Mailman 3 July 1999 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] CLosed unsubscribe?
by J C Lawrence 30 Jul '99

30 Jul '99

On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:06:49 -0400 (EDT) Barry A Warsaw <bwarsaw(a)cnri.reston.va.us> wrote: >>>>>> "JV" == John Viega <John(a)list.org> writes: JV> Wow, I don't think anyone had ever anticipated someone wanting JV> to do this. It'd need to be added to the system. > I've submitted a bug request for this (which I'll move to the > requests folder soon). I would suspect that the same option would > control disabling delivery since if you could just disable > delivery you wouldn't really care if you're still subscribed. Other needs that recently popped up here: The ability to flag individual posters as read-only (or at least moderated). The ability to disable moderation alerts for specific users (silent gag). -- J C Lawrence Life: http://www.kanga.nu/ Home: claw(a)kanga.nu ---------(*) Work (Linux/IA64): claw(a)varesearch.com ... Beware of cromagnons wearing chewing gum and palm pilots ...

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Cron errors: Failed to access config info
by George F. Nemeyer 30 Jul '99

30 Jul '99

Hello! I'm new to the list, having just installed Mailman yesterday. It's on a slackware linux box, GCC 2.7.2.3 with freshly installed python. It seems to be working, but the cron jobs all gripe in a similar way. I found similar questions to this in the list archive, but none seem to have an answer that fits. This might be a FAQ candidate. Below is what I'm seeing. 'check_perms' says everything's ok. I'm guessing it has something to do with the 'config.db' in each list, but I'm not sure as I'm a hardware person, not a program sort. Any help would be appreciated. George Nemeyer Tigerden Internet Services Subject: cron: /usr/local/bin/python /home/mailman/cron/gate_news Traceback (innermost last): File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 119, in ? main() File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 58, in main mlist = MailList.MailList(name, lock=0) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 60, in __init__ self.Load() File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 788, in Load raise Errors.MMBadListError, 'Failed to access config info' MMBadListError: Failed to access config info ------------------ Subject: cron: /usr/local/bin/python /home/mailman/cron/checkdbs Traceback (innermost last): File "/home/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 77, in ? main(verbose=(len(sys.argv) > 1 File "/home/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 34, in main list = MailList.MailList(name, lock = 0) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 60, in __init__ self.Load() File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 788, in Load raise Errors.MMBadListError, 'Failed to access config info' MMBadListError: Failed to access config info ------------------ Subject: cron: /usr/local/bin/python /home/mailman/cron/senddigests Traceback (innermost last): File "/home/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 41, in ? main() File "/home/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 35, in main list = MailList.MailList(name, lock=0) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 60, in __init__ self.Load() File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 788, in Load raise Errors.MMBadListError, 'Failed to access config info' MMBadListError: Failed to access config info

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Message w/ attachment goes into archive but no mail sent
by Christopher T. Griffiths 30 Jul '99

30 Jul '99

Has anyone had messages go into the archive but does not send any email? The only messages so far have been one's with attachments. All other work just fine. Any Ideas? Thanks Chris Christopher T. Griffiths Senior Network/Systems Administrator Quansoo Group Inc. cgriffiths(a)quansoo.com Phone: (302) 777-4141 Fax: (302) 777-4142 Mobile: (302) 521-3436

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'user lacks a password'
by Joshua S. Freeman 30 Jul '99

30 Jul '99

can someone tell me what it means when mailman sends me a message like the one below and what I should do about it. Thanks, J. ---------- From: paperport-win32-admin(a)list.scansoft.com To: paperport-win32-admin(a)list.scansoft.com Subject: Paperport-win32(a)list.scansoft.com user dominick.bovenzi(a)usa.xerox.com missing password! Date: Thu, Jul 29, 1999, 09:12 Mailman noticed in .MailUserPassword() that: User: 'dominick.bovenzi(a)usa.xerox.com' List: paperport-win32 lacks a password. Please notify the Mailman system manager at this site!

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Strange error
by Bek Oberin 30 Jul '99

30 Jul '99

I don't know python and don't grok this error, anybody give me any clues? bekj ----- Forwarded message from Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON(a)tertius.net.au> ----- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:09:05 +1000 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON(a)tertius.net.au> To: rocky-admin(a)dora.tertius.net.au Subject: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 1 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) The original message was received at Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:09:03 +1000 from entoo.connect.com.au [192.189.54.8] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post rocky" (expanded from: <rocky(a)tertius.net.au>) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- Traceback (innermost last): File "/var/lib/mailman/scripts/post", line 65, in ? current_list.Post(msg) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 1143, in Post recipients.remove(members) NameError: recipients 554 "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post rocky"... unknown mailer error 1 Reporting-MTA: dns; dora.tertius.net.au Received-From-MTA: DNS; entoo.connect.com.au Arrival-Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:09:03 +1000 Final-Recipient: RFC822; <rocky(a)tertius.net.au> X-Actual-Recipient: RFC822; |/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post rocky(a)dora.tertius.net.au Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:09:05 +1000 bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychick-- : gossamer(a)tertius.net.au http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ : Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that : something else is more important than fear. -- Ambrose Redmoon

