Mailman 3 August 2003 - Mailman-Users

Why don't I see the lists when moving to mailman 2.1?
by Paul F. Williams Aug. 28, 2003

Aug. 28, 2003

I rechecked the FAQ and found the following 4.17. Why are lists missing from the listinfo page? So, after setting VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW = 0 in mm_cfg.py I can see the listings. paulw >From: "Paul F. Williams" <paul.williams(a)uwex.edu> >Precedence: list >Subject: [Mailman-Users] Why don't I see the lists when moving to mailman 2.1 >Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:39:12 -0500 >To: mailman-users(a)python.org >Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030828152410.00ab0bb8(a)imap.… [View More]

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Why don't I see the lists when moving to mailman 2.1
by Paul F. Williams Aug. 28, 2003

Aug. 28, 2003

The problem I am encountering is probably web server related. Here are the particulars. I have a Redhat 7.2 system with mailman 2.0.13-1 and apache-1.3.27-1.7.2 I have another system with Redhat 9 with mailman-2.1-8 and httpd-2.0.40-21.3 I believe I have configured mailman on the redhat 9 system according to the directions (and various fixes). I have tarred ./lists and ./archives on the 7.2 system and transferred them to the 9 system. I regenerated the aliases. The … [View More]

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unpack tuple of wrong size
by Alan Batie Aug. 28, 2003

Aug. 28, 2003

I love mailman, but the upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1 blindsided me. Partly my fault for just doing a "make install" without reading the upgrade docs, but I didn't expect such major changes in a point release. After getting everything working again, well, everything isn't. Some lists are ok, but some are not allowing admins to login: We're sorry, we hit a bug! If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy of this page to the webmaster for this site with a description of … [View More]

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RE: [Mailman-Users] Re: Footer ?
by jsmith Aug. 28, 2003

Aug. 28, 2003

If you've really tried sending mail from all these other mailers, why does THIS message have the footer as part of the message body and not as an attachment? I have asked that question so many times here and get no answer that its not funny. I have watched others ask this question and it does not get answered or addressed other than blaming it on the great empire of Bill Gates because he must be a demon. I have heard it all. I even brought up the point that my mailings to this list work … [View More]fine on your servers but not on mine. SO I assume it must be a configuration problem. Yet no one can tell me what is incorrect or where to fix it. I have even heard that it's a character set problem. I am just tired of listening to everyone else blame this problem on something else that I know I have tried and as it turns out, its not the reason. I have watched Microsoft bashing, to outlook bashing to everything else. It's a mailman to sendmail issue. Somewhere there is a configuration problem. But since this isn't a MS product you can't just install it and expect it to work. You have to configure damn near all open source programs for each specific machine and the specific OS its running. I am new to Freebsd. I admit that. That is the reason I asked this very question months ago and then just waited, and waited, and waited. Then I waited for someone else to have the problem and post a question on how to fix it. Still nothing. Nothing in the archives about it that corrects this issue. Yet everyone seems to blame something else. Its complained enough about to warrant a response and a solution. I actually reached my bullshit level and just installed Majodomo. I would rather have used Mailman. But it doesn't work right unless you're a developer and fix whatever line of code is causing it. But I am not a developer just a newbie that someone talked into using a freebsd box vice something that would take a hell of a lot less of my time and would have worked right the first time. Sure, it might not have had the supposedly great uptime of freebsd or any of te other *nix's. But I can reboot a computer easier than I can learn to program in perl and save myself all this trouble. Mailman seems to be a great product. IF and when it works right. I am just a stupid retired Marine that makes money in this business and time is money. Wasted time is lost money. I have lost enough -----Original Message----- From: mailman-users-bounces+jsmith=smittybuilt.com(a)python.org [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+jsmith=smittybuilt.com@python.org] On Behalf Of Will Yardley Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:23 PM To: mailman-users(a)python.org Subject: [Mailman-Users] Re: Footer ? On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 06:00:53PM -0700, jsmith wrote: [ Two layers of miserable Lookout! TOFU corrected ] > > > My "Footers" are being sent to our mailing list participants as > > > "Attachments" rather than being inserted into the message text. > > > > > > Please advise what I setup incorrectly and what I must change to > > > have the "footer" placed at the bottom of the e-mail message text. Use demime or stripmime (as per the Mailman FAQ) to strip HTML from the list, and / or stop sending HTML mail. > > Don't send html email to the list. That's most likely why the > > footer is being appended as an attachment. Try it with a plain text > > message and see what happens. > This is a known problem with Mailman. I have as well as others have > had this problem since the first day. I posted these problems to the > list with no resolution besides someone saying that I can not used > OUTLOOK as a mail client or not to send HTML. This is not a "known problem" with Mailman. When a message has a MIME attachment, the safest way for Mailman to add the footer is to add it as an additional plaintext MIME attachment. There's no way for it to safely add the footer to one of the individual attachments; this would break PGP/MIME signatures, cause weird problems with multipart/alternative messages, etc. If you've really tried sending mail from all these other mailers, why does THIS message have the footer as part of the message body and not as an attachment? -- "Since when is skepticism un-American? Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same..." (Sleater-Kinney - "Combat Rock") ------------------------------------------------------ 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: jsmith(a)smittybuilt.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/jsmith%40smittybuil t.com [View Less]

