Mailman 3 November 2003 - Mailman-Users

subject line appears blank
by Bruce Embrey Nov. 3, 2003

Nov. 3, 2003

Mailman-List: I am running Mailman 2.1.1 in a RedHat Linux 8.0 server. On my lists that have long names, if someone sends a message with a long subject line the first line will be blank except for the list name such as [powerusers_group] and then on the second line will be the subject. This only happens will long subject lines. Shouldn't the subject line wrap from the first to the second lines and how do I fix this? Bruce Embrey Bruce Edward Embrey : Linux Systems Manager Campus Email Admin : UNIX / Linux Administrator Hood College : embrey(a)hood.edu : Phone (301)696-3927

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help
by Chris Duggan Nov. 3, 2003

Nov. 3, 2003

Hey there i have recently installed your mialing list onto my site. When i come to test it i fill in the registration fields it comes up with a "page cannot be displyed" i have put the subscription form here www.avrils-angel.com/mailinglist.htm Please could you advise us on whats going wrong? we are a little unsure as to how your list works :/ Kind regards Chris Duggan www.avlavigne.com

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman won't work - can you help?
by Doug Griswold Nov. 3, 2003

Nov. 3, 2003

Your apache server is executing the cgi as root. You have run ./configure --with-cgi-gid=apache but it needs to be ./cofigure --with-cgi-gid=root. But this is a bad idea better to change how your webserver is running. It probably should be executing the cgi as group is apache in httpd.conf there should be an entry si iliar to this. User apache Group apache >>> "John Barrus" <john(a)johnbarrus.com> 11/01/03 22:21 PM >>> I just installed Mandrake 9.1 and also installed Mailman 2.1.3 and Apache 2. I'm trying to get mailman to work, but having no success. Symptons: When I go to http://www.llef.org/mailman/admin/, I get: ---------------- Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. ... Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/2.0.47 (Mandrake Linux/1.4.91mdk) mod_perl/1.99_08 Perl/v5.8.0 mod_ssl/2.0.47 OpenSSL/0.9.7a PHP/4.3.1 Server at www.llef.org Port 80 ------------------ The error in the error_log file is: --------------- [Sat Nov 01 19:00:52 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.30] Premature end of script headers: admin --------------- So, I try to run the admin script in /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/admin and I get: --------------- [root@www cgi-bin]# ./admin Content-type: text/html <head> <title>Mailman CGI error!!!</title> </head><body> <h1>Mailman CGI error!!!</h1> The Mailman CGI wrapper encountered a fatal error. This entry is being stored in your syslog: <pre> Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the CGI wrapper script to be executed as group "apache", but the system's web server executed the CGI script as group "root". Try tweaking the web server to run the script as group "apache", or re-run configure, providing the command line option `--with-cgi-gid=root'.</pre> -------------- (Not surprising) I su to user "apache" and try it again -------------- [root@www cgi-bin]# su apache [apache@www cgi-bin]$ ./admin sh: ./admin: Permission denied -------------- Well, why won't it run? I check the permissions... -------------- [apache@www cgi-bin]$ ls -l | grep admin -rwxr-sr-x 1 root mail 36849 Nov 1 18:50 admin* -rwxr-sr-x 1 root mail 36857 Nov 1 18:50 admindb* [apache@www cgi-bin]$ ls -l .. | grep cgi drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4096 Nov 1 18:50 cgi-bin/ [apache@www cgi-bin]$ ls -l ../.. | grep mailman drwxrwsr-x 13 root root 4096 Nov 1 18:50 mailman/ -------------- Seems like everything is setgid as it should be. I also chown'ed and chgrp'd the files to the apache owner and group, but of course I had the same result. bin/check_perms -f made all the files owned by "mail" again. Just for fun, check the version I'm running... ------------- [root@www mailman]# bin/version Using Mailman version: 2.1.3 ------------- Here is my mailman.conf file that is "Included" in my httpd2.conf file. I verified that it was included by putting a deliberate error in the file and watching httpd not be able to start. Fixed the error and httpd started up just fine. mailman.conf --------------------- # # Configure Mailman's CGI scripts # ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/ <Directory /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin> Options -Indexes -FollowSymLinks -Includes ExecCgi AllowOverride None order allow,deny allow from all </Directory> # # Configure the public archives # Alias /pipermail/ /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/ <Directory /usr/local/mailman/archives/public> Options -Indexes FollowSymlinks -Includes AllowOverride None order allow,deny allow from all </Directory> -------------------- Any suggestions? I've reinstalled mailman several times, tried various apache settings, and still no luck. I'm pulling my hair out over this - any help would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, John Barrus ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: griswld(a)cio.sc.gov Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/griswld%40cio.sc.gov

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request help with archive rebuilding
by Jay West Nov. 3, 2003

