Mailman 3 June 2003 - Mailman-Users

Sorry about that (WAS: Posting to list via mailman archives)
by Paul H Byerly June 2, 2003

June 2, 2003

I really should have know better than to send html code in my e-mail. Sorry for messing up the digest and all that. The information and code is now at <http://www.thcwd.com/webposting.txt> <>< Paul

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Adding content filters.
by Jorge Godoy June 2, 2003

June 2, 2003

Hi! Is there any documentation on how can I add some content filters to mailing lists? I'd like to have some lists filtered with rules we created while other lists should be completely free... These rules include, e.g., a badwords list and a quotation ratio filter. We already have the filters implemented as shell scripts --- the list was run with ezmlm before --- but I can convert those to Python if needed. TIA, -- Godoy. <godoy(a)ieee.org>

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Help with Configuration / mailpasswds
by Tomas June 2, 2003

June 2, 2003

Hello. I am tring to resolve the following error. I cannot seem to find where I have an error. The Defaults.py file has the DEFAULT_HOST and variations set to hfradio.org - so why is host_name causing an error? All other functions seem to work correctly (I do have several lists on two domains). It is only this function, mailing out the passwords, that gives an error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "./mailpasswds", line 218, in ? main() File "./mailpasswds", line 210, … [View More]

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Firewall/Posting Issue on RH7 and Exim
by Michael Arena June 2, 2003

June 2, 2003

Hello all, I want to add posts from inside my firewall, no posts will be coming from outside the firewall. How would I make a posting to the list internally? Would it be the same procedure as if the address was from outside the firewall (setup account, subscribe/send posts to it)? Is there a web interface to add posts to the lists? Thanks in advance for any help you can give, Mike

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digest message count
by admin June 2, 2003

June 2, 2003

Hi, I am seeing some mail lists handled by mailman with a message count in the subject line accompanying the digest message. My digest mailings do not have these details. How do I add them? Here is an example of the subject: <listname> digest, Vol 1 #2186 - 13 msgs ^^^^^^^^ message count - Noah

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Adding Html Footer
by Dan Jones June 2, 2003

June 2, 2003

I am having trouble with the footer being added to html email. When I send a message to my test list in text format the footer is added correctly When I send an html email the footer is added as an attachment. Is there something in the mm_cfg that needs to be added or should the footer be formated as html? Dan Jones Angel Fire Resort Angel Fire, NM 87710 505-377-4340 Dan(a)angelfireresort.com

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phpnuke?
by CodyG June 2, 2003

June 2, 2003

Is there any way to incorporate Mailman user management, sub/unsub, into a phpnuke module? Thanks.

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Re: Posting to list via mailman archives
by Paul H Byerly June 2, 2003

