Mailman 3 November 2001 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman & LDAP
by Donal Hunt Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

I actually finished writing a patch for Mailman 2.0.2 during the summer which worked just fine. I'm starting work on the Mailman 2.1 authenticator in the near future and should be ready around the end of December (could be a busy christmas!!). If anyone has an specific requirements for how Mailman & LDAP combine drop me a mail. For example I'm guessing most poeople will want to integrate with an already existing directory service... Getting the requirements for the authenticator right (there might be a need for 2 types) is key to it working for people - ie NDS, openldap, etc differences. Regards Donal Hunt --Sysops-- DCU >From Mailman-Users digest, Vol 1 #1588 - 20 msgs: Message-ID: <01da01c17134$c07d9be0$0b04010a@JCARNES> From: "Jon Carnes" <jonc(a)haht.com> To: <jorge.llacer(a)bt.es>, "J C Lawrence" <claw(a)kanga.nu> Cc: <mailman-users(a)python.org> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman & LDAP Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 14:59:52 -0500 Looks like the LDAP plug-in will be quite popular once someone writes it... ----- Original Message ----- From: "J C Lawrence" <claw(a)kanga.nu> To: <jorge.llacer(a)bt.es> Cc: <mailman-users(a)python.org> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman & LDAP > On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 17:09:06 +0100 > jorge llacer <jorge.llacer(a)bt.es> wrote: > > > Is it possible to interface Mailman with a user database stored in > > a LDAP server? > > In the upcoming 2.1, yes, given that you/someone writes an adaptor > for LDAP (there's a plugin layer). > > -- > 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. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users maillist - Mailman-Users(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users

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RE: [Mailman-Users] Email Subscription
by jgo Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

> sure, just send mail to <listname>-request(a)yourdomain.com > with the subject "subscribe" <sans the quotes> And does the sysadmin have to have set up a username listname-request for this to work? Otherwise, wouldn't it just get rejected with user not found or some such? [Taking great glee in adding spamsters to the list in mm_cfg.py and wondering why that doesn't seem to be happening to this list.] John G. Otto, Eagle Scout, Knight, Cybernetic Praxeologist Existence, Consciousness, Identity, Life, Liberty, Property, Privacy, Justice

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I think I found a broken link...
by David Ramirez Joya Nov. 21, 2001

Nov. 21, 2001

Greetings, I'm just writing to let you know that there's a problem with the list manager's documentation. When you click on the link, I receive a Web Page not found Message. Looking for an answer, I found that there's a redirection from the original link to another, but with the error: redirect to "http://bla.bla.bla/user//mailman/index.html" I think that the error is in the double slash... Just wanted to tell you about this issue... Best Regards, David Ramírez Joya. =================================================================== David Ramirez Joya Depto. de Informatica System Manager Servicios de Internet Servidor GAMA. FIME -- UANL dramirez(a)gama.fime.uanl.mx Tel: 329-40-71 Ext. 5721

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MacOSX and BSD
by Victor Spadaro Nov. 20, 2001

Nov. 20, 2001

Has anyone, besides apple, installed mailman on an Mac OSX Server BSD box? If yes how? Help! TIA Vic

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mail-aliases make problems
by Jonas Meurer Nov. 20, 2001

Nov. 20, 2001

Hey ho, In the mailman-documentation I've read that I should put mailman:root mailinglist:mailman mailinglist-request:mailman etc. in /etc/mail/aliases. But now, if so. sends a mail to mailinlist-request, the mail is in the end forwardet to root, and mailman can't process it. What can I do? Bye Jonas -- | .-. | 2nd mail: bilbo.beutlin(a)mail.de | jmeurer.dnsalias.org | /v\ | ****************************************************** | /( )\ | **** Linux is like a wigwam: **** | ^^ ^^ | **** no windows, no gates and an apache inside! ****

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recovering from faulty base url for mailman web interface
by Peter Jay Salzman Nov. 20, 2001

