Mailman 3 May 2004 - Mailman-Users

news to mail msgs require approval
by aljuhani 30 May '04

30 May '04

Hello List. I have some lists importing newsgroups from local news server. It works ok except that I need to approve each single msg coming from usenet to the list. The list is configured for members only. I tried the fix in the msg below but that produced some errors and mailman stopped updating. http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg09120.html Any other way to slove this.. Mailman version is 2.0.13 Thanks in advance. aljuhani(a)zajil.net

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RE: [Mailman-Users] replies going to testlist-bounces
by Brian York 29 May '04

29 May '04

I'm using postfix and mailman 2.1.4. I think it's a mailman issue and Manny Tau says its a "known issue". Brian -----Original Message----- From: Brad Knowles To: Brian York Cc: 'mailman-users(a)python.org' Sent: 5/29/04 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] replies going to testlist-bounces At 11:31 PM -0400 2004/05/28, Brian York wrote: > When i reply to a post on a list it is directed to testlist-bounces@ why is > this and how can i fix it. Sounds like you're replying to the envelope sender address. This is typically an example of a badly configured recipient MTA or mail gateway which misinterprets the envelope sender address and puts that information somewhere that the mail client thinks should be used for replies. This can also occur with a badly configured mail client which is picking up the wrong value. However, both of these issues are likely to be specific to your particular MTA or mail client, and you'd be more likely to get useful help from mailing lists specific to them. -- 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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a quick question
by A. Colson 29 May '04

29 May '04

Hello. I am new to Mailman and I visited your helpful website and printed out the documentation. However, I can't not find or figure out how to actually send a message out to those who subscribed to my mailing lists. Can you please tell me how? Thank you for your time. A. Colson ___________________________________________________________ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. _________________________________________________________________ Best Restaurant Giveaway Ever! Vote for your favorites for a chance to win $1 million! http://local.msn.com/special/giveaway.asp

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Stopping uncaught bounce notifications
by John Poltorak 29 May '04

29 May '04

How do I go about stopping 'Uncaught bounce notifications' ? -- John

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Any problems with groupwise and mailman.
by peace bwitchu 29 May '04

29 May '04

Does anyone know of any problems between groupwise and mailman? It generally takes between 10 and 45 minutes for me to recieve posts from my list through groupwise but anywhere else recieves in lightning times. I didn't know if mailman might be throwing something into the header that groupwise chokes on or if it is just a problem with groupwise in general or if it is just or groupwise that doesn't like it very much. No mail is ever lost it just takes a long time. I seem to get the administrative emails from mailman very quickly in groupwise though???? anyway I'm using postfix and mailman 2.1.5 but this has been happening for awhile. Thanks __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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replies going to testlist-bounces
by Brian York 29 May '04

29 May '04

When i reply to a post on a list it is directed to testlist-bounces@ why is this and how can i fix it. Brian

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Messages being shunt
by Bruce Embrey 29 May '04

29 May '04

I have RedHat 9 running mailman rpm 2.1.1-5 with python 2.2.2-26. I have several lists one has 12 addresses, the others have about 500. I have mailman configured for 100 recipients per message. When I send to the smaller list the messages are always delivered but if I were to send the exact same message to the larger list some receive it but most don't. I get this error message in my mailman smtp log: SMTP May 28 09:20:25 2004 (870) <mailman.28.1085750423.867.hood_all(a)helios.hood.edu> smtp for 1 recips, completed in 0.759 seconds May 28 09:21:01 2004 (870) <mailman.40.1085750459.866.hood_all(a)helios.hood.edu> smtp for 1 recips, completed in 0.024 seconds May 28 09:21:37 2004 (870) <mailman.29.1085750496.867.hood_all(a)helios.hood.edu> smtp for 1 recips, completed in 0.032 seconds May 28 09:22:01 2004 (870) <mailman.41.1085750519.866.hood_all(a)helios.hood.edu> smtp for 1 recips, completed in 0.053 seconds May 28 09:23:01 2004 (870) <mailman.42.1085750579.866.mailman(a)helios.hood.edu> smtp for 1 recips, completed in 0.091 seconds May 28 10:33:40 2004 (870) All recipients refused: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer May 28 10:33:40 2004 (870) All recipients refused: please run connect() first May 28 10:47:02 2004 (870) All recipients refused: please run connect() first May 28 10:47:02 2004 (870) All recipients refused: please run connect() first This server has been running great until 2 days ago and no changes had been made other than updating httpd to 2.0.40-21.11. What does this error mean, what caused it, and how do I correct it? Bruce Embrey Bruce Edward Embrey : Linux Systems Manager Campus Email Admin / NETREG : UNIX / Linux Administrator Hood College : embrey(a)hood.edu : Phone (301)696-3927