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Problem creating a new List
by Nikhil Aug. 28, 2003

Aug. 28, 2003

Hi All, We are testing Mailman on Windows 2000 using cygwin. I am using mailman-2.1.2 and exim-4.14. I installed Mailman without any problems. After that when I tried creating a new list using using ~/bin/newlist I'm getting the output below: $ /home/mailman/bin/newlist testList1 nikhilb(a)induslogic.com induslogic Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/mailman/bin/newlist", line 219, in ? main() File "/home/mailman/bin/newlist", line 160, in main mlist.Create(listname, … [View More]

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Removing authorised sender
by Mike Dustan Aug. 28, 2003

Aug. 28, 2003

Hi All: Probably a simple answer to this one, but I can't find it. I've authorised Joe Nonmember as an authorised sender to my list. Although he's a non-member and doesn't receive postings, he can post to it without administrative intervention. Now, how do I deauthorise him? He doesn't show up in any screens that I've been able to find. Thanks! -- -- Mike Dustan, Computing Operations & Tech. Support, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada. Web: http://www.sfu.ca/ots/ I'm never … [View More]

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RE: OSIRUSOFT
by Don Levey Aug. 28, 2003

Aug. 28, 2003

-----Original Message----- ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:25:42 -0500 From: Paul H Byerly <paul(a)thcwd.com> Subject: [Mailman-Users] Osirusoft blocking all IPs To: mailman-users(a)python.org Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20030827132121.0199b940(a)mail.themarriagebed.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I realize this is not a Mailman issue, but it may be causing some Mailman systems to reject all mail. If you are … [View More]

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mail server recommendations?
by Aviram Carmi Aug. 28, 2003

Aug. 28, 2003

Hi all, While researching mailing list managers I encountered several mail servers (MTA) programs. If I am to make changes to sendmail might as well install another server which will be better/easier for me as a non-admin person to use/configure/maintain. these are the servers I am aware of: sendmail exim postfix smail qmail Any recommendations/suggestions? Should I even bother to replace sendmail? Thanks, -avi -- Aviram Carmi Owner Executive Vice President, Technology Over … [View More]

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RE: [Mailman-Users] Footer ?
by jsmith Aug. 28, 2003

Aug. 28, 2003

Tony, This is a known problem with Mailman. I have as well as others have had this problem since the first day. I posted these problems to the list with no resolution besides someone saying that I can not used OUTLOOK as a mail client or not to send HTML. What they never read is my posts is that I have tired it with a Hotmail account, Eudora, Outlook, as well as from the commandline from within freebsd to the list with the same results. I have been told that a future version will deal with … [View More]

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Re: Catching bounces/delivery errors
by LuKreme Aug. 28, 2003

Aug. 28, 2003

On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 1:14 PM, DZ-Jay wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:05:28 -0600, LuKreme <kremels(a)kreme.com> wrote: > >> On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 7:55 AM, DZ-Jay wrote: >> Instead of pounding nails with your all-purpose procmail screwdriver, >> use mailman to manage your mailings. It will handle all the ounce >> processing on its own, freeing your time for other things. >> > > Hum... As I explained in a previous post, … [View More]

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