Mailman 3 November 2001 - Mailman-Users

How to change the mail format
by leanne lai 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

Hi, is there way to change the mail format of the mailing list? eg if I want to change the List-Archive: to point to another web address or if I want to add List-Owner to the mail? Thank u in advance :)

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Re: [Mailman-Users] htDig in 2.0.7
by Bill Moseley 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

At 07:50 PM 11/26/01 +0100, Andre Dieball wrote: >I'm trying to install htdig with Mailman 2.0.7. Swish-e can also be used. Take a look at the archive search page at: http://www.swish-e.org/Discussion/search/swish.cgi That's indexing a hypermail archive, which I assume is very similar to pipermail. There's about 3000 emails in that archive. It takes about 20 seconds for swish to create the index. Bill Moseley mailto:moseley@hank.org

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htDig in 2.0.7
by Andre Dieball 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

Hi I'm trying to install htdig with Mailman 2.0.7. I saw, that there are several patches available for that, but all of them are for 2.0.6 What do I have to do to let htdig search my archives? Thanks in advance Rgds. Andre

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Backup script...
by Mark T. Valites 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

I should have mentioned this before... One thing I did notice is that you will loose all pending administrative tasks, but I'll bet you can use dumpdb to see which lists have pending tasks. On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 11:09 AM, Phydeaux wrote: > Thanks! > > reb > > At 10:54 AM 11/27/2001 -0500, you wrote: >> I posted this once before for backing up archives, dbs, and keeping >> all user info, but it had one small bug. The files in >> archives/private/* had the wrong permissions set. A small change took >> care of that. Also, the $person_to_nag_with_700_emails variable >> doesn't matter if you use the --output argument to bin/newlist. If >> you are moving to a new machine name, you will also want to set things >> with config_list - I cannot stress how powerful a tool this can be! >> >> I think this will work for what you want, but of course this didn't >> fix my mailman woes :( >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 10:28 AM, Phydeaux wrote: >> >>> At 07:34 PM 11/26/2001 -0800, you wrote: >>>> At 21:49 -0500 11/26/2001, Phydeaux wrote: >>>>> Using bin/list_lists I can get a list of the lists. I can then >>>>> easily cycle >>>>> through each list and (for each one) do the following: >>>>> >>>>> - Run bin/config_list >>>>> - Run bin/list_members (once for digested, once for regular members) >>>>> - Copy the complete archive or at least the mbox file of the >>>>> archive. >>>>> >>>>> I can then tar the whole mess up and copy it to tape, etc. for a >>>>> portable backup of my mailman installation. >>>>> >>>>> I have several questions. First, am I forgetting to copy anything? >>>>> Will the above approach get me all the data I need to restore the >>>>> system? >>>> >>>> I don't think the above has captured various user flags other than >>>> digest >>>> vs regular. >>>> >>>> I believe a restore will not restore subscriber choices like >>>> not-me-to, >>>> no-mail, hidden, and some others. >>> >>> True... so what is the best way to back things up? I'm loathe to just >>> back up >>> the db files, as they can easily be modified while a tar is taking >>> place. Is that >>> what everyone else is doing? Is there any facility for dumping user >>> config >>> info? I must be missing something... >>> >>> reb >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>> Mailman-Users maillist - Mailman-Users(a)python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users >

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Backup script...
by Phydeaux 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

There have been questions here of late regarding backups. Using bin/list_lists I can get a list of the lists. I can then easily cycle through each list and (for each one) do the following: - Run bin/config_list - Run bin/list_members (once for digested, once for regular members) - Copy the complete archive or at least the mbox file of the archive. I can then tar the whole mess up and copy it to tape, etc. for a portable backup of my mailman installation. I have several questions. First, am I forgetting to copy anything? Will the above approach get me all the data I need to restore the system? Next, is there anything markedly different with v2.1 that would make this unworkable, unwise, or unnecessary? Finally, has anyone written such a script (or a similar one) so I don't have to reinvent the wheel? reb

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Need help
by Alex Franz 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

Can you please tell me how to erase old posts? Thanks, Alex Franz http://alcione.org/mailman/private/lista_alcione_alcione.org/2001-October/t… __________________________________________ I would like to erase the BOLD samples Sample: 001-October Archives by Thread Messages sorted by: [ subject ] [ author ] [ date ] More info on this list... Starting: Thu Oct 11 06:44:42 2001 Ending: Fri Oct 12 03:07:21 2001 Messages: 7 [Lista_alcione] Prueba oct 11 2001 Alex Franz [Lista_alcione] Prueba 2 Alex Franz [Lista_Alcione] Prueba 3 Alex Franz [Lista_Alcione] Prueba 4 Alex Franz [Lista_Alcione] Prueba 4 Alex Franz [Lista_Alcione] El tiempo Alex Franz [Lista_Alcione] test8 Alex Franz Last message date: Fri Oct 12 03:07:21 2001 Archived on: Thu Oct 11 20:10:00 2001 Messages sorted by: [ subject ] [ author ] [ date ] More info on this list... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Admin FAQ/Instructions?
by Richard Torrens 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

Is there a set of instructions for list administrators anywhere? In particular, I wanyt to know how to delete postings from the archives. A couple of the lists I run have just received copies of a virus! Can I, for instance, simply delete the html file in the relevant archive? Won't this upset the database? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Torrens 4QD manufacture speed controllers for battery electric motors. www sites http://www.4QD.co.uk http://www.4QDtec.com http://www.4QD.org All email addresses are copyright. Resale or use on any lists is expressly forbidden ---------- We use a RISC PC 32 bit RISC computer ----------------

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Add to the wishlist
by Greg Ippolito 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

I would like to add to the wish list. User login/password authentication should be able to use LDAP as an option. Python has an LDAP interface. See http://python-ldap.sourceforge.net/ My LDAP tutorial/example might help in getting started: http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialLDAP.html Greg

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Help
by sumanth 26 Nov '01

26 Nov '01

Do anybody know whether there is a command line interface

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Re: [Mailman-Users] not being told of pending administrative requests
by jgo 26 Nov '01

26 Nov '01

> Peter Jay Salzman at 2001-11-21 09:03:02 -0800 wrote: > 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. ditto. I've tried it both with admin intervention required for subscribe and without. The Mailman subscribe log shows "pending", the last thing I find in any other logs I know of says that the confirmation message was received. Someone suggested I double-check the /etc/aliases file, and I did that; looks reasonable from what I've seen posted, here. Don't know what other places to check. Using the bin/whatever programs works or at least the ones I do that way show up in the web page. The intention is for this to be run in "news-letter" fashion, where only the admin can post. Mac OS X 10.1 Mailman 2.0.7 sendmail 8.10.2 Python 2+ John G. Otto, Eagle Scout, Knight, Cybernetic Praxeologist Existence, Consciousness, Identity, Life, Liberty, Property, Privacy, Justice

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