Mailman 3 April 2002 - Mailman-Users

pushing through a single digest message ahead of time
by Mark T. Valites 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

Due to some unfortuneate circumstances this past week at my place of employment, some of the administration wanted to push out a single message that was sent to a list completely composed of digest members. To say there have been a few different problems on my mail server this last week would be an understatement. For those reason, I did not want to push out all of the queued digest messages like the cronjob does. Is there a way to push the digest to a single list? Or even better, just a single message of that digest to the individual list? >--))> >--))> Mark T. Valites Unix Systems Analyst 1 College Circle - 124b1 South Hall SUNY Geneseo Geneseo, NY 14454 585-245-5577 585-259-3471 (Cell)

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Mailman and large lists
by Matt Eckhaus 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

I'm wondering if anyone can give me information about how Mailman copes with very large lists - over 100,000 subscribers. I'm considering using Mailman for our company newsletters, some of which have over 100k subscribers. I haven't found any examples of Mailman being used successfully in this kind of situation, so if you are doing it please let me know. On the other hand, if you don't think that mailman is suitable I'd love to hear about it too. Thanks, Matt PS. In case anyone is worried - this isn't for spam :)

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Favorite NNTP server for Mailman???
by Bryan J. Smith 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

Just need a NNTP server for Linux that is also hosting Mailman lists. The NNTP server will only be for the lists, nothing more. No propagation features needed outside of to/from Mailman. So, what's everyone's favorite? I want to say I've seen several people comment in the past on a lightweight NNTP server for Linux that is much easier to configure than INN, but I cannot think of it. Thanx in advance ... -- Bryan -- They "sell" software "like a book" so they can sell it en masse without a written agreement. But if you want to "transfer" it, they say it's not "like a book" but "licensed" under agreement. --------------------------------------------------------------- Bryan J. Smith, SmithConcepts, Inc. mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org Engineers and IT Professionals http://www.SmithConcepts.com

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Error when running check_perms
by Bruce Embrey 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

I currently have a RedHat 7.2 with mailman 2.0.8-1 installed. I have several lists installed and they are functioning fine. I am getting some errors in the cron jobs relating to qrunner and several others. I decided to run check_perms to verify all the perms were correct. Here is the output from that command: [root@helios mailman]# bin/check_perms -f Traceback (innermost last): File "bin/check_perms", line 50, in ? MAILMAN_GRPNAME = grp.getgrgid(MAILMAN_GID)[0] TypeError: illegal argument type for built-in operation Mailman has a user account UID of 41and group account GID of 41. What does this error mean and how do I correct it? Bruce Embrey Bruce Edward Embrey : VMS /Linux Systems Manager /Campus Email Admin : Hood College : embrey(a)hood.edu : Phone (301)696-3927 : Fax (301)696-3913

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Re: [Mailman-Users] no answers to my questions
by J C Lawrence 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 14:52:11 +0200 Jonas Meurer <jonas(a)freesources.org> wrote: > I asked several questions, and I never got an answer. Nobody has an obligation to answer. In general, people answer those questions that either interest them or which they have experience with. Questions that are FAQs tend to not get answered. > Setting up lists without user-passwords (4 April) This BTW is a FAQ (per subject). I won't comment further on them as they're no longer in my spool. -- 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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Valid Characters
by Raquel Rice 28 Apr '02

28 Apr '02

Please forgive my ignorance. I'm a new Mailman administrator, having just installed version 2.0.10 yesterday. I'm wondering what the valid characters are for list names (using newlist)? Thank you! -- Raquel ============================================================ If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us. The free mind is not a barking dog, to be tethered on a ten-foot chain. --Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.

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Mailman in chroot environment
by CONTRAIRE M DsigTcs 27 Apr '02

27 Apr '02

Hello, I am trying to setup mailman in a chroot environment. It doesn't work and I am wondering if it's possible at all. Has anyone already done it ? Thanks, Mathias ************************************************************************* Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes (ci-apres le "message") sont confidentiels et etablis a l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisee est interdite. Tout message electronique est susceptible d'alteration. La SOCIETE GENERALE et ses filiales declinent toute responsabilite au titre de ce message s'il a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. ******** This message and any attachments (the "message") are confidential and intended solely for the addressees. Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. Neither SOCIETE GENERALE nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates shall be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. *************************************************************************

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Mailman is Not Responding
by Victor Daniel the MacNut 27 Apr '02

27 Apr '02

Hello, I'm new to this list and new to Mailman. I installed Mailman on a Debian box with exim as the MTA (mail server). I get the listinfo and list admin pages up, but any attempt to subscribe via the web form produces no result: no subscription confirmation message, any attempt to send to the list address results in a "no such user" bounce, etc. What's up? Why do my subscription requests via the web form seem to go into a black hole? Any ideas? The MacNut http://www.macnuthome.com

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{SPAMFILTER} Unsubscribe problems
by Tod and Deanna Mascle 27 Apr '02

27 Apr '02

I seem to have a lot of people who have email programs that mailman doesn't like at least when it comes to unsubscribing--mine included! Many can subscribe via email without a problem but there doesn't seem to be an easy way to unsubscribe because the e-mail method always generates problems. I've been manually unsubscribing people but it is time-consuming and folks get irritated because mailman won't handle it. Is there some magic formula I'm missing? Currently using listname-request(a)domain.com?subject=unsubscribe format. Thanks, Deanna ~~ Deanna Mascle ~~ Author, Editor, Freelance Writer http://deannamascle.com ~~ ADVICE * TRIVIA * FUN * PEOPLE * STORIES * SMILES ~~ Dawggone Communications has it all with four original ezines! http://dawggone.deannamascle.com/ezines1.html

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman is Not Responding
by J C Lawrence 27 Apr '02

27 Apr '02

On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 09:32:34 -0400 Victor Daniel the MacNut <macnut(a)macnuthome.com> wrote: > Hello, I'm new to this list and new to Mailman. I installed Mailman on > a Debian box with exim as the MTA (mail server). I get the listinfo > and list admin pages up, but any attempt to subscribe via the web form > produces no result: no subscription confirmation message, any attempt > to send to the list address results in a "no such user" bounce, etc. > What's up? Why do my subscription requests via the web form seem to go > into a black hole? Any ideas? Check the contents of /var/log/mailman and /var/log/exim. Without knowing what is being logged, its difficult to diagnose. -- 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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