Mailman 3 February 2004 - Mailman-Users

Cannot make changes to mailman list!
by Steve Greenfield 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

I am using mailman-2.1.2-2 on a Redhat 9 system. Part of the setup of mailman asks you to define the mailman mailing list which I have done. I also have a second list. When I go to "the list admin overview page" it shows my two lists. When I select the Mailman list I am not able to get into the administrative pages to make any changes. I can get into the other list just fine. I get an email, as list owner of Mailman, everyday that says: As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the following mailing list posting: List: Mailman(a)colorado.icam.vt.edu From: feats(a)colorado.icam.vt.edu Subject: Reason: Post by non-member to a members-only list At your convenience, visit: http://colorado.icam.vt.edu/mailman/admindb/mailman to approve or deny the request. When I visit the URL above it does nothing. Is this normal or have I done something wrong? Thanks!

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a policy question about setting up mailman
by Robert P. J. Day 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

as a followup to a previous post of mine asking about setting a host name when configuring mailman, i have a question not about actual setup, but about *how* i should set it up. to review, let's say i work at yoyodyne.com, at which there are lots of internal systems, including one called internal.yoyodyne.com. it's a fairly stable system, so i want to use it to host one or more mailing lists, starting with just internal users but with the option to expand to allow external users access to the same lists. the first issue: "internal" is not visible to the outside world, certainly not by that name. in any case, for both internal and external users, i don't want *anyone* to have to use or see the name "internal", i want to base all mailman usage on the host name "lists.yoyodyne.com". (at the very least, this gives me the option of moving the lists to another host some day transparently). so "lists" is just going to be a hostname alias for the "internal" system. the above is easy -- the sys admin at yoyodyne can add the appropriate entry in the DNS tables to route incoming mail addressed to "lists" to the "internal" machine. so far, so good. but here's the rub. all email addresses of people at yoyodyne are of the form fred(a)yoyodyne.com -- no specific host name is used as part of the address, all mail just goes to the central mail server and is fetched from there. but what does this do to my mailman configuration? i can see that, when i'm configuring mailman, i'd set my DEFAULT_URL_HOST to "lists.yoyodyne.com", since that's how i want everyone to see the alleged mail host. but what about DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST? if i set that to "lists.yoyodyne.com", that sort of violates the longtime usage of not putting a specific hostname on the domain name when mailing to an account at yoyodyne (as in, mailman(a)lists.yoyodyne.com). but if i leave the hostname off, to get mailman(a)yoyodyne.com, i run the risk of someone else at yoyodyne saying, "hey, mailing lists! cool! i think i'll set some up as well", and clashing with my already-existing mailman(a)yoyodyne.com address, even if they use a different URL. sort of, pooched if i do, pooched if i don't. so what's the general solution? or am i describing a situation that's a bit weird that most people wouldn't run into? a pointer to a URL would be just ducky. rday

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Sorting users by name.
by michael stone 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Is there an easy way to sort users on the membership management page by name, rather than email address? If not, could someone point me to where/how the sorting takes place? I have python book in hand... Thanks, -- Michael Stone Linux / High Performance Computing Administrator The University of Texas at Austin Mechanical Engineering Department ETC 3.130 ph: 512.471.5951 mike(a)hpc.me.utexas.edu http://hpc.me.utexas.edu

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Fwd: Get rid of CC Headers
by Tobias Bielohlawek 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Hi I'm running a personalised on-way list. So far, everything works alright, accept of the CC Header with the listadress included in every mail. I don't need them and it is confusing for the recipients - can I get rid of the CC entry??? Thanks Tobi

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Reason: Message body is too big: 225276 bytes with a limit of 40 KB
by Steen Løcke 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Hi friends :)) I have tried to sent out a mail to my users, but I recieved this message: As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the following mailing list posting: List: mydomain(a)mydomain.domian From: listmaster(a)mydomain.domian Subject: Newsletter Reason: Message body is too big: 225276 bytes with a limit of 40KB Where can I change the limit? Regards Steen

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Mailman server
by Regis 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Hello, I´m looking for a host service for Mailman. Could you recomend one with Mailman already installed? Thanks, Régis

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(no subject)
by Mauricio Lee 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Hi everybody ! I'm Mauricio from Brazil and I use the mailman to create mailling list. But I have a little problem. I have created a lot of mail list , but in this moment I forgot the password of one of them. How can I change the password of this list ? Ps. I don't have the password of this list , so I need to change. How can I do that ? So , I'm waiting for answers. Best Regards. -- Maurício Lee Linux User #288649

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How to change Subject (confim verylongalphanumerictrash)?
by Hauke Meyer 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Repostet with more 'talking' Subject ;-) Hello folks, I think its trivial or FAQ. But these confirmation-messages got a nasty Subject ala "confirm 492724b6c476abf9e8a49555dad65757395exxxx". I know some lists, where it is changed. BUT where to change it? Just because some Contentfilters in this world don´t like the "original"... Greets Hauke

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Mailman 3 development list
by Barry Warsaw 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

I've created a list specifically for discussing Mailman 3 design and development. Feel free to subscribe at: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman3-dev I'd like to keep MM3 discussions off the main mailman-developers list as much as possible. The list will be open and will be run with essentially the same policies as mailman-developers and mailman-users, except that it will reject posts by non-members. Sorry, but I think this will help keep the signal to noise ratio high and it reduces my administrative burden. I want to give the list a few days to get populated and then I'll start posting some issues in preparation for the upcoming sprint at Pycon. -Barry

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Subscribe Matter
by Mike Phillips 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

If I send a message to "test-request(a)mydomain.com" with "subscribe" in the message body, nothing happens. No bounce, so subcribe, no nothing. If I send the same message with "subscribe" in the subject line, all is well. Is there a way to cause a bounce when a -request message is not in proper form? Mike Phillips

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