Mailman 3 February 2003 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] how to force confirmation on my list owners?
by Jon Carnes 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 03:51, Marc Haber wrote: > Your post never made it to the list as far as my inbox is concerned. > I'll answer the courtesy copy in private because of that. Feel free to > reply to the list while quoting me. Sorry, I must have simply hit Reply rather than Reply To All... or maybe I just hit my quota of list responses for that day :-) > > On 20 Feb 2003 20:18:32 -0500, Jon Carnes <jonc(a)nc.rr.com> wrote: > >You could hack the code to remove the subscribe option from the > >Web-admin. This would be a fairly easy hack. Other than that, it's not > >configurable. > > Yuck. I'll look after that possibility. Don't like it at all though. > > I am still a novice mailman user: Is there a way to have that feature > put on some kind of TODO list? > If you look up on Sourceforge at the Mailman project you will see that there is a way of dropping off suggested features. You can also label it as such on this list... Note: suggestions that include snippets of code to help accomplish the requested feature, get a lot more response than others. Note2: if you really want a feature, you can always pay for it! Then donate it back to the public domain. The whole world will sing you Hazzah's.

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[Mailman-Users] Problem with multiple subscription confirmation messages
by S. Krishnan 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

Hi, I just upgraded my mailman 2.0.13 install to 2.1.1 by downloading and installing from source. The previous version worked fine. However, 2.1.1 has a major issue with subscription messages. Every time someone subscribes to a list, mailman sends them a mailing list subscription confirmation notice. With mailman 2.1.1, replying to this notice does not seem to work. Instead of confirming the subscription, it sends *another* mailing list subscription confirmation notice, with a different number. Replying to this results in yet another subscription confirmation notice! However, subscription confirmation off the web page works OK. It is only the confirmation by reply to the notice that is broken. Could someone please help? TIA, Krishnan

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problem after upgrading to 2.1
by Scott R. Every 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

After upgrading, I am now getting the following error using list_members: Traceback (most recent call last): File "./list_members", line 232, in ? main() File "./list_members", line 207, in main s = formataddr((name, addr)).encode(enc, 'replace') UnicodeError: ASCII decoding error: ordinal not in range(128) This happens whether I use the existing config.db file or if I use list_members from 2.0.x to dump all the users, then use add_members to add them to a new list. Again, list_members works as expected under 2.0.x, but not under 2.1. Has anyone seen this before? Does anyone know of any workarounds? I need list_members to be working for arbitrary list splitting. The list has almost 600k members which may be causing the problem, but it worked fine in 2.0.x. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks s Scott R. Every mailto:scott@blast.com Blast Inc. http://www.blast.com 1-800-24-BLAST ext 543

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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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mailman and spamassassin
by Dave Stern - Former Rocket Scientist 10 Mar '03

10 Mar '03

Seeing how others have asked about this, I've gotten an older version of mailman (2.0.12) and spamassassin (2.1) working together. Let's say the list in question is called mylist - add to you aliases file mylist: "/usr/local/bin/procmail -m /etc/procmailrc" - /etc/procmail include things like :0fw | /etc/SpamAssassin/spamassassin -P -c /etc/SpamAssassin/rules :0: * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes /tmp/Likelyspam :0: |/etc/mailman/mail/wrapper post mylist Now it would be nice if the /etc/procmailrc file could be universal for all lists. Anyone know how to set a variable to fighure out from which list the message was coming? (worst case scenario, I'll have to write up a procmail rule to parse the "^To:" address but I was wondering if there's an easier way? Thanks =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- generated by /dev/dave -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Stern University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

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[Mailman-Users] Issues With "Host name this list prefers for email."
by Jeremy Butler 05 Mar '03

