Mailman 3 July 2005 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] "No such list mailman" after creating list -Possibly Solved?
by Josh Simoneau July 27, 2005

July 27, 2005

John, That did it for me, there was a config file in /etc/httpd/conf.d. I haven't toyed much with that part of Apache in years and forgot that existed. Thanks! Regards, Josh Simoneau -----Original Message----- From: John Dennis [mailto:jdennis@redhat.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:47 PM To: Josh Simoneau Cc: mailman-users(a)python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] "No such list mailman" after creating list -Possibly Solved? On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 11:18 -0400, Josh Simoneau wrote: > … [View More]

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Need assist w/ VERP, Qmail and confirmation emails
by Leo A. Notenboom July 26, 2005

July 26, 2005

I've inherritted a mailman install, and we're seeing a LOT of failure-to-confirm which we believe is, in part, because of confirmation mail's subject line. Background: - Using Mailman version: 2.1.5 - Installed via rpm (I believe) on - Linux * 2.4.21-27.0.2.EL #1 Wed Jan 12 23:35:46 EST 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux - QMail is on the server I start with the obvious FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.052.htp And the "qmail VERP-enabled delivery handler" … [View More]

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Mailman and XMail - No forwarding
by Wiel July 26, 2005

July 26, 2005

I installed Mailman on top of XMail following the guidelines of http://www.ubaight.com/xmail/BeginnersGuide.html. I now receive mails that are sent by the admin but mails sent to the list are not forwarded to the members. All qrunners are launched and the mail method has been set to SMTPdirect. What's wrong? Does anybody know a way to debug this behavior? System: Suse Linux Wiel

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming messages are not received in Mailman+ Postfix
by roy vinner July 26, 2005

July 26, 2005

John Dennis wrote: > On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 12:56 -0500, roy vinner wrote: > >>My output is: >>tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN >> <snipped> > The output above is saying you're only listening on your local > interface, thats a problem, nobody can connect to you. Postfix's > inet_interfaces parameter is what controls what postfix listens to. To > see your current postfix configuration do this: > > % … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] "No such list mailman" after creating list - Possibly Solved?
by Josh Simoneau July 26, 2005

July 26, 2005

Alrighty, thanks everyone for the help, I solved (or at least worked-around) the issue. Apparently someone some time ago installed a mailman RPM onto this server and just left it for dead without setting up postfix and all that jazz. It installed everything into /var/mailman where I am installing everything into /usr/local/mailman. For some reason my web server was looking to /var/mailman for data, even though I cannot find anything in httpd.conf that points to /var/mailman. So, while I was … [View More]happily updating and tinkering with everything in /usr/local/mailman Apache was looking to the wrong place and not finding the lists or proper passwords. So, my last challenge is to figure out why Apache is looking to /var/mailman where I can't find anything in the config to tell it to look there. Maybe its somewhere else. For a workaround I just renamed the /var/mailman directory and created a symbolic link from /var/mailman to /usr/local/mailman. It works, but I still want to know how to get Apache to look to the right spot. I do have in httpd.conf: ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/ Alias /pipermail/ /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/ That's not really the job of you folks here to troubleshoot Apache issues, but if someone is feeling kind.... Thanks again, Josh -----Original Message----- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:msapiro@value.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 11:05 AM To: Josh Simoneau; mailman-users(a)python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] "No such list mailman" after creating list Josh Simoneau wrote: >The mailman list exists. I created it as defined in the installation >manual, it sent an email to the given email address, and it appears to >work properly on the email exchanging side of things. The web >administration side of things, however, does not work at all. It says >the list does not exist. > >If I create a new list with the command line, again it sends out the >appropriate email to the new list administrator. If I execute the >'list-lists' command (syntax could be off on that) it lists the mailman >list, along with any others I have created. Any new list has the same >issue, web administration fails, only with "admin.py access for >non-existant list: whatevernewlistname". This has to be a case of the web server not being able to access the lists/ directory or its subordinates. If bin/check_perms finds no problems, maybe its a SELinux issue. -- Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan [View Less]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] "No such list mailman" after creating list
by Josh Simoneau July 26, 2005

July 26, 2005

The mailman list exists. I created it as defined in the installation manual, it sent an email to the given email address, and it appears to work properly on the email exchanging side of things. The web administration side of things, however, does not work at all. It says the list does not exist. If I create a new list with the command line, again it sends out the appropriate email to the new list administrator. If I execute the 'list-lists' command (syntax could be off on that) it lists the … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] "No such list mailman" after creating list
by Josh Simoneau July 26, 2005

