Mailman 3 August 2003 - Mailman-Users

Input/output error
by Denis -- 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

Hi, I have a strange error whith one liste. I don't have any config.pck. What can i do ? Thanks Denis Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main main() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 66, in main mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=0) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 101, in __init__ self.Load() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 573, in Load dict, e = self.__load(file) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 535, in __load mtime = os.path.getmtime(dbfile) File "/usr/lib/python2.1/posixpath.py", line 144, in getmtime st = os.stat(filename) OSError: [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/var/lib/mailman/lists/novazine/config.pck' -- Denis -- <denlistes(a)altern.org>

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DEFAULT_FILTER_PROG
by Jordan Hayes 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

I noticed that dumpdb on a list config file gives > 'filter_prog': '', I also noticed that Defaults.py has this: > DEFAULT_FILTER_PROG = '' # Currently not used! But ... MailList.py has this bit of code: > self.filter_prog = mm_cfg.DEFAULT_FILTER_PROG ... and scripts/post has this: > # Perhaps flow the message text through a filter program > prog = mlist.filter_prog > if prog: > import os, __main__ > file = os.path.join(mm_cfg.VAR_PREFIX, 'filters', prog) > try: > execfile(file) > msg = Message.Message(StringIO(__main__.mailman_text)) > except: > pass Does this work? If I set that attribute to a program such as stripmime, will it do the right thing? It looks like I have to put it into ../filters ... Does anyone else strip MIME out of incoming messages? /jordan

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Misdirected Monthly Notification Bounces
by Tom Stoner 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

Hello, I am a list administrator on a Mailman 2.0.7 system, and not a system administrator. I've already referred this problem to our system administrators and they've attributed it to a worm or virus infection by one or more list members. I don't think so, and believe they just don't have any ideas about what's causing the problem and are blowing me off and hoping the problem will go away on its own. Here's what's happening: For the past three or four months, about half a dozen non-deliverable monthly subscription reminder messages come bouncing back to me. They're addressed to "<mylist>-admin@<domain>.org. None of these people are members of my list however. They are however reportedly members of one or more other lists on this same system. A fact which may or may not be important is that when the available lists on the system are shown alphabetically, my list is first one. Just a few minutes ago I visited the archives for your users list here for the first time ever and scanned the archives for the past couple months. I didn't spot anything previously posted which I thought related to this problem however. As I said, I'm not a Mailman system administrator. So I'm not familiar with configuration settings other than those I can change for my own list. I don't know how those monthly reminder messages are configured or sent, nor do I presume to have the necessary access rights to get in and even just look at them. That said, are there any suggestions I might pass back to the system administrators about this? In advance, thank you very much. Tom Stoner Ann Arbor tgstoner(a)umich.edu

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List and attachments
by Ram Prasad 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

Hi I have a mailman list to which if I send a word doc, it gets stored at .bin in the archives. What do I need to make it store as a normal .doc file ? - Ram ------------------------------------------------------------ Ram Prasad Manager - Systems MM Imagine Technologies Pvt. Ltd. www.imagine.co.in Ph: +91-44-28334882/3/5 55191337/8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.

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new install question
by Ivan Dimitrov 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

Hi list I've been trying to install mailman-2.1.2 following the INSTALL file and at configuring the list I've created here is the message I got: [root@phtest1.bastun.net]:/usr/local/mailman# bin/config_list -i data/sitelist.cfg mailman Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/config_list", line 339, in ? main() File "bin/config_list", line 334, in main do_input(listname, infile, checkonly, verbose) File "bin/config_list", line 240, in do_input mlist = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=not checkonly) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 122, in __init__ self.Lock() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 159, in Lock self.Load() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 613, in Load self.CheckValues() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 644, in CheckValues if '' in urlparse(self.web_page_url)[:2]: File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urlparse.py", line 53, in urlparse tuple = urlsplit(url, scheme, allow_fragments) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urlparse.py", line 83, in urlsplit i = url.find(':') AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'find' Can You please help me fix the problem. Thanks in advance -- Hi! I'm your friendly neighbourhood signature virus. Copy me to your signature file and help me spread!

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Question on members list.
by Jason Hand 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

Is there a way to retrieve a list of the e-mail addresses stored in a Mailman list? Thanks, Jason --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.506 / Virus Database: 303 - Release Date: 8/1/2003

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Making an RPM
by Angel Gabriel 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

I just wanted to find out if this is possible? I want to download the latest source code for mailman, compile it, and then turn it into an RPM, so that I can install and remove it when neccessary. How would I go about doing this?

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Help with unknown url being inserted into admin page - Part Duex
by David Patton 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

Hello again! I was able to figure out the solution to my own problem, but wanted to pass the solution on. I found that the /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Defaults.py contained the URL references that were redirecting my attempts to open the admin web pages for my lists to some where else. By going in and changing the URLs I was able to correct my own problem and complete my install in time. Again thank you for a great program like Mailman! David Patton -----Original Message----- From: David Patton Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:21 AM To: 'mailman-users(a)python.org' Subject: Help with unknown url being inserted into admin page Greetings, In the course of setting up a mailman box, I have had little and or no problem in setting it up. But now that the time draws nie that it goes live, I have come across a disturbing problem. When I create new lists, they are now directed to http://cyberhq.internal.cyberhqz.com/mailman/admin/listname rather than to the local box (which is surreyresort.com) . I have no idea why and or where this could have come from and could use any suggestions. Up until today I have had no problems with this machine. Yesterday I did run an apt-get update and upgrade(I know I forgot to mention that this is a debian boxen) but nothing involving mailman was updated. Any suggestions? thanks David Patton MIS Dept Phone - 417-332-8253 Pager - 417-348-2077 dpatton(a)surreyresort.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.505 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/30/03 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.505 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/30/03

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Upgrade install - "Could not import paths!"
by david.gordon 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

I had MM 2.0.x, upgrading to MM 2.1.2 by installing over - not moving lists about. I used --prefix=/home/mailman. I can see a couple of errors reported and when I do a bin/check_perms i get.. ==== [admin@xyz mailman-2.1.2]$ cd /home/mailman [admin@xyz mailman]$ bin/check_perms Could not import paths! This probably means that you are trying to run check_perms from the source directory. You must run this from the installation directory instead. Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/check_perms", line 38, in ? import paths File "bin/paths.py", line 59, in ? import korean ImportError: No module named korean ==== As I understand I need to be in $prefix to run check_perms and that's / home/mailman so the warning is either wrong or something else... ;-) Cron daemon is also sending the following every five minutes >Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 38, in ? > import paths > File "/home/mailman/cron/paths.py", line 59, in ? > import korean >ImportError: No module named korean Same/different trouble? Thanks for help! -- david.gordon

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Help with unknown url being inserted into admin page
by David Patton 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

Greetings, In the course of setting up a mailman box, I have had little and or no problem in setting it up. But now that the time draws nie that it goes live, I have come across a disturbing problem. When I create new lists, they are now directed to http://cyberhq.internal.cyberhqz.com/mailman/admin/listname rather than to the local box (which is surreyresort.com) . I have no idea why and or where this could have come from and could use any suggestions. Up until today I have had no problems with this machine. Yesterday I did run an apt-get update and upgrade(I know I forgot to mention that this is a debian boxen) but nothing involving mailman was updated. Any suggestions? thanks David Patton MIS Dept Phone - 417-332-8253 Pager - 417-348-2077 dpatton(a)surreyresort.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.505 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/30/03

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