Mailman 3 October 1999 - Mailman-Users

URGENT... mass to: field
by jaredm 11 Oct '99

11 Oct '99

I am currently managing a single list of about 300 names. I was just notified that some subscribers, in the "To:" field in posts, are getting email addresses of other recipients. Why would some see the to field as "listname(a)listserver.com" and others see all the subscribers? I need to get this figured out so these address don't start getting spammed. -- Jared Meeker System Operator

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Overwhelming Error notifications to the List Owner
by OpenSoftware Crew 11 Oct '99

11 Oct '99

I started my first mailing list a few days ago, as i told you before. First problem i noticed is that the list owner receives a lot of mail with the same two kinds of error notifications: 1) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 14:50:03 +0200 From: root (Cron Daemon) To: mailman Subject: Cron <mailman@wigner> /usr/bin/python /var/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 119, in ? main() File "/var/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 58, in main mlist = MailList.MailList(name, lock=0) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 61, in __init__ self.Load() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 802, in Load raise Errors.MMBadListError, 'Failed to access config info' MMBadListError: Failed to access config info Inspecting the /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py file it appears that mailman is looking for a 'config.db' file ta cannot be found (i don't know python though, so i am not sure about that conclusion): % vi +800 /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py 795 796 def Load(self, check_version = 1): 797 if self._tmp_lock: 798 self.Lock() 799 try: 800 file = open(os.path.join(self._full_path, 'config.db'), 'r') 801 except IOError: 802 raise Errors.MMBadListError, 'Failed to access config info' 2) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 15:12:01 +0200 From: root (Cron Daemon) To: mailman Subject: Cron <mailman@wigner> /usr/bin/python /var/lib/mailman/cron/run_queue Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/lib/mailman/cron/run_queue", line 46, in ? main() File "/var/lib/mailman/cron/run_queue", line 39, in main lockfile.lock() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/flock.py", line 119, in lock os.link(self.lockfile, self.tmpfname) OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied Inspecting the /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/flock.py file gives no clue. All that i can see is that Mailman cannot perform a link between a lock and a tmp file: 118 # create the hard link and test for exactly 2 links to the file 119 os.link(self.lockfile, self.tmpfname) It is possible that something is wrong with my installation. Currently Mailman owner is root, since that is the debian pre-packaged setup. I changed group to 'list' to the $prefix tree, that is to /usr/lib/mailman according to the debian pre-packaged setup. Then i changed file privileges to g+rw through $prefix downward and added to the group 'list' the owner of the mailing list. what else is to be fixed? thank you for your help Pol email: pumilia(a)est.it -- cstc -

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Overwhelming Error notifications to the List Owner
by Ben Gertzfield 11 Oct '99

11 Oct '99

I have to complain as well. I'm getting the exact same errors as well, sometimes 8 or 9 a day! -- Brought to you by the letters C and V and the number 3. "I choose YOU! Pikachu!" Debian GNU/Linux maintainer of Gimp and GTK+ -- http://www.debian.org/

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Simple Question About Documentation
by Betty Harvey 11 Oct '99

11 Oct '99

I know this is a simple question and I am probably overlooking something really stupid. I have installed Mailman without any problem. Where can I find the users manual or the documentation on how to configure it. I have looked through the files and I can't find anything. Thanks for your help. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Betty Harvey | Phone: 301-540-8251 FAX: 4268 Electronic Commerce Connection, Inc. | 13017 Wisteria Drive, P.O. Box 333 | Germantown, Md. 20874 | harvey(a)eccnet.com | Washington,DC SGML/XML Users Grp URL: http://www.eccnet.com | http://www.eccnet.com/sgmlug/ /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\/\/

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Can't change with admin pages
by Per Starback 11 Oct '99

