Mailman 3 January 2004 - Mailman-Users

Re: MailScanner (Was: Re: [Mailman-Users] Using postfix-to-mailman-2.1)]
by Jamie Penman-Smithson 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

I was unable to send this to Ross directly, so I'm replying through the list: <mtastuff(a)iross.net>: host mail.iross.net[81.168.25.83] said: 554 <mtastuff(a)iross.net>: Relay access denied (in reply to RCPT TO command) -j -----Forwarded Message----- > From: Jamie Penman-Smithson <jamie(a)silverdream.org> > To: Ross McKillop <mtastuff(a)iross.net> > Subject: Re: MailScanner (Was: Re: [Mailman-Users] Using postfix-to-mailman-2.1) > Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 01:36:22 +0000 > > Hey Ross, > > On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 00:55, Ross McKillop wrote: > > Do you have a better suggestion for virus filtering with postfix? I've > > been quite happy with MailScanner so far and not had any problems... > > use it on about 3 or 4 mail servers but always happy to look at new > > ways of solving problems : ) > > I personally use amavis-new[1] which works fine for me, however your > mileage may vary. Not only does it scan for viruses, but it can > optionally call spamassassin to check the message as well. > > One point which may be an issue - it is a memory hog. I recently moved > it over to another box because it was overloading my old 466MHz Intel > Celeron. You might not have those same problems, but I'm a poor student > and have to deal with what I've got :) > > You could also try, amavis-ng (I couldn't get this working myself, but > others probably have). > > -j > > [1] http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/ -- -jamie <jamie(a)silverdream.org> w: http://silverdream.org | p: sms(a)silverdream.org pgp key @ http://silverdream.org/~jps/pub.key 01:30:01 up 15:57, 5 users, load average: 0.37, 0.65, 0.43

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Using postfix-to-mailman-2.1
by Ross McKillop 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Hi All, I'm having a small problem getting mailman to work with my postfix setup, the easiest method I've found is postfix-to-mailman-2.1.py (from http://www.gurulabs.com/files/postfix-to-mailman-2.1.py) but not having much success with it... hoping someone on this list can shed a little light on it... Postfix is running with MailScanner so I have /etc/postfix and /etc/postfix.in (the incoming MTA) Configuration is as follows; /etc/postfix.in/main.cf transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix.in/transport relay_domains = $mydestination lists.kleechie.net unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 ######## SQL BITS ########## virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_gid_maps = static:89 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/virtualmail virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000 virtual_minimum_uid = 89 virtual_transport = virtual virtual_uid_maps = static:89 ######################### /etc/postfix.in/master.cf mailman unix - n n - - pipe flags=FR user=mailman:mailman argv=/usr/local/mailman/postfix-to-mailman.py ${nexthop} ${user} /etc/postfix.in/transports lists.kleechie.net mailman: The postfix stuff that specifies the transport seems to be working correctly as every mail to @lists.kleechie.net bounces with; <test(a)lists.kleechie.net>: Command died with status 1: "/usr/local/mailman/postfix-to-mailman.py" The message is /var/log/maillog is; Jan 3 20:53:03 kleechie postfix/pipe[27313]: 4D5573AD2D: to=<test(a)lists.kleechie.net>, relay=mailman, delay=1, status=bounced (Command died with status 1: "/usr/local/mailman/postfix-to-mailman.py") Permissions on /usr/local/mailman/postfix-to-mailman.py seems ok; -rwxr-xr-x 1 mailman mailman 2535 Jan 3 20:54 postfix-to-mailman-2.1.py Also tried running it as mailman (albeit with missing environment variables); [root@kleechie mailman]# su mailman -s postfix-to-mailman-2.1.py VAR1 VAR2 TO ACCESS THE MAILING LIST SYSTEM: Start your web browser on http://VAR1/ That web page will help you subscribe or unsubscribe, and will give you directions on how to post to each mailing list. So it seems that mailman has permission to execute that file and there's no obvious error with it. Anyone got any ideas what's causing the command to "die with status 1"? Thanks in Advance, and sorry for such a long question to be my first to this list... I'm an experienced postfix user (ish) but this is the first time I've tried to get it running under Postfix. Ross -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content and is believed to be clean

