Mailman 3 September 2004 - Mailman-Users

Back-up question
by Info VH Sept. 3, 2004

Sept. 3, 2004

How can I back up and/or transfer the members of my Mailman list? Thanks, Chris Knudson Houston, TX

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Messages stuck in qfiles
by Hurley, Michael Sept. 3, 2004

Sept. 3, 2004

I'm experiencing some odd behavior with Mailman. All was working fine or so I thought. I maintain >180 lists and >1000 subscribers. The system: SuSE Linux Standard Server 8 Sendmail 8.12.6-159 Mailman 2.0.14-18 (yes, I know it's old, it's what SuSE likes) The symptoms: Sendmail passes incoming messages off to the Mailman wrapper, which does nothing with them. They are piling up (.msg and .db files) in the ~mailman/qfiles dir. There are about three days worth in there. Anybody know what is up? The qrunner cronjob seems to be running normally, I can't remember making any changes that would have affected mailman operations around 3 days ago. Alternately, is there a way I can flush these messages out manually so they don't back up too far? Thanks /*************************************** .-"""-. Michael Hurley ' \ Webmaster/SysAdmin |,. ,-. | University of Connecticut School of Law |()L( ()| | mhurley(a)law.uconn.edu |,' `".| | (860) 570-5233 |.___.',| ` ***************************************/ .j `--"' ` `. / ' ' \ / / ` `. / / ` . / / l | . , | | ,"`. .| | _.' ``. | `..-'l | `.`, | `. | `. __.j ) |__ |--""___| ,-' `"--...,+"""" `._,.-' mh

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Unknown user when posting to a list?
by Takahiro_Horie＠nidek.com Sept. 3, 2004

Sept. 3, 2004

Hello, I created a list and succesfully subscribed several e-mails (the welcome e-mail was received by them). However, if someone tries to send to the list (test(a)thorie.com), they get an error message from the server saying that the user 'test' was not found. Why is this? Am I supposed to create a user account called 'test'? Thanks in advance! --Takahiro

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Installation Error - "ImportError: No module named korean"
by lists＠mathesonuk.com Sept. 3, 2004

Sept. 3, 2004

Hi, I am a new user trying to install Mailman for the first time and the 'make install' routine is throwing up an error: Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/i18n.py ... Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py ... Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/versions.py ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/update", line 46, in ? import paths File "bin/paths.py", line 59, in ? import korean ImportError: No module named korean make: *** [update] Error 1 Having looked at the archives this seems to be a previous problem, but should have been resolved????? Also from the archives I have noted that /usr/local/mailman/pythonlib/ is entirely empty. My 'configure command is: ./configure --with-mail-gid=admin --with-cgi-gid=mailman And this does not seem to throw up any errors. I am installing the latest version - 2.1.5 - from the list.org website. Python info: Python 2.2.2 (#1, Mar 12 2004, 16:44:37) [GCC 3.2.2 20030217 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2.2-2)] on linux2 I am installing onto a Virtual Server hosted by DSVR in the UK. Can anyone help?? With thanks, Sandy Matheson

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modify Mailman HTML output
by B. van Ouwerkerk Sept. 3, 2004

Sept. 3, 2004

I've been trying to modify Mailman HTML output I got stuck at the confirmation page. I have seen this question before on this list but it seems to go unanswered. Is there an elegant way to modify the HTML output of all pages to fit the look and feel of the web site where it's supposed to run? TIA, B.

