Mailman 3 January 2005 - Mailman-Users

Virus Just Got Through on TOTALLY MODERATED list.
by Dan Mahoney, System Admin 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

Guys, I just had a small problem. A virus was just sent to all the list members which had spoofed the moderator's email address. No "requires approval" message was sent, despite the fact that everyone (even the moderator) has the "mod" bit set to "on". http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.beagle.ba@mm.ht… Are there any known and open bugs in 2.1.5 that would allow this behavior? Is there any way of telling in the headers (or archives, or logs?) how a message was approved? Here's the headers: Return-Path: <vgc-announce-bounces+varoots=gushi.org(a)vagrassroots.org> Received: from prime.gushi.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by prime.gushi.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0S2GH5b080701 for <varoots(a)gushi.org>; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 22:50:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from ROBERTA.net (pcp08579508pcs.alxndr01.va.comcast.net [68.83.208.54]) by prime.gushi.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id j0S2FV8o080233 for <vgc-announce(a)vagrassroots.org>; Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:15:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:05:09 -0500 Any ideas? -Dan Mahoney -- "Ca. Tas. Tro. Phy." -John Smedley, March 28th 1998, 3AM --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------

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[2.1.5] Enable MBox-Archive-Download ...
by Martin Mewes 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

Hi all, maybe I am just searching the wrong direction but I am desperately looking for a method within 2.1.5 to enable the download of a full "normal" mbox (with no munged headers) within a list. The FAQ says, that there is an option in a prior version to disbale this for spam-reasons. <cite> To do this, replace You can get <a href="%(listinfo)s">more information about this list</a> or you can <a href="%(fullarch)s">download the full raw archive</a> (%(size)s). </p> by You can get <a href="%(listinfo)s">more information about this list.</a> </p> </cite> So I tried to do it the other way round, but the file (/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperArch.py) mentioned does not contain any of this data. So I grepped thorugh some files, but weren't able to find a suitable method to have something like this ... <wanted> You can get more information about this list or download the full archive here. </wanted> ... which should only come up, if you pass authentication to view a list archive. bis dahin/kind regards Martin Mewes -- Sorry to have missed you but I am at the doctors having my brain removed so that I may be promoted to management

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cant't create lists within the webinterface
by Markus Darges 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Hi, I cant' create a new list within the webinterface. Could someone tell mit whether it's a known bug? Even if I change the permission of the folder lists to 777 I get the same error. My OS is Fedora Core 3. Mailman 2.1.5, Python2.4, Apache2.0.52 Thanks, Markus Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main main() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 55, in main process_request(doc, cgidata) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/create.py", line 187, in process_request mlist.Create(listname, owner, pw, langs, emailhost) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 454, in Create self._full_path = Site.get_listpath(name, create=1) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Site.py", line 65, in get_listpath _makedir(path) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Site.py", line 40, in _makedir os.makedirs(path, 02775) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/os.py", line 159, in makedirs mkdir(name, mode) OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/mailman/lists/test' Python information: Variable Value sys.version 2.4 (#1, Jan 27 2005, 13:25:37) [GCC 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3)] SERVER_SIGNATURE Apache/2.0.52 (Fedora)

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help needed for aliases
by Dinar Ali Kadri 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

hi, mailman is install and site is here but the problem is the aliases i made them but how can i masquerade them or i cant i mean mail-bounces is set to an alias but mail-bounces(a)pakishop.com is not so when i subscribe for a list i gets an error (smtp-failure) mailbounces(a)pakishop.com is not a recognize address mail-bounces is a right one, so how to masquerade or to do to set it working.I tried to put @ on aliasess but when i try to made it , it said only local addressess can be aliases, so i am stuck.So what shall i do now to make it working ? Thanks Bye.

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Import list of new mebers-No usable temporary directory
by Markus Darges 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Hi, I try to import a list of new members out of a file within the webinterface. But I get the error that mailman can't find a usable temporary directory. Any suggestions? My OS is Fedora Core 3. Mailman 2.1.5, Python2.4, Apache2.0.52 Thanks, Markus Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main main() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 84, in main cgidata = cgi.FieldStorage(keep_blank_values=1) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/cgi.py", line 526, in __init__ self.read_multi(environ, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/cgi.py", line 651, in read_multi environ, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/cgi.py", line 528, in __init__ self.read_single() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/cgi.py", line 661, in read_single self.read_lines() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/cgi.py", line 683, in read_lines self.read_lines_to_outerboundary() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/cgi.py", line 730, in read_lines_to_outerboundary self.__write(odelim + line) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/cgi.py", line 690, in __write self.file = self.make_file('') File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/cgi.py", line 776, in make_file return tempfile.TemporaryFile("w+b") File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/tempfile.py", line 459, in TemporaryFile dir = gettempdir() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/tempfile.py", line 262, in gettempdir tempdir = _get_default_tempdir() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/tempfile.py", line 208, in _get_default_tempdir raise IOError, (_errno.ENOENT, IOError: [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/usr/lib/mailman/cgi-bin']