June 2, 2003

Steve wrote: >I'm wondering if anyone has ever set up their mailman archives so >that people can reply to list messages directly from the web page. I >know it would be trivial to add a mailto link to the list address on >the archive html pages, but I'm thinking more like some sort of >script that would not use mailto -- instead it would provide a text >edit box to the user, and when they clicked "send" a well-formed mail >would be sent to the list address, with the … [View More]appropriate subject line, >correct headers, etc. I'm working on it and am part way there. I'm using Matt's formmail script <http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html>. The script is set to only accept mail to my server, so I think it's secure. I have private archives, and I pick up the users e-mail with a cookie when they log in. The mail is sent with that e-mail address, so it shows from them on the list, and it is moderated or not depending on how the individual e-mail is flagged. I have not had a chance to dig into it, but I think the subject and quote can be done with information available from mailman. To start with you want Richard Barrett's patch <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=730769&group_id=103&atid=10…> that allows you to use modified templates in $prefix/lists/<listname>/<language>/ Below is what I have in the private.html file. This grabs the user e-mail when they log in: --------------- <html> <head> <title>%(realname)s Private Archives Authentication</title> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT> expireDate = new Date expireDate.setYear(expireDate.getYear()+1) userName = "" if (document.cookie != "") { userName = document.cookie.split("=")[1] } function setCookie() { userName = document.myForm.username.value document.cookie = "userName="+userName+";expires=" + expireDate.toGMTString() } </SCRIPT> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <FORM NAME=myForm METHOD=POST ACTION="%(action)s/"> %(message)s <TABLE WIDTH="100%%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="4" CELLPADDING="5"> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="100%%" BGCOLOR="#99CCFF" ALIGN="CENTER"> <B><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE="+1">%(realname)s Private Archives Authentication</FONT></B> </TD> </TR> <tr> <TD><div ALIGN="Right">Email address:</div></TD> <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" value="enter e-mail here" name=username onBlur="setCookie()"></TD> </tr> <tr> <TD><div ALIGN="Right">Password:</div></TD> <TD><INPUT TYPE="password" NAME="password" SIZE="30"></TD> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2 align="middle"><INPUT type="SUBMIT" name="submit" value="Let me in..."> </td> </tr> </TABLE> <p><strong><em>Important:</em></strong> From this point on, you must have cookies enabled in your browser, otherwise no administrative changes will take effect. <p>Session cookies are used in Mailman's administrative interface so that you don't need to re-authenticate with every administrative operation. This cookie will expire automatically when you exit your browser, or you can explicitly expire the cookie by hitting the <em>Logout</em> link under <em>Other Administrative Activities</em> (which you'll see once you successfully log in). </FORM> </body> </html> --------------- Copy article.html from templates into $prefix/lists/<listname>/<language>/ and make what ever changes you want to add a link to the posting form on the bottom of each archived post. I did: <a href="/mailman/private/<listname>/webpost.shtml">Reply</a> Then in $prefix/archives/private/<listname> I have the following webpost.shtml: ------------------ <HTML> <HEAD> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT> eMail = (document.cookie.split("=")[1]).split(";")[0] if (document.cookie != "") { document.write("You are logged in as: "+ eMail) } function delCookie () { if (document.cookie !="") { if (confirm("Do you want to delete the cookies?")) { thisCookie = document.cookie.split(";") expireDate = new Date expireDate.setYear(expireDate.getYear()-1) for (i=0; i<thisCookie.length; i++) { cookieName = thisCookie[i].split("=")[0] document.cookie = cookieName + "=;expires=" + expireDate.toGMTString() } document.write ("<H1>Number of cookies deleted: " + thisCookie.length + "</H1>") } } } function fillForm () { document.theForm.email.value = eMail } </SCRIPT> <TITLE>Web Posting Form</TITLE> </HEAD> <body> <P ALIGN=Center> <p align="center"><a href="#" onClick="delCookie()">Click here to log out.</a> <BR><BR> <P ALIGN=Center> <CENTER> <br> Post from web form for Mailman.<br> <br> <BR> </CENTER> <CENTER> <TABLE CELLPADDING="2" ALIGN="Center" WIDTH="90%"> <TR> <TD>    This form now takes the "from" e-mail from a cookie that is formed when the e-mail and password are entered!! <P ALIGN=Left> <FORM NAME=theForm ACTION = "http://SERVER NAME/cgi-bin/FormMail.pl" METHOD = "POST"> <INPUT type=hidden name="recipient" value="LIST ADDRESS"> <INPUT type=hidden name="redirect" value="URL OF PAGE TO GO TO AFTER POST IS SENT"> <INPUT type=hidden name="email" value=""> Subject: <INPUT type=text name="subject" value=""> <BR> Content:<BR> <TEXTAREA NAME="-" ROWS="16" COLS="60" onBlur="fillForm()"></TEXTAREA><BR>   <INPUT TYPE=reset value="Reset"> <INPUT TYPE=submit value="SEND IT!"> </FORM> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <P> <BIG><BR> <BR> </BIG><BR> </BODY></HTML> ------------- This is rough, and still has some working notes imbedded in it, but it should get you going. Contact me off list if you need to. And if you have any ideas on picking up subject and quote let me know. <>< Paul [View Less]

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Follow-up to my archives problems
by Tobias Eigen June 2, 2003

June 2, 2003

Hi all, The problem I described earlier with archives not being saved doesn't in fact seem to be related to the error message I sent. I'm continuing to work on this problem (which just cropped up out of nowhere as far as I can tell) so would appreciate any ideas. Cheers, Tobias -- Tobias Eigen Executive Director Kabissa - Space for change in Africa http://www.kabissa.org TIME TO GET ONLINE Internet Learning materials now online! Go: http://www.ttgo.kabissa.org Contact: ttgo(a)kabissa.org

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error at runnung checkdbs cronjob
by Jonas Meurer June 2, 2003

June 2, 2003

Hello, If I run (as user list, the user that runs all the mailman stuff) /usr/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs, it gives the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 174, in ? main() File "/usr/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 115, in main mlist.preferred_language) File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Message.py", line 206, in __init__ errors='replace') TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'errors' I have no idea … [View More]

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