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Automatically reject Spamassassin Tagged
by Listmom 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

> ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: 02 Jan 2004 20:07:00 -0500 > From: Jon Carnes <jonc(a)nc.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Automatically reject Spamassassin Tagged > Spam? > To: Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt(a)charite.de> > Cc: mailman-users(a)python.org > Message-ID: <1073092020.4511.11.camel(a)localhost.localdomain> > Content-Type: text/plain > > MailScanner is a general purpose Mail policy program that integrates > with your MTA. It is a great help in filtering your mail. > > MailScanner runs SpamAssassin and then will pass,dump, or queue up the > mail based on it's spam settings. It also can scan each message for > known email viruses (using an external AntiVirus program like McAfee, > Sophos, RAV, or even CLAM - which is free). > > MailScanner also lets you set certain policies like no emails with > attachments named *.exe, *.com, *.scr, *.pif, etc... This alone wipes > out 90% of all email spread viruses > > It's nice to have some filtering built into Mailman (as in version > 3.1.4), but nothing beats the enforcement of mail policies done by > MailScanner. > > Of course the beauty of Open Source is the multitude of ways of getting > the same job done - so use whatever makes you feel the most comfortable. > > Alternatively yours - Jon Carnes > Unfortunately, MailScanner and Postfix don't do well together. And Postfix integrates with Mailman much better than SendMail, which has it's own problems. For those running postfix, you can accomplish much of the same thing you can do with MailScanner. See http://www.securitysage.com/guides/postfix_uce.html

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Mailman Setup Problem
by Matthew Painter 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Hi all, Is this a problem I can fix or does it need to be attended to by my web host? >From this address:- http://s10.s10avahost.net/mailman/listinfo/family_painterinfo.com You register for the mailing list. A confirmation email is sent, requesting you reply to the email to confirm your registration and this fails. Also the following page:- http://s10.s10avahost.net/mailman/subscribe/family_painterinfo.com has a link to email the webmaster:- mailto:Family_painterinfo.com-owner@s10.s10avahost.net and this also returns an error from mail server. The mailing list itself works when you send emails to the address family(a)painterinfo.com and the administration page works, it is just the s10.s10avahost.net email addresses See below a copy of an error email from s10.s10avahost.net mail server. >From: Mail Delivery System <Mailer-Daemon(a)s10.s10avahost.net> >To: mggpainter(a)hotmail.com >Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender >Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 06:36:46 -0600 > >This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. > >A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its >recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: > > Family_painterinfo.com-request(a)s10.s10avahost.net > local delivery failed > >------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------ > >Return-path: <mggpainter(a)hotmail.com> >Received: from [64.4.17.53] (helo=hotmail.com) > by s10.s10avahost.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) > id 1Acl1K-00029S-2V > for Family_painterinfo.com-request(a)s10.s10avahost.net; Sat, 03 Jan 2004 >06:36:46 -0600 >Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; > Sat, 3 Jan 2004 04:36:44 -0800 >Received: from 203.221.138.51 by lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; > Sat, 03 Jan 2004 12:36:44 GMT >X-Originating-IP: [203.221.138.51] >X-Originating-Email: [mggpainter(a)hotmail.com] >X-Sender: mggpainter(a)hotmail.com >From: "Matthew Painter" <mggpainter(a)hotmail.com> >To: Family_painterinfo.com-request(a)s10.s10avahost.net >Bcc: >Subject: RE: confirm cc58cbd8de142bd30d379ecf24d85fcdc31b0b21 >Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 22:36:44 +1000 >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed >Message-ID: <Law11-F53A3UQZ3dfkD0000ea67(a)hotmail.com> >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jan 2004 12:36:44.0514 (UTC) >FILETIME=[3EF88420:01C3D1F6] > > > > > >From: Family_painterinfo.com-request(a)s10.s10avahost.net > >Reply-To: Family_painterinfo.com-request(a)s10.s10avahost.net > >To: mggpainter(a)hotmail.com > >Subject: confirm cc58cbd8de142bd30d379ecf24d85fcdc31b0b21 > >Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 06:35:45 -0600 > > > >Mailing list subscription confirmation notice for mailing list > >Family_painterinfo.com > > > >We have received a request from 203.221.138.51 for subscription of > >your email address, "mggpainter(a)hotmail.com", to the > >Family_painterinfo.com(a)s10.s10avahost.net mailing list. To confirm > >that you want to be added to this mailing list, simply reply to this > >message, keeping the Subject: header intact. Or visit this web page: > > > > > >http://s10.s10avahost.net/mailman/confirm/family_painterinfo.com/cc58cbd8de… > > > > > >Or include the following line -- and only the following line -- in a > >message to Family_painterinfo.com-request(a)s10.s10avahost.net: > > > > confirm cc58cbd8de142bd30d379ecf24d85fcdc31b0b21 > > > >Note that simply sending a `reply' to this message should work from > >most mail readers, since that usually leaves the Subject: line in the > >right form (additional "Re:" text in the Subject: is okay). > > > >If you do not wish to be subscribed from this list, please simply > >disregard this message. If you think you are being maliciously > >subscribed to the list, or have any other questions, send them to > >Family_painterinfo.com-owner(a)s10.s10avahost.net. Thanks in advance, Matthew Painter _________________________________________________________________ ninemsn Premium transforms your e-mail with colours, photos and animated text. Click here http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp

