Mailman 3 September 2005 - Mailman-Users

Exporting subscribers list
by Arlequín Oct. 19, 2005

Oct. 19, 2005

Hello, there! I am using MailMain trough its web-based interface. I don't have access to the server where its runs, because it's a third-party hosting company which provides me the MailMan service. I want to export the subscribers list in a format like this: subscriber1(a)mydomain.com subscriber2(a)mydomain.com . . . . . . . subscriber9(a)mydomain.com I wasn't able to find the way to perform this operation, searching deeply into the options tree. Is it possible to obtain this kind of list? T.I.A. -- Arlequín _o) amahoro_AT_adinet_DOT_com_DOT_uy / \\ http://counter.li.org/ _(___V Linux Registered User #207262

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Can we use an external mail server with mailman ?
by julien grosjean Oct. 16, 2005

Oct. 16, 2005

Hi everybody, I have a problem for the configuration of mailman with an external mail server Here is a complement of informations about my first mail : http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/msg34423.html SETUP DETAILS : I install mailman 2.1.5 on my CentOS distro. I setup mm_cfg conf file like this : ##start file DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'extranet-proxiad.com' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'proxiad.com' add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) IMAGE_LOGOS = '/icons/' MTA = 'Postfix' ###end file MAIL SERVER DETAILS My Mail Server is NOT on the same server than my mailman server... My mail server is proxiad.com (217.109.179.10) with smtp.proxiad.com and pop.proxiad.com (This server requiert an authentification... ) My mailman server is extranet-proxiad.com (193.252.219.206) All emails are create on the mail server. The mail server receive the mail correctly. With my mail client, test(a)proxiad.com receive the mail, but not suscribers... THE PROBLEM : I create a test list via web interface. We can suscribe to the list, but the problem is than when we sent an email to the list email, such as test(a)proxiad.com, just this email receive the mail... Only test(a)proxiad.com receive the mail from the sender... Is there a configuration to make ? Perhaps there is an aliases problem ? Should aliases be on the mail server or on the mailman server ? here is my /etc/aliases file : mailman: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" mailman-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" mailman-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman" mailman-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman" mailman-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman" mailman-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman" mailman-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman" mailman-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman" mailman-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman" mailman-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman" test: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post test" test-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin test" test-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces test" test-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm test" test-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join test" test-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave test" test-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner test" test-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request test" test-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe test" test-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe test" I ran newaliases command. I am aware that there is a flag to prevent a sender from receiving their own post... Logs are not very usefull... no error is reported... Can we use an external mail server with mailman running on another server ? All advices are welcome... Many thanks...

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attachements question
by Manuel Kissoyan Oct. 7, 2005

Oct. 7, 2005

Hi, Wondering if someone know the answer of this, made for one of our clients... "With the mailman software for mailing lists, it has the option of scrubbing attatchments to the list and converts them to a link for people who are on the list to click on to get the attatchment rather than everyone having to download it. My question is, how long are these files saved for people to download and are they automatically deleted after a while? Is there a way for me to manually go in and delete them so they dont build up and take up server space? Im assuming they self delete after a while because clicking on one of the link now indicates its not there." Thank you in advance!

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mmdsr -- Mailman Daily Status Reports (Bourne shell script, updated)
by Brad Knowles Oct. 1, 2005

Oct. 1, 2005

Folks, Just wanted to let you know that I've updated the version of the script attached to the patch at <https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1123383&group_id=…>. This is the latest version, and we're currently using this to monitor the mailing lists on python.org. Any comments you may have will be appreciated. Thanks! -- Brad Knowles, <brad(a)stop.mail-abuse.org> "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 SAGE member since 1995. See <http://www.sage.org/> for more info.

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mailman slowing down
by Con Wieland Sept. 30, 2005

Sept. 30, 2005

I posted a message earlier about this and am still investigating. Brad was kind enough to point me at the FAQ's on performance and I found this section on QRUNNER which is where I think the problem is. Does anyone know if these settings apply to 2.1.4 I am not able to find them in my current configuration or any reference to them. QRUNNER_LOCK_LIFETIME = hours(10) QRUNNER_PROCESS_LIFETIME = minutes(15) QRUNNER_MAX_MESSAGES = 300 Con Wieland Network and Academic Computing Services University of California at Irvine

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virtual host setup
by trichard＠techovations.com Sept. 30, 2005

