Mailman 3 February 2003 - Mailman-Users

mm.cfg.MAILMAN_SITE_LIST
by Jim LaSalle 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

I recently installed Mailman at our school. It is fantastic. Thank you very much for a fine software package. This morning I receive and email saying "Site list is missing: mailman" Picking through the /usr/local/mailman/cron/mailpasswords script I see a mm.cfg.MAILMAN_SITE_LIST is required. What are the contents and layout of this file? Where should it be located? I checked your web site for help on this but came up dry. Where is the documentation with this type of detail. Once again, thanks for all your efforts.

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RE: Welcome Mail and List Mail Text
by NetInfo 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

Greetings Mailman, My name is Shirley Marshall of Perfect Sites Web Design, and I have just recently partnered with Web4Designer to host my clients' sites, and they use Mailman for their mailing needs. Now I've gotten the whole mailing list set up for my client, and it seems to be functioning great - with one major glitch! My client - and most of my other clients who will soon follow this one - does NOT want this to be a 'post-to' mailing list. It is to be used exclusively to send out newsletters and other mailings, but is not designed to be a discussion list. I've managed to disable that option/link in most places, but, it continues to come up on every Welcome Mail as well as being automatically inserted at the top of every mailing! I cannot find anywhere to edit this part of the mails and it is causing confusion and many problems for my client. How can I go about removing the option/link to post to the mailing list from the e-mails? I had hoped that disabling that option in your settings area would automagically remove the option/link on the mails, but it is still showing up. I would very much appreciate it if you could explain to me how I can accomplish this in 'layman's terms' as I do not understand 'tech-speak'! And if at all possible, it would probably be best if you could explain it to me so I can make the necessary changes, because I already know there are at least four more clients of mine coming on board at Web4Designer and they ALL will NOT want to have the option to post included on their mailing lists! Since this is something that will need to be done on virtually all of my client's accounts, I'm sure it would be much easier for you also, if you can just show me once what needs to be done, and then I will be able to do it in the future without troubling you! ;-) I look forward to your speedy reply and hope to resolve this issue in a timely manner. Thank you so much for your prompt attention to this urgent matter! Best Regards, Shirley Marshall Perfect Sites Web Design <--------------------------------------------------------------------> Effective Websites for Less Money in 3-5 Days! Professional Web Design for Home/Small Businesses Would YOU like to have a Perfect Site? Perfect Sites Web Design Click to: http://www.PerfectSites.com/web-designhb.html Innovative High-Quality Websites Custom Logos, Banners, Graphics and Layouts User-Friendly Designs and Navigation Very Affordable Pricing FREE Web Hosting Options For more information or a Free Estimate - E-Mail me at: Info(a)PerfectSites.com Attention Small Business Owners and Netentrepreneurs - Click here to read the free article: The Top Ten DO's and DO NOT's of Effective Web Design http://www.PerfectSites.com/topten.html <-------------------------------------------------------------------->

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script wrapper reports "No such file or directory"
by Chris Tomlinson 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

I'm trying to install mailman-2.1 on a FreeBSD virtual private server enviroment. I've used --with-cgi-gid, --with-username, --with-groupname, and the DIRSETGID=: and so forth. I've successfully gotten through the check_perms and created the newlist mailman - with the notification message. I'm stuck at the step of creating a list via the web interface. I get the following: Mailman CGI error!!! The Mailman CGI wrapper encountered a fatal error. This entry is being stored in your syslog: No such file or directory I've checked the FAQ and the searchable mailing list archives. If I try a bogus scriptname like "frobnitz" then I get the expected: Not Found The requested URL /mailman/frobnitz was not found on this server. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks and ciao, Chris

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Manually marking users as bouncing/bad addresses?
by NOW Website Coordinator 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

I'd like to come up with a way to deal with the users who are not being handled by the bounce processor besides just unsubscribing them. Basically, I want to be able to give our membership department a list of bad email addresses, which I figure I can somehow get out of the bounce log. If I just unsubscribed them, I have no record of whether they wanted to be unsubscribed (and maybe couldn't figure it out for themselves) or were a bad address. But because so many messages bounce to me rather than get processed, I'd like to be able to mark them in a way that they then get deleted through the bounce processor. I see the "nomail" field in the membership page. Is there a way I can use this? Or is there some other way I can queue people up to be bounced? By the way, is there any log of people who change their email address? I haven't found it. Thanks.

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missing config file
by Jim LaSalle 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

What is the format for the mm.cfg.MAILMAN_SITE_LIST file? Where should it be located? Thanks.

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Fwd: Cron/senddigests
by Dan Phillips 03 Feb '03

03 Feb '03

Any idea where this error is coming from? This error is coming from only one list; a manual running of senddigests -l on other lists functions perfectly. /lists/problemlist/digest.mbox appears to be fine. Any ideas? anyone? what else should I be checking? > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/Users/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 94, in ? > main() > File "/Users/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 86, in main > mlist.send_digest_now() > File "/Users/mailman/Mailman/Digester.py", line 60, in > send_digest_now > ToDigest.send_digests(self, mboxfp) > File "/Users/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 129, in > send_digests > send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) > File "/Users/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 290, in > send_i18n_digests > g(msg, unixfrom=0) > File "/Users/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 100, in > flatten > self._write(msg) > File "/Users/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 128, in > _write > self._dispatch(msg) > File "/Users/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 154, in > _dispatch > meth(msg) > File "/Users/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 212, in > _handle_text > raise TypeError, 'string payload expected: %s' % type(payload) > TypeError: string payload expected: <type 'list'> >

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cron/senddigests error
by Dan Phillips 02 Feb '03

