Mailman 3 September 2004 - Mailman-Users

che javabi!!!!
by vaez＠ce.sharif.edu 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

aghaa in javabaa chiye midin

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(no subject)
by vaez＠ce.sharif.edu 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

aghaa in javabaa chiye midin

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command lines via email
by Joe Mezzanini 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

is there a list of command that can be sent to mailman via email like (un)subscribe, who, vacation, stop ? thanks, joe ---------------- URL http://theMezz.com PGP http://theMezz.com/pgp.txt

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Love it . . . but
by service 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

My first experience with Mailman was not a good one. Of course, the issue I first posted to the list can be attributed to the fact that web services were not enabled on my OS 10.3 Server. However, the first few test posts that I sent to the list went out to everyone successfully. Unfortunately, the replies that were sent by recipients on the list, however unnecessary, were sent to everyone on the list. This caused quite a problem. A great many of the folks on the list were excited to see it back in action (we had previously been using LetterRIP Pro) but when they received numerous emails from other folks on the list, it made them question our ability to host a list. I had all the users, except myself, set for no-posting to the list, yet they were all able to do so. What did I do wrong? 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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Unable to create new lists
by Patrick Danial 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

For some reason I am no longer able to create new lists. The process fails with a permission error. Here are the details: 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/create.py", line 55, in main process_request(doc, cgidata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 226, in process_request sys.modules[modname].create(mlist, cgi=1) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 229, in create _do_create(mlist, ALIASFILE, _addlist) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py", line 204, in _do_create fp = open(textfile, 'r+') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/mailman/data/aliases' Thanks. Pat

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Archives link on listinfo page points to old server name
by Mark Lohaus 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

Mailman users, I changed my servername after installing the latest Mailman. I ran a script in mailman/bin that changed all the servername references and Mailman has been working fine. Accept for one thing: on the listinfo pages, the archives link points to the old server name. The variable that controls this is incorrect. Do you know how I can change to variable. Thanks, Mark

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(no subject)
by Mark Lohaus 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

I changed my servername after installing the latest Mailman. I ran a script in mailman/bin that changed all the servername references and Mailman has been working fine. Accept for one thing: on the listinfo pages, the archives link points to the old server name. The variable that controls this is incorrect. Do you know how I can change to variable. Thanks, Mark

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HELP - can't authorize posts - timeout error
by Timothy Hagan 25 Sep '04

25 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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Pacing input
by Stewart Dean 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

This is not strictly a Mailman question so much as a generic mailing list in-its-environment question. The specific problem situation is that on Monday and Friday at my college, people will dump a ton of mailings into the hopper right at the end of the day. I can have 20-40 (or more) mailings (to 20-400 list members each) dumped into the hopper with the same 15-30 minutes. The hw/sw chugs away, but the latency can be from 30 minutes to 2 hours. Yes, this is stupid. Yes, I know this would be like everyone in a store shopping all day, then attempting to all check out at the same time, that you'd need 300 cash registers. Alas, one of the realities of working at a college is that you can't issue directives and policies in the "You MUST" fashion the way you do in the business world. So I'm wondering: has anyone implemented some kind of input throttling/pacing script or method that would be kind enough to share their experience/technique/wisdom? Yes, I know that this won't speed up the throughput or reduce the latency...what I'm looking for is some way to introduce feedback to the user and put priority on the input. I'm open to any suggestions, but one possibility I envision would be some sort of front end or method that would: a) prioritize input (so that emergency messages with time value would get preferential treatment (by being submitted immediately, while the start of other less-time-ckritical submissions would be paced so that the machine, while loaded, was never really backed up. In short, the imagined solution would be the controlling bottleneck (where it could be *managed*), rather than the host (where it is just piles up any old way). Note that use of the various priorities would have to be controlled; if freely controllable by everyone, all messages will have top priority...... b) provide feedback by indicating the estimated projected latency with an indication of how much better things would be if the job hadn't be submitted right on top of an already loaded host. Thanks in advance for any and all help or advice! -- ==== Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Henderson Computer Resources Center of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 sdean(a)bard.edu voice: 845-758-7475, fax: 845-758-7035

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Footer as attachment
by Ashley M. Kirchner 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

Not sure how to configure and shut this off, but I noticed when someone sends a plain/text formatted e-mail to a list, the footer comes in as part of the message. However, when someone sends a text/html message, the footer becomes an attachment. Is there a way to make the footer always be part of the message? Or is this something I need to put before hitting mailman (like stripmime) to overcome this problem? Running mailman 2.1.5... -- W | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. +-------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashley M. Kirchner <mailto:ashley@pcraft.com> . 303.442.6410 x130 IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130 Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc. . 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6 http://www.pcraft.com ..... . . . Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A.

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