Mailman 3 February 2004 - Mailman-Users

moderated, read-only list, pending queue numbers
by Dean Karres Feb. 2, 2004

Feb. 2, 2004

Hi, I have just installed MailMan 2.1.1. I have been testing it for a couple of days and am pretty happy so far. This morning though something happened that concerns me a little. My test list is moderated. It is as read-only as I can figure out how to make it. *All* postings to the list are moderated, even the list owner & moderator's messages are moderated. I have been sending various test messages to my list. As the moderator I get moderation alert messages in return. The list … [View More]

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by sara gonzales Feb. 2, 2004

Feb. 2, 2004

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Problem
by Nuno Mariano Feb. 2, 2004

Feb. 2, 2004

Hi there, Ive a problem with Mailman that ill try to describe: Im owner and moderator of one list, when someone post a mail, approval is needed but if nothing is done in 48 hours the mail is automatically sent to the list. Ive search documentation, FAQs, mailing lists but I didnt find anything about this situation. Can someone help me? Thanks, ---- Nuno Mariano Serviço de Informática Hospital São Sebastião S.A.- Santa Maria da Feira Tel.: +351 … [View More]

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Newlist for virtual host
by John Poltorak Feb. 2, 2004

Feb. 2, 2004

How do I go about creating a new list for a virtual host? I know I can specify the listname as list(a)www.mydom.org and this works fine for the web interface but I'm not sure how to make the email address of the list to be list(a)mydom.org. Any hints would be appreciated. -- John

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SOLVED: How to purge correctly old messages ?
by BERTHOLD Jean Feb. 2, 2004

Feb. 2, 2004

Hello John, I tried your command line and now it is ok. I tried different solutions for editing large file under vi: 1. Add swap file (it is not working) 2. modify temporary storage for vi: set directory=/... (it is not working) 3. split my big file in several files it is the best solution mailman@vanuatu # split -b 50m etrans-echanges.mbox mailman@vanuatu # ls -l x* -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:30 xaa -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:24 xab -rw-r-… [View More]-r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:24 xac -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:24 xad -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:25 xae -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:25 xaf -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:25 xag -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:25 xah -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 65510 Feb 1 15:56 xai -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:25 xaj -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:25 xak -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:25 xal -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 52428800 Feb 1 15:26 xam -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 1810704 Feb 1 15:26 xan mailman@vanuatu # After this split command it was possible to remove what I want. mailman@vanuatu # cat xai xaj xak xal xam xan > TMP.mbox mailman@vanuatu # du -sh *mbox 202M TMP.mbox 652M etrans-echanges.mbox mailman@vanuatu # and mv TMP to etrans... mailman@vanuatu # ../bin/arch --wipe etrans-echanges ... ... ... Updating HTML for article 2604 Updating HTML for article 2605 Updating HTML for article 2606 Updating HTML for article 2607 Updating HTML for article 2608 Updating HTML for article 2609 Traceback (most recent call last): File "../bin/arch", line 187, in ? main() File "../bin/arch", line 177, in main archiver.close() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 304, in close self.update_dirty_archives() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 518, in update_dirty_archives self.update_archive(i) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperArch.py", line 1032, in update_archive self.__super_update_archive(archive) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 426, in update_archive self._update_thread_index(archive, arcdir) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 480, in _update_thread_index self.update_article(arcdir, article, a1, a3) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperArch.py", line 1223, in update_article f.write(article.as_html()) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperArch.py", line 426, in as_html lang=self._lang, mlist=self._mlist) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperArch.py", line 195, in quick_maketext return Utils.uncanonstr(text, lang) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 758, in uncanonstr u = unicode(s, charset) MemoryError Do you have an idea about this error ? if I run my browser, only the two latest day of February are dislplayed: ---------------------------------- Les Archives de Etrans-Echanges vous pouvez obtenir plus d' informations à propos de cette liste ou vous pouvez télécharger les archives complètes ( 212 MB ). Archive Vue par: Version téléchargeable 2 February 2004: [ Thread ] [ Sujet ] [ Auteur ] [ Date ] [ Gzip'd Text 2 KB ] 1 February 2004: [ Thread ] [ Sujet ] [ Auteur ] [ Date ] [ Gzip'd Text 24 KB ] ------------------------------------ however I kept archives from 20031031 (31 October 2003) to 2 February 2004. I would like to display all messages between these dates... Are my files too big ? mailman@vanuatu # du -sh etrans* 1015M etrans-echanges 203M etrans-echanges.mbox mailman@vanuatu # Thnks again EOS Holding Jean Berthold Administrateur Unix & Oracle Unité Gestion de l'infrastructure Team Systèmes Ch. de Mornex 10 Tél. +41(0)21 341 24 58 Fax +41(0)21 341 20 49 jean.berthold <mailto:jean.berthold@eosholding.ch> ...Unix is like a wigwam - no windows, no gates, apache inside... -----Message d'origine----- De : John DeCarlo [mailto:jdecarlo@mitre.org] Envoyé : jeudi, 29. janvier 2004 16:07 À : BERTHOLD Jean Cc : mailman-users(a)python.org Objet : Re: [Mailman-Users] How to purge correctly old messages ? Jean, BERTHOLD Jean wrote: > mailman@vanuatu # pwd > /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/etrans-echanges.mbox > mailman@vanuatu # ls -l > total 1327072 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 679109463 Jan 29 14:40 etrans-echanges.mbox > mailman@vanuatu # vi etrans-echanges.mbox > mailman@vanuatu # vi etrans-echanges.mbox > "etrans-echanges.mbox" Tmp file too large >> You can also try and figure out which message in the mbox file you want >> to start archiving (instead of deleting them from the file) and run >> >> .../bin/arch --start=N --wipe etrans-echange >> >> At least this should get you started. I didn't pay very close attention to the size originally. So my next guess is to try the "--start=N" option I mentioned above. See if you can figure out approximately how many messages you want to discard, by looking at the archives. People with more Linux experience can suggest better approaches. You can get fairly close to the number of messages in the .mbox file by running grep and wc: grep "Return-Path:" etrans-echange.mbox | wc -l This will tell you how many lines in the .mbox file have Return-Path: in them. If not, just use trial and error. Start with some number like half of the number you got above and if you have too many messages left in the archives, go up as needed. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own [View Less]

