Mailman 3 June 2000 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question
by Dan Mick June 29, 2000

June 29, 2000

The answer was "what's the question"? What does it mean to "type an email address and hit a submit button"? Yeah, one could add that right away: <FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=....uh....what?> > Was a answer posted to this question? It sounds like a great way to reduce page loading and reloading. > Jean Andre Vallery > www.BicycleMessenger.com > > --- Todd LaClair <todd.laclair(a)mail.dreamtheater.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >If I wanted to have … [View More]

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RE: [Mailman-Users] Question: signup box kluge
by Gregory Leblanc June 29, 2000

June 29, 2000

> -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Kolar [mailto:ckolar@admin.aurora.edu] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 2:40 PM > To: mailman-users(a)python.org; mailman-developers(a)python.org > Cc: todd.laclair(a)mail.dreamtheater.com > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Question: signup box kluge > > At 08:07 PM 6/28/2000, Dan wrote: > >The answer was "what's the question"? > > > >What does it mean to "type an email address and hit a submit button"? > … [View More]>Yeah, one could add that right away: > > > ><FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=....uh....what?> > > [note to developers: is there a more elegant way to implement this?] > > The list is not being very helpful today. I think that what > this person > wants is something like the quickie subscription boxes that > you see for > eGroups of ListBot. I have been working on something like > this for a few > lists that I run. As long as security is not that important, it is > possible to work the subscription box into a web page. I was the first reply, and will take full responsibility for not being helpful. However, I, and at least one other person, was not clear on what this person wanted to do. I asked politely for some clarification, but didn't get any. Sorry if that offended anybody, but we really didn't understand the question > NOTE: this is a really quick kluge. > > NoTE: this is really not secure, I only use it on lists > where it does not > matter that much. > > To use: > > Drop into a page. Edit the ACTION line to point to the proper > server/listname on your MM server. Also edit the two > password fields so > that they are the same. What this will do is provide an > initial password > for the user, making joining easy. What this will also do is > provide the > same initial password for all users, so IT IS NOT REALLY > SECURE. At least > change it to something sufficiently random looking to > encourage people to > change it themselves. If you've got any sort of scripting language available on your server, like ColdFusion, PHP, or whatever, it should be easy enough to generate a random password here. [snip] > > --- Todd LaClair <todd.laclair(a)mail.dreamtheater.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > >If I wanted to have a box on my webpage where a user > would type their > > email > > > >address and hit a submit button. Would MailMan be the > best product to > > manage > > > >this user list? > > > -- > /////\\\\\/////\\\\\ > Christopher G. Kolar > Director, Department of Instructional Technology > Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois > ckolar(a)admin.aurora.edu -- www.aurora.edu/~ckolar > [PGP Public Key ID: 0xC6492C72] > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users maillist - Mailman-Users(a)python.org > http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > [View Less]

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Oops!
by Robert Irie June 29, 2000

June 29, 2000

Sorry for the previous post, shoulda checked the archives before sending it! Robert

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Installation problems
by Robert Irie June 29, 2000

June 29, 2000

Hi, Im trying to install the latest 2.0beta3 on a sun SunOS 5.6 mchine. I followed the INSTALL instructions and get errors at the point where I try to create a test list. Here is what I get: > ./newlist Enter the name of the list: test Enter the email of the person running the list: ririe(a)amediainc.com Initial test password: test Traceback (innermost last): File "./newlist", line 155, in ? main(sys.argv) File "./newlist", line 112, in main mlist.Create(listname, owner_mail, … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Developers] Re: [Mailman-Users] Question: signup box kluge
by Dan Mick June 29, 2000

June 29, 2000

> >The answer was "what's the question"? > > > >What does it mean to "type an email address and hit a submit button"? > >Yeah, one could add that right away: > > > ><FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=....uh....what?> > > The list is not being very helpful today. I think that what this person > wants is something like the quickie subscription boxes that you see for > eGroups of ListBot. Ah.. Well, if the word "subscribe" had appeared anywhere in … [View More]

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Default option about whether to archive or not
by JOHN BLEASDALE June 29, 2000

June 29, 2000

I am getting confused about how to configure a default archiving option for new lists that I create. I have the defaults set up as I require and these work fine for new lists, except for the "Archive messages?" option which always starts on Yes. For efficency, I want this to default to No, but start archiving if the list owner changes it to Yes. I have searched through Defaults.py and cannot find a way of ensuring that the "Archive messages?" option starts on No. I am using 2.0b2 and have … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] beta3 newlist problem
by Dan Mick June 29, 2000

June 29, 2000

Argh! Me too. Barry, this looks pretty high-priority. I just upgraded from beta2 to beta3. Now I can't create a new list. [mailman@wfs02 mailman]$ bin/newlist Enter the name of the list: everyone Enter the email of the person running the list: rpeterson(a)wallacefloyd.com Initial everyone password: Traceback (innermost last): File "bin/newlist", line 155, in ? main(sys.argv) File "bin/newlist", line 112, in main mlist.Create(listname, owner_mail, pw) File "/home2/mailman/… [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Extremely High Membership lists
by J C Lawrence June 29, 2000

June 29, 2000

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 10:00:10 +0100 Nigel Metheringham <Nigel.Metheringham(a)VData.co.uk> wrote: > My belief is that qmail and postfix are more inherently secure > than sendmail - sendmail is one big chunk that does everything and > has root privileges, so a compromise tends to take the whole > machine out. Aye, that's the argument of architectures. Postfix and QMail have architectures that lend themselves to being secure. That doesn't mean they are necessarily are, as the … [View More]

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beta3 newlist problem
by Ron Peterson June 29, 2000

June 29, 2000

I just upgraded from beta2 to beta3. Now I can't create a new list. [mailman@wfs02 mailman]$ bin/newlist Enter the name of the list: everyone Enter the email of the person running the list: rpeterson(a)wallacefloyd.com Initial everyone password: Traceback (innermost last): File "bin/newlist", line 155, in ? main(sys.argv) File "bin/newlist", line 112, in main mlist.Create(listname, owner_mail, pw) File "/home2/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 785, in Create self.Lock() … [View More]

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RE: [Mailman-Users] Extremely High Membership lists
by Gregory Leblanc June 29, 2000

June 29, 2000

> -----Original Message----- > From: Nigel Metheringham [mailto:Nigel.Metheringham@VData.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 2:00 AM > To: Chuq Von Rospach > Cc: J C Lawrence; Derek Simkowiak; Gary Wilson; > mailman-users(a)python.org > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Extremely High Membership lists > [snip] > Exim has the severe disadvantage that it runs setuid root and > is a big > lump of code. It has the advantage of sendmail that it was written > … [View More]

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