Mailman 3 May 2004 - Mailman-Users

Reply Command Acting Weird
by David Andrews 01 Jun '04

01 Jun '04

I am running Mailman version 2.1.5. I have a couple users reporting that when they use the "Reply" command in their mail program, that both the list address, and the sender of the original message, addresses are put there. I have Mailman set to set reply to the list, so the sender shouldn't be there. One user uses PM Mail, another Outlook Express. Any ideas? David Andrews

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[Fwd: Returned mail: see transcript for details]
by Tommyz 31 May '04

31 May '04

Help still getting this error..if the prob is chroot how would i go about solving this any help will be apreciated ...thx -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 08:46:01 +0100 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON(a)ultinets.net> To: <tommy(a)zgambo.net> The original message was received at Mon, 31 May 2004 08:46:01 +0100 from root@localhost ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/home/mailman/mail/mailman request test" (reason: 4) (expanded from: <test-request(a)ultinets.net>) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- No such file or directory 554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 4

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High CPU Load
by Jason Shouler 31 May '04

31 May '04

Can anyone offer any suggestions on resolving a high cpu load with Python. We're using Mailman 2.1.4, Python 2.3.3, Sendmail & Amavis to support an announcement only list of about 40k members on an IBM Netfinity server (1 Gb RAM). During list activity CPU load will often exceed 90% with the load being spread fairly evenly between active qrunners (e.g. command, outgoing & virgin runners). This I can live with but what I can't live with is the 98% load generated from the web admin interface (driver admin script) which effectively makes the interface unusable. In fact mailmanctl must be shut down in order to do any remote administration at all! I've scoured the archives and also tried most options within 'mm_cfg.py' all without success. It's probably worth pointing out that the same issues existed with previous versions of Python and Mailman. Suggestions anyone? -- ============================= Jason Shouler DATAFLOW Tel/Fax : +44 (0)1202-722599 Mobile : +44 (0)7946-615718 www.data-flow.org.uk Linux integration specialists =============================

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554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 4
by Tommyz 31 May '04

31 May '04

Help I've been working on this for a long time I mean long time reinstall after reinstall i keep getting this error in the end the director is there so i dunno what is talking about I am using apache with sendmail and latest mailman version i have virtual hosts on the server also its linux 7.2 please help asap .....Thank you Thomas Zgambo jr The original message was received at Sun, 30 May 2004 23:33:10 +0100 from root@localhost ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman" (reason: 4) (expanded from: <mailman-subscribe(a)xxxxxx.net>) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- No such file or directory 554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 4

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Re: [Mailman-Users] AIX install problems
by Brad Knowles 31 May '04

31 May '04

At 2:23 PM +1000 2004/05/31, Greatbanks, Stephen P wrote: > I've been trying to install 2.1.5 (and indeed, 2.1.3) on an AIX 5.2 > box with Python 2.2.4 (the version IBM supplies on the Linux toolbox CD). Please note Mailman FAQ entry 5.08 at <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq05.008.htp>. > Has anybody had any experience with this error (and its resolution)? Has > anybody managed to install any mailman version on AIX 5.x? I have, of course > looked at the FAQ and the mailing list archives and there appears to be > precious little AIX-related information. As for the rest, I fear I am unable to help. I don't have experience with AIX, and I know very few people who do. However, I do know a couple of people who might, and I'm going to try to direct them your way. If you find any solutions to your problems, please let us know! -- Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles(a)skynet.be> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. SAGE member since 1995. See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info.

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Problems with Spanish lenguage
by Sebastián Balboa 31 May '04

31 May '04

I have been installed mailman version, and work fine, but when I put the Spanish language in any configuration list, mailman give me a bug html page, or if a message include a la Spanish letter like "ñ", it give me a bug page too. I want to know if it possible how can i solve this problem. Well, thank you very much. Sebastian Balboa

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AIX install problems
by Greatbanks, Stephen P 31 May '04

31 May '04

Hi, I've been trying to install 2.1.5 (and indeed, 2.1.3) on an AIX 5.2 box with Python 2.2.4 (the version IBM supplies on the Linux toolbox CD). The code seems to build fine using either xlc or gcc as the compiler, but either case fails to install in the following way (the same install works just fine on Fedora); >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/ja >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/ko >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/lt >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/nl >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/no >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/pl >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/pt >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/pt_BR >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/ru >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/sr >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/sv >Creating language directory /usr/local/mailman/uk >mkdir: 0653-358 Cannot create /usr/local/mailman/messages/de. >/usr/local/mailman/messages/de: Do not specify an existing file. >cp: /usr/local/mailman/messages/de/#inst.1024188#: A parameter must be a directory. >make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1. > > >Stop. >make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 2. > > >Stop. And sure enough at this point, de is a file and not a directory (see below). $ cd /usr/local/mailman/messages/ $ ls -l total 128 drwxr-sr-x 2 mailman mailman 256 May 31 14:11 cs drwxr-sr-x 2 mailman mailman 256 May 31 14:11 da -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 521 May 31 14:11 de -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 3898 May 31 14:11 es -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 4409 May 31 14:11 eu -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 165 May 31 14:11 fi -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 566 May 31 14:11 fr -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 10157 May 31 14:11 hu -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 744 May 31 14:11 it -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 4683 May 31 14:11 ja -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 820 May 31 14:11 ko -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 870 May 31 14:11 pl -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 490 May 31 14:11 ru -rw-r--r-- 1 mailman mailman 1407 May 31 14:11 sv Has anybody had any experience with this error (and its resolution)? Has anybody managed to install any mailman version on AIX 5.x? I have, of course looked at the FAQ and the mailing list archives and there appears to be precious little AIX-related information. Any help appreciated, Regards, Steve Greatbanks --

