Mailman 3 November 2001 - Mailman-Users

Authentication failed
by Reed Lai Nov. 22, 2001

Nov. 22, 2001

Seniors, I just installed mailman and created a test list, but I can't get in from the page http://.../mailman/admin/test for configuration because always "Authentication failed!" Please help! Thanks! -- Reed Lai http://w3.icpdas.com/reed/ | ICPDAS http://www.icpdas.com GnuPG (DSA/ElGamal) 0x7199EAD3 Reed Lai (key #1) <reed(a)icpdas.com> KeyServer: search.keyserver.net | HAM: BV4QO | NIC-handle: RL7000

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Problems/Questions after install
by Daniel Vickers Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

I know this one has probably been answered before and I'm sorry if it has, but I wasn't able to find it in the archive. So Here Goes. I just installed Mailman 2.0.1 on Redhat 7.1... The Mailman file I used was a RPM that was included in the PowerTools CD. Any ways, from what I can tell, everything installed just fine. I was even able to add a test list. But, I am new to these web add ons like mail man and others, and am not queite sure how to work the web pages. The documentation didn't realy have anything available on how to implementat the web pages. For a somewhat beginer that can be kinda discouraging. Any ways, I need to get some help on implimantating the web pages and making sure everything is setup ok. I am willing to setup an account for the person to help me with this and so they can check the configuration, so I know if I did something wrong. Also if you would like to contact me by ICQ, my ICQ # is 21768684. This is also a good way to tell when my server is online. I am having major problems with my satalite provider and therefor suspended my account untill they fix the problem, so for right now, I am running on a 56k modem, and therefor not always online. So feel free to check my ICQ. If you need any further information about my setup, you can contact me at this email or ICQ. I am totaly lost, please help. Thanks in advance, Daniel

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Problems/Questions after install
by Daniel Vickers Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

I know this one has probably been answered before and I'm sorry if it has, but I wasn't able to find it in the archive. So Here Goes. I just installed Mailman 2.0.1 on Redhat 7.1... The Mailman file I used was a RPM that was included in the PowerTools CD. Any ways, from what I can tell, everything installed just fine. I was even able to add a test list. But, I am new to these web add ons like mail man and others, and am not queite sure how to work the web pages. The documentation didn't realy have anything available on how to implementat the web pages. For a somewhat beginer that can be kinda discouraging. Any ways, I need to get some help on implimantating the web pages and making sure everything is setup ok. I am willing to setup an account for the person to help me with this and so they can check the configuration, so I know if I did something wrong. Also if you would like to contact me by ICQ, my ICQ # is 21768684. This is also a good way to tell when my server is online. I am having major problems with my satalite provider and therefor suspended my account untill they fix the problem, so for right now, I am running on a 56k modem, and therefor not always online. So feel free to check my ICQ. If you need any further information about my setup, you can contact me at this email or ICQ. Thanks in advance, Daniel

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Problems After Install
by Daniel Vickers Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

I know this one has probably been answered before and I'm sorry if it has, but I wasn't able to find it in the archive. So Here Goes. I just installed Mailman 2.0.1 on Redhat 7.1... The Mailman file I used was a RPM that was included in the PowerTools CD. Any ways, from what I can tell, everything installed just fine. I was even able to add a test list. But, I am new to these web add ons like mail man and others, and am not queite sure how to work the web pages. The documentation didn't realy have anything available on how to implementat the web pages. For a somewhat beginer that can be kinda discouraging. Any ways, I need to get some help on implimantating the web pages and making sure everything is setup ok. I am willing to setup an account for the person to help me with this and so they can check the configuration, so I know if I did something wrong. Also if you would like to contact me by ICQ, my ICQ # is 21768684. This is also a good way to tell when my server is online. I am having major problems with my satalite provider and therefor suspended my account untill they fix the problem, so for right now, I am running on a 56k modem, and therefor not always online. So feel free to check my ICQ. If you need any further information about my setup, you can contact me at this email or ICQ. Thanks in advance, Daniel

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Two issues from DEVi-announce
by Katherine Walker Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

It is my understanding that the announce list is not for posting messages to other than the person designated as the administrator. However, the sign up page at http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/devi-announce states: "Using DEVi-Announce To post a message to all the list members, send email to devi-announce(a)lists.samurai.com." We've set up restrictions so that the message needs to get approved prior to sending which I find cumbersome. I would much rather approve 1-3 email addresses to post to the announce list and not have this extra approval step each time there is an announcement email. Can you help me? ____________________________________- The following can be found at http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/subscribe/devi-announce Unsubscribing from DEVi-Announce To unsubscribe, enter your password and hit the button. (If you've lost your password, see just below to have it emailed to you.) There is a typo above...how do we request that this gets fixed? Katherine Walker Director(a)digitalevevictoria.com