Nov. 3, 2003

I've read the FAQ on rebuilding archives, but there is a bit of "background" info I'm missing. Perhaps someone can fill in the missing knowledge for me? Mailman 2.1.2 on FreeBSD 4.8 Release My archives are kinda messy in that it was originally done with some other archive program, but I do have all the mailbox files from then. In addition, somehow there was a chunk of messages that never made it to the archives, and one of my users has submitted mailbox files for that chunk. In addition, there are a few messages I need to remove from the archives where someone posted private info by mistake. I read the faq and have the mechanics of how to remove the ~/private/listname, then edit, then run ~/bin/arch listname BUT... 1) Someone did some work on this mailman system ages ago before me. In the ~/archives/private/listname.mbox directory, there are TWO files, not one. The first one is listname.mbox and the second one is listname.mbox.1 So my first question is, did the mbox get split into mbox and mbox.1 by the mailman softare? If so, I am guessing that the arch program will get both files and generate one archive. If mailman didn't do it, and the previous admin split the files for some reason, do I need to run arch on each file for the same list or join them first? 2) Since I will be regenerating the archives, in addition to the above files I will also have the mbox file that one of my users gave me that contains the missing sections of the archives. As a result, between all these mbox files, it is likely that the date ranges would be out of sequence. Is the mailman archive program smart enough that mbox files containing messages out of date order is ok? Ie., that it will read the dates in the messages and not assume that the next message is "after" the current message when it is processing it? 3) And as you might guess, it is very likely that among all the mailbox files I have to process to generate a new archive, there is very likely duplicate posts. Do I have to go through and clean this up manually? If so, are there any handy utilities around for processing multiple mailboxes into one mailbox file, putting them in date order at the least, and with any luck, removing duplicates? Thanks for any pointers on this!!! Jay West --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]

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unsubscribe_policy problem?
by Pasi Sjoholm Nov. 3, 2003

Nov. 3, 2003

Hello, I set up a mailman today and now I have a little problem. I have this corporate mailing list and I have set unsubscribe_policy to yes for that list but still users can unsubscribe via web gui after they have clicked the unsubscribe and confirmed that they really want to unsubscribe via email. I'm using Mailman 2.1.2... is this a bug or what? -- Pasi Sjöholm

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I got a problem...
by ÀüÁØ¼® Nov. 3, 2003

Nov. 3, 2003

Please tell me below message......... 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 "/var/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main main() File "/var/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 162, in main mlist.Lock() File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 159, in Lock self.__lock.lock(timeout) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 243, in lock self.__write() File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 424, in __write fp.close() IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device Content-type: text/html We're sorry, we hit a bug! Mailman experienced a very low level failure and could not even generate a useful traceback for you. Please report this to the Mailman administrator at this site. -------------------------------------------------- Jun Suk Chun harangi(a)neograph.co.kr

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Resolved: Upgrade to 2.0rc2 destroyed some archives
by Karen E. Connor Nov. 3, 2003

Nov. 3, 2003

Karen E. Connor

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max length for email address
by OlonOlmstead＠aol.com Nov. 2, 2003

Nov. 2, 2003

What is the max. length for an E-mail address? OO

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:Problem With newlist
by Rejean Proulx Nov. 2, 2003

Nov. 2, 2003

I recently installed a Debian Woody Linux system. I requested the Mailman package from debian and it installed 2.0.11. This is a binary. I didn't compile it. I read the post install instructions to make sure that the permissions were correct. I then tried to make my list. Here is the script of what happened. How do I fix this? Do I forget Debian and get the source and compile it myself? If so, what release do I use? Here is the script ----- Original Message ----- From: "root" <root(a)interfree.caa> To: <rejp(a)rogers.com> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 10:38 AM > Script started on Sat Nov 1 17:15:29 2003 > interfree:/var/lib/mailman# newlist > Enter the name of the list: blindetext > Enter the email of the person running the list: rejp(a)rogers.com > Initial blindetext password: > Entry for aliases file: > > ## blindetext mailing list > ## created: 01-Nov-2003 root > blindetext: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper post blindetext" > blindetext-admin: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper mailowner blindetext" > blindetext-request: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd blindetext" > blindetext-owner: blindetext-admin > > Hit enter to continue with blindetext owner notification... > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/sbin/newlist", line 223, in ? > main() > File "/usr/sbin/newlist", line 204, in main > {'listname' : listname, > File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 500, in maketext > fp = open(file) > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/mailman/templates/newlist.txt' > interfree:/var/lib/mailman# > Script done on Sat Nov 1 17:16:27 2003 >

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What string do I put in the "msg_footer" option to cause the subscriber's address to be listed?
by Jeff Salisbury Nov. 2, 2003

Nov. 2, 2003

Greetings, I have a list where many of the subscribers are not real comfortable digging into email headers, and a handful of them have found themselves subscribed more than once. I'm having a hard time helping them track down their multiple email addresses. I would like to configure my mailman list to put the subscription address in the footer. What is the string I need to put in the "msg_footer" option to make this happen? Regards, Jeff

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