Mailman 3 December 2005 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] Archives
by Raquel Rice Dec. 21, 2005

Dec. 21, 2005

On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:19:21 -0600 Dan Phillips <dhphllps(a)memphis.edu> wrote: > > On Dec 21, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Raquel Rice wrote: > > On the list info page, > > http://lists.thericehouse.net/mailman/listinfo/myfriends , this > > is where the link "MyFriends Archives" points: > > http://lists.thericehouse.net/mailman/private/myfriends/ > > rather than to: > > http://lists.thericehouse.net/pipermail/myfriends/ > > > >> … [View More]

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How to silently, automatically reject ALL"implicit destination" messages?
by Alex Schuilenburg Dec. 21, 2005

Dec. 21, 2005

We get a large amount of spam to our unmoderated lists and as moderator I am getting tired of rejecting "implicit destination" messages. They are always spam - no sensible poster BCC's and all list aliases are covered. Looking through the list archives there was talk about this feature being added into 2.1 and then possibly not making it :-( Are there any hidden config settings that will allow me to do this in 2.1.5 or has anyone made such mods and is willing to share the patch with me? Thanks -- Alex

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bounce disable messages even when getting mail
by Dave B Dec. 21, 2005

Dec. 21, 2005

I keep getting messages that my account has been disabled due to excessive bounces even though I am getting the email. I am both a user on the list and the administrator. Mailman is running on a Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 Mailman version 2.1.4. I will go in and re-enable delivery and set it globally and then six days later I get the disable message again. As far as I can tell, I am getting all messages until the account is disabled. Anybody have any ideas on what might be causing this? … [View More]

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Mailman vs. Apache - please help
by Ben Dec. 21, 2005

Dec. 21, 2005

Hi folks, I have the latest versions of Apache and Cygwin installed on my WinXP machine. Under Cygwin, I have Exim installed (and working), and Mailman (build and installed). I cannot get Mailman to co-operate with Apache. Following this advice: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=all#5.2 I made a user called "mailman" which is a member of a group "mm", then configured and installed mailman with these. I ran check_perms and all permissions are OK. This is in my Apache config: … [View More]

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Error when accessing Mailman CGI web interface
by Mark Cave-Ayland Dec. 21, 2005

Dec. 21, 2005

Hi everyone, I'm trying to install a fresh copy of mailman 2.1.6 on a FC3 machine with SELinux disabled, and running into a problem trying to access the web interface. My configure statement looks like this: ./configure \ --prefix=/home/mailman/domains/chuckie.co.uk \ --with-username=mailman \ --with-groupname=mailman \ --with-cgi-gid=apache I then do a "make install" followed by bin/check_perms -f as noted in the manual. However when I try and access the … [View More]

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Doubt with python and mailman
by Xabier Guitián Dec. 21, 2005

Dec. 21, 2005

Helo! What happens if... you kill python after 'theorically' shutting down the mailman correctly? That is you execute the script '/etc/init.d/mailman stop' wait half an hour and then kill the python process who is hoggin the CPU with 99% of use. Is this a problem to the possible mails that were being processed? Is it necessary to send them again? Thanks in advance. -- Xabier Guitián xabier(a)alsernet.es Alsernet 2000 S.L. http://www.alsernet.es Tlf: 902 187 187 - Fax: 902 187 188

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confusing permission errors, help please
by Hugh Esco Dec. 20, 2005

Dec. 20, 2005

I might need to do several instances of mailman before the new year, sailed right through my first install, but got stuck on the second one. I'm seeking advice on how to build this. Apparently I will need a distinct instance for each virtual host of the $prefix heirarchy. I'm wondering though if I can have only a single copy of the installation directory which is created from unpacking the tar ball. Also, I'm creating a unique vhost specific user for each instance of mailman. Is this … [View More]

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removing a post before digest
by Mister Time Dec. 20, 2005

Dec. 20, 2005

Hi. is there a simple method that I can remove a post before a digest is triggered and not having it appear on the archives? Can this be done from the admin interface? also, is there a way to stop a digest from being released until I do this? Thanks!

