|_[____/____]_|_____________________|_|_________________| _/oo O-O-O ` oo oo 'o^o^o o^o^o` 'o^o o^o` -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- <http://www.duke.edu/~madil001/> barry(a)zope.com (Barry A. Warsaw) Sent by: mailman-users-admin(a)python.org 03/14/02 18:30 To: "James Madill" <James.Madill(a)duke.edu> cc: mailman-developers(a)python.org, Mailman-Users(a)python.org Subject: [Mailman-Users] Re: [Mailman-Developers] Mailman can't handle MIME: Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable? >>>>> "JM" == James Madill <James.Madill(a)duke.edu> writes: JM> Sendmail accepted the encoded document for Mailman, but on JM> sending out, Mailman encountered what it thought was an EOM JM> marker and stopped the processing of the message at that JM> point. Unfortunately, there was still plenty of message left JM> to send, so it was not removed from the queue, and Mailman JM> kept on sending the first portion. >>>>> "BG" == Ben Gertzfield <che(a)debian.org> writes: BG> Mailman 2.1 has an entirely re-written infrastructure for MIME BG> message handling, and likely has fixed this bug (the old BG> quoted-printable module had some serious flaws and has been BG> re-written). BG> If you could send us a copy of the naughty message, we could BG> test it with Mailman 2.1 from CVS and let you know if the bug BG> has been fixed, but I'll bet that it has been fixed now. I'd still be very surprised if this ends up being a Mailman problem. Python strings don't care at all about end-markers, NULs, etc. so you can't put something in a string that would cause Python to shorten it. And Mailman just uses the file object's read() method to suck the message in from disk, and that just reads the whole file. On writing, Mailman will hand the whole string over to the smtplib module, which itself just blasts the whole thing down the socket connection. I'm much more suspicious of the MTA or some other intermediary bolluxing something up. -Barry ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py

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