Sept. 30, 2005

I'm having a problem getting my virtual hosts setup. I have 2 domains www.a.com and www.b.com. Here is what I have in my mm_cfg.py file. I also have them running on my mail server thus the 8122 is required. from Defaults import * add_virtualhost('www.a.com:8122', 'a.com') add_virtualhost('www.b.com:8122', 'b.com') ALLOW_SITE_ADMIN_COOKIES = 1 I've created 3 lists the default mailman, test1 (should be for test1(a)a.com), test2(should be for test2(a)b.com). When I got to http://www.a.com:8122/mailman/admin/ It shows me the lists for mailman, test2 but not test1 And then when I got to http://www.a.com:8122/mailman/admin/ It says there are not published lists. I'm not sure what the problem is now. I imagine it is the way I set up my virtualhosts. One other thing is that some links on the mailman pages are linking to www.a.com:8122 and some are linking to www.a.com Any help would be great. Thanks Troy

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Resetting the Default URL
by trichard＠techovations.com Sept. 30, 2005

Sept. 30, 2005

I'm having a problem. I cannot remember how to reset the default url. I initially set it as www.mysite.com and want it to be www.mysite.com:8888. Thanks Troy

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Re: [Mailman-Users] doesn't work...
by kalin mintchev Sept. 30, 2005

Sept. 30, 2005

and this - executed in the directory of the aaac list: who cares if s/he is a member - just get it out... why would you need to assertIsMember?!? doesn't make sense.... [~/aaac]# grep -rl johnwang(a)aabdc.com * [~/aaac]# ../../bin/remove_members -a -n -N aaac Traceback (most recent call last): File "../../bin/remove_members", line 186, in ? main() File "../../bin/remove_members", line 176, in main admin_notif, userack) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 990, in ApprovedDeleteMember self.removeMember(emailaddr) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/OldStyleMemberships.py", line 220, in removeMember self.__assertIsMember(member) File "/var/mailman/Mailman/OldStyleMemberships.py", line 113, in __assertIsMember raise Errors.NotAMemberError, member Mailman.Errors.NotAMemberError: johnwang(a)aabdc.com > > > or explain this please... thank you: > > # ./add_members -a n -w n -r - aaac > johnwang(a)aabdc.com > Subscribed: johnwang(a)aabdc.com > # ./remove_members -a -n -N aaac > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "./remove_members", line 186, in ? > main() > File "./remove_members", line 176, in main > admin_notif, userack) > File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 990, in > ApprovedDeleteMember > self.removeMember(emailaddr) > File "/var/mailman/Mailman/OldStyleMemberships.py", line 220, in > removeMember > self.__assertIsMember(member) > File "/var/mailman/Mailman/OldStyleMemberships.py", line 113, in > __assertIsMember > raise Errors.NotAMemberError, member > Mailman.Errors.NotAMemberError: johnwang(a)aabdc.com > > > > >> >> can somebody explain this please?... thanks.... >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> # ./remove_members -n -N aaac johnwang(a)aabdc.com >> # ./remove_members -a -n -N aaac >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "./remove_members", line 186, in ? >> main() >> File "./remove_members", line 176, in main >> admin_notif, userack) >> File "/var/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 990, in >> ApprovedDeleteMember >> self.removeMember(emailaddr) >> File "/var/mailman/Mailman/OldStyleMemberships.py", line 220, in >> removeMember >> self.__assertIsMember(member) >> File "/var/mailman/Mailman/OldStyleMemberships.py", line 113, in >> __assertIsMember >> raise Errors.NotAMemberError, member >> Mailman.Errors.NotAMemberError: johnwang(a)aabdc.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/kalin%40el.net >> >> Security Policy: >> http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp >> > > > -- > > > --

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Fwd: Small reply address problem
by Richard Barrett Sept. 30, 2005

Sept. 30, 2005

Read the FAQ Luke (the entry Brad suggested). See near the bottom of this FAQ page: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq02.003.htp for a hack to "improve" what Outlook displays in its GUI field by modifying the Sender field on the outbound mail from Mailman. The line number in Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py is 353 in MM 2.1.6 (near the top of the function def bulkdeliver). Contrary to Mark's assertion, this should not break bounce handling because the return address for bounce processing should be taken from the SMTP envelope From not from the Sender: header field of the message. These two values do not have to be the same. Mark Sapiro msapiro at value.net wrote: paul collen wrote: > >Yep, works fine in any client apart from Outlook!! ;o) > >Does anybody know how to manually edit the Sender address mailman uses? If you do this (by modifying code), you'll break automated bounce processing. -- Mark Sapiro <msapiro at value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

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mailman slow
by Con Wieland Sept. 30, 2005

Sept. 30, 2005

Hello, Running version 2.1.4 it seems that mail is taking longer and longer. What used to take a few minutes is now taking an hour or two to get thru Mailman. Top indicates the machine is not busy and the mail is not in the queue. It seems to be waiting in the mailman process. Any ideas? I'm stumped at this point. As always any ideas are appreciated. Con Wieland Network and Computing Services University of California at Irvine

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