Mailman 3 September 2004 - Mailman-Users

Problem with Pending request on New list
by Franco, Ruben 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hello, I get the following error when trying to access the pending request for a newly created lists. Is there a pending request database that may be corrupt? Ruben ---------------------------- 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 "/usr/local/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main main() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py", line 166, in main if not mlist.NumRequestsPending(): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 124, in NumRequestsPending self.__opendb() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 80, in __opendb self.__db = cPickle.load(fp) EOFError ________________________________ Python information: Variable Value sys.version 2.2.3 (#1, Aug 8 2003, 08:44:02) [GCC 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-13)] 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://listserv.utep.edu/mailman/admin/methods/general SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/admindb PYTHONPATH /usr/local/mailman SERVER_SOFTWARE Apache SERVER_ADMIN root@localhost SCRIPT_NAME /mailman/admindb SERVER_SIGNATURE Apache Server at listserv.utep.edu Port 80 REQUEST_METHOD GET HTTP_HOST listserv.utep.edu PATH_INFO /methods SERVER_PROTOCOL HTTP/1.1 QUERY_STRING REQUEST_URI /mailman/admindb/methods HTTP_ACCEPT image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/x-shockwave-flash, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword, */* PATH_TRANSLATED /usr/local/mailman/methods HTTP_USER_AGENT Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) HTTP_CONNECTION Keep-Alive HTTP_COOKIE methods+admin=28020000006991c35941732800000061386662666634373534333765313833653836393566306438346433366238386532333235633961 SERVER_NAME listserv.utep.edu REMOTE_ADDR 129.108.203.229 REMOTE_PORT 3189 HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE en-us UNIQUE_ID Qby-24FsAFAAAAbZTa8AAAAE SERVER_PORT 80 GATEWAY_INTERFACE CGI/1.1 HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING gzip, deflate SERVER_ADDR 129.108.0.80 DOCUMENT_ROOT /usr/local/mailman

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Mailing list
by Bhavin Shah 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Dear Sir, Is it possible to add some text ( plain / HTML ) in the reminder send to all the users monthly, regarding their password and other informations. If it is possible to add the text, kindly let us know the procedure. Regards, Bhavin Shah

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how do I make sure my replies are in the correct thread?
by Greg Rezansoff 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hello, Im trying to participate in a mailman discussion group. Every time I reply, it creates a new thread! Its the Vorbis group, so my emails get a [Vorbis] in the subject. How the heck do I specify the thread I am replying to? This is extremely frustrating, because its a basic functionality, and I cannot find it in your docs!!!

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Recovering the virtual-mailman file
by Eric Pretorious 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hello, All: I ran `bin/genaliases` this morning and it emptied my data/virtual-mailman file. Is there any way to recover this file? e.g., maybe from the data/virtual-mailman.db file? -- Eric P., Sunnyvale, CA

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Recovering the virtual-mailman file
by Eric Pretorious 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

On Monday 27 September 2004 12:28 am, Jim Tittsler wrote: >On Sep 27, 2004, at 05:10, Eric Pretorious wrote: >> I ran `bin/genaliases` this morning and it emptied my >> data/virtual-mailman file. Is there any way to recover this file? > >bin/genaliases should be able to build it for you. > >(Do you have MTA='Postfix' and POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS set >correctly for your configuration in your mm_cfg.py file? If you are >using the Postifix style virtual domains, make sure the domain names >match those you've added in your mm_cfg.py. See the README.POSTFIX >documentation.) Hi, Jim: Yes - the settings are correct. (Mailman has been handling lists for three different virtual domains with Postfix for a while now.) `bin/genaliases` destroyed the data/virtual-mailman file so now when I run `bin/genaliases` it complains... >mailman # bin/genaliases >postmap: fatal: open /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman.db: Permission denied >Traceback (most recent call last): > File "bin/genaliases", line 116, in ? > main() > File "bin/genaliases", line 106, in main > MTA.create(mlist, nolock=True, quiet=quiet) > File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 232, in create > _update_maps() > File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 60, in _update_maps > raise RuntimeError, msg % (vcmd, status, errstr) >RuntimeError: command failed: >/usr/sbin/postmap /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mailman (status: 1, >Operation not permitted) -- Eric P., Sunnyvale, CA

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mailman configuration
by Willy Mularto 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Guys, I just installed the mailman, and try to start it using this command : [root@nightjar lists]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mailman start Site list is missing: mailman [root@nightjar lists]# What does the message mean? what configuration should I edit? Thanks Regards Willy

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move mailman to another server + upgrade version
by Frederic Medery 28 Sep '04

28 Sep '04

Hello everybody, I have mailman on server1 (version 2.1.3). I need to move mailman to another (faster) server and in the same time, upgrading to the latest mailman version (2.1.5). So I moved my /var/mailman from server1 to server2 and then I compiled + installed mailman latest version (in the directory). The prob is the mailman welcome page (server2/mailman/listinfo) do not see my mailing lists but i go to server2/mailman/listinfo/my_list I can see it. How-can "update" my welcome page ? Thanks ! -- Frederic Medery System Administrator LexUM, University of Montreal

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Pretty good Announcement only How-to + more on Mac
by demo 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

As it comes up often [ and I've only been here a few weeks ], there is also a pretty good Announcement only How-to here : http://www.modwest.com/help/kb13-195.html > Please understand, I'm a MacFanatic myself. I don't like having > to say negative things about them, but Apple leaves us no choice. Please understand, I'm a MacFanatic myself and I'll join the chorus on this one! Just out of interest, have Apple actually put anything back *into* your development community? Looking into the future, you might want to hive off a lost-Mac-tech-mailman list ... My guess is that there are going to be a whole load of lost souls headed this way as, in my experience, Apple is telling folk " they don't support Mailman ". MA

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Customization of results. add, del user etc
by Jens Andersson 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

Is it possible to customize all results in the latest release? Today we're running 2.1.3. In our release we can only change: General list information page Subscribe results page User specific options page // Jens

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Can't authorize a post through the web interface
by service 27 Sep '04

27 Sep '04

I am receiving the emails from Mailman telling me that, as administrator, I need to authorize the delivery of a posting. It includes a link (for my convenience) to access the admin web page and approve the posting. However, my browser times out every time I try to link to it. Is there something that could be wrong with my server? Is there a way to approve this posting without going to the web? HELP! Tim Hagan Service Operations MacPro Solutions, Inc. 8030 West Broad Richmond, VA 23294 www.macprosolutions.com 804 497-8710 804 497-8712 FAX

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Mailman-Users September 2004