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can't see icons
by Dr. Scott S. Jones Dec. 20, 2005

Dec. 20, 2005

I can't see any icons, just the placeholders and labels for them, when I open Mailman. How do I direct Apache2 and Mailman to see where the icons reside so that Mailman can properly display them? Scott

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apache config issue?
by Hugh Esco Dec. 20, 2005

Dec. 20, 2005

Mr. Sapiro: Thank you sir, for your help. Yes, I ran check_perms with and without -f as root until I got good results. I've now added the following stanza to my vhost.conf file: <Directory /u/m/mumble/mailman/cgi-bin/> Options ExecCGI SetHandler cgi-script </Directory> I don't know what would have undone that. That stanza is not needed apparently in the other vhost I have. Perhaps, since this is a third level domain, I ought to check the conf file for … [View More]its second level configuration. I had started setting up mailman (and a couple of other applications) in my apache config file, before the third level was delegates to me. I commented all of those out and still get the same errors in the browser: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /mailman/listinfo on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. The apache error log for mumble still says: [Tue Dec 20 13:29:44 2005] [error] [client nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn] (13)Permission denied: access to /mailman/listinfo denied Your answer about using a single user for every instance of mailman didn't indicate if I was actually going overboard by creating instance specific users for each installation. I have paired up user1 with mumble1, user2 with mumble2, etc., as an added security barrier and to protect users and their archives from one another. Will it run this way? Is that necessary? If I use a single source directory, yet install in multiple installation directories, each serving its own vhost, can two instances share a listname so I can have dx(a)mumble1.example.com and another at dx(a)mumble2.example.com? -- Hugh On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:31:47 -0800 Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> wrote: > Hugh Esco wrote: > > >I might need to do several instances of mailman before the new year, sailed right through my first install, but got stuck on the second one. I'm seeking advice on how to build this. Apparently I will need a distinct instance for each virtual host of the $prefix heirarchy. I'm wondering though if I can have only a single copy of the installation directory which is created from unpacking the tar ball. > > > I'm not sure what you're saying. Yes, you can unpack the tarball only > once into one source directory, but then for each mailman instance > you'll have to run configure in that directory with completely > separate --prefix (and --exec-prefix and --with-var-prefix if used) > values followed by "make install: for that instance. > > > >Also, I'm creating a unique vhost specific user for each instance of mailman. Is this overkill? Can a single mailman user support multiple vhosts? > > > Yes. One mailman instance can support multiple vhosts. The restriction > is that since a single mailman instance has only one 'namespace' for > listnames, you can't have the same list name on two different vhosts > supported by the same mailman instance. > > See > <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.047.htp> > > > >At any rate, to the error at hand: > > > >At: http://mumble.example.ca/mailman/listinfo > >Browser reports error as: > >Forbidden > > > >You don't have permission to access /mailman/listinfo on this server. > > > >Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. > > > >/var/log/apache/mumble-error.log says: > >[Mon Dec 19 22:43:27 2005] [error] [client nn.nnn.nn.nnn] (13)Permission denied: access to /mailman/listinfo denied > > > >permissions on directory and file are: > > > >drwxrwsr-x 2 mumble mumble 320 Dec 19 18:38 cgi-bin > >-rwxr-sr-x 1 mumble mumble 36637 Dec 19 18:38 cgi-bin/listinfo > > > >apache configuration (which works based on function of other aliases) includes: > > ScriptAlias /mailman/ /u/m/mumble/mailman/cgi-bin/ > > > >OK. I'm stumped. > > > Have you run /u/m/mumble/mailman/bin/check_perms? > > > >I would think that perhaps adding the apache user to the mumble group might do it, but /etc/group shows that the instance of mailman I put up two days ago (another virtual host on the same gentoo server), which works, did not require that intervention. And I see that the permissions are 02755 on the script, so apache ought to be able to execute the script regardless. > > > > > I agree. > > Do you perhaps have something in your Apache config that directly or > indirectly removed the ExecCGI option from the > /u/m/mumble/mailman/cgi-bin/ directory? > > -- > Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan -- RCK Computer Services http://reclaimedcomputers.ca/ [View Less]

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