Mailman 3 June 2003 - Mailman-Users

Starting qrunner for FreeBSD
by Amardeo Sarma June 26, 2003

June 26, 2003

Hi, I am a newbie and running Mailman 2.1.1 on FreeBSD 4.7 / VPSv2, which works with the old technique of running qrunner every minute from cron. The INSTALL instructions give some hints on how to start the qrunner daemon at startup time (apparently the preferred mode for 2.1.x), but this seems geared to Linux. I would appreciate any hints on what the best solution for FreeBSD systems is. Amardeo. -- Amardeo Sarma sarma(a)gwup.com

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Mailman usage for Usenet gatewaying
by Darren Wyn Rees June 26, 2003

June 26, 2003

Looking for examples of Mailman usage for Usenet gatewaying particularly for moderated newsgroups. I can see the obvious example of comp.lang.python, but maybe there are others ? I am evaluating Mailman... currently mirroring articles on a local test newsgroup. Thus far, it proves impressive. I have used Russ Allbery's robust News::Gateway toolkit, http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/gateway/ along with ezmlm and Majordomo. Mailman seems to tie a lot of things together, eg. integrated … [View More]

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how to set up just an information-list
by Götz Reinicke June 25, 2003

June 25, 2003

Hi, what I want is to configure an existing list that way, that only the staff can post to it, but not the subscribed students themselves. Is this the way to do this: Add the staff by "Privacy options" -> "sender filters" -> "Non-member filters" Set all students in the "Membership Management" -> "Membership List" to moderated and set "discard" for "member_moderation_action" in the "Privacy options". Thanks for any tips and hints! regards Götz Reinicke -- Götz Reinicke IT … [View More]

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Passwords
by Willie McKemie June 25, 2003

June 25, 2003

After operating several mailman newsletters for several months, I just became aware that subscribers find unsubscribing a daunting task. They can not do it without their password and they don't know their password. They end up asking me, as list owner, to do it. I am looking for ways to make it easier for them. Newsletters go out about once a week and I do not wish to burden them with periodic password notification. With my previous maillist software, I just told my potential … [View More]

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(no subject)
by Stephen Smith June 25, 2003

June 25, 2003

Hello I have a problem or question I suppose. I setup my mailman using an RPM. It appeared to install with no issues. The mailman.conf file is correct and has been correctly configured to be called by httpd.conf. The problem is that if I try to connect using http://192.168.0.102/mailman/listinfo I keep getting Forbidden errors. Nothing with mailman will work. Am I missing something or is there something else I need to do. Apparently it recognizes the pages or I would get page not found … [View More]

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RE: [Mailman-Users] Starting qrunner for FreeBSD
by Adam Lipson June 25, 2003

June 25, 2003

run bin/newlist mailman and this list will be created and then you will be able to start up mailman with bin/mailmanctl start. Adam -----Original Message----- From: Amardeo Sarma [mailto:sarma@gwup.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 4:09 PM To: mailman-users(a)python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Starting qrunner for FreeBSD On 24 Jun 2003 at 21:57, John Michael Mars wrote: > There is not BSD specific documentation in there. I was thinking about > submitting a patch for anyone … [View More]who wants it... > > Basically, (I use OpenBSD), you need to set this stuff in /etc/rc.local > and /etc/rc.shutdown instead of /etc/rc.d/init.d. BSDs are BSDish. Linux > is SysVish. The layout of some of the file system (including config files) > is a bit different. Linux, being the most popular, is the one that > typically gets documented and BSDers just have to get to it themselves. > Anyone have an idea why on running "bin/mailmanctl start" from the $prefix directory (again FreeBSD) I get the error message: Site list is missing: mailman ? Amardeo. > - JMM > > On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Amardeo Sarma wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am a newbie and running Mailman 2.1.1 on FreeBSD 4.7 / VPSv2, which works > > with the old technique of running qrunner every minute from cron. The INSTALL > > instructions give some hints on how to start the qrunner daemon at startup time > > (apparently the preferred mode for 2.1.x), but this seems geared to Linux. I > > would appreciate any hints on what the best solution for FreeBSD systems is. > > > > Amardeo. > > > > -- > > Amardeo Sarma > > sarma(a)gwup.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > 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: michael(a)firewing.org > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/michael%40firewing.org > > > > -- Amardeo Sarma sarma(a)gwup.com ------------------------------------------------------ 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: adaml(a)jbase.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/adaml%40jbase.com [View Less]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Starting qrunner for FreeBSD
by Glenn Sieb June 25, 2003

June 25, 2003

John Michael Mars said: > There is not BSD specific documentation in there. I was thinking about submitting a patch for anyone who wants it... > > Basically, (I use OpenBSD), you need to set this stuff in /etc/rc.local and /etc/rc.shutdown instead of /etc/rc.d/init.d. BSDs are BSDish. Linux is SysVish. The layout of some of the file system (including config files) is a bit different. Linux, being the most popular, is the one that typically gets documented and BSDers just have to get to … [View More]

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Colour Scheme
by Carl G. Pettit June 25, 2003

June 25, 2003

Dear Sir, Fantastic piece of software. However, I want to change the colour scheme to mach that of the rest of my site. How do I do that? - Carl - www.cpedesign.co.uk www.gosportscouts.org.uk

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Lists of lists question...
by John Lockard June 25, 2003

June 25, 2003

Nope, that only tells me how to create an "umbrella list" but doesn't tackle the important issue of only allowing members of the sublists to post to the umbrella list. -John At 12:18 18/06/2003, Richard Barrett wrote: > > At 19:58 18/06/2003, John Lockard wrote: > > > > I have several lists that in best practice I'd like to > > remain hierarchical. > > > > > > Example: > > > > staff.all (all staff) > > staff.pt (PT staff) … [View More]

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Line Wraps in Archives
by E M Recio June 25, 2003

June 25, 2003

I have been trying to find the patch to the archive program which allows for replacement of <PRE> with <P> but have been unsuccessful. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. -Elmo -- "There may still be two superpowers on the planet: the United States and world public opinion." - Patrick E. Tyler

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