Mailman 3 June 2015 - Mailman-Developers

before next release: disable backscatter in default installation
by Jo Rhett 08 Nov '22

08 Nov '22

Hi. There's a fairly simple problem here that needs to be addressed. And it's mostly a documentation/install problem. I'm hoping we can get this resolved before the next release. PROBLEM: Mailman comes out of the box ready to backscatter spam people. Yes, it's easy enough to fix. But because it comes stock this way, and is documented to install this way, most people install it to do this. Those of us who work in abuse departments are tired of hearing "well that's how Mailman works". We also object to having to teach people how to fix their mailman installations because it's not documented in the current manual. This is *exactly* like Sendmail 14 years ago. We didn't accept it then, and Sendmail fixed the problem. RESOLUTION: Mailman default installation should not backscatter in a default configuration. 1. Don't create backscatter aliases for subscribe/unsubscribe/etc by default. Nearly everyone uses web based signup. 2. Discard or hold messages from non-subscribers by default. I would think that it would be perfectly reasonable to have documentation on how to enable the 1980s-style -request / -subscribe etc aliases. However this documentation should have a note that this is against the AUP of nearly every network provider, and enabling it will likely cause them to get listed in various blacklists as a backscatter source. FYI: I know that this goes against the instincts of many old-time mailing list advocates here. But after dealing with a 10k/hour backscatter DoS my tolerance for this problem is understandably limited. Yes, it was a sweet day back in the 1980s. I was running a mailing list server and several UUCP gateways at the time, so I remember them well. But those days are past, and we need to deal with the reality of today. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness

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Progress Update: Admins Dashboard
by Bhavesh Goyal 26 Jun '15

26 Jun '15

Hi ! I updated my blog recently with the initial 3 weeks of my project experience. Its been great so far, for I ve got to learn so much more than I expected and hope to extract more from the coming time. For the project, I ve successfully implemented the view for The Tasks, List-Index, The Activity Tracker and The Graphical Stats Widget along with a nav bar featuring a quick global search among lists, members and the domains. The Dashboard's view is kept restricted based on the logged in user's privileges. I am planning on refining the dashboard views, refactoring and removing any code smells from the code for the coming time. Any reviews over any UI updations required, widget functionality or overall code structure would be greatly appreciated. This marks my current work till mid terms along with testing and bug fixing upon which I am currently working on. Thanks for your consideration :) Project Link : https://code.launchpad.net/~bhavesh-goyal093/postorius/dashboard Blog : towardsgsoc15.wordpress.com -- Regards, Bhavesh Goyal, Computer Science Engineering, IIIT Hyderabad

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Update 2.1 - Functional Threads, Handler, Rule and Runner
by Pranjal Yadav 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Hello all I recently posted my "Pre-Mid-Term" report on my blog, here I would like to mention few other details. Firstly I skipped week 3 from my timeline and will be going this week as per week 4. However I have successfully completed most of work from week 5 to 10 so I have plenty of time to have your reviews for the work till mid term. There will be no rush for the remaining work as it involves writing few tests and documentation. However I'm facing some issues while calculating new recipients as per dlist preference but I think it will be solved in a day or two. I will need your reviews to modify/add to my work if there is anything missing. Blog : http://prany.github.io/dlist-pre-mid-term-report.html -- *Pranjal Yadav* *IIT Kharagpur*

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export entire list?
by vince＠vheuser.com 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Is there an easy way to export an entire list of names and email addresses? I've searched the documentation and the web with no luck. Thanks Vince H.

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] Unsubscribe through email - Mailman 3
by Mark Sapiro 20 Jun '15

20 Jun '15

On 06/19/2015 11:24 AM, khushboo surana wrote: > > In the mailman source code, I don't see the > provision to process an unsubscription request through email, i.e, > when a user sends an email with the subject 'Unsubscribe'. It is > possible that the provision is there and I have missed it. If so, > please correct me. One sends the command 'unsubscribe' or 'leave' in the Subject: or the first body line of a message to the LIST-request address. The command is processed by src/mailman/commands/eml_membership.py. Some docs are at <http://mailman.readthedocs.org/en/latest/src/mailman/commands/docs/membersh…> -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

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Unsubscribe through email - Mailman 3
by khushboo surana 20 Jun '15

20 Jun '15

Hello all, I am a GSoC student working on Syster's custom version of Mailman. I am trying to record the stats for the number of users unsubscribed through different means like email-confirmation, admin mass removal , etc. More details here: http://systers.org/wiki/doku.php/f_dlist_stats_scripts In the mailman source code, I don't see the provision to process an unsubscription request through email, i.e, when a user sends an email with the subject 'Unsubscribe'. It is possible that the provision is there and I have missed it. If so, please correct me. I tried to check for myself if that functionality is there by sending an email with the subject "unsubscribe", but that just appears in the held messages of the admin interface waiting for moderator action. Is there an existing functionality for unsubscription through email in Mailman 3. If yes, what is its implementation design (just a brief overview). -Khushboo

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] Problem passing parameters to the REST API
by Barry Warsaw 14 Jun '15

