Mailman 3 March 2003 - Mailman-Users

Mailman 2.1 on a VPS
by Adam Boettiger March 31, 2003

March 31, 2003

I use a VPS at Verio. Has anyone with a similar configuration installed 2.1 yet successfully or know if 2.1 is compatible with a virtual install? AB

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RE: [Mailman-Users] Do I need an MX Record
by Sullivan, John March 31, 2003

March 31, 2003

In my network I have a corporate mail server set up that handles all the email for mlsnet.com I have setup the RedHat box so I can send out email to newsletter subscribers - I didn't want to put the heavy load on my corporate mail server. The RedHat box has sendmail on it and should be the box that handles emails for lists.mlsnet.com (incoming should be delivered to this box) Also the IP for this box is the 12.105.18.209 address referenced below. I have an A record setup for lists.mlsnet.com - I do not have an MX record setup for it though. How do I set the box up so it handles all email sent to @lists.mlsnet.com? Thanks for your help.. -----Original Message----- From: Dallas Bethune [mailto:dallas@dreamhost.com] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 12:21 PM To: Sullivan, John Cc: mailman-users(a)python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Do I need an MX Record From the last error there, it looks like your mail server is trying to deliver mail for lists.mlsnet.com to an smtp server at 12.105.18.209. I don't know what server that is, but it needs to be running an some sort of smtp server to accept email. If that is not where the email should be going, then an MX record may be appropriate to point it to the appropriate location. Dallas On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 08:56 am, Sullivan, John wrote: > Hi all - I am having some problems sending out emails to my lists. > > > > I have Red Hat 8.0 > > Sendmail > > MailMan 2.0.1 > > > > I have a test lists set up with test users. > > > > When a user subscribes to the list they get a confirmation from the > mailman > server but when they reply there email seems to just get lost. > > When I send out an email to the list nothing gets delivered. > > My server name is lists.mlsnet.com and my list is called 90minutes and > I > should be able to send mail to 90minutes(a)lists.mlsnet.com > <mailto:90minutes@lists.mlsnet.com> to send an email to all of the > subscribers. > > > > Here is some log errors from maillog file: > > > > > > Mar 28 11:48:21 localhost sendmail[10484]: h2SGmKFc010484: from=root, > size=388, class=0, nrcpts=1, > msgid=<200303281148.20675.90minute(a)90minutes.com>, relay=localhost > [[UNIX: > localhost]] > > > Mar 28 11:48:22 localhost sendmail[10486]: h2SGmLjh010486: > from=< > <http://lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/ > compose?curmbox=F000000005&a=fa > f76a38f4023445548c138e0ad20419&mailto=1&to=root(a)localhost.localdomain&m > sg=MS > G1048870350.86&start=1072965&len=2281&src=&type=x> > root(a)localhost.localdomain>, size=577, class=0, nrcpts=1, > msgid=<200303281148.20675.90minute(a)90minutes.com>, proto=ESMTP, > daemon=MTA, > relay=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] > > > Mar 28 11:48:22 localhost sendmail[10484]: h2SGmKFc010484: > to=90minutes(a)lists.mlsnet.com, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:02, > xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=30387, relay=localhost.mlsnet.com. > [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (h2SGmLjh010486 Message accepted for > delivery) > > > Mar 28 11:49:22 localhost sendmail[10488]: h2SGmLjh010486: > to=<90minutes(a)lists.mlsnet.com>, ctladdr=< > <http://lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/ > compose?curmbox=F000000005&a=fa > f76a38f4023445548c138e0ad20419&mailto=1&to=root(a)localhost.localdomain&m > sg=MS > G1048870350.86&start=1072965&len=2281&src=&type=x> > root(a)localhost.localdomain> (0/0), > delay=00:01:01, xdelay=00:01:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30576, > relay=lists.mlsnet.com. [12.105.18.209], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: > Connection > timed out with lists.mlsnet.com. > > > > Do I need to have MX Records setup on my external DNS for this server? > > > > Your Help is Appreciated... > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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: dallas(a)dreamhost.com > Unsubscribe or change your options at > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/ > dallas%40dreamhost.com >

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Mailman 2.1.1 Traceback
by Will Froning March 31, 2003

March 31, 2003

Where do I send Tacebacks to? -developers? Thanks, Will -- Will Froning Unix Sys. Admin. (209)946-7470 (209)649-0098 wfroning(a)uop.edu

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Re: MX Record?
by Bob Puff＠NLE March 31, 2003

