Mailman 3 November 2004 - Mailman-Users

setting a list for no daily reminders?
by Mark 31 Dec '04

31 Dec '04

I am running a list set to immediately send administrative requests (admin_immed_notify set to yes), but I am getting daily notices as well. I don't want to receive daily notices. The immediate notices are sufficient. Nor do I see the logic in filling my inbox with daily notices when I'm not around or haven't had a chance to process the immediate notices that are already sitting there. Is there any way to change this?? THANX!!

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Problem with "Discard all messages marked Defer"
by David Relson 07 Dec '04

07 Dec '04

Greetings, I've noticed a minor problem with mailman 2.1.5. My main use of the admindb page is deleting spam. From admin page http://www.mydomain.com/mailman/admindb/mylist, checking "Discard all messages marked Defer" and clicking on SUBMIT works fine. Occasionally, I will use the "you can view all messages from address(a)example.com" link. If I click on "Discard all messages marked Defer", the message isn't discarded. What the heck's going on here??? David

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one users mails being caught as bounces
by Anne Ramey 05 Dec '04

05 Dec '04

All other users of this list can reply to messages normally, but I have one user that every time he replies, the list admin gets a message like: -----Original Message----- From: mailman-bounces(a)ncees.org [mailto:mailman-bounces@ncees.org] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 10:12 AM To: list-owner(a)ncees.org Subject: Uncaught bounce notification The attached message was received as a bounce, but either the bounce format was not recognized, or no member addresses could be extracted from it. This mailing list has been configured to send all unrecognized bounce messages to the list administrator(s). His user looks like it is set up exactly like all the others. Any ideas why this might be happening? -- Anne Ramey

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Has anyone successfully installed Mailman on Fedora Core 2?
by Greg Deputy 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Has anyone successfully installed Mailman on Fedora Core 2? I've been trying on and off for the last few weeks, without success. Looking through the mailling list archives I've seen several threads on problems getting Mailman to compile on Fedora core 2, which is exactly what i'm having trouble with. The box I'm trying to get mailman installed on has python version 2.3.3. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. Here's a sample output of when i try to run Make Install: [root@mx mailman-2.1.5]# make install Creating architecture independent directories... chmod o-r /usr/local/mailman/archives/private Creating architecture dependent directories... make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/mailman-2.1.5/bin' for f in mmsitepass newlist rmlist add_members list_members remove_members clone_member update arch sync_members check_db withlist check_perms find_member version config_list list_lists dumpdb cleanarch list_admins genaliases change_pw mailmanctl qrunner inject unshunt fix_url.py convert.py transcheck b4b5-archfix list_owners msgfmt.py show_qfiles discard rb-archfix; \ do \ /usr/bin/install -c -m 755 ../build/bin/$f /usr/local/mailman/bin; \ done make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/mailman-2.1.5/bin' make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/mailman-2.1.5/cron' for f in crontab.in; \ do \ /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $f /usr/local/mailman/cron; \ done for f in checkdbs mailpasswds senddigests gate_news nightly_gzip bumpdigests disabled; \ do \ /usr/bin/install -c -m 755 ../build/cron/$f /usr/local/mailman/cron; \ done make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/mailman-2.1.5/cron' make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/mailman-2.1.5/misc' /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./*.jpg ./*.png /usr/local/mailman/icons for d in bin cron scripts tests; \ do \ dir=/usr/local/mailman/$d; \ /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 paths.py $dir; \ done /usr/bin/install -c -m 755 mailman /usr/local/mailman/scripts /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 sitelist.cfg /usr/local/mailman/data for p in email-2.5.5 JapaneseCodecs-1.4.10 KoreanCodecs-2.0.5; \ do \ gunzip -c ./$p.tar.gz | (cd . ; tar xf -); \ (cd ./$p ; umask 02 ; PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/mailman/pythonlib /usr/bin/python setup.py --quiet install --install-lib /usr/local/mailman/pythonlib --install-purelib /usr/local/mailman/pythonlib --install-data /usr/local/mailman/pythonlib); \ done /usr/lib/python2.3/distutils/dist.py:213: UserWarning: 'licence' distribution option is deprecated; use 'license' warnings.warn(msg) src/_japanese_codecs.c:12:20: Python.h: No such file or directory src/_japanese_codecs.c:16: error: syntax error before '*' token src/_japanese_codecs.c:16: warning: data definition has no type or storage class src/_japanese_codecs.c:21: error: syntax error before '*' token src/_japanese_codecs.c:21: error: syntax error before '*' token src/_japanese_codecs.c: In function `codec_tuple': src/_japanese_codecs.c:23: error: `PyObject' undeclared (first use in this function) src/_japanese_codecs.c:23: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once src/_japanese_codecs.c:23: error: for each function it appears in.) And then it just goes on and on with more and more errors.

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FAQ Wizard
by PeteBell 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

This is probably a bit more of an unusual query from usual, but my question is this: How is the "FAQ Wizard" feature on your website driven? I want to feature something exactly like this on my website. Thanks in advance Pete Bell, UK

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I am new and have a problem
by Chuck Sampair 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hello, I am brand new to the list and also new at using the mailman service. I changed web host providers recently and my new host provider offers mailing lists using the mailman program. I set my list up and everything was working fine. Then about 3 days ago I sent a post through and it did not go through. Every sense then I can not get a post to go through or even receive confirmation e-mail when I subscribe a new person to the list. I went through the FAQs and I can't find anything that would help me. A lot of it is over my head as I am just a list administrator/moderator. Can someone help me figure this out? Thanks, Chuck

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Stopping Spam
by Gary Smith 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hi. In one of the previous posts (Allow members to send e-mail to another list) it was mentioned that intelligent spammers could monitor the output of a list and then spoof one of the subscribed addresses. I dont know much about emails, but how is this possible that they can monitor the output? It is possible to stop it easily? Thanks, Gary Smith Gary Smith E-mail: gary8smith(a)yahoo.co.uk Website: www.greatcrap.com --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

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listinfo.py
by Hong Jiang Tian 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hi, When accessing the listinfo web page, it mentioned that "If you are having trouble using the lists, please contact mailman@mailman_hostname". I needed to change the above email address from mailman@mailman_hostname to another email address such as admin_person@our_domain_name. I tried to modify /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/listinfo.py, but I didn't know how use Link function. Link('mailto:' + siteowner, siteowner) Does anyone knows how to modify Link function to another email address? Thanks for your help! Hong

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mail server
by Hermidio A. Rodriguez Chavez 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

hellow friends, ia need to migrate a windows mail server(MDAemon) to linux operating system, but i want to know what's the program that i need to use in linux or configure.

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Anywhere for novices?
by PeteBell 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Is there ANYWHERE a novice can get hand-holding step-by-step tutorials on all this stuff? Python, scripts, configs, mailman, MTAs, what the hell does it all mean? Is there ANYWHERE this is in plain English - where it isn't written as if to be read by people with years of programming experience. I need: "you do this... and then you do that... and this is what should happen..." etc! Sorry. PeteBell. UK

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