Mailman 3 November 1999 - Mailman-Users

Too many pending requests?
by Per Starback 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

I can't get to the pending request page for a mailing list. (My web clients just say "waiting for response" and finally give up.) I think it is because there are too many pending requests after some problems. (config.db is almost 10MB.) How can I do this some other way?

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Administration Via email
by John MacKenzie 07 Dec '99

07 Dec '99

I was wondering if administration must be done via the web or can administration be done via an email interface. We have a user who wishes a digest list creating for disabled & handicapped users and an email based administrative tool would be useful. if anyone knows how to achieve this, I'd appreciate the info. regards - John -- John MacKenzie | Unix Systems Admin | e: mailto:jmackenzie@local.ie ___________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch your local area through Local Ireland http://chat.local.ie/chat/index.html ___________________________________________________________________ local ireland | dublin | new york | http://www.local.ie

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Admin password
by Pete Holsberg 06 Dec '99

06 Dec '99

Where is the admin password stored for a mailing list? Thanks, Pete

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Error When creating new List
by Dennis 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

Hello- I recently just installed mailman and went to create the test list with the following commands and received the following error. [root mailman]# /home/mailman/bin/newlist Enter the name of the list: tester45 Enter the email of the person running the list: dkc(a)webtrafix.com Traceback (innermost last): File "/home/mailman/bin/newlist", line 146, in ? raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv)) File "/home/mailman/bin/newlist", line 83, in main list_pw = getpass.getpass("Initial %s password: " % list_name) File "/usr/lib/python1.5/getpass.py", line 42, in getpass termios.tcsetattr(fd, TERMIOS.TCSADRAIN, old) termios.error: (22, 'Invalid argument') The install went in very clean. I am able to view the html files so the GIDs are set OK, but I am unable to create any lists because of this error. Any help is appreciated. Thank you, Dennis

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newlist problem
by Todd Pfaff 02 Dec '99

02 Dec '99

mailman 1.1 python 1.5.2 solaris 2.6 can anyone tell me what this traceback from the newlist command means? newlist used to work fine on this mailman installation. not sure when it stopped working or why. myhost% newlist testlist pfaff(a)edge.cis.mcmaster.ca password Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/newlist", line 146, in ? raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv)) File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/newlist", line 93, in main newlist.Create(list_name, owner_mail, pw) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 728, in Create self.Lock() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 1372, in Lock self.__lock.lock() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 245, in lock os.unlink(self.__tmpfname) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/mailman/locks/<site>.lock.myhost.11867' -- Todd Pfaff \ Email: pfaff(a)mcmaster.ca Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 McMaster University \ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \

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<sigh> Another problem!
by Pete Holsberg 30 Nov '99

30 Nov '99

I just created a new mailing list and I cannot log in as administrator! How can I change the password? There's a weakness in MM: it really should ask for the password twice, just in case! Thanks, Pete

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Re: [Mailman-Users] HOWTO - EXTERNAL Archiver
by Allen Bolderoff 30 Nov '99

30 Nov '99

> Could someone tell me the (obvious?) reason why list management software > needs to have external archiver capabilities? Is it not more natural to > let the archiver archive any mail sent to a specific mail address? Then > you just add the archive's address to the list. > My reasons are simple. I used to use Smartlist, which I had working quite well with MHonarc (archiver) I *know* MHonarc very well, and after many days trying to format the output of the pages that pipermail gives me, I came to the conclusion that mhonarc is more flexible in it's configuration, to do what I require. For somewone with simple requirements, mailman with pipermail is an EXCELLENT choice, but for more control over formatting the list archives, I found MHonarc gives me everything I need. Now, I have 2 simple tools to use, mailman, and mhonarc. my 2c Allen -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Allen Bolderoff <allen(a)gist.net.au> LNC - Redhat and Linux, help and commentary http://linux.netnerve.com CTPC - Caffeine - get it here: http://www.coffee-tea-pots-cups.com/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GPG fingerprint = CBB0 8626 702C 3D01 B5AD A54A DC2C 93B7 3E4B 6472 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailer
by claw＠kanga.nu 30 Nov '99

30 Nov '99

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 15:45:45 -0700 Kory Wheatley <wheakory(a)isu.edu> wrote: > What is the best Mailer agent to use with Mailman. Right now I am > using sendmail and it seems to be fine. Sendmail works, but does not perform well. It is a very (unnecessarily) complex piece of software which has a long history of security problem which encourage me to avoid it. Other possible choices for an MTA enclude Exim, Postfix, and QMail. If you look back in the archives for this list a couple weeks ago, you'll find a fairly thorough coverage of the reasons for making the various choices, My own preference is Exim, Barry's preference is Postfix, others manage to suffer Dan Bernstein and choose QMail. They all work equally well -- which is to say, far better than Sendmail. -- J C Lawrence Home: claw(a)kanga.nu ----------(*) Other: coder(a)kanga.nu --=| A man is as sane as he is dangerous to his environment |=--

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Mailer
by Kory Wheatley 30 Nov '99

30 Nov '99

What is the best Mailer agent to use with Mailman. Right now I am using sendmail and it seems to be fine. Also when I send a message to one of my mailing lists I would like to change the To: heading field to another mailing list name or Reply to: to other mailing list address. Does anyone know where to change this in the python code. -- Kory Wheatley Office Phone 236-3874 Computing & Communication Academic Computing Analyst sr. Everything you do must point to him.

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Weird errors
by Bek Oberin 30 Nov '99

30 Nov '99

We have mail posted from a web form directly to a mailing list and it's all bouncing with bizarre errors. Here's one: The original message was received at Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:40:00 +1100 from www@localhost ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post training" (expanded from: training+eval(a)netizen.com.au) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/lib/mailman/scripts/post", line 73, in ? mlist.Post(msg, approved=fromusenet) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 1179, in Post sender = msg.GetSender() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Message.py", line 119, in GetSender return string.lower(mail_address) TypeError: read-only buffer, None 554 "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post training"... unknown mailer error 1 I've checked and normal mail posted to listname+foo@bar works fine so it's not the +eval that's problematic. Any ideas? bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychick-- : gossamer(a)tertius.net.au http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ : What is a magician but a practicing theorist? : -- Obi-Wan Kenobi, 'Return of the Jedi'

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Mailman-Users November 1999