Mailman 3 December 2001 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] create script missing in 2.0.8 installation
by David Chin 30 Dec '01

30 Dec '01

In message <5.1.0.14.2.20011230140048.0241af08(a)mail.venus.it>, Luigi Rosa write s: > At 30/12/2001 07.54 -0500, David Chin wrote: > > >I just installed mailman 2.0.8, and was able to use the command-line to > >create a test list, and also a functioning (non-test) list. However, there > >seems to be no "create" script as the documentation seems to suggest. Is > >this right? Or is my install broken? > > AFAIK, there is no such script: you have to create the list and then > cut-and-paste the aliases into your alias file. My mistake: I was looking at the 2.1 docs, instead of the 2.0.* docs. Cheers, --Dave Chin dwchin(a)umich.edu

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Re: [Mailman-Users] create script missing in 2.0.8 installation
by David Gibbs 30 Dec '01

30 Dec '01

> I just installed mailman 2.0.8, and was able to use the command-line to > create a test list, and also a functioning (non-test) list. However, > there seems to be no "create" script as the documentation seems to > suggest. Is this right? Or is my install broken? Check in the bin directory for the 'newlist' command. david

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create script missing in 2.0.8 installation
by David Chin 30 Dec '01

30 Dec '01

Hullo, I just installed mailman 2.0.8, and was able to use the command-line to create a test list, and also a functioning (non-test) list. However, there seems to be no "create" script as the documentation seems to suggest. Is this right? Or is my install broken? --Dave Chin dwchin(a)umich.edu

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help setting up mailing list
by Justin Zygmont 30 Dec '01

30 Dec '01

I sent a message with no responses so i'll try agian. I am having difficulty getting a mailing list to work, when I create a new list, it doesn't send a message to me (root) telling me which page to to go or how to subscribe. I don't think this is a permission problem but bin/check_perms will not run correctly from any directory. Does anyone know why I wouldn't recieve a message when I create a new list? I see that the mailman logs say failure but doesn't say why and var/log/messages doesn't report anything. thanks..

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Postfix
by mel 30 Dec '01

30 Dec '01

Ok Mailmanners; I have one server that is running 14 list and these list are getting bigger by the hour. This is a physically hosted box and is a bit shy on horsepower. Currently running sendmail 8.10 and I can already foresee problems when the list reach the 1000 mark. I am considering Postfix, but this box has Front Page extensions installed. Has anyone else attemped such a deal and what are the problems I am looking at. Mel -- -------------------------- System Janitor/Network Plumber http://www.nwla.com Linux User #25446 Linux 2.4.7 --------------------------

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Password for posting to announce-only list
by Anand Desai 30 Dec '01

30 Dec '01

Hi, I'm new to this list, so I apologize if my question appeared soon before, but I didn't see it in the archives. I'm setting up an announce-only Mailman list for a weekly newsletter with about 1200 members, so it's very important that no unauthorized users can post. Is there a way to configure Mailman to require a password for posting? I'm worried that a fake message appearing to come from the address of an authorized poster would be sent to the list. Ideally I would like to have several addresses from which messages could be posted with a password or some other means of authentication. If messages can be posted from the Web interface with a password, that would be OK as well. Thanks in advance! --Anand Desai

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Re: [Mailman-Users] list server and mailman
by J C Lawrence 29 Dec '01

29 Dec '01

On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 08:40:11 -0800 Joe Wise <jwise(a)newroads.org> wrote: > Is there anyone using mailman as a list-server who can help a > newbie? I am a physics teacher at a school in Santa Monica and I > want to have my class on a list. Sure, what do you need? -- 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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Do you have any say in who uses your software?
by Layton Light 29 Dec '01

29 Dec '01

I recently tried to unsubscribe to a e-mail list that I had been on quite a while due to it switching over to your software and the resulting chaos and poor attitude shown by the list administrator. The site is at: http://lists.off-road.com/mailman/listinfo/toy4x4 Below is an un-edited transcript of the e-mail exchange between the administrator and myself. Is this the kind of example you want to set for the success of your software? Fri 12/28/2001 7:16 AM Sent to: toy4x4-admin(a)lists.off-road.com I have "unsubscribed" as directions listed and got a successful unsubscribe response from the automated system. You can see by the header info that I am still getting list mail a day after unsubscribing. Say what you will about the idiots who can't do it. There's something screwed up here! Please remove me. Layton Light Fri 12/28/2001 11:13 PM Sent to: toy4x4-owner(a)lists.off-road.com I will send as many e-mails as necessary to get this stuff to stop coming to me. I am UNSUBSCRIBED! According to the web page and I'm still getting stuff. STOP IT PLEASE! Fri 12/28/2001 11:57 PM From: PJC@ORC_OFFICE [pjc(a)mail.off-road.com] When did you unsubscribe? Sat 12/29/2001 8:25 AM Sent to: PJC@ORC_OFFICE I unsubscribed on Wednesday morning (11/26/01). The mail has stopped now. Did you do something or was there some sort of lag time involved here? I am fairly computer and internet savvy and have been on other lists with no problems. The problems I'm seeing on this list do seem unusual. Good luck with it. It's winter and my truck is in storage, so I'll probably re-subscribe in the spring. Thanks, Layton Light Sat 12/29/2001 10:25 AM From: pjc(a)off-road.com [pjc(a)tecate.off-road.com] Just as I said in numerous emails to every list, there is a lag time. Sat 12/29/2001 12:29 PM Sent to: pjc(a)off-road.com Well how long is this lag time supposed to be? I just got 30 more e-mails after un-subscribing on Wednesday for crying out loud! I've never, and I mean NEVER, had this problem on any of about 5 or 6 other lists I've subscribed-to and un-subscribed-from a dozen times! And I've never seen a list so disrupted, with so many pissed off people, by either lousy software or lousy administration of software in my life! Fix it, or find someone who can! Layton Light Sat 12/29/2001 12:37 PM From: pjc(a)off-road.com [pjc(a)tecate.off-road.com] You are now banned. As you can see, he did not fix the problem. He only banned me to keep from hearing my criticism. I am still getting e-mail from the list and may have to resort to contacting my ISP to bounce their stuff back to them. If this is licensed in any way, I think he should have the license yanked, as he obviously doesn't know how to use your software! Sign up for the list to see how much of it has been taken over by people in the same position as me who are unable to un-subscribe or to get mail to stop coming from the list! Layton Light

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email looping - autoresponders - how to stop it?
by Marc Perkel 29 Dec '01

29 Dec '01

I have a problem. I created a list and dumped a bunch of emails into it. It sent an initial message to everyone - but one person is on vacation and the autoresponder responded. Now Mailman and the Autoresponder are sending messages back and forth. How do I make mailman ignore autoresponders?

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Mailman doesn't understand email address details?
by Skip Montanaro 29 Dec '01

29 Dec '01

I started experimenting with Jason Mastaler's TMDA spam fighting tool a few days ago. It allows you to generate time-sensitive reply addresses in outgoing mail like skip+dated+1009986941.df094a(a)pobox.com. Many MTAs support the use of such "detail" information. I discovered that Mailman doesn't, however. This makes it impossible to use dated addresses with closed mailing lists. Any chance that Mailman will recognize such addresses in the future? -- Skip Montanaro (skip(a)pobox.com - http://www.mojam.com/)

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