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always forbidden
by Dikshie 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

dear all, I know this is stupid question but I always get 403 (forbidden) when access http://linux.ocean.itb.ac.id/mailman/listinfo My Box: ---------------------------- > uname -a FreeBSD linux.ocean.itb.ac.id 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #0: Sun Jan 30 18:59:43 WIT 2005 root@linux.ocean.itb.ac.id:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/OCEAN i386 --------------------------- Python: ---------------------------- linux# python -V Python 2.4 ---------------------------- MTA (installed from ports): ----------------------------- exim-4.43-1 ----------------------------- Mailman installed from ports (fresh cvsup): linux#cd /usr/local/ports/mailman linux#make MAIL_GID=mail install clean linux# bin/check_perms -f No problems found linux# mm_cfg.py: DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'linux.ocean.itb.ac.id' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'ocean.itb.ac.id' MTA = None SMTP_MAX_RCPTS = 15 SMTP_MAX_SESSIONS_PER_CONNECTION = 30 success on create mailman mailing list: ------------------------------------------ linux# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mailman.sh start Site list is missing: mailman linux# bin/newlist mailman Enter the email of the person running the list: dikshie(a)linux.ocean.itb.ac.id Initial mailman password: Hit enter to notify mailman owner... linux# linux# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mailman.sh start -------------------------------- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:10:31 +0700 From: mailman-admin(a)ocean.itb.ac.id To: dikshie(a)linux.ocean.itb.ac.id Subject: Your new mailing list: mailman >From mailman-bounces(a)ocean.itb.ac.id Mon Jan 31 15:10:52 2005 Return-path: <mailman-bounces(a)ocean.itb.ac.id> Envelope-to: dikshie(a)linux.ocean.itb.ac.id Delivery-date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:10:52 +0700 Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=linux.ocean.itb.ac.id) ---------------------------------- httpd.conf (apache2 installed from ports): ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Options Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews AddHandler cgi-script .cgi <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin harman(a)ocean.itb.ac.id DocumentRoot /home/web/public_html ServerName www.ocean.itb.ac.id ErrorLog /var/log/www.ocean.itb.ac.id-error_log CustomLog /var/log/www.ocean.itb.ac.id-access_log common </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin dikshie(a)linux.ocean.itb.ac.id DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/data/ ServerName linux.ocean.itb.ac.id ErrorLog /var/log/linux.ocean.itb.ac.id-error_log CustomLog /var/log/linux.ocean.itb.ac.id-access_log common Alias /webmail "/usr/local/www/squirrelmail" ScriptAlias /mailman "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin" Alias /pipermail "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public" </VirtualHost> ------------------------------------------------------------------ any clues ? thanks ! -dikshie-

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Transfer Mailing lists
by Dale Gibbs 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

How can I transfer existing Mailing Lists to a new server with an upgraded version of Mailman. I have it working on an older machine and have quite a few lists with alot of members etc. I know one could probably get all you need from the archives but in terms of membership management etc....how can i ?? Any help is appreciated....im also new so please bear with me Thanks -- Dale Gibbs Jr Sys Admin SANBI, University of the Western Cape, South Africa http://www.sanbi.ac.za/~dale Cell: +27721469346 Visit http://www.sanbi.ac.za "...the greatest pursuit is finding something worth dying for."

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Uppercase list name
by simeli 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Hi I am running mailman on a default mac os x 10.3 server installation with mailman version 2.1.2. i am a complete newbie, so any help is greatly appreciated. i created a list named dai-news. now when i post a message, it reads To: Dai News in the email client. is there a way i could force mailman to keep this in lowercase? also, we have an internal network that the xserve runs on. so let's say it's named server.int. now if i want people from outside to be able to access the listserver, they would need a different domain to be mentionned in the post, say office.company.com/mailman/blabla... i changed this in /usr/share/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py but it seems that mailman is not taking over the changes? any suggestions? if i would like to limit mailman to serve only email requests, can i turn off the web service, or at least the announcement thereof in the messages alltogether? if people couldn't see those <http://xserve.int/mailman/ confirm/my-news/91bb646ab36a95c34f5190e9c09a8cc7e0b4938d> that would already help a great deal... cheers simon

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need help for aliasses
by dinar ali kadri 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Hi when i request to subscribe a list on mailman page after that i check my smtp-failure log i finds this error: Jan 29 12:36:26 2005 (3959) SMTP session failure: 553, 5.3.0 <unix- bounces(a)pakishop.com>... user User unknown, msgid: <mailman.0.11482.547. unix(a)pakishop.com> i want to know what to do coz in my aliases it is unix-bounces not unix- bounces(a)pakishop.com. my mailserver name is info.pakishop.com but i masquerade it in pakishop.com so then what is a mistake which i am making ?should i masquerade entire domain in my sendmail macros or shall i change something else ? My http server name is www.pakishop.com so is it okay for giving mailman URL a virtual host name which is info.pakishop.com. THanks

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Cron error
by Erin Dalzell 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 94, in ? main() File "/usr/local/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 87, in main mlist.Save() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 525, in Save self.__save(dict) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 497, in __save os.unlink(fname_last) OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: '/usr/local/mailman/lists/mailman/config.pck.last' Here are the permissions of that directory: thedalzells:/usr/local/mailman/lists/mailman erin$ ls -al total 40 drwxrwsr-x 7 mailman mailman 238 30 Jan 12:00 . drwxrwsr-x 3 mailman mailman 102 24 Jan 22:23 .. -rw-rw---- 1 root mailman 3600 29 Jan 12:00 config.pck -rw-rw---- 1 root mailman 3600 29 Jan 09:00 config.pck.last -rw-rw---- 1 root mailman 3600 30 Jan 09:00 config.pck.tmp.thedalzells.org.3250 -rw-rw---- 1 root mailman 3600 30 Jan 12:00 config.pck.tmp.thedalzells.org.3447 -rw-rw-r-- 1 www mailman 24 28 Jan 08:04 request.pck thedalzells:/usr/local/mailman/lists/mailman erin$ Any ideas? Thanks emd

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