Mailman 3 June 2004 - Mailman-Users

How can list admin unsubscribe user via email?
by Rick Maddy July 2, 2004

July 2, 2004

I need a way for a list admin or moderator to be able to unsubscribe a user from the list via an email interface. I don't want the user to get a confirmation page first, just the notice that they have been unsubscribed. I'm sending this email from a Java program. I've tried sending the email from the person I'm trying to unsubscribe to list-unsubscribe(a)host.com - this results in the user getting the confirmation - not what I want. I've tried sending the email as the admin to list-request(a)host.com with the command 'unsubscribe [admin password] address=user.to.remove' This gives me a bad password email to the admin. I assume it is looking for the user's password, not the admin's password. I've read all the docs and FAQs and searched the archives but I can't find anything on this. Help. Rick

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Re: [Mailman-Users] List without moderation
by Kevin W. Gagel July 2, 2004

July 2, 2004

----- Original Message Follows ----- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:56:50 +0530 (IST) ---snip--- > So I used the "config_list" command with the siteconfig.cfg file to have > default_member_moderation = 0 >From this point on your new members will not have the moderation bit set. Meaning they will not be moderated. > But still its not working? Is there anyway to make sure that member > moderation is turned off?? You still have not turned off the moderation bit for old members. Go to the members listing and set the mod bit off for all members. ==================== Kevin W. Gagel Network Administrator (250) 561-5848 local 448 (250) 562-2131 local 448 -------------------------------------------------------------- The College of New Caledonia, Visit us at http://www.cnc.bc.ca Virus scanning is done on all incoming and outgoing email. --------------------------------------------------------------

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bug?
by iane＠sussex.ac.uk July 2, 2004

July 2, 2004

Hi, Users have reported getting moderator messages like this: > Subject: -1 CGPE-internal moderator request(s) waiting > > The CGPE-internal(a)sussex.ac.uk mailing list has -1 request(s) waiting > for your consideration at: > > http://mail.sussex.ac.uk/mailman/admindb/cgpe-internal > > Please attend to this at your earliest convenience. This notice of > pending requests, if any, will be sent out daily. That's not 1 request, its "-1" request. There aren't any requests when they get there. I think this is a bug introduced in the last update (or the one before, I skipped a version). I've only seen it since I last upgraded. -- Ian Eiloart Servers Team Sussex University ITS

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Extract list of lists with population?
by Brendan Chard July 1, 2004

July 1, 2004

Is there a command I can run that will quickly tell me the name of each list on a server AND the number of members in that list? If not, what's the quickest way to check list membership totals? Thanks -Brendan

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backup of membership list in Mailman
by John Calabria July 1, 2004

July 1, 2004

Hello, how can I backup the member list to a file? can it be exported into outlook, a comma delimited file? thanks! john

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From Address and non-member posts
by Yogesh Subhash Talekar July 1, 2004

July 1, 2004

hi two questions: 1. When I post to my mailming list the From address comes like "mylist-bounces(a)mydomain.com". Why can't I have the from address as the address of the sender? 2. I want the posts from non-members to go through successfully and without moderation? How to do it from command line? Also, I want to make sure that non-members do not become memebers when they post mails ! Thanks in advance. --yogesh

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htdig and paths
by Charles Sprickman June 30, 2004

June 30, 2004

Hi, I'm at my wit's end here... I've got MM 2.1.5 w/htdig patches (via FreeBSD port), and while it seems very close to working, it's not quite right, or perhaps in my reading of the patch install/config guide I just missed something. Everything seems to be happening correctly; a new post to a list gets the htdig directory added. If I manually run the nightly script (as mailman), that works without error. I get the search box, and I get search results. However, the links to each message look like this: http://myhost.com/htdig/listname/2004-June/000008.html Which of course isn't a valid URL; all the archives look either like this: http://myhost.com/pipermail/2004-June/000008.html or http://myhost.com/private/2004-June/000008.html Even if I go into the archive/private/htdig/listname.conf file and alter the URL (url_part_aliases) and run the nightly script I still get the bogus URL. What am I missing here? Was there some Alias I was supposed to add to my apache config? What else can I tell you about the config? Thanks, Charles ___ Charles Sprickman NetEng/SysAdmin Bway.net - New York's Best Internet - www.bway.net spork(a)bway.net - 212.655.9344

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Bounce address showing
by Marci O'Daffer, Managing Director June 30, 2004

June 30, 2004

I am getting complaints from one Mailman user about the bounces address showing in her header. When she gets mail, rather than showing the message as "from" the person who sent it (and yes, the list set to show the sender's email address) it reads like this: From: list-bounces(a)domain.org <MAILTO:chossloop-bounces@chossfamilies.org> [mailto:list-bounces@domain.org] <MAILTO:%5Bmailto:chossloop-bounces@chossfamilies.org%5D> On Behalf Of John Jones (or whoever is sending the message) I am on many mailman lists, and my headers show the bounces address in the return-path, and the sender fields, and a few others. But my email client only shows the "from" field unless you actually click the "view headers" icon. I am thinking that her's might be similar, but perhaps her client is using the sender field or return-path to display? Do any of you experience this? I have asked on the listowners list, but it seems to be out of commission today. Marci :)

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Global NOMAIL?
by Tracey McCartney June 30, 2004

June 30, 2004

Hi: I am the admin and one of three mods for an announce-only list. Is there an e-mail command I can use to set everyone on the list to NOMAIL temporarily so that I can then turn mail back on for a few people in order to do some testing? The list has about 435 subscribers, and using the web interface to set everyone's mail bit will get a little tedious. Thanks, Tracey

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Global NOMAIL?
by Tracey McCartney June 30, 2004

June 30, 2004

Hi: I am the admin and one of three mods for an announce-only list. Is there an e-mail command I can use to set everyone on the list to NOMAIL temporarily so that I can then turn mail back on for a few people in order to do some testing? The list has about 435 subscribers, and using the web interface to set everyone's mail bit will get a little tedious. Thanks, Tracey

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