05 Mar '03

I recently configured virtual domains on my Mailman/Postfix set-up. It's mostly running fine, but there are a couple of small details that I think might be related to the "Host name this list prefers for email" setting. As you can see from the sample header from a message sent to the Test5 list (below), some of my domain/host names are different from others--despite the fact that "Host name this list prefers for email" is set to the virtual domain, www.cinemastudies.org. Everything should point to www.cinemastudies.org , and almost everything DOES, with the exception of two lines. The first header problem is: To: test5(a)jbutler4.tcf.ua.edu The virtual domain, www.cinemastudies.org, is an alias for the canonical name, jbutler4.tcf.ua.edu. Is there a way to change this from jbutler4.tcf.ua.edu to www.cinemastudies.org in the TO line? The second is: List-Archive: <http://www.tcf.ua.edu/pipermail/test5> The list archive actually works properly and is accessible at http://www.cinemastudies.org/pipermail/test5/ . Any thoughts as to why the header is confused about this? Thanks! ---- sample header ---- X-Original-To: test5(a)www.cinemastudies.org Delivered-To: test5(a)www.tcf.ua.edu X-Sender: jbutler(a)bama.ua.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:12:29 -0600 To: test5(a)jbutler4.tcf.ua.edu From: Jeremy Butler <jbutler(a)ua.edu> Subject: [Test5] Fwd: Welcome to the "Test5" mailing list X-BeenThere: test5(a)www.cinemastudies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 List-Id: <test5.www.cinemastudies.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.cinemastudies.org/mailman/listinfo/test5>, <mailto:test5-request@www.cinemastudies.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://www.tcf.ua.edu/pipermail/test5> List-Post: <mailto:test5@www.cinemastudies.org> List-Help: <mailto:test5-request@www.cinemastudies.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://www.cinemastudies.org/mailman/listinfo/test5>, <mailto:test5-request@www.cinemastudies.org?subject=subscribe> Sender: test5-bounces(a)jbutler4.tcf.ua.edu Jeremy Butler jbutler(a)ua.edu ======================================================== TELEVISION: CRITICAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS www.TVCrit.com

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Moderation flag and version 2.0
by Screenwriters Online 04 Mar '03

04 Mar '03

"Turn on the moderation flag for all your existing users. Go to the membership management page, and use the Additional Member Tasks to turn on the mod flag for all users." I'm trying to turn off the post to list header in the email. I have not found moderation flag in membership management page in version 2.0 Is it there? I could not find additional member tasks. in v 2.0 , is it there? Would some one kindly tell me how to make a newsletter/announce only list in Mailman Ver 2.0? thanks in advance Tony

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FW: html emails
by Pamela Wilson 03 Mar '03

03 Mar '03

I have an announce-only list that I manage with Mailman. I subscribe and unsubscribe folks--they don't have access to the admin tools. I've been trundling along fine sending twice-monthly plain-text emails to the list. Now, however, I must begin sending HTML emails. Here are my neophyte questions. 1. Where is the setting for allowing messages that aren't just text? I tried to send an HTML email to the list once and it got stripped before it was delivered. I know there's that "plain" checkbox in Membership Management, but the instructions make this look like it only pertains to digest-only members. If it *is* for everybody, is there a way to globally uncheck that box? I wouldn't want to have to physically uncheck 2000+ boxes. 2. I'm looking for recommendations on sending HTML email. I have always been "against it" and find it annoying myself, so as a result I don't know too much about making it happen. Should I send a multi-part MIME message? Or should I send an HTML email and hope that people's mail readers will strip the HTML if their settings are set to "plain text email only"? I naively hoped that my web designer pal was going to help figure some of this stuff out, so at the end of my last plain-text email, I told people this: ****************** E-NEWS GOING HTML The next edition of E-News will be in HTML format. If you do not wish to receive HTML mail and you set your email program's preferences to reflect this, E-News will continue to come to you as a plain text document. ****************** I would like this to be true, if at all possible! What programs do people use to create such messages? Thanks for your help! Pamela Wilson Development and Communications Associate The Women's Foundation San Francisco, CA web www.twfusa.org

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Monthly password reminders
by Paul Dekkers 02 Mar '03

02 Mar '03

Hi, In the mailinglist configuration I specified that users should not get monthly password reminders by default: when I add a new users to the mailinglist however, I see that the password reminder IS enabled! Is this OK? I'm using mailman-2.1.1 Regards, Paul

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Mailman/Held Messages for Admin
by Ingrid Kast Fuller 02 Mar '03

02 Mar '03

Is there anyway to SELECT ALL and REJECT ALL in the Held messages for the admin. Our list is getting so many spams, I have to click one by one thru 136 messages to get rid of all of them. Is there another way to delete them. Maybe I just need to know where the HELD messages are and delete them in Unix. Please let me know if you know the solution by direct email to this address. Thanks. Ingrid Kast Fuller CityScope Net, www.cityscope.net, (713) 477-6161 PasadenaTexas.com, www.pasadenatexas.com, (713) 477-3787 CityScope Online, www.cityscopeonline.com, (713) 477-6161

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