Mailman 3 February 2003 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] Postfix *2* Upgrade and New List Creation
by Jeremy Butler Feb. 26, 2003

Feb. 26, 2003

Thanks, Dan. I changed the perms to match yours and that did the trick! Regards, At 10:28 PM 2/25/2003 -0600, Dan Phillips wrote: >>I checked my permissions and they read: >> >>-rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 5804 Feb 25 22:03 aliases >>-rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 12288 Feb 22 10:20 aliases.db >> >>/usr/local/mailman/data/aliases has been changed and new aliases added, >>but aliases.db was not updated. > >FWIW, mine read: > >-rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 8262 Jan 31 19:40 aliases >-rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 16384 Jan 31 19:40 aliases.db > >and I do seem to remember playing with perms after upgrading from 2.0.13 >to 2.1. > >Dan Jeremy Butler jbutler(a)ua.edu ======================================================== TELEVISION: CRITICAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS www.TVCrit.com

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<MM-Mailman-Footer> Mailman 2.0.11
by Andy Firman Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

Sorry for the basic question but its important to me. I have tried to figure this out on my own. I have 2.0.11 installed on Debian 3.0. (can't upgrade because I don't know how and there is not a budget for my time) I want my signup page to look like this Redhat page with the logos having links on the bottom: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list I have my logos working but I can't figure out how to link to python, gnu, and mailman. All you see is the logs but there are no links. I know I can cut and paste the html code in place of the <MM-Mailman-Footer> but it does not look very good. Where do I find, and how do I edit, the MM-Mailman-Footer??? Thanks. Andy

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Postfix *2* Upgrade and New List Creation
by Jeremy Butler Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

I recently upgraded from Postfix 1 to Postfix 2 and suddenly I lost my ability to create new lists. (This may also be related to a question about virtual domains that I just posted.) Of course, I upgraded as root--using an RPM on RedHat 8. Would that have messed with my permissions? When I try to create a list, I get the following error message: 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 217, in process_request sys.modules[modname].create(mlist, cgi=1) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 226, in create _update_maps() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 47, in _update_maps raise RuntimeError, msg % (acmd, status, errstr) RuntimeError: command failed: /usr/sbin/postalias /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases (status: 1, Operation not permitted) I checked my permissions and they read: -rw-rw---- 1 mailman mailman 5804 Feb 25 22:03 aliases -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 12288 Feb 22 10:20 aliases.db /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases has been changed and new aliases added, but aliases.db was not updated. Thanks for the assistance. Jeremy Butler jbutler(a)ua.edu ======================================================== TELEVISION: CRITICAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS www.TVCrit.com

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re: Mailman and Postfix *2*?
by Jeremy Butler Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

Postfix 2, Mailman, and I were all getting along well . . . until it came time to set up virtual domains. I've read through the instructions on it in Postfix 1, Postfix 2, Mailman, and several Mailman-Users posts; and now I've gotten myself totally confused. Can anyone offer me a bit more guidance? Here's what I'm trying to do: A single Linux RH8 computer runs Postfix *2*, Mailman 2.1.1, and Apache 1.3.27. Its main domain name is www.tcf.ua.edu , but it also hosts a second domain name on a separate IP number: www.cinemastudies.org . I want to run separate Mailman lists on the two domain names. I also have a small number of user accounts on www.tcf.ua.edu . Here's what I've done: 1. Successfully installed Postfix 2 and gotten it to receive/send mail on www.tcf.ua.edu . 2. Successfully created Mailman lists on www.tcf.ua.edu . Now here's where things get wonky as I attempted to add a virtual domain. 3. Edited Postfix's /etc/postfix/main.cf by inserting lines from sample-virtual.cf: virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps Should this second one be: virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps,hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman 4. Edited /etc/postfix/virtual and put these lines in it to create a virtual domain of www.cinemastudies.org: www.cinemastudies.org anything (right-hand content does not matter) @www.cinemastudies.org @www.tcf.ua.edu 5. Ran "postmap /etc/postfix/virtual" to create /etc/postfix/virtual.db. 6. Added the following to the end of mm_cfg.py: MTA = 'Postfix' POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['www.cinemastudies.org'] 7. Ran "/sbin/service postfix restart". So far, I haven't received anything on my virtual domain (www.cinemastudies.org). Any thoughts as to why? Should myhostname be entered twice--once for the main domain and once for the virtual one? Like this: myhostname = www.tcf.ua.edu myhostname = www.cinemastudies.org Should I add anything to: mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain Thanks for the help! >Vivek Khera khera at kcilink.com >Mon Feb 24 12:19:46 EST 2003 > >Postfix' "sendmail-style" virtual domains are no longer officially >documented or supported. > >Virtual domains are now specified using two postfix config variables: >virtual_alias_domains and virtual_alias_maps. In >virtual_alias_domains you wan to list the same domains you list in >Mailman's POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS variable. virtual_alias_maps >is the replacement for virtual_maps as Mailman uses it. Since Mailman >doesn't set the postfix 'magic' entry to identify a domain to >virtualize in the maps it generates, it is necessary to list them in >the virtual_alias_domains variable. > >-- >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. >Internet: khera at kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 >AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ Jeremy Butler jbutler(a)ua.edu ======================================================== TELEVISION: CRITICAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS www.TVCrit.com

