Mailman 3 February 2002 - Mailman-Users

E-Mail commands
by Phil Grimpo Feb. 27, 2002

Feb. 27, 2002

What e-mail commands can be used with Mailman? What's the syntax? I can't find documentation anywhere. Thanks for the help. -Grimps

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Features
by sean＠hdnet.org Feb. 27, 2002

Feb. 27, 2002

Hi > sho> The one feature set that seems to be missing is admin commands > sho> via email. The most important to me being the moderating via > sho> email. Are these in the development version or planned for the > Yes, Mailman version 2.1 is capable for admin commands via email. You > can approve/deny any held message or (un)subscription if you reply to > the listaddress and use the APPROVE: header with the necessary admin > password. Now for the next question. … [View More]

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Can't create output: Permission denied
by chitrak＠watson.chemical.missouri.edu Feb. 26, 2002

Feb. 26, 2002

I have seen variations of this in the archive, however I do not get any gid or uid errors. 550 /home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd mersenne... Can't create output: Permission denied I am using RH 6.2 and Mailman version 2.0.8 I created my mailman user and group a I have installed into the default dir /home/mailman Followed all the other install instructions. ( Probably except one or else this would be working :) ) I can subscribe to a list, however when I recieve my confirmation and try to … [View More]

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Install problems with Mailman
by Simon Richards Feb. 26, 2002

Feb. 26, 2002

Hi there, I am trying to get Mailman working on a SuSE 7.3 box, and being a newbie, I appear to have a few problems, it looks like permission problems somewhere but i'm not sure, is there anywhere I can get installation support, I have gone through the install document (a 100 times), but I still can't find the problem. I may be doing something "newbieish" but I am not sure. Any support would be appreciated, of If I could be pointed to an install document that is more specific (about the … [View More]

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Help
by Ayrous Feb. 26, 2002

Feb. 26, 2002

Friends because it happens east error: ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "| /home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd informatica" (reason: service unavailable) (expanded from: <informatica-request(a)listasis.minsa.gob.pe>) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- smrsh: wrapper not available for sendmail programs 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable Ayrous ------

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Letting newsgroup messages into members-only lists
by Jerry Stratton Feb. 26, 2002

Feb. 26, 2002

A few people once asked about letting gatewayed newsgroup postings through to members-only lists automatically. I think I have this (and would appreciate comments on what I've done). Note that this opens up the possibility of spam: all a spammer has to do is add a "Newsgroup:" header with the correct newsgroup, and their messages will get through. (But then technically, all they had to do in the past was find a member, and set their messages from that member. Since they don't do the … [View More]latter, I'm not too worried about this one.) This is for Mailman 2.0.8. In ~/Mailman/Handlers/ there is a file called 'Hold.py'. This apparently is what does the work of shunting inappropriate mail off to administrators for approval. In it, there is a section that says: if mlist.member_posting_only: posters = Utils.List2Dict(map(string.lower, mlist.posters)) if not mlist.IsMember(sender) and \ not Utils.FindMatchingAddresses(sender, posters): # the sender is neither a member of the list, nor in the list of # explicitly approved posters hold_for_approval(mlist, msg, msgdata, NonMemberPost) # no return This is fairly obvious (assuming I've parsed it correctly): if member_posting_only is set for the list, then hold all messages unless they come from a member or are on the list of valid posters. Change it to: if mlist.member_posting_only: if mlist.gateway_to_news: needgroup = string.lower(mlist.linked_newsgroup) newsgroup = string.lower(msg.getheader('newsgroups')) posters = Utils.List2Dict(map(string.lower, mlist.posters)) if not mlist.IsMember(sender) and \ not (mlist.gateway_to_news and needgroup and newsgroup==needgroup) and \ not Utils.FindMatchingAddresses(sender, posters): # the sender is neither a member of the list, nor in the list of # explicitly approved posters # nor is it from the gatewayed newsgroup hold_for_approval(mlist, msg, msgdata, NonMemberPost) # no return This, if "gateway_to_news" is set, grabs the newsgroup name that gatewaying is set for, and if one is available, also grabs the value of the Newsgroup: header in the message. It adds one more "unless" to the "hold all messages unless" logic: unless gatewaying is set up and there is a newsgroup set for gatewaying and the value of the newsgroup header matches the newsgroup we're gatewaying to. Note that crossposted messages will not get through--but they will be available for administrative approval. I see this as a feature, not a bug :*) Jerry -- jerry(a)sandiego.edu http://www.sandiego.edu/~jerry/ Serra 188B/x8773 -- The more restrictions there are, the poorer the people become. The greater the government¹s power, the more chaotic the nation would become. The more the ruler imposes laws and prohibitions on his people, the more frequently evil deeds would occur. --The Silence of the Wise: The Sayings of Lao Zi [View Less]