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message disappeared
by Rick Pasotto Feb. 2, 2004

Feb. 2, 2004

On an announcement only list a message was submitted that I approved but it never got distributed. I can find no more trace of it. It's gone from the data directory. What could have happened? It was an html message and the list is set to convert all html to text. Using Mailman version: 2.1.3 -- "Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from." -- Jodie Foster Rick Pasotto rick(a)niof.net http://www.niof.net

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new 2.1.4 spam filters not working
by randy.stoecker＠utoledo.edu Feb. 2, 2004

Feb. 2, 2004

I just upgraded to Mailman 2.1.4 and am having two problems with the new header_filter_rules spam filter. First, after I have saved the expressions, if I change anything else in the Privacy options (Subscription rules, Sender filters, Recipient filters) and save those changes, it erases everything in the "Spam Filter Regexp:" box. Even while those expressions are there, they seem to have no effect on filtering mail. Hopefully someone can help as I was really looking forward to using … [View More]

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docs missing
by Anton Melser Feb. 2, 2004

Feb. 2, 2004

Hi, Does anyone know what has happened to the list admin docs? http://staff.imsa.edu/~ckolar seems to give errors and no docs! Cheers Anton

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link error. need documentation
by LWE - Lockport, IL Feb. 2, 2004

Feb. 2, 2004

I need the documentation for List Manager. The link that you specify for this does not work. See page: http://www.list.org/docs.html See Link: <http://www.list.org/admins.html> List Managers

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RE: [Mailman-Users] RE: Period Mailings; Like Birthday Announcements using Mailmail
by Nélson Jorge Teixeira de Brito Feb. 1, 2004

Feb. 1, 2004

Yes you can :-) but you have to learn somethnig about cron... man 5 crontab should enougth for now ;-) To avoid the passwd reminder do crontab -e -u mailman (your mailman user) then comment this line. # 5 AM on the first of each month, mail out password reminders. 0 5 1 * * /usr/bin/python -S /usr/lib/mailman/cron/mailpasswds nelson -----Original Message----- From: Doug Piper [mailto:doug.piper@wovenelectronics.com] Sent: Sun 01-Feb-04 19:17 To: Nélson Jorge Teixeira de Brito Cc: Subject: … [View More]RE: [Mailman-Users] RE: Period Mailings;Like Birthday Announcements using Mailmail Thanks for your answer. I was hoping there I could maybe leverage-off the existing password mailing that goes every 30-days. I'm unfamiliar with CRON. Where can I learn more about it? Doug Piper Woven Electronics P.O. Box 189 Mauldin, SC 29662 PH 864-967-1751 FAX: 800-514-0188 http://www.wovenelectronics.com/ doug.piper(a)wovenelectronics.com -----Original Message----- From: mailman-users-bounces+doug=hyperpiper.com(a)python.org [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+doug=hyperpiper.com@python.org]On Behalf Of Nélson Jorge Teixeira de Brito Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 2:12 PM To: Mailman-Users(a)python.org Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] RE: Period Mailings;Like Birthday Announcements using Mailmail Hi, you can simple write a cron that sends mail to your list announcing the birthdays or whatever, but, as Paul Byerly says you can do a script for that purpose. It will be more usefull for sure. regards, nb -----Original Message----- From: mailman-users-bounces+ntbrito=fc.up.pt(a)python.org on behalf of Paul H Byerly Sent: Sun 01-Feb-04 18:32 To: mailman-users(a)python.org Cc: Subject: [Mailman-Users] RE: Period Mailings;Like Birthday Announcements using Mailmail doug wrote: >I've been using Yahoo Groups, but have tired of the all the ads. So, I've >setup a mail list using MailMan. > >However I really miss the ability to have monthly and yearly e-mails >automatically sent. Is there anyway to automatically send e-mails to the >list on specific dates in the future? Mail man is open source, so you can add anything you like - if you know how. I've been playing with this a bit - I was going to use the edit html pages to make it easy for list managers, but so far I've not cracked it. Another option, probably a better one, would be to set up a PHP calender program and add links to it on some of the admin pages. Unfortunately learning PHP is still on my to do list. <>< Paul ------------------------------------------------------ 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: ntbrito(a)fc.up.pt Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/ntbrito%40fc.up.pt ------------------------------------------------------ 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: doug(a)hyperpiper.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/doug%40hyperpiper.com [View Less]

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