Mailman 3 October 2001 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] Limited posting
by J C Lawrence Oct. 2, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:06:34 -0400 Jon Carnes <jonc(a)haht.com> wrote: > I hate to say this, as I totally despise spam but... to get a > truly accurate count of folks who really open or at least preview > the message, send the message as html and include a link to a tiny > gif on one of your web servers. Place the gif somewhere > unobtrusive in the message, like at the very end. This is called a "web bug" and is a standard technique of both SPAMmers and advertising companies ala DoubleClick, and is one of the primary reasons I refuse to let HTML on any of my lists (as I promise my members privacy). > The text of the message will always show up and as folks read the > message, their machines will automatically download the gif. > Actually, just previewing it will cause the gif to be downloaded. Its also particularly easily defeated. Just configure your MUA to use a non-existent proxy for all HTML fetches. In my case I point it to localhost on a port which has nothing listening on it. The result is that the GET request is made to a non-existent proxy, which never replies, and so the image is not retrieved. Easy, low impact, workable. This way I get to read the mail but don't have to worry about the unannounced and unwelcome privacy invasions of web bugs. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. claw(a)kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.

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getting a subscriber's lists
by Kiat Huang Oct. 2, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

Hi, Is there a way through the web interface or other means (say as the mailman admin, or a user not root (linux)) that can list all the lists a given user is subscribed to? Cheers, Kiat -------------------------------------------------------------- Kiat Huang direct: +44 1483 734924 Systems Administrator office: +44 1483 300169 Red Hat Europe mobile: +44 7866 626855 10 Alan Turing Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7YF GnuPG CA5FE3D6 8136 261E 9C0B 1837 A6D4 0F30 A223 3513 CA5F --------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Mailman-Users] New user - questions
by J C Lawrence Oct. 2, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 06:20:02 -0700 Abigail Marshall <abigail(a)webfavor.com> wrote: > Is there a way to either prevent email with attachments from > coming through the list, or filter email to block specific content > in the body of messages (or both)? Search the list archives for demine, stripmime and mimefilter. Loosely, you'll need to remove the offending parts prior to Mailman getting them. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. claw(a)kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Catholic Information Network (CIN) Moderators List flooded with blank emails
by J C Lawrence Oct. 2, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:51:02 -0500 Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity <(SOLT)" <rgant(a)flash.net>> wrote: > Dear Mailman list: Since the Catholic Information Network (CIN) > changed to the Mailman program yesterday, our moderators' list > (which has 40 to 50 moderators) is flooded with blank emails. > Each moderator's list gets them with the name of his or her own > list. E.G. mine come to cinjub-admin(a)cin.org The forwarded letter > below blanks come to cinmain-admin(a)cin.org because he is the > moderator of the CINMAIN list. Can anyone offer suggestions? Likely one of two things is true: 1) You have problems with your MTA. See your MTA logs for details. 2) One of the mail servers you are delivering to is incorrectly configured (massively) and is screwing up how it handles bounces (likely for a mailbox full condition). -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. claw(a)kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.

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Re: [Mailman-Users] (no subject)
by J C Lawrence Oct. 2, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 09:42:51 -0400 djrosen <djrosen(a)massed.net> wrote: > I operate a moderated (mailman) list. As the moderator/list > owner,I wonder if it is possible to edit messages (for example, to > correct spelling.) Currently, no, not from the web interface. You can of course edit the queue entries in ~/data from the command line, but that's unlikely what you want. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. claw(a)kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.

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New user - questions
by Abigail Marshall Oct. 2, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

Is there a way to either prevent email with attachments from coming through the list, or filter email to block specific content in the body of messages (or both)? My main concern, obviously, is security. Thanks, Abigail

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Ok, what's up with python? (ImportError) when running mailman configure..
by Paul Oct. 2, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

I get this error when running configure. Seems most of the python commands fail, despite having a clean install. This can't be this difficult!!! I've set my path.. echo $PYTHONPATH /usr/lib/python1.5/lib-dynload File "conftest.py", line 1, in ? import pwd, string ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (initpwd) >From the python build dir (Setup.dist) Is this my problem? # Modules with some UNIX dependencies -- on by default: # (If you have a really backward UNIX, select and socket may not be # supported...) #fcntl fcntlmodule.c # fcntl(2) and ioctl(2) #pwd pwdmodule.c # pwd(3) #grp grpmodule.c # grp(3) "Uamau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono." ... The life of the land is perpetuated in Righteousness.. () () Paul Buehler ----/---/----- Freestate Networks (301) 776-1736

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(no subject)
by djrosen＠massed.net Oct. 2, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

I operate a moderated (mailman) list. As the moderator/list owner,I wonder if it is possible to edit messages (for example, to correct spelling.) If so, how do I do that? Also, is it possible for a list owner to set up the list archives so that messages are listed chronologically with the most recent message at the top (not the bottom) of the archive? Thanks for your help, David -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Public lists not advertised?
by J C Lawrence Oct. 2, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 01:10:40 -0700 (PDT) eric-mailman <eric-mailman(a)pretorious.net> wrote: > Hello: Lists set as "public" (i.e., archive_private = 0) aren't > appearing in the listinfo page (though they do appear in the admin > page). Is there a cure for this? Your VHosts don't agree. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. claw(a)kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman won't deliver?
by J C Lawrence Oct. 2, 2001

Oct. 2, 2001

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:19:55 +1000 Nigel Kersten <nigel(a)cofa.unsw.edu.au> wrote: > All recipients refused: (61, 'Connection refused') Almost certainly your answer is in either your MTA's logs, or in your TCP Wrappers/Firewall logs. -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. claw(a)kanga.nu He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.

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