Mailman 3 January 2003 - Mailman-Users

[Fwd: Re: [Mailman-Users] .signature to posts]
by Solignani Tiziano 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

Charles Sebold said: > On 24 Shevat 5762, Clark Cooper wrote: > >> Is there a way in Mailman to append text to each posts as done with a >> .signature file? > > On the web admin interface, go to page "Regular-member (non-digest) > Options" and change the option labeled "Footer added to mail sent to > regular list members". Is that what you were after? > -- > Charles Sebold 25th of Shevat, BTW how can I add taglines, i.e. random strings picked frpm a text file where they lies every one on a separate line. ALmost every list manager has tag lines administration, but I did not find them in mailman... Cheers, ---- Avv. Tiziano Solignani via Bonesi n. 15 - Vignola (MO) tel. 059 76.19.26 - fax 059 77.04.535 mail: solignani(a)solignani.it web: http://www.solignani.it chat: avv_tiziano_solignani(a)hotmail.com PC Open magazine - www.pcopen.agepe.it "rarest jewel is a true heart" -- ---- Avv. Tiziano Solignani via Bonesi n. 15 - Vignola (MO) tel. 059 76.19.26 - fax 059 77.04.535 mail: solignani(a)solignani.it web: http://www.solignani.it chat: avv_tiziano_solignani(a)hotmail.com PC Open magazine - www.pcopen.agepe.it "rarest jewel is a true heart"

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list of python variables for use in headers/footers
by Russell Uman 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

howdy. is there a list anywhere of variables that can be used in the headers and footers? i'm trying include the email address of the recipient in the footer... thanks!

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Too many pending requests?
by Per Starback 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

I can't get to the pending request page for a mailing list. (My web clients just say "waiting for response" and finally give up.) I think it is because there are too many pending requests after some problems. (config.db is almost 10MB.) How can I do this some other way?

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Mailman usage for Usenet gatewaying
by Darren Wyn Rees 26 Jun '03

26 Jun '03

Looking for examples of Mailman usage for Usenet gatewaying particularly for moderated newsgroups. I can see the obvious example of comp.lang.python, but maybe there are others ? I am evaluating Mailman... currently mirroring articles on a local test newsgroup. Thus far, it proves impressive. I have used Russ Allbery's robust News::Gateway toolkit, http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/gateway/ along with ezmlm and Majordomo. Mailman seems to tie a lot of things together, eg. integrated web interface, archiving. It's also user-friendly. On the downside, there does not seem to be much scope for header manipulation at present, eg. headers like Path/XRef/NNTP- are mailed. -- Darren

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Problems with mailman 2.0.13
by Ísak Ben 04 Jun '03

04 Jun '03

Hi there. Im running RedHat Linux 7.2 with Sendmail 8.12.5 compiled from source and i just compiled mailman 2.0.13 from source This is my error: -- Sep 17 14:30:19 gola smrsh: uid 25: attempt to use wrapper.post.testlisti Sep 17 14:30:19 gola sendmail[27357]: g8HEUJhi027356: to=|/usr/adm/sm.bin/wrapper post testlisti, ctladdr=<testlisti(a)snerpa.is> (8/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=30820, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable -- I've tried pointing the wrapper to /usr/adm/sm.bin/, /etc/smrsh, and /etc/mail/smrsh beucoes those dirs where all on my system and im not sure which one to use First i configured mailman to use gid 12 = mail and of course that is wrong so i'm using gid 25 = smmsp now and wrapper doesnt give any errors when i run it from the shell. Anyone been in my shoes? -- Ísak Ben.

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upgrade from 2.1beta3 to 2.1 final
by Marius Scurtescu 01 Jun '03

01 Jun '03

Hi, I am running Maiman 2.1 beta 3 and I would like to upgrade to the final release. Could someone point me to the proper documentation or just quickly tell me what I need to do? Any information is more than welcome. Thanks, Marius

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VirtualHosting and Mailman
by Ram Prasad 01 Jun '03

01 Jun '03

Hi I have installed mailman successfully, and would like to know how I can do virtualhosting... The scenario is: 1) the client wants to have his own listman page ( for the lists of his domain, say, news(a)abc.org) 2) now, since we also run lists for other domains, the address news(a)abc.org is conflicting with news(a)xyz.org. I am using sendmail as my MTA. I would like to know how I can do virtual hosting with mailman. Any pointers to articles on the net is also fine.. Please help Ram Prasad. P http://www.megalinux.net

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exim -mailman faq - not working
by Rob Shugg 22 Mar '03

22 Mar '03

hey, I am my wits end here. I have followed the faq to the letter on my debian woody box. this is the main problem: gymaware:~# exim -bt gymaware-users user "gymaware-users" for file existence test not found gymaware-users(a)gymaware.com is undeliverable: unknown local-part "gymaware-users" in domain "gymaware.com" gymaware:~# the relevant exim config bits are below, I'm not sure if its a debian thing but i don't have the MAILMAN_HOME/lists/$local_part/config.pck instead there is a file called ../../../config.db. is this relavent? I tried changing MAILMAN_HOME/lists/$local_part/config.pck to MAILMAN_HOME/lists/$local_part/config.db but that did nothing. What have i missed? rob MAILMAN_HOME=/var/lib/mailman MAILMAN_WRAP=MAILMAN_HOME/mail/wrapper . . . mailman_transport: driver = pipe command = MAILMAN_WRAP \ '${if def:local_part_suffix \ {${sg{$local_part_suffix}{-(\\w+)(\\+.*)?}{\$1}}} \ {post}}' \ $local_part current_directory = MAILMAN_HOME home_directory = MAILMAN_HOME user = list <--- mailman running as user "list" group = list . . . mailman_director: driver = smartuser require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/$local_part/config.pck suffix_optional suffix = -bounces : -bounces+* : \ -confirm+* : -join : -leave : \ -owner : -request : -admin transport = mailman_transport

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Bulk subscribe in digest mode?
by Ignacio Valdes 19 Feb '03

19 Feb '03

Is there a way to mass subscribe users with digest mode as the default? Thanks, -- -- Ignacio Valdes,MD,MS Editor: Linux Medical News http://www.linuxmednews.com 'Revolutionizing Medical Education and Practice'

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configuring Mailman
by Jim Hodson 11 Feb '03

11 Feb '03

Hello, I am working on setting up a Mailman mailing list for our web site at http://www.jenniferonsunday.com. We are a band and already have many people on an exisiting list (done manually), which we want to migrate to Mailman. Our site is hosted by Webanimotion, and they have Mailman on their server for us. We want a very simple mailing list system, and Mailman can do a lot more than we need. I'm trying to find out how to best configure Mailman for our needs. Here is what we want to do: 1. Send e-mail news updates to our list. We do not want users to be able to send to the list. 2. Users subscribe from our website. Currently they enter their e-mail address on the site, and click "Join", which sends the appropriate e-mail. 3. Users UNsubscribe as well. The problem I've run into seems to revolve around the password, and the Welcome E-mail. The Welcome E-mail has a lot more information in it than we need. For instance, that e-mail tells users that they can post to the list, which I do not want them to be able to do. I know I can turn off the feature about sending them the Welcome E-mail, but then they won't have their password. Also, when I migrate our current users to our Mailman list, I don't want them to know about the migration. However, if they don't get a Welcome E-mail, they also will not have a password, and will be unable to unsubscribe automatically. Is there a way to modify the Welcome E-mail (besides just the introduction to it)? Is there a way to avoid having to use a password to unsubscribe? Thanks for any help you can provide. We really just want a simple mailing list to get information to our fans. Thanks very much! -Jim http://www.jenniferonsunday.com

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