Mailman 3 September 2003 - Mailman-Users

List of All Subscribers
by Rob Day 02 Oct '03

02 Oct '03

My organization recently switched from Majordomo to Mailman. We are *very* happy with the change to say the least. One of my list owners needs to get a list of all subscribers for a particular list and she needs to do this frequently. She does not have shell access to the box running Mailman. With Majordomo it was a simple matter of sending Majordomo the "who" command. Is there something comparable in Mailman? The web interface doesn't solve the problem because it doesn't show all subscribers at once. I was about to set up a cron job to email her the list of subscribers weekly, but I thought I'd check with this list first. Is there a Mailman equivalent for the Majordomo command "who"? Thanks. -Rob

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Another Poor CPanel User
by Amanda Moore 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hi, all. Sorry to disturb you with this, as I know you have already been addressing these issues, both in your FAQ and on this list. I am just a novice graphic designer trying to create an announcement-only mailing list for a ministry site. Mailman is part of CPanel, which is what my site's host offers. I love how easy-to-use Mailman is, but I'm stuck on one particular thing. In the FAQ, the instructions given for changing the welcome message are as follows: "In Mailman 2.1.x you can customize the welcome message. Create a directory lists/<yourlist>/en (assuming English :) and copy templates/subscribeack.txt to this directory. Then edit this file for your specific wording. Mailman will use this specialized template for the English welcome messages." Now, please assume I know nothing about anything, and then simplify things from there. I would like to change the welcome message, but am unable to do so, given that I am a complete idiot. These instructions sound as if they were for folks who have Mailman installed on their own servers, instead of someone using Mailman as I am doing. Am I correct? And is there anything I can do about this? (Besides throwing a temper-tantrum with the CPanel folks or my hosting company?) I am wanting to do a mass subscription to this new list pretty soon, so I would deeply appreciate a reply at someone's earliest convenience. I'll treat you to a virtual cup of coffee. ;-) Thanks so much in advance. Yours confusedly, Amanda P.S. CPanel is running Mailman 2.1.2.

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Word Attachments
by Kruger, David 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Can I send message with Word attachments to a Mailman list? If so, what settings to I need to enable? --------------------------------------------------------- David Kruger Director Information Technology Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life 202-449-6545 dkruger(a)hillel.org

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Re: [Mailman-Users] admin adress does not work
by Jon Carnes 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

It's trying to deliver mail to a local user (or mailbox) called "staff", and it's not finding one. Looks like you have an error in your aliases file (or in one of the postfix config files). Grep for the word "staff" in your aliases files and see if you've got it sitting alone (separated by spaces or commas) on the right-hand side of the ":" Happy hunting - Jon Carnes On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 17:43, Merle Reine wrote: > I am getting the following error, any ideas? I am using 2.1.1 mailman and > postfix. postfix works fine but > can not send to any of the lists. I am using > /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases and have added it to /etc/postfix/main.cf as > hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases. I ran check_perms, and everything in > the readme files. Any help is greatly appreciated: > > > The Postfix program > > <staff(a)lfriendly.com>: data format error. Command output: staff: Mailbox > does > not exist > > Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.lfriendly.com > Arrival-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:56:57 -0700 (PDT) > > Final-Recipient: rfc822; staff(a)lfriendly.com > Action: failed > Status: 5.0.0 > Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; data format error. Command output: staff: > Mailbox > does not exist > > > > On 30 Sep 2003 17:54:06 -0400, Jon Carnes <jonc(a)nc.rr.com> wrote: > > > Add a new aliases for each list: > > <listname>-admin: <listname>-owner > > > > Enjoy! > > > > Jon Carnes > > > > On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 16:59, Walter Vermeir wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have a problem whit the "admin" emailadress of a mailman list. > >> > >> The list used to use Mailman version 2.0.13 > >> > >> The "admin" emailadress of the mailing list we used for exernall > >> communication, for questions of visitors and for a press relase. > >> > >> So it is a important adress. > >> > >> The list software is now updated to version 2.1.2 > >> > >> After some time i found out that emails to the "admin" adress where not > >> recieved. The where lost. > >> > >> In the this version of mailman the "admin"-adress seems to be now the > >> "owner"-adress. > >> > >> Is it normal that the "admin" adress does not work anymore? > >> > >> How can the "admin"-adress work again? > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > 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: merle.reine(a)lindows.com > > Unsubscribe or change your options at > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/merle.reine%40lindows.… > >

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admin adress does not work
by Walter Vermeir 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hi, I have a problem whit the "admin" emailadress of a mailman list. The list used to use Mailman version 2.0.13 The "admin" emailadress of the mailing list we used for exernall communication, for questions of visitors and for a press relase. So it is a important adress. The list software is now updated to version 2.1.2 After some time i found out that emails to the "admin" adress where not recieved. The where lost. In the this version of mailman the "admin"-adress seems to be now the "owner"-adress. Is it normal that the "admin" adress does not work anymore? How can the "admin"-adress work again? -- Contact: walter AT wikipedia.be Ook een artikeltje schrijven? WikipediaNL, de vrije GNU/FDL encyclopedie http://www.wikipedia.be

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error sending to a list
by Merle Reine 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

I am getting the following error, any ideas? I am using 2.1.1 mailman and postfix. postfix works fine but can not send to any of the lists. I am using /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases and have added it to /etc/postfix/main.cf as hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases. I ran check_perms, and everything in the readme files. Any help is greatly appreciated: The Postfix program <staff(a)lfriendly.com>: data format error. Command output: staff: Mailbox does not exist Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.lfriendly.com Arrival-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:56:57 -0700 (PDT) Final-Recipient: rfc822; staff(a)lfriendly.com Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; data format error. Command output: staff: Mailbox does not exist -- Merle Reine Lindows.com Hardware Certification Specialist

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error sending to mailbox
by john doe 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

I get the following when trying to send to the any Mailman list mailbox: <staff(a)somedomain.com>: data format error. Command output: staff: Mailbox does not exist Reporting-MTA: dns; somedomain.com Arrival-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 10:22:22 -0700 (PDT) Final-Recipient: rfc822; staff(a)somedomain.com Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; data format error. Command output: staff: Mailbox does not exist Any ideas? _________________________________________________________________ Help protect your PC. Get a FREE computer virus scan online from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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Deleting archive files
by Sy evans 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Is there a way to delete Archive files? Thanks in advance. Sy Evans

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Modify Email Transformation
by Will Howard 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hello: I would like to change the tranformation of email addresses from "username at domain.com" to "username at domain dot com" like php.net. Is there one function in a particular file that performs the transformation? ++Peace, -- Will Howard

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mailman on cobalt
by Pieter Smelt 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hi all, I'm no linux expert myself, but I've got some questions. I'm looking for a mailinglistmanager which can manage mailinglist for up to 100.000 addresses. Furthermore it's gotta run on a Cobalt machine running Linux. I also am looking for info about installation times, system impact, use of LDAP services, integration with existing databases. Hope to hear from anyone soon, With kind regards, Pieter Smelt, Sungazer Hosting psmelt(a)sungazer.nl

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