July 26, 2005

Thank you John for your reply. I know it's the next week, but maybe yourself or someone else can give me another hint. I am still having this problem on one system. I setup mailman on another similar (but non-identical) system and got it working, but now I'm back to the first server. Everything in mailman/cgi-bin is mailman:mailman. I have run bin/checkperms and everything comes out okay. I did a ./configure --with-cgi-id=apache --with-cgi-gid=apache as that is what is given in my apache … [View More]configuration for group and user, followed by a 'make' and 'make install'. Perhaps there is still a permissions problem, is there another spot I should check? I'll repost the errors I am getting in the mailman error log: Jul 26 10:14:25 2005 (21872) admin.py access for non-existent list: mailman Jul 26 10:14:26 2005 (21873) admin.py access for non-existent list: mailman Jul 26 10:17:31 2005 (21889) admin.py access for non-existent list: mailman Jul 26 10:18:43 2005 (21899) admin.py access for non-existent list: mailman Many Thanks, Josh Simoneau LMT Computer Systems (585) 784-7470 x4 -----Original Message----- From: mailman-users-bounces+jsimoneau=lmtcs.com(a)python.org [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+jsimoneau=lmtcs.com@python.org] On Behalf Of John Dennis Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 12:44 PM To: mailman-users(a)python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] "No such list mailman" after creating list On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 12:25 -0400, Josh Simoneau wrote: > Greetings, > > Installed 2.1.5 today and have been tinkering. I followed the > installation document and everything went fine, except this one problem. > > I can create lists (such as the mailman list) and mailman emails the > given user to let them know about the new list. I can create new lists > from the command line, no errors, email sent out. When I execute > "list_lists" all the lists I have created are displayed as expected. > > However, if I go to http://mydomain.com/mailman/admin/mailman at the > top of the mailman page it says "No such list mailman" same goes for > other lists I have created (No such list anotherlistname). If I view > the error log, it says "admin.py access for non-existent list: > mailman". So apparently something is not seeing the list as existing. > > Another interesting thing is when I try to create a list using the web > interface, it tells me "Error: You are not authorized to create new > mailing lists". I have tried both the site admin and list creator > passwords, I have tried resetting them to new passwords, nothing works. > > Can someone point me in the direction I should look to resolve this? I suspect you may have a permissions problem when executing code via the web interface such that mailman does not have permission to read its files when invoked from a cgi script. Were you the mailman user when you created those initial lists? Are the files in mailman/cgi-bin suid mailman and group mailman? Are the list files that were created group mailman? You might try running mailman/bin/check_perms and if there are problems run it again with the -f argument to "fix" Also make sure what you used as --with-cgi-id --with-cgi-gid when you built mailman matches the id's used by your webserver. -- John Dennis <jdennis(a)redhat.com> ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/jsimoneau%40lmtcs.c om Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp [View Less]

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how to unsubscribe from list?
by Jessica Martin July 26, 2005

July 26, 2005

sorry to trouble you with this simple request but its not obvious on the site. -Jessica

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Incoming messages are not received in Mailman + Postfix
by roy vinner July 26, 2005