Nov. 20, 2001

hi all, i'm a list manager (not site administrator). i fsck'ed up and put the wrong url for the base mailman url. i noticed a file /home/mailman/lists/vox/config.db, which i don't have read or write permissions to. is this where list configs are stored? is it a berkeley db file? is there a way to recover from screwing up the base mailman url for this list without contacting the site administrator? i'm sure this question gets asked every once in a while. sorry for asking it. :( i checked the faq. the site doesn't seem to have any mailman documentation: [vox]$ locate mailman | grep -i doc [vox]$ also, the list administrator docs link on http://www.list.org/mgrs.html seems to be down. :( 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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Mailman and Virtual Hosting
by Joel Webb Nov. 20, 2001

Nov. 20, 2001

I am trying to move an old Mailman list to a virtual host. Is there a way to have a virtual list serve?? I have the virtual email addresses working with the Mailman aliases in the /etc/vmail/ file I also wanted to the regular /etc/aliases to point to the new virtual host aliases in order to move the list over smoothly. But, do I have to redirect the email addresses in the normal /etc/aliases file normally the same as in the /etc/vmail/ file?? -- Respectfully, Joel Webb WebbGroup Network Systems LLC www.webbgroup.net 336.841.7241

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qrunner locks are not always removed
by Lucas Hofman Nov. 20, 2001

Nov. 20, 2001

Nov 15 21:51:02 2001 (5617) Could not acquire qrunner lock Nov 15 21:52:01 2001 (5619) Could not acquire qrunner lock Nov 15 21:53:02 2001 (5621) Could not acquire qrunner lock Nov 15 21:54:02 2001 (5623) Could not acquire qrunner lock Nov 15 21:55:03 2001 (5625) Could not acquire qrunner lock Nov 15 21:56:01 2001 (5627) Could not acquire qrunner lock Nov 15 21:57:01 2001 (5629) Could not acquire qrunner lock Nov 15 21:58:01 2001 (5631) Could not acquire qrunner lock Nov 15 21:59:01 2001 (5633) Could not acquire qrunner lock Nov 15 22:00:02 2001 (5637) Could not acquire qrunner lock Nov 15 22:01:02 2001 (5641) Could not acquire qrunner lock Nov 15 22:02:03 2001 (5643) smtp for 1 recips, completed in 2.371 seconds Nov 15 22:02:05 2001 (5643) smtp for 2 recips, completed in 2.232 seconds Nov 16 10:56:07 2001 (7558) smtp for 16 recips, completed in 5.724 seconds Nov 16 10:56:07 2001 (7558) post to holoseis from jostein.lima(a)pgs.com, size=14 The above is a combination of the log files. It shows -I think- that qrunner crashes and leaves its locks. Thereafter it cannot start and logs this (once a minute). Then Something happens which removes the locks and everything works fine. This leads to 2 questions: 1. Why are the lock files not removed? (if that is because of qrunner crashing, then why does it crash?) 2. What event could remove the lock files and restore everything to its proper state? -- Regards, Lucas Hofman PGS Research work: +47 67514059 PO Box 354 fax: +47 67526640 N-1326 Lysaker, Norway home: +47 67581373

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Wierd alias problem
by Randi Tanner Nov. 20, 2001

Nov. 20, 2001

Ok, I'm new to mailman, so if I'm missing something big, try to explain it in small words. ;) I'm installing mailman to handle 2 mailing lists for a webhosting company. I need to have 3 admins for each list. One of the lists is called linux-security. When I created this list, I gave it the admin email of linux-admin(a)list.whatever.com. linux-admin is actually an alias. In /etc/mail/aliases: linux-admin: sektie, lelon, andys This only gets sent to users lelon and andy, however. If I send an email to linux-admin, it goes to all three of us. If mailman sends it, it only gets sent to lelon and andy. The only way mailman will send me an email is if I am the only user listed. Any ideas why this is happening? Randi

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Problem with cookies in Mailman 2.0.7
by Björn Lindström Nov. 20, 2001

Nov. 20, 2001

I recently upgraded from 2.0.6 to 2.0.7. I am running Mailman with Python 2.0 under OpenBSD. The problem is that in the web interface, Mailman gives the error message: "Error decoding authorization cookie" after _each_ pageload, and asks for the password again. When I try to change an option, I get the same page, but even if I enter the password, the option is not changed.

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