Mailman 3 September 2004 - Mailman-Users

Reject message
by nikos Sept. 24, 2004

Sept. 24, 2004

Hello list Does anybody know how to change the reject messages for nonlist users or list users? Thank you Nikos

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Re: Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 7, Issue 61
by Naturalpistol101＠aol.com Sept. 23, 2004

Sept. 23, 2004

sorry i cannot open MIM files

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Errors During Make-Install
by Luis Murdock Sept. 23, 2004

Sept. 23, 2004

Hello, I am trying to install and run Mailman on Solaris 2.7 or SunOS 5.7 and I'm getting the following fatal when running 'make install': Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/update", line 50, in ? from Mailman import Utils File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 35, in ? import cgi File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/cgi.py", line 39, in ? import urllib File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/urllib.py", line 26, in ? import socket File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/socket.py", line 44, in ? import _socket ImportError: No module named _socket *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `update' I have installed python2.3.3 and will use Apache 2.0. Can anyone help with this error? -- Luis C. Murdock-Systems Integration/Administration Specialist HRL Laboratories LLC - Information Systems Sciences Laboratory (ISSL) 3011 Malibu Canyon Road Malibu, Ca, 90265-Mail Stop RL96 (Tel) : 310-317-5650 (Fax) : 310-317-5695 Cell: 805-279-8970

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Maybe Slightly OT, Bounces with "host name loopup failure"
by Tim Walter Sept. 23, 2004

Sept. 23, 2004

I suspect my mailman setup is stable and OK but a new problem has developed and can't resolve it... Mailman 2.1.3 running with sendmail on a raq4 mailman domain is emisnug.org.uk raq is raq****.uk2net.com ISP is uk2.net The list is running fine, mail to most people working OK to and fro etc The problem exists for those people who use uk2net.net (i.e. the same people the raq is hosted with for mail forwarding etc They can post to the list but not recieve anything The transcript of the bounce messages are as follows The original message was received at Fri, 17 Sep 2004 19:40:57 +0100 from localhost [127.0.0.1] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <complists(a)domain1.com> <emislist(a)domain2.com> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- <complists(a)domain1.com>... Deferred: Name server: ultra25.uk2net.net.: host name lookup failure <emislist(a)domain2.com>... Deferred: Name server: ultra19.uk2net.net.: host name lookup failure Message could not be delivered for 5 days Message will be deleted from queue Now that tells me that the problem is with uk2net.net and thier own MX host names wont resolve dig gives Tims-Mac:~ TimWalter$ dig domain1.com MX ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> domain1.com MX ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 46208 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;domain1.com. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: domain1.com. 86400 IN MX 10 ultra25.uk2net.net. domain1.com. 86400 IN MX 0 ultra26.uk2net.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ultra26.uk2net.net. 74664 IN A 212.4.208.126 ultra25.uk2net.net. 122018 IN A 212.4.208.125 ;; Query time: 310 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.0.10#53(192.168.0.10) ;; WHEN: Wed Sep 22 19:28:31 2004 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 118 Tims-Mac:~ TimWalter$ dig emisnug.org.uk MX ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> emisnug.org.uk MX ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 30318 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;emisnug.org.uk. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: emisnug.org.uk. 86400 IN MX 30 emisnug.org.uk. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: emisnug.org.uk. 86400 IN A 213.239.46.179 ;; Query time: 136 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.0.10#53(192.168.0.10) ;; WHEN: Wed Sep 22 19:29:58 2004 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 64 Tims-Mac:~ TimWalter$ dig raq****.uk2net.com MX ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> raq****.uk2net.com MX ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 20740 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;raq****.uk2net.com. IN MX ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: uk2net.com. 10800 IN SOA ns1.uk2.net. hostmaster.uk2net.com. 2004090902 1800 900 1209600 86400 ;; Query time: 39 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.0.10#53(192.168.0.10) ;; WHEN: Wed Sep 22 19:30:36 2004 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 94 the ISP resolutely refuses to answer the phone etc! but what can I do in the meantime, is it my prob or elsewhere etc. Cheers Tim

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Moderator's approvals
by David Sumner Sept. 23, 2004