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Major problem, need some help please...
by Bill Hilburn Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

My Mailman is stuck! I'm running Mailman 2.1b5, I know, I know but it has been problem free since installed! All of the sudden the mailman/qfiles/in directory is filling up and no messages are going out, I have tried everything I can think of... Any ideas why messages would stick in qfiles/in ? I have even moved these out, watched new *.db & *.msg pairs come in but never leave, have stopped, removed locks and restarted mailman. I'm out of ideas, meanwhile *a lot* of messges are not going out... Bill Hilburn NOC Frontier Internet ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through frontier.net webmail service!

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All recipients refused - Hostname required
by Terry Rossi Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

After upgrading to 2.1.1 I cannot seem to send to my list anymore. The stmp-failure log is full of Feb 25 21:32:35 2003 (95755) delivery to xxxxxxxx(a)pics.com failed with code 553: 5.1.3 <pics-mail-bounces+cbordash=pics.com@>... Hostname required Feb 25 21:32:35 2003 (95755) delivery to tttttt(a)pics.com failed with code 553: 5. 1.3 <pics-mail-bounces+bklaw=pics.com@>... Hostname required Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks Terry

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newsletter list welcome message
by Jonathan Miller Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

I've just read the FAQ, and section 3.11 gives good instructions on making a list into a newsletter. However, I have fallen at the first hurdle as far as altering the welcome message goes... From the FAQ: "Create a directory lists/<yourlist>/en ... and copy templates/subscribeack.txt to this directory." Where ought I create the "lists" directory? In the mailman folder? (this did not seem to work) I'd appreciate any clarification. Thanks Jonathan Miller Learning Technologies Group Oxford University Computing Services

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mm2.0.X to 2.1.1 upgrade, spamassassin
by Dave Stern - Former Rocket Scientist Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

Regarding the problems I had where the tracedump was complaining of authentication/cookies, I was able to resolve the problem by unprotecting things some (chmod g+w in $PREFIX/logs, $PREFIX/archives/private) and then re-running check_perms. Interesting that check_perms ran successfully previously.... Looking at the options now, I'm not sure I'll upgrade. I do like the privacy-->sender-filter option: Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is defined. (previously, I used a cron to wipe mail sent to lists held for moderator and add mailfilters for moderators to not see notifications of held messages. But I'm disappointed that there aren't any obvious/simple hooks to have this play with spamassassin. Or has anyone else successfully done this? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- generated by /dev/dave -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Stern University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

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[Mailman-Users] Upgrade from 2.0.x to 2.1.1-- incorrect padding error.
by Sumeet Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

