Mailman 3 November 2001 - Mailman-Users

RE: [Mailman-Users] Problem with Postfix
by Geoffrey King 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

The cgi's are working fine. I've checked the main.cf and it reads as follows. default_privs = nobody so.. I reran configure with the --with-mail-gid=nobody But it complained that nobody is not a group. Indeed it isn't. The group that servers that funcion on SuSE is 'nogroup'. I tried that too. Anyways, postfix still complains as before regardless. -----Original Message----- From: Thomas T. Veldhouse [mailto:veldy@veldy.net] Sent: 29 November 2001 06:46 To: gking(a)evildomain.dyndns.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Problem with Postfix Did you try: 'configure --with-cgi-gid=nobody --with-mail-gid=nobody This is the typical setup on FreeBSD. You can find the mail-gid in your /etc/postfix/main.cf -- look for: default_privs = nobody You can find your cgi-gid in /etc/apache/httpd.conf -- look for: User nobody Group nobody Use the Group entry of course. On many Linux installations, Apache is set up with group "nogroup" and postfix uses group "nobody". In this case: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mailman --with-cgi-gid=nogroup --with-mail-g id=nobody make all postfix stop make install postfix start Tom Veldhouse veldy(a)veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoffrey King" <gking(a)evildomain.dyndns.org> To: <mailman-users(a)python.org> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 12:28 PM Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Problem with Postfix > > I've changed the gid of wrapper to postfix. The error is unchanged. > > Is there anyway I can stop postfix from doing this check? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Tomblin [mailto:ptomblin@xcski.com] > Sent: 29 November 2001 06:23 > To: Geoffrey King > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Problem with Postfix > > > Quoting Geoffrey King (gking(a)evildomain.dyndns.org): > > I've changed the gid of wrapper to postfix. The error is unchanged. > > > > Is there anyway I can stop postfix from doing this check? > > I don't know. I've never had the problem. I guess you should take this > back to the mailing list. > > -- > Paul Tomblin <ptomblin(a)xcski.com>, not speaking for anybody > Heuristics are bug ridden by definition. If they didn't have bugs, > then they'd be algorithms. > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users maillist - Mailman-Users(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users >

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Re: [Mailman-Users] attachments ... HELP!
by J C Lawrence 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:58:20 -0600 (CST) Paul L Schumacher <wnpauls(a)linux2.winona.msus.edu> wrote: > How do I set up mailman list to remove attachments on posts? FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.008.htp > Is there an effective virus/worm scanner for mailman on a linux > box with postfix? Amavis? -- 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] Problem with Postfix
by Geoffrey King 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

I've changed the gid of wrapper to postfix. The error is unchanged. Is there anyway I can stop postfix from doing this check? -----Original Message----- From: Paul Tomblin [mailto:ptomblin@xcski.com] Sent: 29 November 2001 06:23 To: Geoffrey King Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Problem with Postfix Quoting Geoffrey King (gking(a)evildomain.dyndns.org): > I've changed the gid of wrapper to postfix. The error is unchanged. > > Is there anyway I can stop postfix from doing this check? I don't know. I've never had the problem. I guess you should take this back to the mailing list. -- Paul Tomblin <ptomblin(a)xcski.com>, not speaking for anybody Heuristics are bug ridden by definition. If they didn't have bugs, then they'd be algorithms.

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Bounce Options
by Clark Cooper 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

I am running Mailman 2.0.8 and am wondering how the Bounce Options in the Admin menus work. Basically, I would like to automatically disable an account for X number of bounces. My testing does not show any such actions taken for X bounces for an invalid list member email address. I have the default settings for all options. Can some explain how this works? Thank you, Clark Cooper

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attachments ... HELP!
by Paul L. Schumacher 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

How do I set up mailman list to remove attachments on posts? Is there an effective virus/worm scanner for mailman on a linux box with postfix? thanks in advance!, Paul L. Schumacher Winona State University Computer Science Department

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Problem with Postfix
by Geoffrey King 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

This has probably been answered a thousand times before but I have a problem with postfix+mailman on Suse 7.2 Linux. Basically. I relpy to a confirmation email to join a list and get the following back.. --------- This is the Postfix I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned below could not be delivered to one or more destinations. For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster> If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the message returned below. The Postfix on SuSE Linux 7.2 (i386) program <hlmods-request(a)evildomain.dyndns.org>: Command died with status 2: "/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd hlmods". Command output: Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 51, GOT gid 65534. (Reconfigure to take 65534?) ------- I did use the --mail-gid=postfix (51) when executing the configure script, but it doesn't seem to help? Whats wrong? what do I need to alter to make it work?

