Mailman 3 April 2000 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] new install problem
by kaiser＠emjay.net 03 Apr '00

03 Apr '00

Dan Mick <dan.mick(a)West.Sun.COM> wrote .. > kaiser(a)emjay.net wrote: > > > > You don't have permission to access /pipermail/ on this server. > > > > I thought I set it up right with the proper permissions, but it doesn't seem to > work. How do I fix this? I am using apache. > > If you think you've done it right, how about letting on to the rest of > us how you've done it, so we can confirm or deny? How else can we help? > Using Webmin 0.78, I went to the apache setup page for the default server (where this is running), and set up an entry in the Document directory aliases (for /Pipermail/ and /pipermail/). Also, when I tried to go to the /mailman/admin/test page, it told me: The requested URL /mailman/admin/test was not found on this server. Do I also need to set up an alias for /mailman/ to point to /home/mailman ? > Make sure you've read #6/7 on http://www.list.org/faq.html. > It isn't that it isn't following the link, it's not allowing me to access it via the web. Other links are followed just fine (like /icons/). The permissions on the folder are drwxrwxsr-x. > > Problem 2: > > > > I set up the test list, and it created the new addresses for which I have to set > up aliases. What is the address I alias them to? > > The addresses that the newlist program prints out, and mails to the > list owner, are exactly what needs to be in the aliases file. That's why > it says this before it prints them: > > Entry for aliases file: > This wasn't in the email it sent to the list owner. -Michael

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Public Archives
by Jeff Fiegel 03 Apr '00

03 Apr '00

I found it.... The problem was that the was that my archives are no in pipermail so changing the Alias fixed it..... Thank you... At 01:57 AM 4/3/00 -0700, Dan Mick wrote: >Jeff Fiegel wrote: > > > > At 12:20 AM 4/2/00 -0800, you wrote: > > >Jeff Fiegel wrote: > > > > > > > > The problem that I am having is that when I a user select to see the > > > > archive when the archives are public then get the error that the page > > > > cannot be found... Hence the reason why I believe that the file > that is > > > > missing is in the /home/mailman/CGI-BIN dir > > > > > >I've no idea why you would think that "page not found" means it's a > > >CGI page. What do you think happens when a normal HTML page is selected > > >that can't be found? > > > > Because the error log says script not found "/home/mailman/cgi-bin/public" > >Ah. Well, having that bit of info might have helped determine that, >yes. I don't know why your archive link is going there...but read on... > > > > > ... There is a private file there but not a public... > > > > > >cgi-bin/private is an executable that presents the "private archive > > >access" authentication screen. There is no need for a "public" script, > > >since public archives are open to all, and direct URL access is > > >possible. > > > > Okay.... but the url for the public archives is /mailman/public/listname > >not for my public archives it's not; the link on the list information page >is "<base>/pipermail/<listname>"; that makes the archives go through >the other Alias in my config file, which, as the documentation says, >should point to /home/mailman/archives/public, which is a directory. >PUBLIC_ARCHIVE_URL in mm_cfg.py is what sets it there. Maybe you >changed that value to something unfortunate?... > > > and since /mailman is aliased as /home/mailman/cgi-bin.... > > > > maybe it isn't a file, a link maybe ? But shouldn't there be something > > named public in the /home/mailman/cgi-bin > > > > everything is setup as per the install.. and everything else works fine.. > > the only problem is the public archives. > >I guess the question is "where are you getting that link to the archives, >and why". The one I'm talking about is in the list info page, which for >my mailman is templates/listinfo.html, revision 1.19, and it has a tag >MM-Archive which is interpreted by substituting in PUBLIC_ARCHIVE_URL.

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new install problem
by kaiser＠emjay.net 03 Apr '00

03 Apr '00

I've spent most of tonight trying to install Mailman. It seems I have it in right, until I try to run it. When I attempt to access /pipermail/ or /Pipermail/ (I set up aliases for each of them), I get: You don't have permission to access /pipermail/ on this server. I thought I set it up right with the proper permissions, but it doesn't seem to work. How do I fix this? I am using apache. Problem 2: I set up the test list, and it created the new addresses for which I have to set up aliases. What is the address I alias them to? Thanks...hopefully I will be running by morning. -Michael PS Can I import a text list of email addresses to transfer my lists from one server to Mailman?

