Mailman 3 March 2001 - Mailman-Users

Mailman on Cobalt Qube3?
by Direction - Bjorn Kassoe Andersen March 5, 2001

March 5, 2001

Will Mailman run on a machine like this? http://emea.cobalt.com/products/pdfs/datasheet.qube3.pdf Which version would I need? I've mainly worked with content, sorry if this is a trivial technical question. Regards Bjorn Kassoe Andersen kassoe(a)direction.dk - www.direction.dk Phone: +45 75 77 03 30

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Prob1: How to disble unsubscribe for some users
by Nathan Grass March 5, 2001

March 5, 2001

Let me restate the problem near as I understand it: Your list sent the users their password per the default monthly policy. You did not want this to be done so as to prevent users from being able to unsubscribe. Now that these users have the password how can you change their password to prevent them from removing themselves. As far as I know this is not possible. This is also a very BAD idea. I run a list where some members are REQUIRED to be on the list to meet requirements of a group that exists "outside" of that list. The best way you can deal with your problem (as I have had to with both Majordomo and Mailman) is to just be sure you GET all subscription notices. You will be able to see when they remove themselves. As to this being impossible, the mailman web interface provides a very easy way to have mailman send you your password and this is not something you can disable per user. Allow your users to manage their subscriptions (within the normal limits of mailman) and keep a watchful eye out for unsubscribes and punish as allowed by law. ;) HTH, Nate == // -=- Signature updated May 07 2000 -=- \\ | Nathan Grass http://www.zaz.net/ | |** Free Email! http://helpdesk.zaz.net/ **| |** Free Shell! http://freeshell.zaz.net/ **| | zaz on DALnet #zaz ICQ: 35510843 | \\ -=- Expressed views are my opinions -=- // _____________________________________________________________ Free #HelpDesk Email, get yours: http://helpdesk.zaz.net/email/ - zaz Internet Services: http://www.zaz.net/

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problem adding user in different subdomain
by David Herren March 5, 2001

March 5, 2001

I need to subscribe two different addresses for a few of my list subscribers and I'm having some difficulties. An example, I need to add both the following addresses to a list: user(a)domain.com user(a)io.domain.com When I attempt to do this, mailman tells me the IO address is "already a member" though it does not appear on the list of subscribers. Furthermore, the list rejects posts from the IO address with "user unknown." I'm running version 2.01 Are there any workarounds? Please reply directly as I get the list as a digest... /david -- david herren | In an Internet without doors, shoreham, vt | who needs Windows or Gates?

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Hi, hide the sender
by Michel 'ZioBudda' Morelli March 5, 2001

March 5, 2001

Hi, I have a popular mailinglist. This ML is archived into web. Now, the html-page of (all) article contain "who" (email address) have sent the mail in the (normal) format: name(a)domain.com. Is there a possibility to transform name(a)domain.com into name(at)domain.com (or similar) ??? tnx in advance. -- FERMI TUTTI: E' UNA RAPINA! NON GLI CREDONO E LO PICCHIANO. (Dai Giornali) -- Michel <ZioBudda> Morelli michel(a)ziobudda.net ICQ UIN: 58351764 PR of Linux in Italy http://www.ziobudda.net http://www.linuxlab.it

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Incorrect Headers
by Teo de Hesselle March 5, 2001

March 5, 2001

It seems that for one of my lists' monthly password reminders, mailman is putting incorrect headers in, making it appear that the reminder is coming from a different list. The list whom this user is subscribed to is called 'researchnet', whereas the headers are claiming that it is coming from the 'bacc' list. This is interfering with mailman's bounce detection, and as a result the bacc admin is receiving all these messages, and is understandably not impressed. I am including the relevant sections below. Has anyone experienced this before? (or should this be addressed to the develepers' list?). Thank you for any help. >Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 05:42:46 +1100 (EST) >Message-Id: <200102281842.f1SIgkI07866(a)tsbunix1.itd.uts.edu.au> >Subject: listserv.uts.edu.au mailing list memberships reminder >From: mailman-owner(a)listserv.uts.edu.au >To: r.wiltshire(a)uts.edu.au >X-No-Archive: yes >X-Ack: no >Sender: bacc-admin(a)listserv.uts.edu.au >Errors-To: bacc-admin(a)listserv.uts.edu.au >X-BeenThere: bacc(a)listserv.uts.edu.au >X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 >Precedence: bulk > >This is a reminder, sent out once a month, about your >listserv.uts.edu.au mailing list memberships. It includes your [snip] > >If you have questions, problems, comments, etc, send them to >mailman-owner(a)listserv.uts.edu.au. Thanks! > >Passwords for r.wiltshire(a)uts.edu.au: > >List Password // URL >---- -------- >researchnet(a)listserv.uts.edu.au xxxxxx >http://listserv.uts.edu.au/mailman/options/researchnet/r.wiltshire%40uts.ed >u.au -- Téo de Hesselle Email Administrator Information Technology Division University of Technology, Sydney

