Mailman 3 October 2003 - Mailman-Users

Mailman-HTdig integration
by Paul H Byerly Oct. 1, 2003

Oct. 1, 2003

Richard wrote: >But the real problem is that no consensus has been reached on >committing Mailman to use of the HTdig search engine for archive >search. With posts to mailman-users and mailman-developers lists by >some subscribers that express negative views about HTdig, this >consensus is not likely to be reached. Also, I believe the main MM >developers are not keen on bundling HTdig with MM or tying MM too >tightly to HTdig. It seems to me that it could be built into the Mailman system with a "switch" to turn it on for those who desire it - either by list or for the server. If I understand it properly, the bit of code in archtoc.html would server this function. Breaking archtoc.htm into two pieces would allow one to not have htdig by blanking the code in that template. It would also make it easier to modify htdig, and all the code for the text could be in that new template for easy modification or addition. <>< Paul

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fatal bounces Error
by Seagraves, Jack Oct. 1, 2003

Oct. 1, 2003

As a list manager, I get this "fatal bounces" error message pretty often. What exactly does it mean? Is it because they have attempted to spam the list or because their 'box is full?' Is there something I can do to prevent it? Jack Seagraves 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 PHONE: 405.225.9444 TOLL FREE: 1.888.566.3638 FAX: 405.225.9250

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Mailman 2.1.3 error when creating new list via web
by Ashley Horn Oct. 1, 2003

Oct. 1, 2003

Anyone have any clues about this? Ashley Horn Bug in Mailman version 2.1.3 We're sorry, we hit a bug! If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy of this page to the webmaster for this site with a description of what happened. Thanks! Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main main() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 55, in main process_request(doc, cgidata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 219, in process_request sys.modules[modname].create(mlist, cgi=1) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 232, in create _update_maps() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 60, in _update_maps raise RuntimeError, msg % (vcmd, status, errstr) RuntimeError: command failed: /usr/sbin/postmap /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman (status: 1, Operation not permitted)

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RE: [Mailman-Users] Re: setting as -only
by Adolf Ceska Oct. 1, 2003

Oct. 1, 2003

> > > I've created a monster - I moved people from an announcement only list > > run by a different script to Mailman with posting privilege - and people > > started screaming! I guess some people don't want to see other postings. The same happened to me. Among those screams I got a request from one subscriber to send him only those messages that would interest him. Good luck! Adolf Ceska, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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group trouble
by Sven Esbjerg Oct. 1, 2003

Oct. 1, 2003

I have recently installed mailman 2.2.1 on an OpenBSD 3.3 Sparc64 server. When I send mail to a test list mailman complains that postfix is executing the mailman script with the wrong group. The message is: "/usr/local/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces gl4". Command output: Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the mail wrapper script to be executed as group "nobody", but the system's mail server executed the mail script as group "mailman". Try tweaking the mail server to run the script as group "nobody", or re-run configure, providing the command line option `--with-mail-gid=mailman'. However mailman was installed with ./configure --with-mail-gid=nobody which is the ports way on openbsd. I tried changing the --with-mail-gid= to use mailman. This results in mailman complaing that the script was executed with group nobody but it expected mailmani - the opposite as before. I have tried changing the group permissions on the alias files to match the complaint (after reading the archives). This didn't change a bit. I'm at loss here. Could somebody give me a hint on how to solve this? Sven Esbjerg CPH Denmark -- http://www.usenet.dk/netikette - på forhånd tak.

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Another Poor CPanel User
by Amanda Moore Sept. 30, 2003

Sept. 30, 2003

Hi, all. Sorry to disturb you with this, as I know you have already been addressing these issues, both in your FAQ and on this list. I am just a novice graphic designer trying to create an announcement-only mailing list for a ministry site. Mailman is part of CPanel, which is what my site's host offers. I love how easy-to-use Mailman is, but I'm stuck on one particular thing. In the FAQ, the instructions given for changing the welcome message are as follows: "In Mailman 2.1.x you can customize the welcome message. Create a directory lists/<yourlist>/en (assuming English :) and copy templates/subscribeack.txt to this directory. Then edit this file for your specific wording. Mailman will use this specialized template for the English welcome messages." Now, please assume I know nothing about anything, and then simplify things from there. I would like to change the welcome message, but am unable to do so, given that I am a complete idiot. These instructions sound as if they were for folks who have Mailman installed on their own servers, instead of someone using Mailman as I am doing. Am I correct? And is there anything I can do about this? (Besides throwing a temper-tantrum with the CPanel folks or my hosting company?) I am wanting to do a mass subscription to this new list pretty soon, so I would deeply appreciate a reply at someone's earliest convenience. I'll treat you to a virtual cup of coffee. ;-) Thanks so much in advance. Yours confusedly, Amanda P.S. CPanel is running Mailman 2.1.2.

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