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Regarding archives
by Glen Malley 30 Jul '99

30 Jul '99

I don't believe anyone ever answered my question about automating the gzipping of the archives, such as is done on the Mailman-users list... -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Glen Malley Systems Developer | | glen(a)interq.or.jp interQ Corporation - System Division | | (cell)090-4398-7951 Shibuya Infoss Tower 10F | | Tokyo, Japan | | http://www.interq.ad.jp 150-0031 | -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Removing Archives
by Bek Oberin 30 Jul '99

30 Jul '99

I have two mailing lists that used to have archives, and now don't. I have gone into the admin and turned the archiving off there, but the "archive" link still showing up in the listinfo page for both lists. How do I completely remove all traces? The lusers are annoying me about it :( bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychick-- : gossamer(a)tertius.net.au http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ : The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, : unremembered acts of kindness and of love. : -- William Wordsworth

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CLosed unsubscribe?
by Massimiliano Lehmann 30 Jul '99

30 Jul '99

Hi all, how can I run a mailing list with a "close unsubscribe"? So, how can I configure mailman to stop any unsubscribe request and put them on hold to be approved by an administrator? Thanks in advance -- Massimiliano Lehmann +------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ | mailto:lehmann@lsd.it | LSD - [L]ehmann | | http://www.lsd.it (Personal web) | [S]ystem | | http://majjolone.lsd.it (Crazy web) | [D}evelopment | +------------------------------------------+----------------------------+

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Can´t confirm a subscrible
by Claudio Martinez 30 Jul '99

30 Jul '99

Hi there! I´m using Mailman under AIX, when i try to confirm a subscribe 4 a new user, i get the msg ->> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd dicas-l" (expanded from: <dicas-l-request(a)mailman.ccuec.unicamp.br>) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd dicas-l"... unknown mailer error 2 Anyone That know how do i sane this problem !? plz!? Tnkz! -- ====Cláudio Martinez ================= CCUEC - UNICAMP - GDTEC Gerência de Desenvolvimento Técnologico tel. (019) 788-2287 ======================================

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open source/open science using mailman
by Stephen Adler 30 Jul '99

30 Jul '99

To the Authors and maintainers of mailman. I want to thank you for providing such a nice mail list server software package. I've set it (1.0rc3) up on openscience.bnl.gov which is the main web server for the "Open Source/Open Science" conference, to be held at Brookhaven National Labs on Oct. 2nd. (wee http://openscience.bnl.gov for more details.) Mailman is now in use to manage the various mail list groups I've setup to help manage the conference. Once again, thanks. Of the mail list management software packages which I've used, (majordomo, and listproc) this is an order of magnitude improvment. With that said, there was one small installation problem I had. It has to do with running bin/check_perms. It failed because the file /home/mailman/data/adm.pw did not exist. There wasn't anything in the INSTALL file which said anything about it. So I did a thouch /home/mailman/data/adm.pw chmod 640 /home/mailman/data/adm.pw and that made bin/check_perms happy. Another bit. I'm running redhat 6.0 and I use the "adduser" command to create the mailman account. In doing so, redhat setups up the gnome and kde environtments. Here is a ls -la output on the mailman account [adler@ssadler mailman]$ ls -la total 34 drwxrwsr-x 20 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 25 13:18 ./ drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 1024 Jul 25 13:23 ../ -rw------- 1 mailman mailman 103 Jul 24 09:32 .Xauthority -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 1422 Jul 23 16:38 .Xdefaults -rw------- 1 mailman mailman 1481 Jul 24 09:57 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 24 Jul 23 16:38 .bash_logout -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 230 Jul 23 16:38 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 124 Jul 23 16:38 .bashrc drwxr-xr-x 3 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 16:38 .kde/ -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 966 Jul 23 16:38 .kderc -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 3505 Jul 23 16:38 .screenrc drwx--S--- 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 25 13:18 .xauth/ drwxr-xr-x 5 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 16:38 Desktop/ drwxrwsr-x 6 mailman mailman 2048 Jul 23 17:22 Mailman/ drwxrwsr-x 4 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 16:40 archives/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 16:40 bin/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 16:40 cgi-bin/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 16:40 cron/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 24 13:26 data/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 16:40 filters/ drwxrwsr-x 4 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 24 09:46 lists/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 25 13:12 locks/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 25 12:00 logs/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 16:40 mail/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 17:20 public_html/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 16:40 scripts/ drwxrwxr-x 3 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 16:39 src/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1024 Jul 23 16:40 templates/ Notice the Descktop and .kde direstories amongst others. bin/check_perms will sift through all directories and thus complain about .kde, Desktop, src (the directory in which I did the build). I just ignored these errors, but maybe check_perms should only check the files and directories it cares about so that other non-essential directories can co-exist along with them. (i.e. .kde, Desktop, so on and so forth.) Finally, I looked in the redhat contrib site and I didn't find a mailman rpm. Are there any "out there?" If not, I will be glad to spend a couple of hours and write the .spec file needed to make them. Its the least I could do. Cheers. Steve.

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