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not being told of pending administrative requests
by Peter Jay Salzman Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

hi there, people need "confirm+approval" to subscribe to my list. i have "should admin get immediate notice of new requests" set to "yes". and the list admin's email address is correctly set to me. however: 1. user subscribes to list 2. user gets confirmation notice 3. user replies to confirmation notice 4. i get no email that there's a pending request waiting for me the only way to learn of the pending request is to visit the admin page. since i'd like to respond to requests quickly, this is kind of a nuissance. i really would like to know when i need to take care of subscription requests. are there issues with getting immediate notices of pending administrative requests? any gotchas that i should be aware of? is there anything i can check which can be screwing this up? pete -- "You may not use the Software in connection with any site that disparages Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, or their products or services ..." -- Clause from license for FrontPage 2002

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welcome msg is seriously fscked up under opera
by Peter Jay Salzman Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

hi all, here's the welcome message for my list: Here are the rules: 1. Don't send HTML email. Don't send attachments to the list. 2. No flaming. 3. The list manager is Peter Jay Salzman <p(a)dirac.org>. Think of him as the "system administrator" for this list. 4. vox can be be high volume for short spurts. If the list traffic gets heavy, please think twice before posting to the list until the traffic calms down. 5. Avoid one-liners. No me-too posts (unless you're trying to make a funny). 6. Trim quotes on vox. Don't trim quotes on vox-tech. NEVER TRIM ATTRIBUTIONS -- If you're replying to a post, leave the identity of the poster intact!! 7. You are expected to follow Khendon's Law: If the same point is made twice by the same person, the thread is over. when submitting this under opera, it puts multiple newlines between all these lines. it looks something like: Welcome to the vox(a)lists.lugod.org mailing list! Here are the rules: Subject: Welcome to the "vox" mailing list From: vox-request(a)lists.lugod.org To: p(a)dirac.org X-No-Archive: yes X-Ack: no Sender: vox-admin(a)lists.lugod.org Errors-To: vox-admin(a)lists.lugod.org X-BeenThere: vox(a)lists.lugod.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk List-Help: <mailto:vox-request@lists.lugod.org?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:vox@lists.lugod.org> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox>, <mailto:vox-request@lists.lugod.org?subject=subscribe> List-Id: lugod's free for all mailing list <vox.lists.lugod.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox>, <mailto:vox-request@lists.lugod.org?subject=unsubscribe> 1. Don't send HTML email. Don't send attachments to the list. 2. No flaming. 3. The list manager is Peter Jay Salzman <p(a)dirac.org>. Think of him as the "system administrator" for this list. 4. vox can be be high volume for short spurts. If the list traffic gets heavy, please think twice before posting to the list until the traffic calms down. you get the picture. there are two problems here: 1. submitting the form interface via opera inserts alot of funky newlines 2. the first line gets prepended to some headers. this happened under mozilla too, and i fixed it by putting a blank line before the first line of the welcome message. has anyone else encountered this problem? any ideas on what could be fscking up the form interface so badly? pete

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Error delivering mails on Mailman 2.0.6
by Alessandro Luiz Petrocino Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

Hi, guys ! I have a problem ... In my error file (/usr/local/mailman/logs/error), i received the following error: Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): Traceback (innermost last): Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): File "/usr/local/mailman/cron/qrunner", line 282, in ? Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): kids = main(lock) Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): File "/usr/local/mailman/cron/qrunner", line 252, in main Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): keepqueued = dispose_message(mlist, msg, msgdata) Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): File "/usr/local/mailman/cron/qrunner", line 121, in dispose_message Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): if BouncerAPI.ScanMessages(mlist, mimemsg): Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Bouncers/BouncerAPI.py", line 59, in ScanMessages Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): addrs = func(msg) Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Bouncers/DSN.py", line 46, in process Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): if string.lower(msg.gettype()) <> 'multipart/report' or \ Nov 21 09:56:06 2001 qrunner(6463): TypeError : read-only character buffer, None And I have over 3000 messages "stuked" in /usr/local/mailman/qfiles ... No one message was delivered for the users ... since November 14 ... How can I fix this problem ?!? Thank's Alessandro Luiz Petrocino

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Installing Mailman.../moderator
by Jules Siegel Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

Dear Moderator: I don't want to be a pest, but I would appreciate your killing the prtevious message, and sunbstituting the one below before passing it on to the list. Many thanks for your consideration. ---Original text--- I am setting up a new not-for-profit journalism discussion list and I am inclined to believe that Mailman <www.list.org> will do what I want at the lowest price (free). Although I am technically inclined, this looks as if it might be beyond my scope. Is there anyone out there who could help me on this? I would be happy to pay a modest fee for installing the program. Many thanks for any help or advice. Please reply personally to siegel(a)cafecancun.com as I am not a subscriber to this list. -- JULES SIEGEL Apdo 1764 Cancun Q. Roo 77501 http://www.cafecancun.com

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Installing Mailman
by Jules Siegel Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

I am setting up a new not-for-profit journalism discussion list and I am inclined to believe that Mailman <www.list.org> will do what I want at the lowest price (free). Although I am technically inclined, this looks as if it might be beyond my scope. Is there anyone out there who could help me on this? I would be happy to pay a modest fee for installing the program. Many thanks for any help or advice. -- JULES SIEGEL Apdo 1764 Cancun Q. Roo 77501 http://www.cafecancun.com

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