Mailman 3 February 2001 - Mailman-Users

promotion !
by Pieter Boshoff 27 Feb '01

27 Feb '01

Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to use Mailman as promotion tool! All I would like is to send mail to a number of users, and all reply must me send back to ONE e-mail address and not the list even if reply to all is selected. Thanks > Pieter Boshoff > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------- > unix sys admin > Tel: +27 11 340 7256 > Fax: +27 11 340 7288 > Cell: +27 83 600 4095 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------- > M-WEB Business Solutions > Making it happen. > > Go shopping @ http://shopping.mweb.co.za > Get your business online @ http://business.mweb.com > >

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Re: [Mailman-Users] customizing verify.txt (confirmation messages).
by Dan Mick 27 Feb '01

27 Feb '01

> Is there a way to customize it so that it only affects > that particular list and not the others? Or, is there > some setting where you can tell a particular list to > use a different set of config files besides > /etc/mailman? There's a patch I made to make list-specific templates. It's on Sourceforge. Mailman 2.1 will be language-localized, and also allow per-list templates, I believe. > And, on another note, does any one know how to "clone" > a list (not a user). I'm setting up a bunch of lists > that all need the same preferences (archive off, > moderated, etc.). The only difference is that the > name of the lists will be dfferent. Is there a way to > setup the lists so I don't have to go through all of > the admin html pages for each list? bin/config_list will help (send the output to a file, edit it, and read the input from the file)

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admin interface hang
by gaydos＠raleigh.ibm.com 27 Feb '01

27 Feb '01

Greetings. Recently a number of folks have complained that the admin web interface hangs for one of their mailing lists, while the other admin interfaces for their other lists work fine. We just had a similar incident. In our case the culprit turned out to be the netscape cookie file on the machine the list admin was using. We renamed the cookie file and cleared the stale mailman locks and he could reliably use the admin interface. As soon as we put the original cookie file back the hangs came back. The user is reluctant to send his cookie file to me for testing so I don't think I'll get any closer to the real culprit. I'm hoping that someone else having this issue might be able to fix their problem similarly, and possibly find the secret of the bad cookie. Thanks, Gary

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customizing verify.txt (confirmation messages).
by Say It 27 Feb '01

27 Feb '01

Hello, I'm using mailman1.1 (linux - debian) and have multiple mailman lists setup. I have one particular list which needs to have the subscription confirmation message customized. Background: the name of the particular list is not descriptive of the company and neither is the domainname, so when a user gets a confirmation request to subscribe, they may not remember they had signed up for that list. I looked around at my files and i see a verify.txt file in /etc/mailman. That appears to be the file mailman uses to compose its email confirmation request. The file looks like: We have received a request%(remote)s for subscription of your email address, <%(email)s>, to the %(listaddr)s mailing list. To confirm ... I guess I could edit the verify.txt and customize it, but I believe that would affect my other existing lists. Is there a way to customize it so that it only affects that particular list and not the others? Or, is there some setting where you can tell a particular list to use a different set of config files besides /etc/mailman? And, on another note, does any one know how to "clone" a list (not a user). I'm setting up a bunch of lists that all need the same preferences (archive off, moderated, etc.). The only difference is that the name of the lists will be dfferent. Is there a way to setup the lists so I don't have to go through all of the admin html pages for each list? TIA, Chris __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Lock files
by Ashley M. Kirchner 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

When does mailman create file locks, and for how long do they exist? (i know they will linger around if the program crashed, but under normal operation, how long?) AMK4 -- W | | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. |____________________________________________________________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:ashley@pcraft.com> . 303.442.6410 x130 SysAdmin / Websmith . 800.441.3873 x130 Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc. . eFax 248.671.0909 http://www.pcraft.com . 3550 Arapahoe Ave #6 .................. . . . . Boulder, CO 80303, USA

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Unable to login to private archives
by bunny 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

I have all the features operational except the login to the private archives. I have been unable to find any information on any special setup required. I have 2.0 beta 5 and 2.0.1 ( on separate machines). Any ideas as to what I am missing? thx in advance

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virtual domains and mailman
by Kirk R. Wythers 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

I would like to set up a list on my office machine to be accessible to the outside world without using my machine's domain name (bla.bla.bla.umn.edu). Is it possible to: 1. create some kind of virtual domain like whateverdomain.net that the outside could type into a browser and find my machine at bla.bla.bla.umn.edu? 2. Configure a mailman list to use that virtual domain in it's list name instead of http://bla.bla.bla.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/whateverlistname Any and all advice on this would be greatly appreciated, Kirk

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Disabiling attachments?
by David Brauer 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

My list just had a virus come through on a member's Active-X attachment. I can't find an option in the Mailman administrative interface that will forbid, or disable attachments. Is there any way to do this? I've found our list works best when messages are restricted to plain text, no attachments. Thanks for any help anyone can give. Please also contact me directly at dbrauer(a)uswest.net Sincerely, David Brauer http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/mpls

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installing mailman
by Saïd El Mamouni 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

hello My english is not very well, so i hope someone understand me. On my network there is a server (tru64 unix) with assume these services : sendmail, NIS, NFS I want to know if i can install mailman on another computer (linux RH6 witch is a composant of my NIS) whithout apache and sendmail Mailman will use the sendmail of the NIS server thanks!

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Question
by Jill Mytton 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

I am a lecturer at the University of East London and have been running a discussion list using mailman via the university server. However the head of my department is now concerned about the legal implications of using UEL as the server for a list that is for former members of a cult. Although not a therapy group not a data collection group he remains concerned. To make life simpler I would therefore like to run the group without going via the UEL server but am not sure whether this is possible,. I have been very pleased with the facilities offered by mailman and would like to continue to use it. Hope that this is clear - I am not known for being very clear when explaining! Jill Jill Mytton, MSc., C.Psychol., Counselling Psychologist, Dept of Psychology University of East London, Romford Road London E15 4LZ Phone: 020 8223 4456 E-mail: E.J.Mytton(a)uel.ac.uk

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