Mailman 3 September 2004 - Mailman-Users

Membership Management Error
by Franco, Ruben 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

Hi, We are having a problem with one of our lists. When trying to access the "Membership Manangement" section, one gets the following error: ---------------------------------------------------------- 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/admin.py", line 198, in main show_results(mlist, doc, category, subcat, cgidata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 498, in show_results form.AddItem(membership_options(mlist, subcat, cgidata, doc, form)) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 870, in membership_options all = [_m.encode() for _m in mlist.getMembers()] UnicodeError: ASCII decoding error: ordinal not in range(128) 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/mpo SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/admin PYTHONPATH /usr/local/mailman SERVER_SOFTWARE Apache SERVER_ADMIN root@localhost SCRIPT_NAME /mailman/admin SERVER_SIGNATURE Apache Server at listserv.utep.edu Port 80 REQUEST_METHOD GET HTTP_HOST listserv.utep.edu PATH_INFO /mpo/members SERVER_PROTOCOL HTTP/1.1 QUERY_STRING REQUEST_URI /mailman/admin/mpo/members HTTP_ACCEPT image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, application/x-shockwave-flash, */* PATH_TRANSLATED /usr/local/mailman/mpo/members HTTP_USER_AGENT Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Avant Browser [avantbrowser.com]) HTTP_CONNECTION Keep-Alive HTTP_COOKIE unix-admins+admin=280200000069c9335441732800000066303635313430666666393237323262363032636664366533613865636530633337616238323631; mpo+admin=280200000069dc335441732800000034383930303538383338376665383735303666346265386632633163643466616165633330623739 SERVER_NAME listserv.utep.edu REMOTE_ADDR 129.108.1.43 REMOTE_PORT 3098 HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE en-us UNIQUE_ID FIUlSYFsAFAAAAbyQlkAAAAD 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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Privacy Options
by Abbas Qaizar 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

Hello Everybody, If we look at one of the features in : -----> Privacy Options ----> Subscription Rules -----------> What steps are required for subscription ??? And there are 3-options. if we go Confirm and Approve then ??? Kindly keep in mind that the addresses are stored by the moderator himself..................members were neither invited nor they subscribed themselves. Request to all those who are using this Mailman as an ANNOUNCEMENT LIST.............i.e. One-Way list as I need to know whether all subscribed members are getting my mails regularly or not. Will anybody respond to this soon ????? Thanks & Best Regards Abbas Qaizar -------------------------------------------------- Mustafa Computers & Peripherals (Genuine Intel ® Dealer) (Authorised Distributor of LaCie ®) Suite 28, Level 12 R.K.Square Extension Main Shahra-e-Liaquat New Challi Karachi-74000 Sindh-Pakistan Tel 021- 2400326 - 2425833 Fax 021- 2437783 Visit our website : http://www.mustafacomputers.com Enquiries : sales(a)mustafacomputers.com

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Can't lock a list [repeat]
by Dwight A. Ernest 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

Environment: mm 2.1.5, python 2.2.3, rhel es3 u2 (I've searched FAQ for this, in vain...) On a list (called reach-l), which has a very large archive mbox, I just tried to do $prefix/bin/arch --wipe reach-l It got several hundred messages in and then blew up with a segmentation fault. Reading a bit deeper, I see that perhaps I should have specified some reasonable -s and -e values to limit the memory usage, but hindsight is 20:20. Since then, I've been unable to get a lock on the list. When I try, e.g, $prefix/bin/arch -s 1 -e 499 --wipe reach-l ...it just hangs. When I interrupt (^C), I see: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/mailman/bin/arch", line 189, in ? main() File "/var/mailman/bin/arch", line 141, in main mlist = MailList(listname) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 126, in __init__ self.Lock() File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 159, in Lock self.__lock.lock(timeout) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 312, in lock self.__sleep() File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 496, in __sleep time.sleep(interval) KeyboardInterrupt ...which I believe I can reproduce in its most simple case with this: [mailman at lists reach-l]$ /var/mailman/bin/withlist reach-l Loading list reach-l (unlocked) The variable `m' is the reach-l MailList instance >>> m.Lock() [it just hangs until I ^C, then:] Traceback (most recent call last): File "<console>", line 1, in ? File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 159, in Lock self.__lock.lock(timeout) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 312, in lock self.__sleep() File "/var/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 496, in __sleep time.sleep(interval) KeyboardInterrupt >>> m.Unlock() >>> Finalizing [mailman at lists reach-l]$ How can I clean things up for this list such that service code that wants to, can get a lock on the list?

