Mailman 3 September 2005 - Mailman-Users

questions on posting an e-mail
by Soo-Hyun Choi Sept. 29, 2005

Sept. 29, 2005

Hi, I've just installed the mailman in my Ubuntu system and set up a mailing list. I've gone through all the necessary steps stated in the Mailman Documentation including Apache installation. I have tested 'mylist' with a dummy (but working) e-mail address whether it really works or not. I've got a confirmation message and I've got a welcoming message thereafter. But! If I try to post a message on that list, it doesn't appear at all. I have disable digest option expecting to get the message right away, but it didn't work. The question here is: Is it possible that the mailman machine is sitting in a University's Computer Science Department such that the mailman machine is deliberately blocked by any incoming e-mail? Thank you.

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printing a manual
by Douglas B. Jones Sept. 29, 2005

Sept. 29, 2005

Hi, I am trying to print: http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-install.pdf Regardless on which computer (W2K or XP), I get: 'The document could not be printed' Is it somehow locked where it does not allow printing or is there some other factor? I am able to print other PDF files with no problem. Thanks!

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other thoughts about email commands
by Christopher Adams Sept. 29, 2005

Sept. 29, 2005

I sent an earlier message about list owner commands for subscribing, unsubsribing, etc. I do see now where I can prevent a approval message being sent to the subscriber. However, it looks like I will probably just make myself the owner and have the list owner send the subscribe and unsubscribe commands to the request address. I will initially set the password for everyone to be the same and the list owner will use that password for future subscriptions and unsubscriptions. I will end up doing the approving of all these requests. However, I have another question about issuing email commands for subscribing. In the web interface, I can add information along with the email address, by using the syntax "Joe Blow"<joe.blow(a)anywhere.com>. If I issue this by email, Mailman chokes on it. Here is an example. subscribe password address="Joe Blow"<joe.blow(a)anywhere.com>. Mailman seems confused by brackets and quotes. Any ideas how to do this via email? -- Christopher Adams

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Customize an Auto-Respond Message
by Felipe Sept. 29, 2005

Sept. 29, 2005

I've searched the archives but I can't find my solution. I want to customize the unsubscribe message which is automatically sent. The text now reads: You have been unsubscribed. ------------------ What I want is in carets below: <the name and address> has been unsubscribed.<line break> ----------------------------------- I cannot figure out how to get the name and address into the message, nor can I get the text to break. Is this possible? TIA, felipe.

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Host name problem
by Gregg Leslie Sept. 29, 2005

Sept. 29, 2005

I've recently set up mailman under SuSE Linux 9.3. When I was testing the new machine, I had its host name set to "linux.reporterscommittee.org". Now that it's ready (more or less) for prime time, I've changed the host name to www.reporterscommittee.org. But all the lists still want to use the linux address instead of the new "www" one. When I log in to admin pages, for instance, I get redirected to the linux address, and the page heading says "linux.reporterscommittee.org Mailing Lists". And all the list information sent to subscribers includes the linux address. I've confirmed that the word linux does not appear anywhere in the mm_cfg.py file or the sysconfig/mailman file, and it doesn't seem to be a problem with postfix (and all the other servers running), which works fine under the renamed setup. Am I missing something obvious? Or do I have to kill all the lists and start over? Gregg

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3 questions
by Victor Komarov Sept. 29, 2005

Sept. 29, 2005

Good day. I would like to do better working my Mailman 2.1.4 list. 1. Is it possible to save messages with attachment in archives? 2. My list is russian speaking. So, archive page http://schooner.coastlandtech.com/pipermail/speleo-info is in KOI-8R Character Coding. But each times they appear in brouser in ISO-8859-1 and user must handly to change in brouser encoding to KOI-8R. Do you know the way to solve this problem? 3. When I try to get the help file, I can't to get it by email... Come back message like this, without help file. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Komarov" <....> To: <speleo-info-request(a)speleoinfo.org> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 2:33 AM Subject: help Do you know the way to solve this problem? Thanks advance for help. Best of all. -- Victor Komarov

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Changing the from header
by Jeremy Leonard Sept. 28, 2005

Sept. 28, 2005

We just changed from Majordomo to Mailman. We use listserv for email announcements to members. We need to be able to send messages from specific users. We used to change the from header when we accepted messages in moderated lists. Is there a way to do this with Mailman? Scenario: Joe the CEO wants a message to go to all the members of our organization. His secretary creates the message and sends it to the list. She is also the moderator of the list. In Majordomo she would reply to the moderate email with the moderator password in the header and change the From: header to the Joe CEO of company. Is there a way to do a similar thing with Mailman? Setting the from address to the Listserv name isn't an option. Thanks, Jeremy

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Unsubscribe from All Lists on Webpage for User
by Lloyd F. Tennison Sept. 28, 2005

Sept. 28, 2005

I would like to be able to have a main page where a person can remove themselves from all lists on the server with just one command/entry. I know they can eventually get to the unsubscribe all button, but I want to be able to have an all button like some of the large list services have. I have thought of making a master list and having that on the main page - but cannot find an easy way to link to that unsubscribe all button. I do not see a way that the umbrella can help me here either.

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mailman archive doesn't word wrap
by Jim Poteet Sept. 28, 2005

Sept. 28, 2005

I'm having a problem with my archive not doing line wrapping, ie, each paragraph in a message shows as an infinitely long line that requires horizontal scrolling to read. The following message was posted on this list a couple of years ago, but the thread ended and I didn't see any further comment. Does anyone know if this is still applicable? Is it a global change or can it be done list by list? Are ISPs generally willing to make such a change? >From Tokio Kikuchi tkikuchi at is.kochi-u.ac.jp >Thu Feb 20 21:23:36 EST 2003 > > * Previous message: [Mailman-Users] Word wrap in archives > * Next message: [Mailman-Users] Another feature request (for >email commands) > * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] >> >Hi, > >There are constants in Mailman/Archiver/HyperArch.py >class HyperArchive(pipermail.T): > > SHOWHTML = 0 # Eg, nuke leading whitespace in html manner. > SHOWBR = 0 # Add <br> onto every line > >If you chenge both to 1, then you will get long lines wrapped at >the end of the browser width. > >Tokio

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Hidden Members
by Jim Poteet Sept. 28, 2005

Sept. 28, 2005

I have a list that is used for announcement-only type postings and which is infrequently used. I'm getting post-confirmation requests for a couple of members that I can't find in the membership list. I'm assuming these are members who opted to be hidden. One of the post confirmations is coming directly from the member who has done a reply trying to unsubscribe, so I can email him and tell him the correct way to unsubscribe. The other post confirmation is from AOL saying that the member doesn't have a post office box, so apparently he'll stay in the member list until bounce processing stops delivery (but he'll still be in the list, right?). Is there any way I can get rid of these hidden members from within the browser admin panels. Thanks ... Jim

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