Mailman 3 May 2004 - Mailman-Users

sync_members via Webinterface?
by Ralf Hildebrandt 20 May '04

20 May '04

We always use the sync_members script to update a mailing list. Unfortunately this means that our lusers cannot do it themselves, unless they unsubscribe everybody and then subscribe all the people on their list. Is there a sync_members-like functionality available via the Webinterface? -- 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 IT-Zentrum Standort Campus Mitte AIM. ralfpostfix

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Mass Add digest members
by Ed Greenberg 20 May '04

20 May '04

I know that I can add a file-full of digest members from the command line, but can I do so from the web GUI? I don't see how, on the Mass Subscribe page. Am I missing something? </edg>

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Mails only processed after approval
by Holger Stephan 20 May '04

20 May '04

Hi, I've set up Mailman on SuSE 9 with Postfix. Following the Postfix readme I've added the suggested settings to main.cf and the entry in alias_maps. The aliases were created correctly (I think) by the web interface, and postmap was also called (I see the aliases.db). However, messages are only delivered if they come from a non-subscriber after approval by the administrator. Even after the administrator allowed the non-subscriber to post permanently these messages are delivered fine. Messages to *-request and messages from subscribers are ignored. I don't see any sign of them being processed. Any help appreciated! Thanks Holger

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Can Mailman be used as a Newsletter Mailing List?
by Lloyd Tennison 20 May '04

20 May '04

Yes, see: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.011.htp and double-check the FAQ's and documentation found at http://www.list.org for answers. > >I'd like to set up a mailinglist that would only be for the purpose of >sending out a monthly newsletter. I don't want the subscribers to use the >list to send messages, I only want them to subscribe so that they can get >the monthly newsletter. > >Are there settings I can change in Mailman so that the subscribers can only >receive, but not send messages to the list? > >Thanks very much, > >Ted Vieira > >

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errors using DELIVERY_MODULE = 'Postfix'
by Brian York 20 May '04

20 May '04

Whe i set DELIVERY_MODULE = 'Postfix' i get the following error repeated several times on the console. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/mailman/bin/qrunner", line 270, in ? main() File "/var/mailman/bin/qrunner", line 217, in main qrunner = make_qrunner(*runners[0]) File "/var/mailman/bin/qrunner", line 123, in make_qrunner qrunner = qrclass(slice, range) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/Queue/OutgoingRunner.py", line 57, in __init__ mod = __import__(modname) ImportError: No module named Postfix --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is missing or what is wrong? I can send to the list and stuff gets posted but messages don't get sent out. I have been trying with DELIVERY_MODULE = 'SMTPDirect' but that didn't work so since i'm using postfix i decided that would be another option. But i get the above error when i start mailmanctl. mm_cfg.py - http://listserv.nku.edu/mm_cfg mailman smtp log - http://listserv.nku.edu/smtp mailman smtp-failure log - http://listserv.nku.edu/smtp-failure maillog - http://listserv.nku.edu/maillog Thanks Brian York

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subscribing users to topics
by Christopher Adams 20 May '04

20 May '04

Is there a way to subscribe list subscriber to various topics? I have set up the topics, but I don't want to require subscribers to subscribe themselves. Is there a command line process for doing this? -- Christopher Adams

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mailman on lunarpages.com -- configuration
by Wendy Johnson 20 May '04

20 May '04

Hello, I am trying to configure mailman so that my client can send emails to users who subscribe, but I do not want users to post to this list, or to receive passwords, etc. I can not figure out how to edit the confirm and subscribe pages to delete references to 'password' info, etc. All I can edit are: General list information page Subscribe results page User specific options page I can't figure out where t edit the style, font, content of all the other files found in, for ex.: http://mezzalunany.com/mailman/options/news_mezzalunany.com Thank you for any direction! Is there a better program for this? Or should I be loading my own version of Mailman in order to have more control over the editing of it? Wendy Johnson 917-916-5616

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Mail disappears
by Brian York 20 May '04

20 May '04

MTA-postfix I send a message to the list it puts it in the archive and then it never gets sent out to the members of the list. There is no errors or anything. What am i doing wrong. Thanks Brian

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Moderated mailing list not working...
by Bartosz Jozwiak 20 May '04

20 May '04

Moderated option does not want to work. When I am sending e-mail to moderated mailing list I do not get pending requests, and the mail is gone. I error log file i see that message below: Am I doing something worong ? May 19 22:47:49 2004 (31875) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 111, in _oneloop self._onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 167, in _onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 130, in _dispose more = self._dopipeline(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 153, in _dopipeline sys.modules[modname].process(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Moderate.py", line 67, in process ModeratedMemberPost) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Hold.py", line 214, in hold_for_approval id = mlist.HoldMessage(msg, reason, msgdata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 180, in HoldMessage id = self.__nextid() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 113, in __nextid while True: NameError: global name 'True' is not defined Bartek

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qrunner running away (Mailman 2.0.11)
by Paul Smith 20 May '04

20 May '04

I know this is a really old version, but I'm hoping someone has some hints for me on troubleshooting this: upgrading to 2.1.4 or 2.1.5 is on my TODO list but... This server has probably 50 lists on it, and it has relatively low traffic overall. It's no great shakes hardware-wise (a dual PIII 500MHz box with 512M RAM), but for a mail server at this level that should be quite sufficient. And, in fact, it has been up until fairly recently. No changes have been made to this box (it's running FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE) or its environment that I can think of. What's happening is that the qrunner process is sucking down one entire CPU, with 99% cpu usage. That same qrunner (python instance) will run for 30 minutes or more, then it will finish and the box will be idle for a while, then it will start again. Mail that used to be delivered almost instantly now can take up to an hour to get through the box. Top shows that the box is not memory starved. I tried to truss the python process but I get nothing but break() after break(); no real system calls at all. This one process ends up using about 190M. Does anyone have any ideas about how to debug this problem? Is there something stuck in the mail queue which is causing all this havoc? How can I find it and get it out of there? Thanks! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <psmith(a)nortelnetworks.com> HASMAT--HA Software Mthds & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.

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