Mailman 3 July 2005 - Mailman-Users

Mailman hosts?
by sromine＠mendocino.cc.ca.us July 10, 2005

July 10, 2005

Hello, I am looking for a web hosting company to host a listserv for my local union. Anybody have some good leads on hosting companies offering mailmain listserv capabilities? -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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Mailman list itself
by Jim July 10, 2005

July 10, 2005

I've read through the faqs and searched the messages (hopefully I used the proper keywords for the search) but have found no fix for my problem. A little background, I'm running Fedora Core 3 with sendmail-8.12.8-9.90 and mailman-2.1.1-7. I followed the installation directions in /usr/share/docs/mailman and after a few minor corrections I have mailman up and running. I created a new list to test with and it works flawlessly, everything just works right. :-) For the test list that is... … [View More]

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help
by Jim July 9, 2005

July 9, 2005

help

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The newaliases file and the fact that it's not needed
by Richard Hobbs July 9, 2005

July 9, 2005

Hello, I have just installed anc configured mailman on our mail server, and it seems to be working perfectly. I added the system aliases into "/etc/aliases" and configured exim as per the documentation on the mailman web site. I configured it in such a way that exim didn't need to know about new mailing lists. However, even though mailman is handling mailing lists successfully without them being in "/etc/aliases", every time I create a new list, I get the following email: ===================… [View More]=================================================== The mailing list `it' has been created via the through-the-web interface. In order to complete the activation of this mailing list, the proper /etc/aliases (or equivalent) file must be updated. The program `newaliases' may also have to be run. Here are the entries for the /etc/aliases file: it: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post it" it-admin: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin it" it-bounces: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces it" it-confirm: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm it" it-join: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join it" it-leave: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave it" it-owner: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner it" it-request: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request it" it-subscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe it" it-unsubscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe it" ====================================================================== Is there a way I can tell mailman that this doesn't actually have to be done, so it can stop reminding me, or will we continue to get these emails regardless? Or... Do I actually *need* to add the stuff above into /etc/aliases? There is currently no mention of an 'it' mailing list on /etc/aliases at the moment, and mailman is processing mail for it perfectly, but if this just luck? Below are the two sections which I added to /etc/exim4/exim4.conf: ====================================================================== # Mailman stuff # Home dir for your Mailman installation -- aka Mailman's prefix # directory. MAILMAN_HOME=/var/lib/mailman MAILMAN_WRAP=MAILMAN_HOME/mail/wrapper # User and group for Mailman, should match your --with-mail-gid # switch to Mailman's configure script. MAILMAN_USER=list MAILMAN_GROUP=list # End of Mailman stuff ====================================================================== ====================================================================== # Mailman stuff mailman_router: driver = accept require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/$local_part/config.pck local_part_suffix_optional local_part_suffix = -bounces : -bounces+* : \ -confirm+* : -join : -leave : \ -owner : -request : -admin transport = mailman_transport # End of Mailman stuff ====================================================================== Does anyone know why this is happening? I guess mailman doesn't know that exim is configured to not care about new lists, but is there a way to tell it? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help :-) Richard Hobbs. -- Richard Hobbs (Systems Administrator) Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. - Speech Technology Group Web: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/research/ Email: richard.hobbs(a)crl.toshiba.co.uk Tel: +44 1223 376964 Mobile: +44 7811 803377 _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com [View Less]

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A problem with "Your new mailing list" emails
by Richard Hobbs July 9, 2005

July 9, 2005

Hello, I have noticed another small problem with the "Your new mailing list" emails, and the web page it redirects you to after creation of a list... The URL's are missing a slash: ============================================================ You can configure your mailing list at the following web page: http://mail.domain/cgi-bin/mailmanadmin/test The web page for users of your mailing list is: http://mail.domain/cgi-bin/mailmanlistinfo/test ======================================… [View More]====================== This looks like a user error to me, but do you know how I can fix it? I'm using Mailman 2.1.5 by the way. Thanks in advance again, Richard. -- Richard Hobbs (Systems Administrator) Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. - Speech Technology Group Web: http://www.toshiba-europe.com/research/ Email: richard.hobbs(a)crl.toshiba.co.uk Tel: +44 1223 376964 Mobile: +44 7811 803377 -----Original Message----- From: test-bounces(a)crl.toshiba.co.uk [mailto:test-bounces@crl.toshiba.co.uk] On Behalf Of mailman-admin(a)crl.toshiba.co.uk Sent: 08 July 2005 16:45 To: richard.hobbs(a)crl.toshiba.co.uk Subject: Your new mailing list: test The mailing list `test' has just been created for you. The following is some basic information about your mailing list. Your mailing list password is: t0sh1b8 You need this password to configure your mailing list. You also need it to handle administrative requests, such as approving mail if you choose to run a moderated list. You can configure your mailing list at the following web page: http://mail.crl.toshiba.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailmanadmin/test The web page for users of your mailing list is: http://mail.crl.toshiba.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailmanlistinfo/test You can even customize these web pages from the list configuration page. However, you do need to know HTML to be able to do this. There is also an email-based interface for users (not administrators) of your list; you can get info about using it by sending a message with just the word `help' as subject or in the body, to: test-request(a)crl.toshiba.co.uk To unsubscribe a user: from the mailing list 'listinfo' web page, click on or enter the user's email address as if you were that user. Where that user would put in their password to unsubscribe, put in your admin password. You can also use your password to change member's options, including digestification, delivery disabling, etc. Please address all questions to mailman-admin(a)crl.toshiba.co.uk. _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com [View Less]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] web configuration interface
by Michael Gmail July 8, 2005

