Mailman 3 September 2002 - Mailman-Users

Beta upgrade FAQ or How-To?
by G. Armour Van Horn 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

I've decided that it's time to make the jump to the beta, and I'm wondering if anyone is maintaining any guides for the process. I have a new list to setup, which will be my first with a virtual domain, but I also have a dozen current lists to preserve. I assume that this is touched on in the docs with the package, but would like to at least look at anything else out there before I actually tackle the change. Van -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Sign up now for Quotes of the Day, a handful of quotations on a theme delivered every morning. Enlightenment! Daily, for free! mailto:twisted@whidbey.com?subject=Subscribe_QOTD For web hosting and maintenance, visit Van's home page: http://www.domainvanhorn.com/van/ ----------------------------------------------------------

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nomail control?
by Christopher Adams 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

A couple of my lists keep coming up half the subscribers set as 'nomail'. I know they have not all set their own to 'nomail', so I assume it was set automatically because of some DNS problem. Is there a way to control how many times Mailman tries to connect to send the message before setting them to 'nomail'? Also, I thought that when a user's account was 'disabled' (automatically set to nomail), the owner received a message indicating this. Maybe my assumptions about what has happened are incorrect, but that is the only way I can figure that so many have been set to 'nomail'. Christopher Adams Automated Systems Oregon State Library 503-378-4243 x258 chris.a.adams(a)state.or.us

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Virus Scanning
by J C Lawrence 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 12:38:58 +0100 Angel Gabriel <badmangabriel(a)lycos.co.uk> wrote: > What I would like to do, is to kill them at the source or > distribution, ie, sendmail. How can I add virus protection to my email > gateway, to stop them getting in, AND out? Please see the FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Then examine your MTA documentation (note: the outbound side is considerably easier under Exim). -- 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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problems after bungled re-installs with daily admindb reminders
by fingers 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

hi there i bungled an already working installation of mailman trying to install 2.x everything is now working. except for 1 thing: every day at the time specified in my cron, I get the: 1 <listname> admin request(s) waiting mail for every single list I have running. I've trolled the directory tree, but can't find anything obviously wrong. the eventual process to re-install was: nuke /path/to/mailman install 2.x in /path/to/mailman copy the archives and lists, from the backup, to the new installation. I've tried doing a "submit all data" on the blank pages where mailman seems to think there's a request waiting, to no avail. any suggestions or pointers to somewhere to rtfm for this specifically would be appreciated. thanks --Rob

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Newbie - Approval without Web Interface
by Detlef Neubauer 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

"Flavio" <flavio(a)gral.com.br> writes: > There is a way to approve or reject a message using e-mail message? Not in v 2.0.xx Please send no Cc. I answer only via the list. Detlef Neubauer -- .oO GnuPG Key auf http://www.keyserver.net/ Oo.

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MailMan Beta with CPanel
by Rajib A. Momen 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Hey fellas, Little question. The program CPanel, which is a web host manager comes bundled with the 2.0.13 version of MailMan. I was curious how I might upgrade my MailMan version to the new beta. There are some features in the beta that I very much need, and if it is simple enough to do, I would like to do it. Does anyone else run CPanel and know how to implement the beta version? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Best regards, Rajib Momen President Boston Computing Network http://www.bostoncomputing.net <http://www.bostoncomputing.net/>

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confirm problems with beta mailman?
by william+mm＠hq.newdream.net 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

The first time I tried the email confirm / reject function of mailman 2.1b3 it worked, but since then, it isn't working. I can provide more information, logs or headers if necessary. Saw one weird bit in the error log, but from about 20 minutes before I first tried to discard the message via email. ********* original message (some headers removed): From: a6-request(a)code404.com Subject: confirm 8a73a2be104ba0be21f1516299b4d8f3d00b4483 If you reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact, Mailman will discard the held message. Do this if the message is spam. If you reply to this message and include an Approved: header with the list password in it, the message will be approved for posting to the list. The Approved: header can also appear in the first line of the body of the reply. ********* My reply: From: XXXXXX at code404 dot com (Will Yardley) To: a6-request(a)code404.com Subject: Re: confirm 8a73a2be104ba0be21f1516299b4d8f3d00b4483 Message-ID: <20020930083209.GB9762(a)roland.code404.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Status: RO Content-Length: 443 Lines: 11 ********* And the response: From: a6-bounces(a)code404.com To: XXXXXX at code404 dot com Subject: The results of your email commands Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 01:32:10 -0700 Message-ID: <mailman.98.1033374730.56720.a6(a)code404.com> [....other headers and junk snipped] - Results: Invalid confirmation string. Note that confirmation strings expire approximately 3 days after the initial subscription request. If your confirmation has expired, please try to re-submit your original request or message. Checked, and the message is still pending. Sent the "confirmation" well within 3 days. BTW, why not have the message itself sent with the confirmation string rather than as a third rfc822 attachment? Seems like people with brain damaged MTAs would have an easier time responding to those. -- Will Yardley input: william < @ hq . newdream . net . >

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Stats
by The Traveller 30 Sep '02

30 Sep '02

Hi: I have installed mailman on FreeBSD. I wish to be able to view stats on the lists that are set up. The information that I wish to receive is the number of subscribers on each list, the number of messages sent, size of message(s) sent. It would be nice if this info was available thru a web interface on a daily basis with a running total for the month. At the end of each month a new summary page would be created and the old one archived. A less attractive option would be to have this info emailed every day. Is this possible? Thanks, Iain

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Mailto link?
by Sparklez Grrl 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Norm. StatHi! I was wondering if there was a way for me to .. make a mailto link to a request_to_join(a)domainname.com (for example).. that goes directly to the mailman database and submits them as a subscriber and don't have to go to the general list info page? Thanks.. Luvz, Hugz k Friendship Jackie..Y Innocence Wasted www.innocencewasted.com Help Stop Domestic Violence..Sign the Petition

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members of a list
by Elisha Wong 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Hello Just wonder if I get a text file of all the members of a list I could not find any options in the web interface thanks Elisha ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< Elisha Wong Support Officer Systems and Desktop Services Division of Information Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia Ph: +61 2 6125 6615 Fax: +61 2 6125 0449 Mobile 0401 027 711 Email: elisha.wong(a)anu.edu.au

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