Mailman 3 January 2002 - Mailman-Users

Importing lists from majordomo
by Juan Luis Baptiste Jan. 29, 2002

Jan. 29, 2002

Hi, Finally I got mailman running, thanks to the people that helped me. Now I need to migrate some email addresses that I got in some lists in majordomo to mailman, but it seems that mailman doesn't use a plain text file with the addresses for each list, right? how can I import them to mailman? Thanks! Juan Luis Baptiste M. http://www.merlinux.org

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Searchable Archives?
by Kevin W. Reed Jan. 29, 2002

Jan. 29, 2002

Must be missing it.... where can I search the mailman-users archives.

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How to define hostname?
by Dimitrios V. Gerasimatos Jan. 29, 2002

Jan. 29, 2002

I have a host that is used for multiple functions. Several of the functions rely on a particular hostname. I am using apache, and I setup a virtual host to serve mailman only. I wish to have mail sent by mailman to use the virtual hostname (actually also an alias in DNS). I have changed the DEFAULT_HOST_NAME parameter in mm_cfg.py, but I am still getting mail from list-request@realhostname . This of course works, but it is unsightly and may confuse my users. How do I make mailman/sendmail rewrite the header to that e-mail appears to come from the more proper list-request@aliashostname? Dimitri -- Dimitrios Gerasimatos dimitrios.gerasimatos(a)jpl.nasa.gov Section 312 System Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory 4800 Oak Grove Dr. Mail Stop 301-220M, Pasadena, CA 91109 Voice:818.354.4910 FAX:818.393.6388 Pager:1168373@skytel.com

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mailman + postfix + virtual domains
by Patrick Ben Koetter Jan. 29, 2002

Jan. 29, 2002

Hi there, I'm not sure if this is OT. I have a postfix daemon running, accepting and delivering mails for my local domain and a few virtual domains. Now I want to integrate mailman as listserver for one of the virtual (!) domains. My problem is: The output generated by bin/newlist applies for 'alias'-style maps and not for a postfix 'virtual' map. And this is where my problems start: 1. alias_maps doesn't work for virtual domains If I configure postfix to look up the lists in the alias_maps section it cannot find the corresponding users because they belong to the virtual domain. Exception: I set the hostname in 'mydestination' which I am not supposed to do when I run postfix with virtual domains the 'postfix-style'. Hmmmm... 2. virtual_maps won't execute 'wrapper' correctly So I moved the mailman-alias-map into postfix's virtual_map section and edited the map file. I deleted the ':', added '@virtualdom.ain' to the user names and left the paths to 'wrapper' including the commands untouched. Example: events(a)virtualdom.ain "|/PATH_TO_MAILMAN/mailman/mail/wrapper post events" Now postfix started complaining that it couldn't find the user, because something went wrong when it tried to deliver to 'wrapper'. DoubleHmmmm... I think, that the virtual map does not support scripts to be executed as I understand that alias maps on contrary do. to prove that I read threads in the postfix lists and had a look at "Postfix" by Richard Blum. I couldn't find anything to prove I'm wrong with my idea. Still that doesn't fix my problem :-| What am I doing the wrong way? Has anybody managed to integrate mailman with postfix virtual domains? Did I totally misunderstand something? Should I go to bed and get some sleep ;-) thanks for pointing me towards the right direction, p@rick

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No footer for HTML messages
by David Pierron Jan. 28, 2002

Jan. 28, 2002

I installed Mailman 2.0.8 and have noticed that it doesn't put the list footer on messages in HTML format ... I looked on SourceForge to see if the bug was posted and a possible resolution, but didn't see anything in Bugs or Patches ... Is this a known bug, or has no one noticed? (doubtful) ... How can I fix it? Please reply directly as I have not subscribed to the list ... Thanks ...

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2.1a4 Approving users not working
by mailman Jan. 28, 2002

Jan. 28, 2002

I have a problem with my installation of 2.1a4: I have created a test list which requires confirmation and approval to add users. New users can fill out a form ok and receive the first email. After they confirm they are added to the pending requests and the list admin is notified. Going to the admin page gives the 4 options: defer, approve, reject, discard but only reject (and defer) work. Approving or discarding gives a report that the database is updated and sometimes returns a screen with the new user apparently processed because they are not listed. On refreshing the page however they re-appear. No email is sent confirming the subscription if approved. Mandrake 8.1 is the base system Postfix is the MTA and specified in the Mailman config I've tried Python 2.1.1, 2.1.2 and 2.2. I sometimes see errors complaning about a different linked library with bsddb3 (ie from bin/genaliases) I guess this is an installation/compatability problem rather than a bug as I haven't seen any reports of ay similar problems. Anyone got any ideas please? -- Colin Mackinlay

