Mailman 3 October 2000 - 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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help!!
by nicola 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

I've installed Mailman on my Linux PC. I've compiled the source with the following options: ./configure --with-cgi-gid=mailman --with-mail-gid=mailman When i try to create a newlist (mailman/bin/newlist) as mailman user, the directory /mailman/admin is not created. Then I don't see the list in my web pages.Why??? Thanks Nicola

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Announcing Mailman 2.0 release candidate 1
by barry＠wooz.org 29 Nov '00

29 Nov '00

Hello folks, Okay, we're really close now! I've put together Mailman 2.0 release candidate 1 and uploaded it to SourceForge. You can grab the tarball from the file release page at http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=14446 www.list.org and www.gnu.org should be updated soon. This release contains a bunch of bug fixes and a few local security patches. The source code is essentially frozen, modulo any last minute show stopper bugs. I will probably make a pass at the documentation before the final release. Expect 2.0 final hopefully by the weekend. Enjoy, -Barry

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sendmail says "Data format error"
by Rainer Strobel 06 Nov '00

06 Nov '00

Hi Anybody who knows what's wrong when sendmail says: "DSN: Data format error" while mailman is trying to deliver a mail to the list-members ? Thanx Rainer

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MIME attachments again.
by Rick VanNorman 31 Oct '00

31 Oct '00

Hi Guys, Sorry to bring the subject up again, but what is the best currently recommended way to strip mime attachments from email before it is sent? I have a user who gets the KAK virus about once a month and *always* passes it on to all our friends. I'm using 2.0beta1 on RedHat 6.2 . Thanks, Rick VanNorman

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Modify Mailman
by Dan Mick 31 Oct '00

31 Oct '00

sylvia nicole wrote: > > Is it possible to modify Mailman without too much work to do the following: > > 1. users can unsubscribe by email and email confirmation, without password and > without webpage > 2. users can subscribe by email and email confirmation, without password and > without webpage sub/unsub by email already works. "no passwords" is an often-requested feature that has not yet been added. > 3. only the admin can post to the list. List members cannot post to the list. Read 'Details' on the last item in Privacy/General posting filters.

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Modify Mailman
by sylvia nicole 31 Oct '00

31 Oct '00

Is it possible to modify Mailman without too much work to do the following: 1. users can unsubscribe by email and email confirmation, without password and without webpage 2. users can subscribe by email and email confirmation, without password and without webpage 3. only the admin can post to the list. List members cannot post to the list. Thank you, Sylvia ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail

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Feature request
by Bek Oberin 31 Oct '00

31 Oct '00

Three things I'd love to see implemented: Attachment stripping, for when stupid twits send images through the list (Yup, I know about the size limiting, it'd still be a nice feature by itself). The ability to put members on moderation individually, as well as putting the whole list on moderation. Persistant cookies, so I don't have to log into the damm thing every time I start the browser. I look after about a million lists (okay, thirty-ish) and logging onto every list every morning to process the bounces is a MAJOR pain. This would obviously be something to make optional, as it could be a secrurity prob, but still ... it'd be nice to have the option. Thanks to the developers for a GREAT program, BTW. I just upgraded from 1.1 to 2.whateveritis with NO problems at all. I was anticipating major nightmares and hiccups and it just dropped in brilliantly. I am VERY impressed! bekj -- : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychick-- : gossamer(a)tertius.net.au http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ : When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang : on. -- Thomas Jefferson

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unsubscribe problems
by Joshua Gould 31 Oct '00

31 Oct '00

Suppse I set up a list so that a list so that it requires email confirmation. A user sends mail to list-request. They get their conformation email and then they follow the instructions. Ok... all is good so far. Now if they try to mail list-request with an unsubscribe command it complains about a lack of a password. The point is that the user may not even have a password, so how do they get off the list without using the web interface? Joshua Gould

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Adding many users (Migration from majordomo)
by Eduardo Jacob 31 Oct '00

31 Oct '00

I have tried to migrate a medium (795 users) list from majordomo to mailman with small success. I have tried: - from the administrative interface I get an error, this is what I get on the log: Note that there is not quota for mailman user Oct 31 18:13:25 2000 (10519) Failed config.db write, retaining old state. [Errno 122] Disk quota exceeded Oct 31 18:13:25 2000 (10519) Delivery exception: Oct 31 18:13:25 2000 (10519) Traceback (innermost last): File "/home/mailman//Mailman/Handlers/HandlerAPI.py", line 82, in do_pipeline func(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman//Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py", line 77, in process mlist.Lock() File "/home/mailman//Mailman/MailList.py", line 1322, in Lock self.__lock.lock(timeout) File "/home/mailman//Mailman/LockFile.py", line 266, in lock raise AlreadyLockedError AlreadyLockedError: After that I continously get errors, so I remove manually every lock and restart the machine. From that point, /bin utilities seem to recognize the config.db file, I am able to list members, to dump the database, and even remove all users with remove_members. But the administrative interface after putting the first screen of membership management (the one with members) is not able to get another page of members. So, I see the sync_members utility (BUG: the -a is incorrectly listed as --a) so I try to update from the command line, everything seems to work but it stops (I have lost the screen) but I have been able to see that the last address had this form (Which I don't know if is legal) asdvb+(a)asdasda.com Yes, there is a + before the @. Could this be the reason of the clash? I did hope so... but after a try I noticed this works... Should I try to add this users Eduardo BTW: in the remove_members it would be nice to add an option (as in sync_members) for not sending messages on unsubscribing. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Eduardo Jacob - Area de Ingenieria Telematica Departamento de Electronica y Telecomunicaciones ETSII y de IT Tel: +34 94 601 4214 UPV / EHU Fax: +34 94 601 4259 Alda Urquijo s/n E-mail: jtpjatae(a)bi.ehu.es E-48013 - Bilbao (Spain) PGP Key available: Send email w/subject: PGPKEY fingerprint : D8 FA 54 49 F7 40 BA AA 09 1A 73 40 A4 26 ED BD

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