Mailman 3 July 1999 - Mailman-Users

Mailman German
by Ulrich Wisser 27 Jul '99

27 Jul '99

Hello, did I get that right? To get all messages in German I need to rewrite most of mailman programms? Did anybody already translate mailman to german? Thanks Ulli -- ----------------- Die Website Effizienzer ------------------ luna-park Bravo Sanchez, Vollmert, Wisser GbR Ulrich Wisser mailto:u.wisser@luna-park.de Alter Schlachthof, Immenburgstr. 20 Tel +49-228-9654055 D-53121 Bonn Fax +49-228-9654057 ------------------http://www.luna-park.de ------------------

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Unmarshal config?
by Roy Rapoport 26 Jul '99

26 Jul '99

I'm starting to see this message: --- Subject: Output from "cron" command Your "cron" job on lists /usr/local/bin/python /home/mailman/cron/checkdbs produced the following output: 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 778, in Load raise Errors.MMBadListError, ('Failed to unmarshal config info: ' TypeError: __add__ nor __radd__ defined for these operands ---- What the heck does this mean? -roy

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directory structure options
by Kevin Shrieve 26 Jul '99

26 Jul '99

At my request someone installed mailman for me in the www.lumiere.net/lists/ directory (as opposed to the default "mailman" directory). I'd like to be able to have the listinfo page for my mailing list "test" be accessed at www.lumiere.net/lists/test/ as opposed to www.lumiere.net/lists/listinfo/test/ Is there one configuration area where that can be set, or would diverging from the default break other links? Thanks for any help. Kevin Shrieve kevin(a)lumiere.net

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Admin pages not working via Navigator 3
by Andy McClements 26 Jul '99

26 Jul '99

Hi All, I'm getting desperate for fix for this one, if anyone has ANY ideas, please let me know. I created a list in the same manner I've used to create six or seven previously which are all working as expected. The moderator of this new list is using Navigator3 16-bit, and finds that; 1. Every access to one of the admin pages results in the authentication page. 2. Any attempt to "Submit Changes" results in the authentication page, AND the changes are not made. If I perform the same actions, using the same password, using Communicator, all works as expected. Therefore I suspect something about the interaction between Mailman and Navigator 3. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Andy McClements | mailto: a.mcclements(a)linst.ac.uk Network Administrator | http: it.linst.ac.uk The London Institute HEC | phone: 0171 514 6051 -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Virtual hosted listservers? How do you do it?
by Patrick Wagner 26 Jul '99

26 Jul '99

We are running a red hat 6.0 and we want to be able to host domains and then service each domain with there own listserver. What is the best way to set this up? Patrick Wagner

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Doubles being sent by MailMan.
by Patrick Wagner 26 Jul '99

26 Jul '99

We tested our newsletter out and the program sent everyone two copies? Where can I modify this or what is the problem? Patrick Wagner

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Leading space problem?
by Igor S. Livshits 24 Jul '99

24 Jul '99

Hi, Somehow, newlist managed to create a list with a leading space in its name -- I am not exactly sure how this happened. As I tried to access said list via the web interface, a few things went awry which may have led to a large chunk of my Mailman files and directories getting erased. Unfortunately, I do not have the exact steps which led to the demolition. I just restored my Mailman hierarchy from backups. However, it would be nice if Mailman: 1. Checked for spaces in list names and made sure no such lists were ever created and/or 2. Properly translated spaces within URLs to %20 Thanks, igor

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pending subscription
by Victor Gamov 23 Jul '99

23 Jul '99

Hi! I'm newbie in mailman so I have question -- in $prefix/data/ I have pending-subscriptions.db file with some addresses for which subscription request was pending (error while talking with my smtpserver). Is it possible to send subscriptions email for this users again? -- CU, Victor Gamov

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Virus detection and filtering.
by The List Server Administrator＠UNH 23 Jul '99

23 Jul '99

I just discovered that one of our lists was used to distribute a worm called Win32/Ska.A (A.K.A. Happy99.exe). This got me thinking, has anyone plugged in any type of virus detection software into the pipe to their server to try and stop such files being distributed via your lists? Cordially, The List Server Admin list.admin(a)unh.edu (currently Bill Costa)

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Question
by Christopher T. Griffiths 23 Jul '99

23 Jul '99

Below is what I got when I sent to my test list. I am using sendmail 8.9.1 on freebsd 3.2 with mailman-1.0rc3. Any suggestions?? I have looked through the email archive with no such luck althought it has been a long day and I am tired. Thanks in advance. 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 >From MAILER-DAEMON@.MISSING-HOST-NAME. Wed Jul 21 18:13:26 1999 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:12:52 GMT From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON> To: postmaster Subject: Postmaster notify: unknown mailer error 2 The original message was received at Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:12:52 GMT from localhost ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner test" (expanded from: test-admin) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner test"... unknown mailer error 2 [ Part 2: "Delivery Status" ] Reporting-MTA: dns; enterprise.quansoo.com Arrival-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:12:52 GMT Final-Recipient: RFC822; test-admin(a)enterprise.quansoo.com X-Actual-Recipient: RFC822; |/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner test(a)enterprise.quansoo.com Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:12:52 GMT [ Part 3: "Included Message" ] Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:12:52 GMT From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON> To: test-admin Subject: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 2 The original message was received at Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:12:52 GMT >from cgriffiths@localhost ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper post test" (expanded from: <test(a)enterprise.quansoo.com>) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper post test"... unknown mailer error 2 [ Part 3.2: "Delivery Status" ] Reporting-MTA: dns; enterprise.quansoo.com Arrival-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:12:52 GMT Final-Recipient: RFC822; <test(a)enterprise.quansoo.com> X-Actual-Recipient: RFC822; |/home/mailman/mail/wrapper post test(a)enterprise.quansoo.com Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:12:52 GMT [ Part 3.3: "Included Message" ]

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