02 Feb '03

I suppose I may have created this problem by commenting out the inclusion of all but from, to, cc and subject in /mailman/handlers/ToDigest.py, but it hasn't created problems for any other lists, or previous digests. This error message came today: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 94, in ? main() File "/Users/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 86, in main mlist.send_digest_now() File "/Users/mailman/Mailman/Digester.py", line 60, in send_digest_now ToDigest.send_digests(self, mboxfp) File "/Users/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 129, in send_digests send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/Users/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 290, in send_i18n_digests g(msg, unixfrom=0) File "/Users/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 100, in flatten self._write(msg) File "/Users/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 128, in _write self._dispatch(msg) File "/Users/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 154, in _dispatch meth(msg) File "/Users/mailman/pythonlib/email/Generator.py", line 212, in _handle_text raise TypeError, 'string payload expected: %s' % type(payload) TypeError: string payload expected: <type 'list'> Comments in the ToDigest.py refer to the /qfiles/digest directory which doesn't seem to exist. I can manually send digests for all but one list w/o errors. The archives for the misbehaving list seem to be fine. What should I be looking for? Thanks Dan

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Getting mailman to use the same smtp connection for messages sent to the same domain
by Gareth Hopkins 02 Feb '03

02 Feb '03

Howdie, Is there a way to get mailman to deliver messages to the same domain in one smtp connection. Example a(a)foo.com b(a)foo.com c(a)foo.com will all be delivered in the same smtp connection. At the moment it is connecting, delivering to a(a)foo.com, then disconnecting. Then connects, delivers to b(a)foo.com and disconnects and so on and so on. Thanks --- Gareth Hopkins Server Operations UUNET South Africa (o) +27.21.658.8700 (f) +27.21.658.8552 (m) +27.82.929.6668 http://www.uunet.co.za 08600 UUNET (08600 88638) "The contents of this e-mail and any accompanying documentation is confidential and any use thereof, in whatever form, by anyone other than the addressee for whom it is intended, is strictly prohibited."

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[Mailman-Users] mailman 2.1 + qmail + vpopmail = alias tremendous problems
by df＠dune.org 02 Feb '03

02 Feb '03

Hello As a lot of qmail+vpopmail+mailman users, I get the famous "Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that_name._(#5.1.1)" error message. I have gathered here the 3 alias creation methods i found reading the archives, in the hope one of a goodwill soul to help. Here is my setup: FreeBSD 4.7_Stable - sources and ports from 02.02.2003 Mailman 2.1 (from port tree) Qmail (from port tree) Vpopmail (from port tree) Qmailadmin (from port tree) I did read and follow mailman/docs/README.QMAIL i also made the setup of a virtual "mm.domain.com" for mailman's use. list creation / web access / email notifications (on subscribe, list creation) all those work perfectly. During my browsing i found at least 3 different ways to setup those: 1) according you previously edited ~mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py with > MTA_ALIASES_STYLE = 'qmail' mailman should give the correct syntax to create qmail kind of alias files; just copy paste (watch out to paths), that's it. 2) using qmail-to-mailman.py by editing the /usr/local/vpopmail/domain.com/.qmail-default file - by the way is it: > |preline /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/mailman/qmail-to-mailman.py or > | preline /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/mailman/qmail-to-mailman.py or > |/var/qmail/bin/preline /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/mailman/qmail-to-mailman.py or > | /var/qmail/bin/preline /usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/mailman/qmail-to-mailman.py or > |/usr/local/bin/python /usr/local/mailman/qmail-to-mailman.py that should be used ?!- Also regarding qmail-to-mailman.py file, some people suggested to replace "mailman-" by "mydomain.com-".. due to some ways vpopmail handles the emails adresses .. or so.. Either way it doesn't work. 3) there is a small script supplyed at the end of the README.QMAIL i did a little adjustments for mailman 2.1 (i hope i did no mistakes.. and again i assume the |preline or |/var/qmail/bin/preline isn't an issue here...): -------- start cut --------- #!/bin/sh if [ $# = 1 ]; then i=$1 echo Making links to $i... echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post $i" > .qmail-$i echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin $i" > .qmail-$i-admin echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces $i" > .qmail-$i-bounces echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm $i" > .qmail-$i-confirm echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join $i" > .qmail-$i-join echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave $i" > .qmail-$i-leave echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner $i" > .qmail-$i-owner echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request $i" > .qmail-$i-request echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe $i" > .qmail-$i-subscribe echo "|preline /usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe $i" > .qmail-$i-unsubscribe fi -------- end of cut ------- I assume this script should be run in /usr/local/vpopmail/domains/domain.com/ in order to have the proper alias files created for the right virtual domain.. Final note: the best i could get from qmail-to-mailman.py was an error message in /var/log/maillog: Feb 2 05:07:16 freaks qmail: 1044158836.094343 delivery 27: failure: TO_ACCESS_THE_MAILING_LIST_SYSTEM:_Start_your_web_browser_on /http://domain.com//That_web_page_will_help_you_subscribe_or_unsubscri be,_and_will/give_you_directions_on_how_to_post_to_each_mailing_list./ That message was bounced 3x times. If you need more infos to troubleshoot my config, please tell me witch, and i'll provide them. ps: please forgive my sloppy syntax and spelling, english is not my main language :/ Feel free to contact me anytime. Regards. df(a)dune.org

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Auto deleteing non-member posts
by Michael Ghens 02 Feb '03

02 Feb '03

Posts from non-members, I prefer to just delete and/or send a non-member warning. I have just upgraded to 2.1. In 2.0.xx, I had to have a script running to delete posts and copy over a db every day. Is this still the case?

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Mailman-Users February 2003