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RE: [Mailman-Users] Messages and web pages translation; Remotely creating Lists
by Lafleur Maurice Jan. 28, 2002

Jan. 28, 2002

Thanks, I will check with the french team and maybe help them out. I knew the source has to be used, I just know squat about python and sorta was looking for a jump start on where the messages are generated. Anyhow... About creating a new list from the web, is this possible yet or just another item to add to the wish list? Thanks, MGL -----Original Message----- From: Jon Carnes [mailto:jonc@haht.com] Sent: January 28, 2002 3:56 PM To: Lafleur Maurice; mailman-users(a)python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Messages and web pages translation; Remotely creating Lists Use the Source! Mailman is opensource. You may have installed it via an RPM, but you can just as easily install it via it's source files. In particular, you can grep for whatever text you like and change it in the Source. These issues, and many others are covered in the "international" mailman list. You might find more help if you post there. I suspect you will also find someone with the Source already converted... Jon Carnes ----- Original Message ----- From: Lafleur Maurice <mailto:MLAFLEUR@cegep-heritage.qc.ca> To: mailman-users(a)python.org <mailto:mailman-users@python.org> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:43 PM Subject: [Mailman-Users] Messages and web pages translation; Remotely creating Lists Hello, I finally get every thing under control and I am getting ready to deploy MM for many mailing lists. One of them is for a French language college and they need their interface for users (and eventually for administrator too) to be translated to French. I was able to translate some of it by modifying the HTML using the admin page , but some of it comes from elsewhere. My question is where? Where in the code can I modify, for example button faces, so they show their purpose in another language. Some messages are canned too and I would like to modify them. Is there a central point where all messages and button faces are kept? Secondly, I was asked if lists could be created remotely through the web instead of using a login to the server? Thank you MGL -- Maurice G. Lafleur +------------------------------------------------+ Teacher + Voice: +1(819).778.2270 X1412 + Heritage College + Fax: +1(819).776.7364 + 325 Cite des Jeunes + mailto: mlafleur(a)cegep-heritage.qc.ca + Hull. Qc. +------------------------------------------------+ Canada J8Y 6T3

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Should/can logs be rotated?
by Caleb Epstein Jan. 28, 2002

Jan. 28, 2002

Is it possible (or even safe) to rotate the log files in ~mailman/logs? I can envision these getting quite large and want to know if its safe to rotate them using something like savelog or newsyslog. Is there any state saved in them? -- Caleb Epstein | bklyn . org | When I woke up this morning, my girlfriend cae at | Brooklyn Dust | asked if I had slept well. I said, "No, bklyn dot org | Bunny Mfg. | I made a few mistakes." | | -- Steven Wright

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mailman problem
by Joseph M. Jan. 28, 2002

Jan. 28, 2002

Hello, We are currently using Mailman for a few months now, and we were just wondering if there is a maximun number of subscriber that it can handle, because right now we have one list that was corrupted and we do not know the cause. It gave us this error: Jan 28 17:00:02 2002 (8965) sweet db file was corrupt, using fallback: /home/mailman/lists/sweet/config.db.last Jan 28 17:00:04 2002 (8966) sweet db file was corrupt, using fallback: /home/mailman/lists/sweet/config.db.last Jan 28 17:00:05 2002 (8965) sweet fallback was corrupt, giving up And another thing, one of our list was mirrored to the other list which overite the list. Is there any backup of the list that Mailman generated? If not is there a way to recover lost data? Thanks, Joseph M.

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Messages and web pages translation; Remotely creating Lists
by Lafleur Maurice Jan. 28, 2002

Jan. 28, 2002

Hello, I finally get every thing under control and I am getting ready to deploy MM for many mailing lists. One of them is for a French language college and they need their interface for users (and eventually for administrator too) to be translated to French. I was able to translate some of it by modifying the HTML using the admin page , but some of it comes from elsewhere. My question is where? Where in the code can I modify, for example button faces, so they show their purpose in another language. Some messages are canned too and I would like to modify them. Is there a central point where all messages and button faces are kept? Secondly, I was asked if lists could be created remotely through the web instead of using a login to the server? Thank you MGL -- Maurice G. Lafleur +------------------------------------------------+ Teacher + Voice: +1(819).778.2270 X1412 + Heritage College + Fax: +1(819).776.7364 + 325 Cite des Jeunes + mailto: mlafleur(a)cegep-heritage.qc.ca + Hull. Qc. +------------------------------------------------+ Canada J8Y 6T3

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