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sudden mailman problem
by Kory Wheatley 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

Mailman 2.0.7 has been working fine on a RED HAT 7.2 machine without a configuration change and all of a sudden it's not delivering messages, all of the messages have been just setting in the /home/mailman/qfiles directory. No configuration changes have been made. I stopped sendmail and restart it and that did not fix the problem. I also rebooted the Linux Box, problem still occurs. I can send an email through the command line using sendmail and that works, also I have majordomo installed on this box and Majordomo works fine. They have both been on this system forever and both have worked fine. Also /var/log/maillog does not report any errors or anything abnormal. The /home/mailman/locks directory is empty, so there is no stalled process. The Qrunner cron job is runner every minute it shows up in the /var/log/cron file with no errors. The log reports in /home/mailman/logs are reporting these error messages. POST file Nov 29:42:00 2001 (3443) post to korymail from wheakory(a)isu.edu, size=441 2 failures SMTP file Nov 29 09:46:01 2001 (3452) smtp for 94 recips, completed in 0.006 seconds Nov 29 09:46:01 2001 (3452) All recipients refused: (111, 'Connection refused') SMTP-FAILURE file Nov 29 09:50:00 2001 (3470) -1 wheakory(a)isu.edu (ignore) Any solutions? -- ######################################### Kory Wheatley Academic Computing Analyst Sr. Phone 282-3874 ######################################### Everything must point to him.

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Re: [Mailman-Users] [OT] Digests in general (was: MIME Digests)
by J C Lawrence 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 05:28:04 -0800 Bill Moseley <moseleymm(a)hank.org> wrote: > Ok, this is straying off topic. I really have one problem with > the Digests, MIME or otherwise, which is that someone almost > always seems to reply to a message in a digest, and includes the > entire digest in their reply, and often with a worthless subject. The easy way is to filter posts with Subject: headers that match digests. -- 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] Backing up Mailman list installations
by J C Lawrence 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:08:47 -0600 Thomas T Veldhouse <veldy(a)veldy.net> wrote: > My only problem with this is that it still leaves config.db for > each list in a binary format. Yup, this is for backups, not inter-system portability. > So, I can not simply place it on a Linux platform and move the > list from a FreeBSD platform which was running a different version > of Python and a different version of Berkley DB. Ahh, not a requirement I have. I'm careful to maintain parallel compatible systems (currently all Debian/testing). > So -- I need a script to extract the information from these DB > files and to be able to reload it again. ~mailman/bin/dumpdb Add a little wrapping to handle the restore (roughly 8 lines from the last time I did this IIRC), and Bob's your uncle. -- 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] FW: Output from "cron" command
by Grace, Terry 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

I'm running 2.0.6 -----Original Message----- From: Greg Ward [mailto:gward@mems-exchange.org] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:56 AM To: tgrace(a)tgrace.com Cc: 'mailman-users(a)python.org' Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] FW: Output from "cron" command On 27 November 2001, Grace, Terry said: > Anyone have any idea why I started getting these during the daily digest run > and/or how to fix? Thanks for any help. > [...] > File "/opt/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 313, in Present > lines.append(self.__mlist.digest_footer % self.TemplateRefs()) > ValueError: unsupported format character ' > ' (0xd) Sound like a combination of a bad footer or header template and a bug in Mailman that doesn't handle that bad template very well. ISTR something like this being fixed in a recent Mailman release; which version are you running? Greg -- Greg Ward - software developer gward(a)mems-exchange.org MEMS Exchange http://www.mems-exchange.org Get to know us http://www.thestar.com - Canada's largest daily newspaper online http://www.toronto.com - All you need to know about T.O. http://www.workopolis.com - Canada's biggest job site http://www.torontostartv.com - Webcasting & Production http://www.newinhomes.com - Ontario's Largest New Home & Condo Website http://www.waymoresports.com - Canada's most comprehensive sports site http://www.tmgtv.ca - Hometown Television

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