Sept. 23, 2004

I have set up a new list using mailman. In the send filter area I have indicated that non-members messages are to be accepted and that works. However, when members of the list submit to it their mail needs to be approved. Can someone suggest what flag/indicator I have missed? Please respond directly to me since I am not on the discussion list. David Sumner 416 494-9501

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Can't seem to get permissions straightened out
by Steve Pfister Sept. 23, 2004

Sept. 23, 2004

I'm using 2.1.4 under RedHat Linux 9. It seems to mostly work, but I seem to have problems getting all the permissions straight for my /var/mailman directory. If I run /var/mailman/bin/check_perms, no problem is found (usually), but newly created files don't seem to have the correct permissions. I'm running apache as user nobody, and sendmail is running the mailman script as mailnull. There is a mailman user, from the RedHat installation, but I've changed its uid to be the same as the mailnull user. Is there anywhere that I can see an example directory/permissions stucture from a working implementation? Thanks! --Steve

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Re: [Mailman-Users] moderation not working
by Jeff Nelson Sept. 23, 2004

Sept. 23, 2004

Hi, Well, I removed my Mailman 2.1.5 install and put in 2.0.13. After getting everything configured, I can subscribe users and Mailman sends out welcome messages, but messages on a list set to be moderated still disappear--actually, ALL messages to the list disappear now, even when moderation is not set. According to the docs, 2.1.5 is supposed to *work* with Python 2.1.3, though the later version is recommended. I'm thinking that this wasn't the problem after all. :-{ I will be most grateful for ideas. If I can't get Mailman working within a couple of days, I'm going to have to try some other list manager, like Sympa, but I hate to do that because Mailman still has the best interface by far. Jeff On Sep 20, 2004, at 1:44 AM, Jeff Nelson wrote: > My MTA is Postfix 1.1.11-0, Python 2.1.3-3, OS Debian stable > (woody)/kernel > 2.2.20, on Compaq Proliant 1600 (PII) hardware. > I don't know if this is the cause of your problems, but IIRC, 2.1.5 requires Python 2.3 or later. Dan ================================ Dan Phillips Associate Professor of Horn, University of Memphis site administrator: music.memphis.edu

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How to access the member password database?
by Ivo Marino Sept. 23, 2004

Sept. 23, 2004

Hello folks, I am currently coding a password-check method in OO-PHP for phpNewsList [1], this function should crypt a password provided by an user via form and compare it with the user's mailing list password available on the local filesystem where mailman resides. In order to be able to do this I would like to know where the user password databases for the various mailman mailing lists are stored on the local file system. This way I could parse the db from PHP (web server) level. Thanks for feedback, I. [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpnewslist/ P.S. I am off-list so please Cc: me on each reply, thanks. -- )/_ _.--..---"-,--c_ Ivo Marino <eim(a)users.sourceforge.net> \L..' ._O__)_ http://www.sourceforge.net/users/eim/ -. _.+ _ \..--( / MP3Roaster, phpNewsList, WWW::SMS. `\.-''__.-' \ ( \_ Free Software Developer `''' `\__ /\ ')

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Membership management
by Mark Mcgee Sept. 23, 2004

Sept. 23, 2004

Hi, I use the mailman script to mange three lists. The lists are only for the moderator to post to, like a newsletter. I have not been able to see how to manage subscribers easily. I want to associate a name with the e-mail address but it appears that I would have to type each name individually. Is this true? Mark K. McGee Director of follow-up and Outreach Tanalian Bible Camp 521 Windmill Way Port Alsworth, AK 99653 (907) 781-2246 mark(a)tanalianbiblecamp.org www.tanalianbiblecamp.org

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simple newsletter delivery
by jean＠dancecentral.com.au Sept. 23, 2004

Sept. 23, 2004

Hello, I have started to play with Mailman as I am planning on using it to send a weekly newsletter. I actually want to keep it very simple and not give the people on the list the option to post anything... I just want to be able to send tem all one newsletter every week. I checked all of the options and couldn't figure out which options I should change in order to to that. Could you point me in the right direction? Thank you. Jean-Luc Stora Dance Central Level 1 - 268 Cleveland St Surry Hills 2010 Ph: 02 9319-2268 www.dancecentral.com.au

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