Mailman 3 December 2003 - Mailman-Users

allowing non members to post to a list
by Michael 'keyser' Vettas AOCAB Director 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Hi peoples sorry if this is the wrong list i couldnt get the 'listowners' mailing list rego page to work :( Anyway my question. I have setup various mailing lists all private for various heirarchy levels in my organisation, now my question is this i want one of my lists specifically the Directors list to be a non member list BUT want the ability for non members to send emails to it so all board members receive the email and can reply to it via squirelmail using the directors@ email address instead of creating hundreds of different pop accounts. So basically joe(a)blow.com sends an email to directors(a)myorg.com which gets sent to director1(a)myorg.com , director2(a)myorg.com , director3(a)myorg.com etc etc without having it bounce to moderator and need approval before its accepted. So is there a way non members can post to a list but not join a list, reason being directors need the list to send info o each other so haivng people able to join the list isnt what i would want, i also want to setup other generic bounces through cpanel so say public.relations(a)myorg.com or marketing(a)myorg.com or whatever can be emailed and it gets sent to directors(a)myorg.com without it bouncing. Thanks in advance im sure its possible and im just missing something. Michael 'keyser' Vettas

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ezmlm to mailman
by Brendan Pratt 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Just in the process of moving some lists across to mailman from ezmlm , and can't seem to find an easy way of doing it. I think I've found something that'll bring them in from a .mbox file, but these are currently in a Maildir/ format. Anyone got an easy way to convert them across ? Thanks !!

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Error: Empty module name
by Fernando Barajas 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Hi! I run several lists using Mailman. With only ONE of my lists I'm getting the following error (in log/error) when someone wants to post: Dec 29 22:01:33 2003 (8451) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 105, in _oneloop self._onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 155, in _onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 130, in _dispose more = self._dopipeline(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 153, in _dopipeline sys.modules[modname].process(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 89, in process send_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 130, in send_digests send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 303, in send_i18n_dige sts msg = scrubber(mlist, msg) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Scrubber.py", line 308, in process t = t.encode(charset, 'replace') File "/var/tmp/python2-2.2.3-root/usr/lib/python2.2/encodings/__init__.py", li ne 51, in search_function ValueError: Empty module name Dec 29 22:01:33 2003 (8451) SHUNTING: 1072756893.371747+134baf775b7f10339f7b20ec 9c9a412e798bfe11 All of my other lists are working OK. This list (fc_general) was working OK, but it stopped working about 3 days ago. What can the problem be? Thanks! --- Correo de salida certificado SIN virus Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.553 / Virus Database: 345 - Release Date: 18-12-2003

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Empty module name
by Fernando Barajas 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Hi! I run several lists using Mailman. With only ONE of my lists I'm getting the following error (in log/error) when someone wants to post: Dec 29 22:01:33 2003 (8451) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 105, in _oneloop self._onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 155, in _onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 130, in _dispose more = self._dopipeline(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 153, in _dopipeline sys.modules[modname].process(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 89, in process send_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 130, in send_digests send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 303, in send_i18n_dige sts msg = scrubber(mlist, msg) File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Scrubber.py", line 308, in process t = t.encode(charset, 'replace') File "/var/tmp/python2-2.2.3-root/usr/lib/python2.2/encodings/__init__.py", li ne 51, in search_function ValueError: Empty module name Dec 29 22:01:33 2003 (8451) SHUNTING: 1072756893.371747+134baf775b7f10339f7b20ec 9c9a412e798bfe11 All of my other lists are working OK. This list (fc_general) was working OK, but it stopped working about 3 days ago. What can the problem be? Thanks! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fernando Barajas Díaz Lozano ICQ: 7237681 Sistemas y Tecnología de México MSN: fbarajas(a)sistec.com.mx fbarajas(a)sistec.com.mx Y!: barajasfernando Cel: 01-222-143-5170 Jabber: fbarajas(a)jabber.org --- Correo de salida certificado SIN virus Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.553 / Virus Database: 345 - Release Date: 18-12-2003

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How to remove all members from web?
by wildone＠for-wild.org 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

How can I remove all members of a MailMan mailing list? I know about the remove_members and sync_members scripts, but I don't have admin permissions, I can only access MailMan via CPanel provided by my ISP. The interface is: http://mydomain/mailman/admin/mylist_mydomain/members/remove Looks like I can give a list of addresses, which are passed through the "unsubscribees" variable. Is there some way I can remove all members, without having to give a long list? Wild Pete

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How to add a new Mailman CGI program?
by Christoph Seiler 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Hi I would like to add a new CGI program for Mailman, because the existing scripts do not fit my needs. Unfortunately I'm not too familiar with Mailman and this seems to be a bit complicated. So I would appreciate any help. Mailman is installed under /usr/lib/mailman/. Am I correct, if I place my new CGI program in /usr/lib/mailman/cgi-bin/? I did so and set the owner to root and the group to list (like the existing programs). My problem is, that this script runs, but it has no access to /var/lib/mailman/lists/mylist/config.db (or any other file in the list-directory). What permissions must be set? I noticed that the existing CGI scripts are binary files, whereas my script is a python-plainscript (with the shebang and all). Is this part of the problem? How are these binary files compiled? CS

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Hello
by Euler Ricardo Rodrigues Ribeiro 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

I have one problem When I go start mailmanctl show de message: Site list is missing: mailman What I make? Please help me

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My subscribers aren't receiving anything!
by Tom 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Hello, I could really use some help here... Other than a handful (and apparently the most recent subscribers) no one is getting my ezine. Could you verify that the list I uploaded is intact and functioning properly? The list is: dare2believeweekly(a)dare2believe.com. thanks for the help. Going deep... Tom http://www.dare2believe.com

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better archive support?
by Joris 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

Hi, First of all, I'm not subscribed to this list. Please cc me if you feel your message should reach me. After hunting performance troubles for quite a while, I finally found the source: mailman's archival of messages in the mbox format. I have a list getting ~50 mails/day with an attachement, average size 300kb. No biggy thus. But after 3 months this amounts to an archive over a 1GB. This results in a qrunner process hogging all system resources for minutes at the time. For now I've disabled archival of the list, but I wonder if there's some better option to archive the mails. Eg, rotated mboxes, or Maildirs? -- Greetings Joris joris(a)linux.be

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Hired help
by Adam Boettiger 29 Dec '03

29 Dec '03

I know many (most) on this list have full time jobs that make it difficult to take on project work, but are there folks on this list who are willing to do installs, upgrades, customizations etc. of Mailman on a fee basis? If so, can you contact me off-list with your hourly rate? boettiger(a)pobox.com Thanks AB

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Mailman-Users December 2003