March 31, 2003

> In general, an MX record is not necessary if you have an A record. > That's probably not your problem here. Since when?! For transporting mail, you certainly DO need an MX record! Bob

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Mailman 2.1 w/ RH 7,2 virtual hosts
by support March 31, 2003

March 31, 2003

I have searched the archives and docs... But I am really stuck on chuck. Is there a pretty concise how to for installing Mailman on a Redhat 7.2 box using named based virtual hosts in a chroot environment with safemode on? What I want to do is install mailman (rpm or ./configure) on the server (I have root access) allow all of the domains on the box to use it as their own. (kind of how squirrelmail does for accessing domain mail). Does any one have a step by step proceedure for accompishing this task. I have tried a number of things for other os's etc. but nothing seems to work. If anyone has this config working let me know!!! Then I also have an ensim box I need to do the same things to. But I can probably figure that out if the first one works. In Him, JMb <>< Bishop James - I Feel God - Brown www.1000churches.org www.victoryreport.com www.ifghosting.com www.1000churches.org/prayer -> We Pray For You! www.keen.com/ifeelgod -> Pastoral Counseling - Call Me

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Internal Domain Resolution
by Sullivan, John March 31, 2003

March 31, 2003

Hi - I am running RH 8 with Mailman 2.0. I am having a problem emailing the list from my internal network. The list is setup to resolve the domain lists.mlsnet.com I can send emails to the list from any external account - Ex. Hotmail. But I cannot send emails to the lists from my regular corp email jsullivan(a)mlsnet.com <mailto:jsullivan@mlsnet.com> Also when I send to the list from an external account - Ex Hotmail - It gets delivered to everyone on the list except for registered users from the mlsnet.com I guess there is some kind of domain name resolution problem going on but I am not sure where to fix it. Also I am not sure whether it is a RH config or a mailman config. Thanks for your help.. John

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problem after upgrading to 2.1
by Scott R. Every March 31, 2003

March 31, 2003

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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Mailman 2.1 setup problem
by mcobb March 31, 2003

March 31, 2003

Folks, I'm at whits end. I have spent all (probably because I'm an idiot) installing Mailman 2.1 on a RedHat 8.0 server. I'm running Postfix 1.11 and have done all the config's via the Howto, Howdon'ts, pain and suffering guide etc. I created a list called test, and send e-mail to it. I get nothing not a smrsh failure nada, zip. I see the message in qfiles, and even in archives. But it NEVER send the e-mail to the alias users (me). The only thing I haven't done is config a link to the mailman wrapper. Why? It never says you have to for postfix. Also, /etc/smrsh dosent exist, /usr/sbin/smrsh does. I have installed everything using grp mailman and user mailman. I attahced the Defaults.py and the mm_cfg.py. I did add SMTPHOST and SMTPPORT. Any help greatly appreciated. Mike Michael Cobb (KF6MPI) Cobb Communications Corp. Computers are like air-conditioners: They stop working properly as soon as you open windows.

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[Mailman-Users] don't want to use webinterface, but use some PHP. how?
by Ruud Steltenpool March 31, 2003

March 31, 2003

developing an intranet Every user can be part of several groups: teams, committees, people that for some reason have the same rights, etc. every group can also have a mailing-list. When changing what groups someone is in, i automatically have the mailinglists changed accordingly. Any ideas on how to do that? Thanks Steltenpower

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RE: Disabling Passwords
by Sullivan, John March 31, 2003

March 31, 2003

Is that a manual process? Do they send the unsubscribe to you and then you take them off the list or is that a scripted feature of 2.1 that is not available in 2.0. If it is not manual how did you go about configuring it.. Thanks for your help.. John -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hansford [mailto:lhansfor@lch-assoc.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 8:06 PM To: Sullivan, John Cc: mailman-users(a)python.org Subject: Re: Disabling Passwords At 07:28 PM 3/26/2003, you wrote: >I am using Mailman V 2.0 > > > >I want to know how I can disable the need for a new subscriber to create >password. I think the subscribers are going to find it quite annoying that >they have to create a password for our newsletter. They should just have >subscribe and unsubscribe options... I use v2.1.1, and have a lot of lists set up as "Newsletter" style, and none of the users are given passwords. Since I don't allow archiving of the newsletters, and they don't want/need to go to the web page to change their settings, they are subscribed and unsubscribed without notices being sent to the members. Larry > > >Your Comments are appreciated... > > > >john

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