Mailman 3 January 2001 - Mailman-Users

upgrading Python and mailman
by Ray Gardener 29 Jan '01

29 Jan '01

We are currently using Python version 1.5.1 and Mailman version 1.0. We wish to move to Mailman version 2.0. In preparation for this I installed Python version 2.0. A bad thing was noticed ;-) mail was accepted into mailman but not distributed out. Looking at the smtp-failures log file I see messages of the following type 28 10:07:04 2001 TrySMTPDelivery: To ['A.D.Person(a)shu.ac.uk', 'J.Someone(a)shu.ac.uk']: Jan 29 10:09:26 2001 TrySMTPDelivery: exceptions.TypeError / connect requires exactly 1 argument; 2 given (dequeued) Is/was this a known problem and if so can I expect the same thing using version 1.5.2 of Python (the minimum for installing version 2 of mailman)? Regards Incidentally [to add to the list of MTA mailman is known to work with] I have installed it with Nexor's PP or Mailer software and will write up the installation quirks if anyone is interest.

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Mass Subscriptions
by Ashley M. Kirchner 29 Jan '01

29 Jan '01

When doing a mass subscribe through the web interface, mailman loves sending out one message per subscriber to the admin of the list. In other words, if I typed in 100 emails in the text field and hit Submit, I will get 100 emails, each one with a different subscriber's email in it. Is there a way to make mailman send out ONE email, containing all the subscriptions in it? AMK4 -- W | | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. |____________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:ashley@pcraft.com> . 303.442.6410 x130 SysAdmin / Websmith . 800.441.3873 x130 Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc. . eFax 248.671.0909 http://www.pcraft.com . 3550 Arapahoe Ave #6 .................. . . . . Boulder, CO 80303, USA

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.01 not sending messages
by cbsbass 29 Jan '01

29 Jan '01

--- sweetsue(a)sweethomes.com wrote: > I have several lists and they have all ceased > posting. I checked and cleared the qfiles area and > did a bit of minor tweaking (as prescribed in other > related postings on this) and it hasn't done any > good. Mail gets processed as it should then sits in > the qfiles area. Verify the qrunner script is running from your mailman cron jobs. You might also try running the script manully to see if that's the problem. -bret __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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password reminders
by Mitchell 28 Jan '01

28 Jan '01

Is it possible to turn password reminders off for just one user? situation here. I have 2 mailing lists program-announce and program-users I want any email I send to program-announce sent to the program-users list as well so I subscribe program-users to program-announce no worries. however Mailman sends out a password reminder on the 1st of every month nd I really don't want all the subscribers of program-users to get the password for the list subscription. So can I turn off password reminders for program-users?? any hints appreciated. Thanks

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Correction to rmlist
by John Aughey 28 Jan '01

28 Jan '01

The rmlist command has a --archives option. It's documented as --archives and in the usage it shows --archives, but argument check checkes for --archive (without the trailing s). This is an easy fix. John

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Duplicate entries
by Terry Brothers 28 Jan '01

28 Jan '01

How does mailman handle duplicate entries in a list? Terry

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Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman
by Yee Siew Chin 28 Jan '01

28 Jan '01

try to do the following:- ln -sn /usr/local/src/mailman/mail/wrapper /etc/smrsh/wrapper remember to restart sendmail before trying it rgds, yee --- Crazykiller <mail(a)crazykiller.de> wrote: > Hello guys, > > i got some problems with sendmail and dunno what it > wants to tell me... > > The original message was received at Sun, 28 Jan > 2001 05:51:39 +0100 > from mailman@localhost > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal > errors ----- > "|/usr/local/src/mailman/mail/wrapper post test" > (expanded from: test) > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > sh: wrapper not available for sendmail programs > 554 "|/usr/local/src/mailman/mail/wrapper post > test"... Service unavailable > > [ Part 2: "Delivery Status" ] > > Reporting-MTA: dns; will.figgn.de > Arrival-Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:51:39 +0100 > > Final-Recipient: RFC822; test(a)will.figgn.de > X-Actual-Recipient: RFC822; > |/usr/local/src/mailman/mail/wrapper post > test(a)will.figgn.de > Action: failed > Status: 5.5.0 > Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:51:39 +0100 > > > [ Part 3: "Included Message" ] > > Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:51:39 +0100 > From: mailman > To: test > Subject: test > > blablabla > > > Jan 28 05:51:39 will sendmail[4345]: FAA04345: > from=mailman, size=34, > class=0, pri=30034, nrcpts=1, > msgid=<200101280451.FAA04345(a)will.figgn.de>, > relay=mailman@localhost > Jan 28 05:51:39 will smrsh: uid 8: attempt to use > wrapper post test > Jan 28 05:51:39 will sendmail[4347]: FAA04345: > to="|/usr/local/src/mailman/mail/wrapper post test", > delay=00:00:00, > xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, stat=Service > unavailable > Jan 28 05:51:39 will sendmail[4347]: FAA04345: > FAA04347: DSN: Service > unavailable > Jan 28 05:51:39 will sendmail[4347]: FAA04347: > to=root, delay=00:00:00, > xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, stat=Sent > > Greets > > Crazy > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users maillist - Mailman-Users(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

