Mailman 3 June 2005 - Mailman-Users

problems with permissions?
by Eduardo Jaime Quiros Batres 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

I have mailman 2.1.4 on a mandrake 10.0 and have upgraded msec to version msec-0.44.2-1mdk but I still get a bug error when I try to confirm a subscription to a list. I runned check_permissions -f and it didn't work, I gave a chwon apache.mail on all the /var/log/mailman subdirectory and it still didn't work and I also gave a chown 664 on /var/mailman/log and the error is: Jun 23 19:57:00 2005 admin(3952): @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ admin(3952): [----- Mailman Version: 2.1.4 -----] admin(3952): [----- Traceback ------] admin(3952): Traceback (most recent call last): admin(3952): File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 101, in run_main admin(3952): main() admin(3952): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/confirm.py", line 110, in main admin(3952): subscription_confirm(mlist, doc, cookie, cgidata) admin(3952): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/confirm.py", line 333, in subscription_confirm admin(3952): op, addr, pw, digest, lang = mlist.ProcessConfirmation( admin(3952): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 1120, in ProcessConfirmation admin(3952): self.HoldSubscription(addr, fullname, password, digest, lang) admin(3952): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 391, in HoldSubscription admin(3952): assert not self.__db.has_key(id) admin(3952): AssertionError admin(3952): [----- Python Information -----] admin(3952): sys.version = 2.3.3 (#2, Feb 9 2005, 13:57:58) [GCC 3.3.2 (Mandrakelinux 10.0 3.3.2-9mdk)] admin(3952): sys.executable = /usr/bin/python admin(3952): sys.prefix = /usr admin(3952): sys.exec_prefix = /usr admin(3952): sys.path = /usr admin(3952): sys.platform = linux2 admin(3952): [----- Environment Variables -----] admin(3952): HTTP_REFERER: http://www.listas.ufv.br/mailman/confirm/asav/4fdab990332551dc8a6efa940996d… admin(3952): SERVER_SOFTWARE: Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/2.0.48 (Mandrake Linux/6.8.100mdk) mod_perl/1.99_11 Perl/v5. 8.3 mod_ssl/2.0.48 OpenSSL/0.9.7c PHP/4.3.4 admin(3952): SCRIPT_NAME: /mailman/confirm admin(3952): SERVER_SIGNATURE: <address>Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/2.0.48 (Mandrake Linux/6.8.100mdk) mod_perl/1.99_1 1 Perl/v5.8.3 mod_ssl/2.0.48 OpenSSL/0.9.7c PHP/4.3.4 Server at aton.cpd.ufv.br Port 80</address> admin(3952): admin(3952): REQUEST_METHOD: POST admin(3952): PATH_INFO: /asav admin(3952): SERVER_PROTOCOL: HTTP/1.1 admin(3952): QUERY_STRING: admin(3952): CONTENT_LENGTH: 116 admin(3952): HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET: iso-8859-1, utf-8;q=0.5, *;q=0.5 admin(3952): HTTP_USER_AGENT: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/3.2; Linux) KHTML/3.2.3 (like Gecko) admin(3952): HTTP_CONNECTION: Keep-Alive admin(3952): SERVER_NAME: aton.cpd.ufv.br admin(3952): REMOTE_ADDR: 200.131.231.97 admin(3952): PATH_TRANSLATED: /var/www/html/asav admin(3952): SERVER_PORT: 80 admin(3952): SERVER_ADDR: 200.131.233.133 admin(3952): DOCUMENT_ROOT: /var/www/html admin(3952): HTTP_PRAGMA: no-cache admin(3952): PYTHONPATH: /usr/lib/mailman admin(3952): SCRIPT_FILENAME: /usr/lib/mailman/cgi-bin/confirm admin(3952): SERVER_ADMIN: root@localhost admin(3952): HTTP_HOST: www.listas.ufv.br admin(3952): HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL: no-cache admin(3952): REQUEST_URI: /mailman/confirm/asav admin(3952): HTTP_ACCEPT: text/html, image/jpeg, image/png, text/*, image/*, */* admin(3952): GATEWAY_INTERFACE: CGI/1.1 admin(3952): REMOTE_PORT: 33031 admin(3952): HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: pt, en admin(3952): CONTENT_TYPE: application/x-www-form-urlencoded admin(3952): HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: x-gzip, x-deflate, gzip, deflate -- Eduardo Jaime Quirós Batres - dojai(a)ufv.br

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no mail
by Dina Hornreich 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

Hi there: I manage a list called typical girls at http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/typicalgirls . It seems that after I update my e-mail address, i haven't been receiving posts despite NOT having selected "no mail." Also, the info page has half an e-mail address where it says to post to. Can anyone help me? -Dina dina8(a)cox.net http://home.earthlink.net/~dinahornreich

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PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER
by Jean-Philippe GIOLA 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