11 Oct '99

Does anyone recognize this or know what to do about it? I have one Mailman list for which I can't change the settings with the web interface. What I do: * I go to the mailman/admin/LISTNAME page. * I give the password (I use the site password). * I get the General Options. I change something and press Submit your changes. * Now I get a new "administrative authentication" page! (not good) When I type in the password again I get the General Options page again, without any changes. * (The same goes for other configuration categories as well, although I haven't tried them all) What I have checked: * It works fine for other mailman mailing lists at the same server. * I get the same result with Netscape and Lynx so it probably hasn't to do with my web client. (In particular not with old values in my cookie jar.) * There are no errors about this in mailman/logs/error. * mailman/bin/check_db reports that config.db "is fine". * I've also used bin/withlist to test if it is possible to update the config file. $ python -i withlist LISTNAME >>> m.num_spawns 5 >>> m.num_spawns = 6 >>> m.Save This seemed to have worked. In the web interface I can see the new value (although I still can't set it). -- Per Starback <starback(a)ling.uu.se> <http://stp.ling.uu.se/~starback/me.html> "Life is but a gamble! Let flipism chart your ramble!"

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Accessing list admin
by Bek Oberin 11 Oct '99

11 Oct '99

Sometimes when I try to access the list admin pages I get "internal server error" errors with the logs just showing: [Sat Oct 9 17:40:02 1999] [error] [client 203.30.75.129] Premature end of script headers: /usr/lib/mailman/cgi-bin/admin It seems to randomly happen when I try to access the pages from Netscape on my local machine, but NEVER if I telnet to the webserver machine and use lynx from there. Anybody got any ideas? bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychick-- : gossamer(a)tertius.net.au http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/

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archives
by Bob C. Ruddy 11 Oct '99

11 Oct '99

First I'd like to say thanks to the writers of mailman. It works great. I am trying to get my archives working. The archive link does work. But it brings me to a page the says 'The ListName Archives' 'More info on this list' 'Currently, there are no archives' I'm looked through the FAQ and didn't see anything. I know it is probally something stupid but any help would be great. I'm running the latest debian linux. Thanks for the help. Bob

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How to start
by Paolo M. Pumilia 09 Oct '99

09 Oct '99

Hi all, I am completely new to mailing list management. Mailman has been my first choice since i guessed it should have offered an easier interface to users and to the list maintainer as well. But i find myself rather disappointed now. I have no clue about how to set up mailing list attributes and no tutor is available at the home site. Can you give any hints to start shaping a mailing list through the http channel? I've just downlodad mailman v1.0 as a debian binary format, and installed on a libc2.1.2 linux platform. thank you for your suggestions Paolo Pumilia email: pumilia(a)est.it ---- cstc -

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Re: [Mailman-Users] (help required) Timeout Problems with Large Mailing list
by J C Lawrence 09 Oct '99

09 Oct '99

On Fri, 08 Oct 1999 11:59:44 -0400 Robert <Robert(a)grapevine2.com> wrote: > I'm serious....we want to add roughly 20-40,000 new Email > addresses to existing 30,000 Email addresses mailing list. Not a problem. There are a few timeout and response time problems when using the web interface for adding large numbers of subscribers. These *may* have been fixed now (I haven't checked, but there was discussion on the area). More simply however you can use the commandline bin/add_members script. I've successfully run this on files containing as many as 5,000 addresses (that's how they were provided to me). > I'm seriously considering using this new mailing list manager: > Subscribe Me Professional by Elite's CGI Script Center at > http://www.cgiscriptcenter.com/ for $149.00 Any comments on this > one compared to Mailman? The only nice thing about this Subscribe > Me Professional is their support forum, which the real > knowledgeable people will answer any good questions. MailMan is a free software product. Support is of course on a best effort basis, and perhaps more significantly, on an "as willing" basis. -- J C Lawrence Home: claw(a)kanga.nu ---------(*) Work: claw(a)varesearch.com ... Beware of cromagnons wearing chewing gum and palm pilots ...

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Re: [Mailman-Users] (help required) Timeout Problems with Large Mailing list
by J C Lawrence 09 Oct '99

09 Oct '99

> From: J C Lawrence <claw@@:> wrote: Sorry about that. Fixed. -- J C Lawrence Home: claw(a)kanga.nu ---------(*) Work: claw(a)varesearch.com ... Beware of cromagnons wearing chewing gum and palm pilots ...

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