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cookie (admin authorization) problem with MM 1.2 and IE 5.5
by Chris Ryland 27 Jan '01

27 Jan '01

I'm having the strangest problem with the administration cookie and IE 5.5 on one particular Win2K machine on a newly-installed Mailman 1.2 setup. I've got two mailing lists, and neither of their administrative cookies will "stick" appropriately. With Netscape 6 on the same machine, all's well. With IE 5.5 on another NT 4.0 machine, all's well. With Netscape 4.5 on a MacOS 9 Powerbook, all's well. I've tried scouring the disk for any bogus cookie, but no cookies show up for mailman. Other cookies (e.g., New York Times) seem to work fine in IE 5.5. I checked the mailman-users archive and saw the messages re: similar problems, but my URLs jive (clearly, or none of the browsers should work). For a while I think I had MM misconfigured (mm_cfg.py) when using IE 5.5, which might suggest a "stuck" broken cookie somewhere, but I sure can't find any. Any ideas appreciated. -- Cheers! Chris Ryland Em Software, Inc. www.emsoftware.com

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mailman
by Crazykiller 27 Jan '01

27 Jan '01

Hello guys, i got some problems with sendmail and dunno what it wants to tell me... The original message was received at Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:51:39 +0100 from mailman@localhost ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/usr/local/src/mailman/mail/wrapper post test" (expanded from: test) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- sh: wrapper not available for sendmail programs 554 "|/usr/local/src/mailman/mail/wrapper post test"... Service unavailable [ Part 2: "Delivery Status" ] Reporting-MTA: dns; will.figgn.de Arrival-Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:51:39 +0100 Final-Recipient: RFC822; test(a)will.figgn.de X-Actual-Recipient: RFC822; |/usr/local/src/mailman/mail/wrapper post test(a)will.figgn.de Action: failed Status: 5.5.0 Last-Attempt-Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:51:39 +0100 [ Part 3: "Included Message" ] Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:51:39 +0100 From: mailman To: test Subject: test blablabla Jan 28 05:51:39 will sendmail[4345]: FAA04345: from=mailman, size=34, class=0, pri=30034, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200101280451.FAA04345(a)will.figgn.de>, relay=mailman@localhost Jan 28 05:51:39 will smrsh: uid 8: attempt to use wrapper post test Jan 28 05:51:39 will sendmail[4347]: FAA04345: to="|/usr/local/src/mailman/mail/wrapper post test", delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, stat=Service unavailable Jan 28 05:51:39 will sendmail[4347]: FAA04345: FAA04347: DSN: Service unavailable Jan 28 05:51:39 will sendmail[4347]: FAA04347: to=root, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, stat=Sent Greets Crazy

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base url dead end
by Marcel Kunath 27 Jan '01

27 Jan '01

Hi, I got a problem with Mailman. I had a list set up everything works fine. Then I did something stupid. I went to General Options and changed: Base URL for Mailman web interface. from: http://www.mydomain.com/mailman/ to: http://www.mydomain.com/mailman/listinfo/ I submitted changes and it accepted. I then tried to change it back but now the path of mailman is wrong. Now due to the path being wrong the submission process to reverse the change doesn't work anymore either, of course. This is a dead end and I am caught in it. I think this could be considered a bug and Mailman should prevent Admins from entering a base URL which destroys their ability to administer the lists. How do I get the old base URL back??? Thanks, mk

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