Mailman 3 November 2006 - Mailman-Users

personalization and limiting number of emails to MTA
by Zbigniew Szalbot 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Hello, Is it possible within Mailman 2.1.9 to limit the number of emails sent to an MTA responsible for delivery so that not all of them are passed on one connection? I have a mls with about 600 addresses and the list is set to full personalization (monthly anounce list). When I ran it for the first time yesterday I saw mailman delivering about half of the emails on one connection and probably second half after a slight pause. This pause may have been caused by my (old) machine not able to cope with so many emails at one time. I just do not know. What I am looking for is limiting the number of emails sent by mailman to MTA to some custom defined value. Is this possible and if so then how? Thank you! -- Zbigniew Szalbot

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Re: [Mailman-Users] How to setup umbrella lists
by Patrick Bogen 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

It reportedly applies properly to 2.1.8.. I don't know if anyone's tried it against 2.1.9. If you're worried, just make a backup of everything before you patch it. - Patrick Bogen P.s., please keep all replies on-list On 11/30/06, Todd Seeleman <seeleman(a)gse.upenn.edu> wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > I looked at the patch and it doesn't specifically mention mailman 2.1.9. > Will the patch work for that version? > > Todd Seeleman > > Patrick Bogen wrote: > > On 11/30/06, Lonnie Norton <lonnie(a)norton.utah.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> There is a "umbrella_list" setting in the "General Options" for my > >> lists but I'm not sure how I'm supposed to setup the umbrella list to > >> allow posting from people who are on the sub lists. Has someone written an > >> explanation of this procedure? > > > > There is a patch available that will allow you to reference other > > lists' memberships in the accept_these_nonmembers field. The > > 'umbrella_list' setting is really just an accessory, which redirects > > notifications (e.g., periodic password notifications) to sublist-owner > > instead of just sublist (in which case everyone on the sublist would > > see sublist's password! Oops!). > > > > The patch, I believe, is here: > > <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1220144&group_id=1…> > > > > > > Additionally, each sublist either needs 'require_explicit_destination' > > set to 'No,' or the address of the umbrella list added to > > 'acceptable_aliases'. > > > > There may be something I'm missing, but I think that's everything. > > > > -- > > *************************************************************** > Todd Seeleman, Systems Analyst > Penn Graduate School of Education > 3440 Market Street, Rm 477 email: seeleman(a)gse.upenn.edu > Philadelphia, PA. 19104-3325 phone: 215-573-8378 > *************************************************************** > > -- - Patrick Bogen

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Sending emails via Mailman Issue
by Saxvik, Ben 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Hi Patrick, Thanks for your reply. Yes the MTA is running on the mailman machine. No I have not changed the options SMTPHOST and SMTPPORT, they are still set to their default settings. SMTPHOST 'localhost' SMTPPORT '0'. Regards, Ben -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Bogen [mailto:pdbogen@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, 30 November 2006 2:37 PM To: Saxvik, Ben Cc: mailman-users(a)python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Sending emails via Mailman Issue On 11/29/06, Saxvik, Ben <bsaxvik(a)sunrice.com.au> wrote: > "Low level smtp error: (111, 'Connection refused') msgid:" Have you overriden the 'SMTPHOST' or 'SMTPPORT' options in mm_cfg.py? Alternatively, have you changed one of them in Defaults.py? (The latter would be a bad thing). The default SMTPHOST is 'localhost', and the port is 0, which means the default. If you aren't running an MTA on the machine running Mailman (from what I understand, you are?), you'll need to change them. If you've changed them to something else, that may be the problem. -- - Patrick Bogen

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mm-handler setup, new domain
by David Abrahams 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

I am trying to set up Mailman at boost-consulting.com, which uses Sendmail. The README states: mm-handler is only really useful when it mostly "owns" its mail domain So I am inclined to simply point a DNS record for lists.boost-consulting.com at the same IP address and go from there. Is there any reason that shouldn't work out peachily, and are there any pitfalls I need to watch out for? Thanks in advance, -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com

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Using spam filters on subject line
by Bob McLeran 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Using Mailman 2.1.9 as a list administrator. Trying to block posts with string "test" in the subject line but would like to automatically approve certain subjects with the same string, such as "testing engine components" - is this possible under either "Header Filter Rules" or "Bounce Matching Headers" in the Privacy Options/Spam Filters section? Bob

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problem creating list, unknow language
by Thomas Spuhler 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

When creating a new list, (my first list) I get: [root@aargau thomas]# newlist Create a new, unpopulated mailing list. . . . Note that listnames are forced to lowercase. Unknown language: en_US [root@aargau thomas]# Same with other languages such as de or fr It's on a Mandriva 2007 box, worked on 2006 even using mailman-2.1.6 from 2006 There is nothing in the log. -- Best regards Thomas Spuhler

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Sending emails via Mailman Issue
by Saxvik, Ben 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Hi All, I'm fairly new to mailman and have just recently installed it (version 2.1.9) on a Fedora 6 VM. The installation went well with no major issues. Though the problem I'm having at the moment is when every time mailman try's to send a message the following error appears in the smtp-failure log underneath the mailman logs directory. "Low level smtp error: (111, 'Connection refused') msgid:" I'm using sendmail as my mail server version 8.13.8 and my Python version is 2.4.4 As yet I have been unable to locate a solution to this issue and was hoping that somebody may be able to provide some guidance. Thanks, Ben

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mm-handler setup, new domain
by David Abrahams 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

I am trying to set up Mailman at boost-consulting.com, which uses Sendmail. The README states: mm-handler is only really useful when it mostly "owns" its mail domain So I am inclined to simply point a DNS record for lists.boost-consulting.com at the same IP address and go from there. Is there any reason that shouldn't work out peachily, and are there any pitfalls I need to watch out for? Thanks in advance, -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com

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how to make a list private?
by Jana Nguyen 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Hi, I want to make my mailing list private for admin to view only. But my list keep on displaying publically at <host>mailman/lisinfo. Although, I've selected the "Private options" of the configuration admin page to set "Who can view subscription list?" to "List Admin Only". But when I got back to the <host>mailman/listinfo the list are still displayed. Any help are appreciated. Thanks!

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Mailman and (really) large lists
by Mathias Andre 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Hi everyone, The organisation I work for is in the process of migrating our currentmailing lists (using majordomo) to Mailman. In parallel of this migration we have been ask to set up a very large mailing list: between 15000 to 25000 users. This would be a moderated list (actually more like some kind of newsletter). I was wondering how well would mailman cope with such a large list. Has any of you done anything similar? I'm open to any suggestions and recommendations, would you recommend using Mailman or simply using aliases? Thank you in advance, Mathias

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