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Reverse-chronological order for archives?
by Kirez Korgan Feb. 26, 2002

Feb. 26, 2002

How can I change the default from chronological order to reverse-chronological order for the archives of all my lists? Yesterday, with Jon Carnes' help, I made changes to Defaults.py; while this works for new lists, how do I get those changes to extend to lists that were already configured? cheers, Kirez

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Umbrella List Question
by Mike Mills Feb. 26, 2002

Feb. 26, 2002

I have an umbrella list that is created from 9 other lists using the techniques recommended in the FAQ's. I just realized that when extracting the members from a list to create the umbrella list that those members who have the NO MAIL option selected are still included and become members of the umbrella list. Bounce management also sets the NO MAIL flag. Any suggestions on how to exclude members who have NO MAIL set when building the Umbrella list? The script that creates the umbrella list: … [View More]

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RE: [Mailman-Users] I Suppose that MailMan doesn't work with IPLANET/NETSCAPE Messaging?
by Sergio Sousa Feb. 26, 2002

Feb. 26, 2002

> -----Original Message----- > From: Anna Fong [mailto:anna@water.ca.gov] > Sent: quarta-feira, 27 de Fevereiro de 2002 18:09 > To: Sergio Sousa > Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] I Suppose that MailMan doesn't work with > IPLANET/NETSCAPE Messaging? > > Sergio, > > In a subsequent message, you mentioned that you have the aliases created. > Did you run newaliases to rebuild the database for the mail aliases file? Iplanet Messaging Server doesn't require to run … [View More]newaliases. In fact, what I did wasn't create aliases ... but new users on LDAP that have there emails as the aliases that should be created for each list. > > You also mentioned that the redirection of the mail with another script > worked. I assume you ran it locally. Did you register the alias for your > list? Yes .. it was run locally. What I did was create a script that writes de input (the mail that arrives to the list alias) to a file. What I mean with that is Iplanet is processing well the mail and sending it to the script. When I replace with the correct script (|/usr/local/mailman/wrapper post list) nothing happens. > Also, did you check your syslog, system messages, or system mail? > (/var/log/syslog, /var/adm/messages, /var/mail/) For Iplanet ... and for Solaris ... everything is OK! Tha problem must be on the wrapper application! Or in my Mailman configuration! > Hope this helps, > Anna > > Thanks for your support, Sergio Sousa > > At 05:40 PM 02/26/2002 -0000, you wrote: > >Thanks for your answer. > >But my problem is that I use Iplanet Messaging as MTA ... anda Apache as > >WebServer. > >I`ll try to find out what is the problema! > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Sergio > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Anna Fong [mailto:anna@water.ca.gov] > >Sent: quarta-feira, 27 de Fevereiro de 2002 17:42 > >To: mailman-users(a)python.org > >Cc: ssousa(a)whatevernet.com > >Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] I Suppose that MailMan doesn't work with > >IPLANET/NETSCAPE Messaging? > > > >> Can anyone just tell me if it is possible put this solution to work? > >> IPLANET+MAILMAN+SOLARIS > > > >Yes, I have Mailman on Solaris working with iPlanet. However, I am > >using > >sendmail as the mail server. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Anna Q. Fong, Webmaster > California Data Exchange Center _____________________________________________________________________ INTERNET MAIL FOOTER A presente mensagem pode conter informa��o considerada confidencial. Se o receptor desta mensagem n�o for o destinat�rio indicado, fica expressamente proibido de copiar ou endere�ar a mensagem a terceiros. Em tal situa��o, o receptor dever� destruir a presente mensagem e por gentileza informar o emissor de tal facto. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. --------------------------------------------------------------------- [View Less]

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Link from web site directs users to wrong place
by Mick Prescott Feb. 26, 2002

Feb. 26, 2002

Hello all, Please forgive a new mail list user what could be some very basic questions. One of my users reported the link to the Subscribe page for my mail list takes them to an error page "'page not found' error - http://nkemmaus.com/pipermail/nkemmaus_nkemmaus.com/ My efforts to reproduce this, are unsuccessful since when I click on this link I don't get the same error. The actual Link is: http://nkemmaus.com/mailman/listinfo/nkemmaus_nkemmaus.com Is it me? Could there be something … [View More]

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