July 8, 2005

Thanks, I checked everything you suggested, but I still get "not found on this server" unless I enter the IP address manually, and the links on the config pages still point to mail.bdanube.net. Maybe there are cache files somewhere that I should delete, or templates I should edit? Thanks, Michael On Jul 7, 2005, at 5:46 PM, Dan Phillips wrote: > > On Jul 7, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Michael Gmail wrote: > >> I've got Mailman running (pre-installed) on Mac OS X Tiger, and list … [View More]>> messages are being delivered, but I'd like to do some configuration >> that isn't available through the Server Admin interface. Mailman >> seems to think the configuration web pages are in the http:// >> mail.bdanube.net/mailman/ directory path, but I can't connect there. >> I have public DNS records for bdanube.net and www.bdanube.net, but >> for mail.bdanube.net I have only an MX record, not an A record. I can >> access the mailman pages by replacing mail.bdanube.net with the >> server's LAN IP address in the browser's address bar, but internal >> links on the pages are broken too (I can kinda-sorta get them to work >> by saving the pages and editing them to change the link href's), and >> my admin password is always rejected when I try to log into the >> config page. I'm hoping that's due to the domain-name problem and not >> still another unrelated glitch. >> >> So what do I do now? Do I have to reconfigure Apache, or set up a >> local DNS server, or request a public A record for mail.bdanube.net, >> or what? I've looked at Apple's Tiger Server documentation as well as >> the online Mailman documentation linked from it, but so far I'm >> coming up empty. >> > > > Take a look at /usr/share/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py for the lines: > > DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'mail.bdanube.net' > DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'www.bdanube.net' > > If they're not there, add them > > In /etc/httpd/httpd.conf, check these lines: > > >> #### For Mac OS X Server: Uncomment this line to enable web-based >> #### configuration of mailman: >> ## >> Include /etc/httpd/httpd_mailman.conf >> >> > > Uncomment as instructed if needed. Then check /etc/httpd/ > httpd_mailman.conf for this: > > >> # Config file for linking the mailman mailing list manager to >> MacOSX Server Web Server. >> # >> # As noted in httpd.conf, you may uncomment an include directive >> in that file, which >> # points to this file, to enable access to mailman. >> # >> >> ScriptAlias /mailman/ "/usr/share/mailman/cgi-bin/" >> Alias /pipermail/ "/var/mailman/archives/public/" >> <Directory "/var/mailman/archives/public/"> >> Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews Indexes >> AllowOverride None >> Order allow,deny >> Allow from all >> </Directory> >> >> > > FWIW, I don't know why they separated it out into another file, > since the scriptalias directive can go directly in httpd.conf. Of > course Mailman and Apache will both need to be restarted for these > to take effect. > > Apple's GUI to Mailman is rather pathetic, IMHO. You're better off > using Mailman's native web interface. > > Dan > > > ================================ > Dan Phillips > Associate Professor of Horn, University of Memphis > site administrator: music.memphis.edu > > > -- Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely. [View Less]

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pipermail and external archiver
by Jean-Philippe GIOLA July 8, 2005

July 8, 2005

Hi all Is it possible to have both pipermail and an external archiver working together ? Im actually using un external archiver (it's an archiver in php that I have developped - it work very well!!) and when i go to my list archive page ("server/pipermail/list_name"), it say that there is no archive available for that list reguards -- Cordialement, Jean-Philippe Giola - 6577

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sql support
by Terry July 8, 2005

July 8, 2005

Hello, I have an existing db/table that contains the email, name, password. Does mailman support any other authentication methods? sql, pam, etc. Thanks!

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mailman problems (Mac OSX Server 10.4.1)
by Morgan R. Tamplin July 8, 2005

July 8, 2005

Hello, I'm having an odd problem with trying to set up mailman in 10.4.1 Server. It won't. All entries in the Server Admin Mailing lists window disappear when I press save. This happens whether or not Mail service is running. This happens for the initial Mailman list and all others I try to add. I've tried mailmanctl -s restart to clear any files that may be lying about, but it doesn't find any. Is there a script or something out there to restore mailman to its defaults as if it … [View More]

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hiding e-mail addresses in public archive
by Tomasz Kukielka July 7, 2005

July 7, 2005

Hello, I just set up a list using Mailman 2.1.5p1 (hope my web hoster upgrades to the latest version soon). I was wondering if there is an option to hide e-mail addresses of senders in the public archive - only in the archive and only e-mails, not names. Simple e-mail obfuscation (like joe at schmo dot com) is not good enough nowadays with more and more advanced/malicious e-mail harvesters. I could not find any documentation on this topic and I would be grateful if I could get a … [View More]

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