Hi all! I try to use the option PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER but it doesn't work. I have add this line in mm_cfg.py : PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER = 'cat > /home/users/jean-philippe_giola/mailman-archive' so I want to store a mail that is sent in a the "/home/users/jean-philippe_giola/mailman-archive" temporary file. But when I send a mail to a list, it is not written in thi temporary file. Does someone has an idea of the problem ? May I have some other option to change ? is it useful to recompile the mm_cfg.py file or it is done alone ? reguards -- Cordialement, Jean-Philippe Giola - 6577

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A question about moving to a new server...
by Michael D. Smith 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

I currently run Mailman 2.1.6 on a RH 8.0 server. I've recently set up a new RHEL 4.0 server and wish to migrate my lists from the old server to the new one. What would be the best way to accomplish same? The install directory is the same on both machines, if that helps. Thanks! Regards, Mike msmith(a)uss-starlord.org

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plugins
by phil durning 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

Are there any mailman plug-ins for: To allow the mailman database to hold other information (like the addresses, phone numbers, billing codes, etc.) To send faxes via Mailman ? ¿ __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html

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Restoring lists?
by John Athayde 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

I had to archive an old mailman install and reformat a box, and I'm now wondering how to restore the old lists. I've not been able to locate anything so far via google. It's FreeBSD 5.4-Release with Mailman 2.15. I had seen the "move_list" command in the documentation, but it isn't in the bin folder (and did not show up with a system wide locate search) Thanks in advance. -- John Athayde bobo(a)meticulous.com Meticulous | www.meticulous.com (work) Rotoscope | www.rotoscope.com (sound) Boboroshi & Kynz | www.boboroshiandkynz.com (sound) Personal Weblog | www.boboroshi.com (play) "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

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Need more guidance in getting Mailman lists running on OS X Tiger Server
by Thomas Waters 27 Jun '05

27 Jun '05

I tried to move our mailman lists from the older Panther Server to a new install of tiger server, and I'm still not there. Postfix is working. Mailman is working. What isn't correct is the Web UI for Mailman. The lists use the addresses somelist(a)pharmacy.pitt.edu, but the web site has a URL of www/pharmacy.pitt.edu/mailman/somelist In the mm_cfg.py file, email host is set to pharmacy.pitt.edu and URL host set to www.pharmacy.pitt.edu. Is this the correct settings? If I go to the Maillist admin web page, and try to create a new list, I get error- unknown virtual host www.pharmacy.pitt.edu. I can create a list in the OS X Server Admin however. I believe the only pice that is "broken" is create a new list via the web UI. NOTE: new email address -- Thomas Waters Director of Information and Communication Services University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy 412-383-7471 waterstc(a)pitt.edu http://www.pharmacy.pitt.edu

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seeking automatic discard of non-member posts
by Stan Pokras 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

Hi, My service provider offers Mailman version 2.0.11 I have our lists set for member only posts and all posts must be approved because some of our members have had virus or spam-base messages posted to the list without their knowledge. I want all other posts to be discarded without my having to click on the discard choice. I don't even want to know about non-member posts since people finding out about our lists will be advised to email me. So, they won't be writing to the list to gain admission. How can we set Mailman to automatically discard non-member posts? And, how can we clear out the 300 or more postings which are waiting to be deleted in one of these lists. It's now totally useless until these messages are cleared out. Thank you for your reply. My service provider doesn't know how to help me with this. Stan

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How to get mailman to ignore the reply-to address?
by Paul Key 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

Mailman 2.1.3 Sun Sparc Solaris 9 I have a one-way announcements list with subscribers having their moderation bit set. The reply-to address of the sent email is changed to the email address of the person who has asked for the email to be sent out. Now if this person who the reply-to address is changed to happens to be a subscriber to the list then I, the sender (added to "List of non-member addresses whose postings should be automatically accepted.") get an email from mailman telling me that "Sorry - you are cannot post to this list." Yet if the reply-to address is changed to be a non-subscriber unconnected with the list my email gets posted without a problem - why is the reply-to address behaving in this way and why can't I change it to what I want? Can I get mailman to simply ignore the reply-to address like listproc? Thanks Paul -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Bouncing
by PeteBell 26 Jun '05

26 Jun '05

Hi. I am running a Mailman email list, but do NOT have access to the installation of Mailman, as it is shared server-wide where I am hosted. I know all about the system of "bounce scores" and deletion from the list for perpetual bouncers, but what I need to know is... Every so often I get a message, as list admin, that soemone has been "removed" from the list (NOT "unsubscribed", but "removed"). 1. Does this mean they have been deleted because of persistent bounces? 2. Is there a way to get a report sent to me by the Mailman software each day listing everyone who is currently bouncing? (I do *NOT* want to trawl the logs to try to decipher a load of gobbledygook which seems completely unintelligible to me - I want an email listing the bouncers in plain English (US English acceptable!)). 3. Is there also a way to make it so that the "mailmain- bounces(a)xxx.com" address ONLY sends messages that are to do with bounces? It's not very helpful when all sorts of other admin stuff come from an address called "mailman-BOUNCES"! Cheers Pete bell, UK

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