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Automatically reject Spamassassin Tagged Spam?
by Ralf Hildebrandt 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

We're using Mailman 2.1.3 together with SpamAssassin. One of my lists is being swamped with spam that I have to discard manually. How can I configure Mailman to automatically discard Mails that have "*** SPAM ***" in the subject header? -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Im Auftrag des Referat V a) Ralf.Hildebrandt(a)charite.de Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Gemeinsame Einrichtung von FU- und HU-Berlin Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-916 Referat V a - Kommunikationsnetze - AIM. ralfpostfix

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problems with mailing list
by Ryan fk Heise 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

We are experiencing problems with our mailing list through mail-man. My band "System and Station" runs the mailing list on a server associated with communitymusician.com. Here is the problem in detail. We have about 260 members in our list. Any messages that we send to the list do not get sent to all the mailing list members. One address will recieve the e-mail while another e-mail address will not. It cannot be an address problem because my address is part of the list and I do not get any posts to the mailing list. My address is entered in correctly and my settings are the same as the next persons but I do not get the e-mail. This leads me to suspect that there are others who are not recieving the posts under these same circumstances. I have racked my brain in the settings of this list to try and remedy this problem. I have changed settings in the hopes of finding some resolution but continue to hit the same brick wall. Why would one person recieve a post and I would not in light of the fact that both e-mail addresses are correct. I have tested other correct e-mail addresses other than my own and still see the problem. I am hoping that you can give me some idea of how to deal with this problem and any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance, System and Station

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Message from Cron Daemon
by J. Frederick Ball OEF 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

Cron Daemon has started occasionally sending me the message: Site list is missing: mailman Can someone tell me what's up with that? Fred

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cgi-GID error?
by Tim Perdue 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

Hello, I am trying to get a mailman install to work on SUSE Pro 9 with their weird apache 2.0.48 setup. Apache runs as wwwrun:www, or is supposed to. I properly compiled mailman with cgi-gid=8 (www) and the list WWW interface works 90% right. On some pages, perhaps only when POSTing information, I get an error about "Premature end of script headers". As a test, I recompiled and reinstalled mailman with cgi-gid=0, to see what error I got. Nothing ran at all, and got this: "Mailman CGI error!!! This entry is being stored in your syslog: Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 0, GOT gid 8. (Reconfigure to take 8?)" So it appears that compiling for cgi-gid=8 is the right thing to do, but I am still getting that occasional "Premature end of script headers" when doing POSTs to the www interface of mailman. Any ideas? Tim

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FRequent Mail stops using mailman.
by Raymond Mills 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

3 times now Mailman has stopped sending mail, system wide. several lists on several domains on the same server although different IP addresses. Anyone know what causes this? Is it a common problem? The last time they removed the list name from the locks directory and it started working, I see it is gone again but still not working. I tried to remove it myself but the rm command didn't work but I may not really know how I am not used to woking at that level with linux commmands Raymond

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backing up data
by aryross 02 Jan '04

02 Jan '04

Hello In the mailman program, how do I back up my data? Is there a list of subscribers? Thank you.

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