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Info email command limited to subscribers ??
by Fred H Olson March 4, 2001

March 4, 2001

I'm moving my mailing list to Mailman and was thinking setting up an email alias for the list's old address to which commands were sent to go to: cohousing-l-request(a)communityfourm.net?subject=info to return the info message to people who send commands to the old address. However requesting info from a non subscribed address gets the message: ***** info >>>>> Private list: only members may see info. Anyone know which Mailman configuration item controls this? I dont think of my list as "private". I have generally considered a list private if permission is required to subscribe. I do not have that set up for cohousing-L. It seems to me that the info command should be availabe to non users. Alternately, anyone know of a free place to set up an auto responder? (Which might be handy in general.) Fred -- Fred H. Olson fholson(a)cohousing.org Minneapolis,MN 55411 (612)588-9532 Amateur radio: WB0YQM List manager of: Cohousing-L and Nbhd-tc (Twin Cities Neighborhood issues list)

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscriber Names
by Fred H Olson March 4, 2001

March 4, 2001

> Is there any way Mailman can store the user's name along with their > email address? > > Is it perhaps possible to just add another field in the subscription > part so that the administrator can get a better idea of who is > subscribing? Having "real names" would be very handy. I'm just moving my list to mailman from a Listproc server which kept real names which were supplied as required field in the email subscribe command. I often found them handy in searching for a subscriber, when they forgot what address they were subscribed at etc etc. I note that the Mailman developers wish list includes this feature. It would be nice to have a few custom fields as well - for example, subscribers zip code/country code or organization name. Fred -- Note that MN is also the country code for Mongolia... Fred H. Olson fholson(a)cohousing.org Minneapolis,MN 55411 (612)588-9532 Amateur radio: WB0YQM List manager of: Cohousing-L and Nbhd-tc (Twin Cities Neighborhood issues list)

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscriber Names
by Nathan Grass March 4, 2001

March 4, 2001

--- "Bob Puff@NLE" <bob(a)nleaudio.com> > wrote: >Is there any way Mailman can store the user's name > along with their email address? > >Is it perhaps possible to just add another field in > the subscription part so that the administrator can > get a better idea of who is subscribing? A name or "handle" feature would be most helpful both for the users and the list administrator. I would like to see this feature allow the users to access their settings via handle in place of email address as well. If anyone makes such a patch let the list know :) == // -=- Signature updated May 07 2000 -=- \\ | Nathan Grass http://www.zaz.net/ | |** Free Email! http://helpdesk.zaz.net/ **| |** Free Shell! http://freeshell.zaz.net/ **| | zaz on DALnet #zaz ICQ: 35510843 | \\ -=- Expressed views are my opinions -=- // _____________________________________________________________ Free #HelpDesk Email, get yours: http://helpdesk.zaz.net/email/ - zaz Internet Services: http://www.zaz.net/

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Subscriber Names
by Bob Puff＠NLE March 3, 2001

March 3, 2001

Is there any way Mailman can store the user's name along with their email address? Is it perhaps possible to just add another field in the subscription part so that the administrator can get a better idea of who is subscribing? Bob

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Prob2: admn -severe- trouble
by Leonardo Boselli March 3, 2001

March 3, 2001

I forgot the admin password of a list ... I have however the root one for the machine: how can I reset the admin password for one list other than destroying the list and resetting up ? Leonardo Boselli nucleo informatico e telematico Dipartimento Ingegneria Civile Universita` di Firenze V. S. Marta 3 - I-50139 Firenze tel +39()0554796431 fax +39()055495333 http://www.dicea.unifi.it/~leo

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