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Upgrade from 2.0.11 to 2.1.5
by Young, Darren 29 May '04

29 May '04

I'm in the middle of planning an upgrade of our mailman installation and was looking for some pointers. The current version is 2.0.11 and I'm planning on going to the current 2.1.5. I'm actually moving the installation from an older desktop system to a newer server at which time I want to upgrade to the newer version. The target machine is a RedHat Enterprise 3.0 AS server with everything up2date(d). Stock RH sendmail. All this machine is doing is listmail. First question on the move of machines, should I a) rsync everything over to the new server and just go or b) install from scratch on the new server. Any advice here would be great. What about the old lists? Simply copy the lists/* directory over? I tried the fresh install on the new server then copied over lists/* to the new machine (and /etc/aliases) and all seems to be ok so far. Next, on the upgrade. Same basic questions, should I a) upgrade the previous version on disk or b) start from scratch and somehow import the lists over? Anyone who's done this type of upgrade, advice and pointers would be much appreciated. Thanks, Darren Young Senior UNIX Administrator University of Chicago Graduate School of Business darren.young(a)gsb.uchicago.edu Voice: 773-702-0331

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verifications lost
by Kelsey Forsythe 29 May '04

29 May '04

First, after adding myself to a mailman group an hour later the verification message appeared. I then added another email account I have and while the mail.log file indicates it was accepted for delivery I never received it . I have sent mail to this account to verify it does receive mail. Below find the two delivery notifications from the mail.log file. I think I can change the cron execution to take care of the delay. Where is the cron file for MailMan? As to the second mail, I don't understand why I did not receive it. The delay is different for the two mails. What does 'delay' mean? First verification (received): May 27 17:00:05 atom postfix/smtpd[20643]: 7B1779419F7: client=localhost[127.0.0 .1] May 27 17:00:05 atom postfix/cleanup[20593]: 7B1779419F7: message-id=<mailman.0. 1085695204.20646.mmodlist(a)atom.chem.iupui.edu> May 27 17:00:05 atom postfix/smtpd[20643]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] May 27 17:00:05 atom postfix/qmgr[20150]: 7B1779419F7: from=<mmodlist-bounces@at om.chem.iupui.edu>, size=1980, nrcpt=1 (queue active) May 27 17:00:06 atom postfix/smtp[20647]: 7B1779419F7: to=<kforsyth(a)iupui.edu>, relay=external-relay.iupui.edu[129.79.1.64], delay=1, status=sent (250 2.0.0 i4R LmoIx024710 Message accepted for delivery) Second verification (not received): May 27 21:06:56 atom postfix/smtpd[23064]: 8BEE6943C97: client=localhost[127.0.0 .1] May 27 21:06:56 atom postfix/cleanup[23087]: 8BEE6943C97: message-id=<mailman.0. 1085710015.23086.mmodlist(a)atom.chem.iupui.edu> May 27 21:06:56 atom postfix/smtpd[23064]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] May 27 21:06:56 atom postfix/qmgr[20150]: 8BEE6943C97: from=<mmodlist-bounces@at om.chem.iupui.edu>, size=1986, nrcpt=1 (queue active) May 27 21:06:58 atom postfix/smtp[23089]: 8BEE6943C97: to=<molmod(a)sbcglobal.net> , relay=sbcmx2.prodigy.net[207.115.63.85], delay=2, status=sent (250 2.0.0 i4S1t i6r048410 Message accepted for delivery) Thanks Kelsey Kelsey Forsythe, PhD Director, Computational Molecular Science Facility IUPUI Chemistry LD 320 402 North Blackford St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 Ph: 317-278-2202 Fax: 317-274-4701

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(no subject)
by mehmood hasan 29 May '04

29 May '04

I configured the mailman using rpm " mailman-2.1-8.i386.rpm" and I found following problems [root@mail mailman]# service mailman restart Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/mailman/bin/mailmanctl", line 524, in ? main() File "/var/mailman/bin/mailmanctl", line 319, in main check_privs() File "/var/mailman/bin/mailmanctl", line 274, in check_privs gid = grp.getgrnam(mm_cfg.MAILMAN_GROUP)[2] KeyError: getgrnam(): name not found Plz tell me how can i solve _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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