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Compiling Mailman with --with-mail-gid
by Miguel Ferreira 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

Hello, I'm having huge problems getting mailman 2.1.5 to work in my system (Red Hat 9). The problem has to do with the user sendmail uses to execute mailman. Sending mail to an existing list returns the following error: ----- Transcript of session follows ----- Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the mail wrapper script to be executed as group "mailman", but the system's mail server executed the mail script as group "mail". Try tweaking the mail server to run the script as group "mailman", or re-run configure, providing the command line option `--with-mail-gid=mail'. I have configured and compiled mailman with with-mail-gid=mail but nothing good came out from that. The system still returns the same error... Am I missing something here? Help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. - - Miguel Ferreira (researcher) University of Minho (DSI) Department of Information Systems Campus de Azurém 4800-Guimarães Portugal Phone: +351 253 510 319 Ext.: 7306

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List Woes
by Fred Macondray 25 Sep '04

25 Sep '04

Greetings, I've got an active list (therefore can't really test things anymore) and I've got a couple problems. One: When people reply to postings, the reply goes to both an explicit email (info(a)domain.com) and to the list posting address (name-list(a)domain.com). and Two: Messages sent to the list are not being rejected. Someone replied to the last announcement and it went to everyone. This should be an announcement only list. How can I ensure that ONLY the following can happen? 1) ONLY the explicit reply to address is included in the announcements. 2) ONLY a few authorized addresses can send to the list? Huge Thanks in Advance, Fred

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RE: [Mailman-Users] messages from "checkdbs" cron job
by Franco, Ruben 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

I ran "check_db -a -v" but none of the config.db or config.pck files were found to be corrupted. A few were missing for the newer lists but the help for "check_db" says that is nothing to worry about. Ruben -----Original Message----- From: Jim Tittsler [mailto:jwt@onjapan.net] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:15 AM To: Franco, Ruben Cc: mailman-users(a)python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] messages from "checkdbs" cron job On Sep 22, 2004, at 02:12, Franco, Ruben wrote: > I recently installed Mailman 2.1.5 and have loaded up the mailman > crons that came with the install. I have noticed the following > messages everday when the "checkdbs" cron runs and I was wondering > what the message meant. Is something wrong with my configuration or > is there a problem with a list on my system? > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/local/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 178, in ? > [...] > File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 130, in > __getmsgids > ids = [k for k, (op, data) in self.__db.items() if op == rtype] > ValueError: unpack tuple of wrong size It looks like there is a problem with the request.pck database of at least one of your lists. You can use the bin/check_db tool to help narrow down which one. -- Jim Tittsler http://www.OnJapan.net/ GPG: 0x01159DB6 Python Starship http://Starship.Python.net/ Ringo MUG Tokyo http://www.ringo.net/rss.html

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Installation question
by Dana Rasmussen 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

Hello, My organization has contracted with a consultant for computer server resources. The consultant in turn, is contracting with the actual provider of computer hardware and communication resources. Our consultant does not have Root access on the server. Is it absolutely necessary to have root access to install Mailman? Do we have any other options to ensure a successfull installation? Thank you, Dana

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I do not wish to be subscribed
by Elve Raukas 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

I do not wish to be subscribed to "Mailman -Users" mailing list. Elve Raukas

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A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
by Chris Boulter 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

I've sometimes seen the text A non-text attachment was scrubbed... in our digests and archives, along with a hyperlink to a file. This seems to be inserted by Mailman when it strips a binary attachment. This text was scaring our users, since the use of the word 'scrubbed' sounds like some malicious content was identified. I've changed it in our installation to just say A non-text attachment... Any problems with this? Is my understanding correct of when we would expect to see the text? Oddly, when there is a text body as well as binary attachments, the attachments seem to be silently dropped without mention, and there is no hyperlink to retrieve them. Is there any reason why this might happen? (I've hacked with HyperArch.py and Scrubber.py in other ways, so it may be a bug I've introduced.) Many thanks, Chris -- chris(a)jellybaby.net | +44 7951 979421

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Elizabeth Dunnagan/Raleigh/IBM cannot get to her mail.
by Elizabeth Dunnagan 24 Sep '04

24 Sep '04

I will be out of the office starting 09/24/2004 and will not return until 09/27/2004. I'll get back with you when I return. If you need to speak to someone before I return, please contact Jack Pizzolato (919-254-7116) for design, Peter Yim (919-543-4797) for push, Kimberly Brantley (919-486-2507) for all other search matters and IA.

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