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Re: High CPU Load
by Paul H Byerly 31 May '04

31 May '04

On 10:43 PM 5/30/2004, mailman-users-request(a)python.org wrote: >We're using Mailman 2.1.4, Python 2.3.3, Sendmail & Amavis to support an >announcement only list of about 40k members on an IBM Netfinity server >(1 Gb RAM). > >During list activity CPU load will often exceed 90% with the load being >spread fairly evenly between active qrunners (e.g. command, outgoing & >virgin runners). Are you running the list with personalization on? That would mean 40k individual e-mails. Even then 90% CPU seems high - when I do my 4k list it take a while, but does not run that high. Unless I virus scan the lot, then the virus scanner eats the CPU alive. <>< Paul

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Problems with Mailman and Postfix
by Tommaso Leonardi 30 May '04

30 May '04

Hi, I've a little problem, i hope you can help me :) I've a Linux Mandrake 10 server with Postfix and Apache. The problem is tha when i create a new ML i get this error: Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main main() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 55, in main process_request(doc, cgidata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 226, in process_request sys.modules[modname].create(mlist, cgi=1) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 232, in create _update_maps() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 53, in _update_maps raise RuntimeError, msg % (acmd, status, errstr) RuntimeError: command failed: /usr/sbin/postalias /usr/local/mailman/data/aliases (status: 1, Operation not permitted) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Python information: Variable Value sys.version 2.3.3 (#2, Feb 17 2004, 11:45:40) [GCC 3.3.2 (Mandrake Linux 10.0 3.3.2-6mdk)] sys.executable /usr/bin/python sys.prefix /usr sys.exec_prefix /usr sys.path /usr sys.platform linux2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Environment variables: Variable Value HTTP_REFERER http://itm5.homeip.net/mailman/create SERVER_SOFTWARE Apache/1.3.31 SCRIPT_NAME /mailman/create SERVER_SIGNATURE Apache/1.3.31 Server at itm5.homeip.net Port 80 REQUEST_METHOD POST SERVER_PROTOCOL HTTP/1.1 QUERY_STRING CONTENT_LENGTH 140 HTTP_USER_AGENT Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) HTTP_CONNECTION Keep-Alive HTTP_COOKIE comunicazioni+admin=280200000069ebaab940732800000032633638333230353362666130373464383833623231323335643935333162626635343836363737; primah+admin=28020000006917d5b940732800000063643765366330356536666436623730373533306663623035663531623034313164636135356365; primah+user+tleonardi--at--fastwebnet.it=; qwe+admin=280200000069acd8b940732800000066336236663966646362393233323563346464353762316236653238373466373466353938646634; lang=italian; phpbb2mysql_data=a%3A2%3A%7Bs%3A11%3A%22autologinid%22%3Bs%3A0%3A%22%22%3Bs%3A6%3A%22userid%22%3Bs%3A1%3A%222%22%3B%7D; user=MjpGZWFybGVzczpkM2JkNTBhODFmZWFjMzE3ZjZhYWY2OTBkMjkwYmFiODoxMDo6MDowOjA6MDo6NDA5Ng%3D%3D; admin=RmVhcmxlc3M6ZDNiZDUwYTgxZmVhYzMxN2Y2YWFmNjkwZDI5MGJhYjg6aXRhbGlhbg%3D%3D SERVER_NAME itm5.homeip.net REMOTE_ADDR 62.101.126.217 SERVER_PORT 80 SERVER_ADDR 82.105.56.188 DOCUMENT_ROOT /home/web/itm5 PYTHONPATH /usr/local/mailman SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/create SERVER_ADMIN itm5(a)fastwebnet.it HTTP_HOST itm5.homeip.net HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL no-cache REQUEST_URI /mailman/create HTTP_ACCEPT image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/x-shockwave-flash, */* GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1 REMOTE_PORT 34207 HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE it CONTENT_TYPE application/x-www-form-urlencoded REMOTE_HOST 62-101-126-217.fastres.net HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING gzip, deflate The first list i create, even if i got the same error, works very well. The other lists i create are able to sends massages, but whe i try to write to list@domain i receive a MTA error saing that the local user doesn't exist... I'm sorry if i write in the list with a bad english and without waiting some days after the subscription, but i absolutely need the list working in few days. Thakyou very much, Tommaso

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Re: Stopping uncaught bounce notifications
by Paul H Byerly 30 May '04

30 May '04

On 10:25 AM 5/29/2004, mailman-users-request(a)python.org wrote: >How do I go about stopping 'Uncaught bounce notifications' ? I seem to recall a suggestion that the spam filter (version 2.1.4 and up) could be used to discard these. Guess I need to learn how to do the regexp thing - can anyone point me to a decent how to for that? <>< Paul

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