Upgrade from 2.0.x to 2.1.1 has caused the following error during sending digests i suppose. There is a bug about base64 already open. Am I running into the same thing here? As a side note does anyone else think that Mailman has reached a state of perfection in terms of usability/features? I can't imagine it being too much better. Thanks, sumeet.: [root@mailman root]# /usr/bin/python -S /var/mailman/cron/senddigests Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 94, in ? main() File "/var/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 86, in main mlist.send_digest_now() File "/list/Mailman/Digester.py", line 60, in send_digest_now ToDigest.send_digests(self, mboxfp) File "/list/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 123, in send_digests send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/list/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 295, in send_i18n_digests msg = scrubber(mlist, msg) File "/list/Mailman/Handlers/Scrubber.py", line 252, in process payload = part.get_payload(decode=1) File "/list//pythonlib/email/Message.py", line 189, in get_payload return Utils._bdecode(payload) File "/list//pythonlib/email/Utils.py", line 75, in _bdecode value = base64.decodestring(s) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/base64.py", line 44, in decodestring return binascii.a2b_base64(s) binascii.Error: Incorrect padding Sending relevent logs: Feb 23 11:27:47 2003 (24968) SHUNTING: 1046028467.287553+80336bf6d6db1c808bd7e3bceaa7256b5c4ff 419 Feb 23 11:36:38 2003 (24968) Uncaught runner exception: Incorrect padding Feb 23 11:36:38 2003 (24968) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/list//Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 105, in _oneloop self._onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/list//Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 155, in _onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/list//Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 130, in _dispose more = self._dopipeline(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline) File "/list//Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 153, in _dopipeline sys.modules[modname].process(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/list//Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 82, in process send_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/list//Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 123, in send_digests send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/list//Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 295, in send_i18n_digests msg = scrubber(mlist, msg) File "/list//Mailman/Handlers/Scrubber.py", line 252, in process payload = part.get_payload(decode=1) File "/list//pythonlib/email/Message.py", line 189, in get_payload return Utils._bdecode(payload) File "/list//pythonlib/email/Utils.py", line 75, in _bdecode value = base64.decodestring(s) File "/usr/src/build/143041-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/base64.py", line 44, in decodestr ing return binascii.a2b_base64(s) Error: Incorrect padding Also saw this right under it, but don't think it's related: Feb 23 12:41:11 2003 admin(18322): @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ admin(18322): [----- Mailman Version: 2.1.1 -----] admin(18322): [----- Traceback ------] admin(18322): Traceback (most recent call last): admin(18322): File "/list/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main admin(18322): main() admin(18322): File "/list/Mailman/Cgi/confirm.py", line 146, in main admin(18322): heldmsg_confirm(mlist, doc, cookie) admin(18322): File "/list/Mailman/Cgi/confirm.py", line 590, in heldmsg_confirm admin(18322): ign, sender, msgsubject, ign, ign, ign = mlist.GetRecord(id) admin(18322): File "/list/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 170, in GetRecord admin(18322): type, data = self.__db[id] admin(18322): KeyError: 1 admin(18322): [----- Python Information -----] admin(18322): sys.version = 2.2.1 (#1, Aug 30 2002, 12:15:30) [GCC 3.2 20020822 (Red Hat Linux Rawhide 3.2-4)] admin(18322): sys.executable = /usr/bin/python admin(18322): sys.prefix = /usr admin(18322): sys.exec_prefix = /usr admin(18322): sys.path = /usr admin(18322): sys.platform = linux2 admin(18322): [----- Environment Variables -----] admin(18322): CONTENT_LENGTH: 69 admin(18322): CONTENT_TYPE: application/x-www-form-urlencoded admin(18322): HTTP_COOKIE: ops+admin=28020000006961b4583e73280000003437643234313634396466613 6316665373033646534393466373437343766326335313566643635; mailman+admin=280200000069482e593e732 8000000303262323139363935666239363036633734663864363135613637643862323738343 86364633433 admin(18322): SCRIPT_FILENAME: /var/mailman/cgi-bin/confirm admin(18322): PYTHONPATH: /list admin(18322): SERVER_SOFTWARE: Apache/2.0.40 (Red Hat Linux) admin(18322): SERVER_ADMIN: root@localhost admin(18322): SCRIPT_NAME: /mailman/confirm admin(18322): SERVER_SIGNATURE: <address>Apache/2.0.40 Server at mailman.vmware.com Port 80< /address> admin(18322): admin(18322): REQUEST_METHOD: POST admin(18322): HTTP_HOST: mailman.vmware.com admin(18322): PATH_INFO: /mailman admin(18322): SERVER_PROTOCOL: HTTP/1.1 admin(18322): QUERY_STRING: admin(18322): HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL: no-cache admin(18322): REQUEST_URI: /mailman/confirm/mailman admin(18322): HTTP_ACCEPT: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/ msword, application/vnd.ms-excel, */* admin(18322): PATH_TRANSLATED: /var/www/html/mailman admin(18322): HTTP_USER_AGENT: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0) admin(18322): HTTP_CONNECTION: Keep-Alive admin(18322): HTTP_REFERER: http://bogus.bogus.com/mailman/confirm/mailman/3198403900b59c e046d843393dde955d2653b159 admin(18322): SERVER_NAME: mailman.vmware.com admin(18322): REMOTE_ADDR: 172.16.12.163 admin(18322): REMOTE_PORT: 3895 admin(18322): HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: en-us admin(18322): UNIQUE_ID: gbLcbKwQDC8AAAONHhEAAAAG admin(18322): SERVER_PORT: 80 admin(18322): GATEWAY_INTERFACE: CGI/1.1 admin(18322): HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: gzip, deflate admin(18322): SERVER_ADDR: 172.16.12.47 admin(18322): DOCUMENT_ROOT: /var/www/html (END)

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Personalized Footers
by Larry Hansford Feb. 25, 2003

Feb. 25, 2003

I didn't see a reply to my previous post on this, so I may not have explained it well. I currently have a line "This message was sent to %(user_delivered_to)s" in non-digest footer, which places a line on each received message that reads "This message was sent to member(a)domain.com". I'd like to add a 2nd line that reads "This message was sent by sender(a)domain.org". Is there a variable similar to "user_delivered_to" that I can use to generate the "sent by" footer? Thanks! Larry

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