July 26, 2005

Greetings! I am having a problem with receiving any mail by the web server. On the other hand, outgoing mail is deliver okay. I suspect that it may be due to a misconfigured postfix. I have tried all of the steps in the faq without any avail: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.014.htp . I've installed Mailman 2.1.6 from source on Mandrake 10.1 and followed the instructions for Mailman+ Postfix. I have also checked all the logs as per the faq entry and syslog:… [View More] all of them seem to be fine. Any help will be appreciated. Roy My files are below. aliases: # This file is generated by Mailman, and is kept in sync with the # binary hash file aliases.db. YOU SHOULD NOT MANUALLY EDIT THIS FILE # unless you know what you're doing, and can keep the two files properly # in sync. If you screw it up, you're on your own. # The ultimate loop stopper address mailman-loop: /usr/local/mailman/data/owner-bounces.mbox # STANZA START: mailman # CREATED: Mon Jul 25 17:19:03 2005 mailman: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" mailman-admin: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" mailman-bounces: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman" mailman-confirm: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman" mailman-join: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman" mailman-leave: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman" mailman-owner: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman" mailman-request: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman" mailman-subscribe: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman" mailman-unsubscribe: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman" # STANZA END: mailman # STANZA START: dan_test # CREATED: Mon Jul 25 17:19:03 2005 dan_test: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post dan_test" dan_test-admin: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin dan_test" dan_test-bounces: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces dan_test" dan_test-confirm: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm dan_test" dan_test-join: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join dan_test" dan_test-leave: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave dan_test" dan_test-owner: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner dan_test" dan_test-request: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request dan_test" dan_test-subscribe: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe dan_test" dan_test-unsubscribe: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe dan_test" # STANZA END: dan_test # STANZA START: try # CREATED: Mon Jul 25 17:19:03 2005 try: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post try" try-admin: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin try" try-bounces: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces try" try-confirm: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm try" try-join: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join try" try-leave: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave try" try-owner: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner try" try-request: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request try" try-subscribe: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe try" try-unsubscribe: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe try" # STANZA END: try virtual-mail: mailman.nrg.wustl.edu IGNORE @mailman.nrg.wustl.edu @nrg.wustl.edu virtusertable: ## ## Example virtusertable for use with a Mailman site running mm-handler. ## ## $Id: virtusertable,v 1.1 2001/10/27 02:30:51 bwarsaw Exp $ ## ## ## My server's hostname is nospam, but we don't honor that as a ## Mailman mail domain. Anything @nospam.uchicago.edu should be ## forwarded to our master Mailman admin address. ## #(a)nospam.uchicago.edu mailman-owner(a)midway.uchicago.edu @mailman.nrg.wustl.edu mailman-owner(a)nrg.wustl.edu ## ## Redirect mail to the standard Mailman admin addresses to the ## master admin address. (Midway.uchicago.edu is our site's central ## mail-routing server, and it carries aliases for maintenance groups. ## Not a good plan to entrust Mailman maintenance mail to Mailman.) ## mailman(a)mailman.nrg.wustl.edu mailman-owner(a)nrg.wustl.edu mailman-owner(a)mailman.nrg.wustl.edu mailman-owner(a)nrg.wustl.edu ## ## These addresses are required or recommended either by convention ## or by RFC 2142, "Mailbox Names for Common Services, Roles and ## Functions". Honor them. ## MAILER-DAEMON(a)mailman.nrg.wustl.edu mailman-owner(a)nrg.wustl.edu postmaster(a)mailman.nrg.wustl.edu mailman-owner(a)nrg.wustl.edu webmaster(a)mailman.nrg.wustl.edu mailman-owner(a)nrg.wustl.edu abuse(a)mailman.nrg.wustl.edu nrgweb(a)nrg.wustl.edu root(a)mailman.nrg.wustl.edu nrgweb(a)nrg.wustl.edu main.cf: # These are only the parameters changed from a default install # see /etc/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, fuller version of this file. # These are changed by postfix install script readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/README_FILES sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/samples html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/html sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop command_directory = /usr/sbin manpage_directory = /usr/share/man daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix mail_owner = postfix # User configurable parameters inet_interfaces = localhost mynetworks_style = host delay_warning_time = 4h smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name ($mail_version) (Mandrake Linux) unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 smtp-filter_destination_concurrency_limit = 2 lmtp-filter_destination_concurrency_limit = 2 smtpd_sasl_path = /etc/postfix/sasl:/usr/lib/sasl2 owner_request_special = no recipient_delimiter = + #the last 2 lines were added by Roy in accord with the Mailman installation instructions. #the following lines are added after examining /etc/postfix/main.cf.dist #and /etc/postfix/virtual by Roy virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual, hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mail, hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/virtusertable #for debugging: taken from # file:///usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/postfix-users-faq.html#lginc debug_peer_list = nrg.wustl.edu debug_peer_level = 2 mm_cfg.py: # -*- python -*- # Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001,2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 # of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. """This module contains your site-specific settings. From a brand new distribution it should be copied to mm_cfg.py. If you already have an mm_cfg.py, be careful to add in only the new settings you want. Mailman's installation procedure will never overwrite your mm_cfg.py file. The complete set of distributed defaults, with documentation, are in the file Defaults.py. In mm_cfg.py, override only those you want to change, after the from Defaults import * line (see below). Note that these are just default settings; many can be overridden via the administrator and user interfaces on a per-list or per-user basis. """ ############################################### # Here's where we get the distributed defaults. from Defaults import * ################################################## # Put YOUR site-specific settings below this line. OWNERS_CAN_DELETE_THEIR_OWN_LISTS = Yes MTA = 'Postfix' IMAGE_LOGOS = '/images/' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST='artsci.wustl.edu' DEFAULT_URL_HOST='nrg.wustl.edu' add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) #describe virtual domains, which are not mentioned in /etc/postfix/main.cf, # or do not have a virtual domain file (currently at # /usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-* containing the following lines: # # dom1.ain IGNORE # @dom1.ain @mail.dom1.ain #this tells Postfix to deliver anything addressed to dom1.ain to the # same mailbox at mail.dom1.com # #POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['dom3.ain', 'dom3.ain'] POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['www.nrg.wustl.edu','mailman.nrg.wustl.edu'] add_virtualhost('www.nrg.wustl.edu', 'mailman.nrg.wustl.edu') add_virtualhost('www.nrg.wustl.edu', 'nrg.wustl.edu') #add a line giving the explicit IP address of the local host. There's a line #SMTPHOST = localhost in Defaults.py, and this will be overridden SMTPHOST = 'nrg.wustl.edu' postconf -n: command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 debug_peer_list = nrg.wustl.edu delay_warning_time = 4h html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/html inet_interfaces = localhost mail_owner = postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix manpage_directory = /usr/share/man mynetworks_style = host newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix owner_request_special = no queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/README_FILES recipient_delimiter = + sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.4/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name ($mail_version) (Mandrake Linux) smtpd_sasl_path = /etc/postfix/sasl:/usr/lib/sasl2 unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual, hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/virtual-mail, hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/virtusertable [View Less]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Umbrella Lists
by Marc Silverman July 26, 2005

July 26, 2005

Yes, this seems to be the solution, thank you Dan and JC for your posts in response! --Marc July 26, 2005 @ 8:52 AM -------------------------------------------------- Marc Silverman Web Development and Hosting New York, NY 10023 Email: marc(a)silvermarc.com Website: http://SilverMarc.com Hosting: http://XYZservers.com/hosting -------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Phillips <dhphllps(a)memphis.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:24:21 -0500 To: Marc Silverman <… [View More]

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