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help with mailman?
by Gregory Leblanc 02 Apr '00

02 Apr '00

Hi there! I was wondering if somebody could help me out. I've got it installed, and it says that everything is happy, but when it tries to subscribe me, this is the error that I get in $mailman/logs/smtp-failures: Mar 27 10:58:18 2000 TrySMTPDelivery: To gleblanc(a)cu-portland.edu: Mar 27 10:58:18 2000 TrySMTPDelivery: socket.error / (110, 'Connection timed out') (deferred) Mar 27 10:58:18 2000 TrySMTPDelivery: Maybe your MTA daemon needs restarting? Sendmail doesn't say that anything is wrong, and I can send mail from ordinary users. No, my MTA daemon doesn't need restarting, I tried that already. I've run out of things to look at. Thanks, Greg

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Install Troubles - Tip
by TM 02 Apr '00

02 Apr '00

After struggling around a while with problems like nothing in the $prefix/cgi-bin dir, missing mail/wrapper, missing paths.py,... i discovered the problem (ouch). For some reason the /usr/src/linux link to /usr/src/linux-2.2.xx was missing. Adding this link and voila - everything works fine. Regards - Tom

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Public Archives
by Jeff Fiegel 02 Apr '00

02 Apr '00

At 03:00 PM 3/31/00 -0500, you wrote: Well there is no file named "public" in the /home/mailman/cgi-bin/ but there is a "private" and the private archives work so???????? I assume there should be a public file as well... >Are they really missing or do you not have the link in the httpd.conf file >set properly? > >I couldn't get the public archives to work until I added the alias from > > <prefix1>/htdocs/pipermail/ -> <prefix2>/mailman/archives/public/ > >You also need to make sure in the alias directory definition has the >FollowSymLinks attribute because mailmain uses a lot of symbolic links. > >--- >Todd M. Shrider >tshrider(a)kascope.com > >On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Jeff Fiegel wrote: > > > > > >Does the cgi-bin/public file get created as part of the setup??? Because > > >mine is missing... (So the public archives don't work..) If they are > > >installation independent can someone please send me the file...??? > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Mailman-Users maillist - Mailman-Users(a)python.org > > http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > > > > >------------------------------------------------------ >Mailman-Users maillist - Mailman-Users(a)python.org >http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users

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Re: [Mailman-Users] disable unsub from a list?
by Dave Robbins 02 Apr '00

02 Apr '00

On Sat, 1 Apr 2000 15:05:10 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt <R.Hildebrandt(a)tu-bs.de> wrote: > I think in such a case you can count on the sanity of the users, can you? > > A solution would be to restrict/disallow posting to the list management > address (list-request) from within sendmail (access.db) > > Also put some access restrictions on the web pages of the Mailman > Webinterface. Hi Ralf, I could be wrong but I think those solutions would all require hostnames not individual user addresses? In any case, I did figure out a solution by simply editing ~mailman/lists/<mylist>/options.html and removing the "Unsubscribe" button. /bin/diff options.html options.html.orig 36c36,37 < Department Staff must remain on the staff mailing list. --- > To unsubscribe, enter your password and hit the button. (If you've > lost your password, see just below to have it emailed to you.) 39c40,41 <   --- > Password: <MM-Unsub-Pw-Box>   > <MM-Unsubscribe-Button> Thanks for your help. Dave Robbins

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All password reminders have the same List-Id
by Aaron La Mar 01 Apr '00

01 Apr '00

The setting: Mailman 1.1, FreeBSD 3.1, Python 1.5.2, Apache 1.3.6, PHP 3.0.10 The problem: I host many lists on my mailman server and all of the password reminders that are going out have the same List-Id tag. As you can see from the mail header below, password reminders for my neww.org mailing lists were sent out with the List-Id from my isep.org list. Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 05:03:59 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200004011003.FAA89733(a)access.partners-intl.net> Subject: neww.org mailing list memberships reminder To: username(a)somwhere.dom X-No-Archive: yes Precedence: bulk X-Mailman-Version: 1.1 Precedence: bulk List-Id: ISEP coordinators electronic mailing list <isep-l.isep.org> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. - Aaron

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Groups Problems
by Sergio A. Murillo D. 01 Apr '00

01 Apr '00

I installed mailman with a .rpm file on my RedHat 6.1 system. All went well! The list was working fine and it still working. The thing is that now that I want to use the web admin page I get this. Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 99, GOT gid 502. (Reconfigure to take 502?) I didn;t get this message before, till now!.. Any ideas on how to fix it short of recompiling mailman? Does anybody know why this happened? ============================================== Sergio A. Murillo D. Internet UNAH ==============================================

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disable unsub from a list?
by Dave Robbins 01 Apr '00

01 Apr '00

Thanks for the info about preventing non-members from posting. I got it. Because I currently have sendmail lists where users cannot unsubscribe (and are not allowed to), is there any mechanism for disabling a members's ability to do this? For example, a list to deliver emergency notices would not work too well if members were permitted to unsubscribe. At the same time, however, I desire the no-posting from non-members. Thanks. Dave Robbins

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