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anonymous posting
by Jeff Pflueger Sept. 3, 2004

Sept. 3, 2004

if anonymous list is checked as 'yes' the subject line seems to be: "[list name] from the_anonymous_poster(a)hidden_url.com" with the_anonymous_poster(a)hidden_url.com being whoever posted to the list. Anyway to disable this and make it completely anonymous? Thanks! Jeff

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Sequence Numbers
by Takahiro_Horie＠nidek.com Sept. 3, 2004

Sept. 3, 2004

The error was: Merging new template file with existing translations msgmerge -U ca/LC_MESSAGES/mailman.po mailman.pot msgmerge: invalid option -- U Try `msgmerge --help' for more information. make[1]: *** [ca/LC_MESSAGES/mailman.po] Error 1 Tokio Kikuchi <tkikuchi(a)is.kochi-u.ac.jp> Sent by: mailman-users-bounces(a)python.org 09/02/2004 08:39 PM To: Takahiro_Horie(a)nidek.com cc: mailman-users(a)python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Sequence Numbers Hi, Takahiro_Horie(a)nidek.com wrote: > I applied the patch found on > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=601117&group_id=103&atid=30… > > File: http://mm.tkikuchi.net/mailman-2.1.5+patch.20040516.gz > > that adds sequence numbers. I reconfigured, did make, make install (with > errors). What was this error ? > I'm using 2.1.5 > > Any idea why it's not working? > > Here's the error when i visit the mailman/listinfo page: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/home/tak/mailman/scripts/driver", line 61, in run_main > import paths > File "/home/tak/mailman/scripts/paths.py", line 55, in ? > import japanese > ImportError: No module named japanese Looks like the japanese package is not properly installed. Find the <prefix>/pythonlib directory and check if the japanese directory is there. You may have to check the "make install" result by redirecting the output in a file and inspect the lines before this error occurs. % make install >& install.log % more install.log -- Tokio Kikuchi, tkikuchi@ is.kochi-u.ac.jp http://weather.is.kochi-u.ac.jp/ ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/

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Get list admin password
by Brian York Sept. 3, 2004

Sept. 3, 2004

Is there a way to get the admin password of a list from the console? Thanks Brian

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Sequence Numbers
by Takahiro_Horie＠nidek.com Sept. 3, 2004

Sept. 3, 2004

Hi, I applied the patch found on http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=601117&group_id=103&atid=30… File: http://mm.tkikuchi.net/mailman-2.1.5+patch.20040516.gz that adds sequence numbers. I reconfigured, did make, make install (with errors). I'm using 2.1.5 Any idea why it's not working? Here's the error when i visit the mailman/listinfo page: -------------------------- Bug in Mailman version 2.1.5 We're sorry, we hit a bug! If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy of this page to the webmaster for this site with a description of what happened. Thanks! Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/tak/mailman/scripts/driver", line 61, in run_main import paths File "/home/tak/mailman/scripts/paths.py", line 55, in ? import japanese ImportError: No module named japanese ------------------------ Thanks in Advance!

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Mailman on OS X Server
by demo Sept. 3, 2004

Sept. 3, 2004

Hi Just as an aside; > It's hard to say. Apple ships that as a closed black box, so > virtually everything under the hood is hidden from view, even from > those people who would otherwise know what they're doing. Its a bitter truth but Apple's position is that " they don't support 'their' Mailman ". Expect a lot more traffic from drowning MacHeads on this list, of which I am one. I find it kind of unethic given that OS X Server is *sold* on the basis that it has all this cool Open Source software, but in my experience, when you call up tech support they know nothing beyond pushing buttons. The Mailman is not even included in free support days. I had a really simple problem [ hostname incorrect due to setting up X server prior to knowing domain name ] and wasted a couple of hours over a few days with countless techs ending in a semantic debate over what the support contract included. [ They would not even show me what their guidelines are ]. > With MacOS X Server, about the only thing we can recommend is > that you contact Apple to find out how to fix what they've shipped. There is nothing in the kbase or their inhouse knowledge base and the frontline are told to merely sell you a paid consultation with professional tech support services [ for which price you could have bought Communigate ]. No guaranties given your problem with be solved but credit card details taken. Beware! MA > I've recently gotten some more contacts inside Apple and I'm > trying to get contacts with the team that is responsible for creating > MacOS X Server. So far, I'm not having any luck. Good luck!

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