14 Jun '15

On Jun 12, 2015, at 10:38 AM, khushboo surana wrote: >I have also changed the 'on_delete()' method of the mailman/rest/members.py >file to retrieve the data sent. I'd like to see the diff, or the modified function. >In the Core, I get the following logs: > >Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib/python3.4/wsgiref/handlers.py", line 137, in run > self.result = application(self.environ, self.start_response) > File "/home/khushboo/gsoc/mailman/src/mailman/database/transaction.py", >line 57, in wrapper > rtn = function(*args, **kws) > File "/home/khushboo/gsoc/mailman/src/mailman/rest/wsgiapp.py", line 65, >in __call__ > environ, start_response) > File >"/home/khushboo/gsoc/mailman/lib/python3.4/site-packages/falcon-0.3.0-py3.4.egg/falcon/api.py", >line 182, in __call__ > responder(req, resp, **params) >TypeError: on_delete() missing 1 required positional argument: 'response' Is that the entire traceback? I would have expected to see the on_delete() method mentioned there. There's probably a chained traceback in the log files before the one you pasted. Be sure you don't change the signature of the on_delete() method. That must take exactly three arguments: self, request, and response. Normally, the way on_patch() or on_post() dig parameters out of the data is through a Validator() instance, which lists the parameters and their type conversion methods. You can see examples of this all over the rest submodule methods. But on_delete() (really the HTTP DELETE method) doesn't accept any arguments since its purpose is to delete a resource. I'm not sure what your best option is for recording the "mode" of the deletion. I'm not sure whether it's technically acceptable to add data to a DELETE method (the documentation and books I've consulted don't say either way). But it would definitely be out of the ordinary for Mailman's REST API. Even if it were acceptable, I think this on_delete() method would at least have to accept and do something reasonable with zero arguments (i.e. the mode would be optional). Cheers, Barry

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Problem Passing Parameters to the REST API
by Nafisa Shazia 14 Jun '15

14 Jun '15

Hello Barry, I had the same (roundabout) problem as my peer in regards to passing parameters to the REST API. For the Systers-customized version of Mailman, I wanted to add an 'essay' field to the member, such that someone trying to subscribe to our mailing list would write an essay that could be stored. I made whatever changes to the code I thought were necessary and then attempted to subscribe a member myself. This Google Doc highlights some code and errors that I ran into. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CbqZ_uONS-uEzVXoV8B198LmQoQ8vUqRspcJTdB… My main question is: How deep do I need to go into the subscription workflow to add a single field? Thanks, Nafisa Shazia

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Problem passing parameters to the REST API
by khushboo surana 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

Hello, I am working on Mailman to implement report generations for unsubscription stats like no. of members who unsubscribed through different modes like email confirmation. web-confirmation, etc. ( For more details refer: http://systers.org/wiki/doku.php/f_dlist_stats_scripts) I made changes in the Mailman Model to add attributes for date and mode of unsubsrciption in the member table. I also changed the unsubscribe() method in mailman/model/member.py file to accept another parameter called 'mode' and add that to the member table. I am trying to change all the methods in the Client and REST API that access the unsubscribe method, to pass the mode, but I am facing problems. In the mailmanclient/_client.py file I have made the following changes: def unsubscribe(self, email, mode): data = dict(mode = mode) for member in self.members: if member.email == email: self._connection.call(member.self_link, data=data, method='DELETE') break I have also changed the 'on_delete()' method of the mailman/rest/members.py file to retrieve the data sent. When I run mmclient in postorius and try to unsubscribe a member from the list I get the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<console>", line 1, in <module> File "/home/khushboo/gsoc/mailman.client/src/mailmanclient/_client.py", line 619, in unsubscribe self._connection.call(member.self_link, data=data, method='DELETE') File "/home/khushboo/gsoc/mailman.client/src/mailmanclient/_client.py", line 108, in call raise HTTPError(url, response.status, content, response, None) HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: A server error occurred. Please contact the administrator. In the Core, I get the following logs: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/wsgiref/handlers.py", line 137, in run self.result = application(self.environ, self.start_response) File "/home/khushboo/gsoc/mailman/src/mailman/database/transaction.py", line 57, in wrapper rtn = function(*args, **kws) File "/home/khushboo/gsoc/mailman/src/mailman/rest/wsgiapp.py", line 65, in __call__ environ, start_response) File "/home/khushboo/gsoc/mailman/lib/python3.4/site-packages/falcon-0.3.0-py3.4.egg/falcon/api.py", line 182, in __call__ responder(req, resp, **params) TypeError: on_delete() missing 1 required positional argument: 'response' I am trying to debug the problem but haven't been able to make much progress. Can someone please help figure out the problem. Thanks Khushboo

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] html question
by Abhilash Raj 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

Hi Danil, On Sun, 7 Jun 2015 15:22:48 +0300 Danil Smirnov <danil(a)smirnov.la> wrote: > I've sent simple html-formatted message with image inside the body to > my Mailman 3 test list. > > On "Held messages" page there is 'View' button and it was > disappointing that this feature > just show a source code of message (35 thousand lines because of image > attached). Postorius just queries the core via REST API the for the message and dumps the message code in the "View". Probably we need to identify if the message contains a text/html part and then render that appropriately. > When I approve the message it went to the archive but with no proper > html rendering also. The html was simple formatting and it become > attachment.html file which even cannot be opened in place, just > downloaded. > > Are there any plans to show html messages nicely in 'View' feature > and archives? Care to open an issue for it on Gitlab? https://gitlab.com/mailman/postorius/issues -- thanks, Abhilash Raj

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