Mailman 3 March 2006 - Mailman-Users

Renaming or Deleting a List
by David Andrews March 13, 2006

March 13, 2006

Hi: Is it possible to rename a list -- a major rename that is, not just case change that is mentioned in web interface? If not, how do you delete a list -- and save or transfer its members? Thanks! Dave David Andrews and white cane Harry.

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Running a script on subscribe/unsubscribe?
by Dragon March 13, 2006

March 13, 2006

I have a list where I have provided a number of web features for members. I have implemented a script to extract the email address and password for each user and then update the password files for Apache authentication for the list web directories. This script also does a lot of additional set up for these features. I currently have this script set up as a cron job. I would prefer to have it run only when a user actually subscribes or unsubscribes. I've looked through the FAQ and have not found anything that I thought was applicable to doing this. Does anyone have an idea on how this could be done? Thanks in advance. Dragon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venimus, Saltavimus, Bibimus (et naribus canium capti sumus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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qrunners exiting
by George Barnett March 13, 2006

March 13, 2006

Hello, In our setup, we see a number of our queue runners exiting during their daily operation: Mar 13 14:20:03 2006 (5122) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit (pid: 5126, sig: None, sts: 1, class: BounceRunner, slice: 2/2) [restarting] Mar 13 14:20:04 2006 (5218) BounceRunner qrunner started. Mar 13 14:25:28 2006 (5122) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit (pid: 5132, sig: None, sts: 1, class: OutgoingRunner, slice: 2/2) [restarting] Mar 13 14:25:28 2006 (5314) OutgoingRunner qrunner started. Mar 13 16:20:49 2006 (5122) Master qrunner detected subprocess exit (pid: 5123, sig: None, sts: 1, class: ArchRunner, slice: 1/2) [restarting] Mar 13 16:20:50 2006 (6619) ArchRunner qrunner started. There are no errors in the error log when this happens, however, every now and then we see: Mar 13 11:26:42 2006 (23030) Qrunner ArchRunner reached maximum restart limit of 10, not restarting. At this stage, mail starts backing up in the archive queue and isn't delivered until mailman is restarted. After having a dig through the archive, I added MAX_RESTARTS = 10000 to the config file in the hope that this would solve the problem, however it's continued to his this limit of 10. Can anybody offer any help on why this may be happening or any debugs I can enable? Thanks in advance, George -- George Barnett Reality Engineer m: (+44) 797 457 1868 e: george(a)alink.co.za Perfection is finally attained, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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renaming lists
by Dave Stern March 13, 2006

March 13, 2006

We have a number of departments with similarly-sounding lists as well as some that replicate others. To streamline and simplify, I intend to rename some lists. The FAQ describe how to move and redirect lists but this isn't quite what I want. In some cases, some lists will swap names (ie ListX is renamed to ListY and ListY is renamed to listX so web redirect wont work. OTOH, it's not an issue since the web interface is just used by the few list admins who've already agreed to new names, web paths, perhaps even resetting their admin passwords). Also none of the lists have archives. With that in mind, I'm hoping I can just swap their config.pck files (after turning off sendmail and qrunner). Is this doable? Thanks =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- generated by /dev/dave -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Stern University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

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Setting up an open-posting list
by H. Wade Minter March 13, 2006

March 13, 2006

I'm trying to configure a Mailman 2.1.6 installation to have an open-posting list. That is, mail from nonmembers should be immediately accepted and forwarded to the list. In Privacy Options -> Sender Filters, I have generic_nonmember_action set to Accept. I also have accept_these_nonmembers set to a regexp of "^.*", and all other _these_nonmembers options are blank. However, nonmember mail keeps getting sent to the list moderator for approval. Am I missing a setting to allow open posting? Thanks, Wade

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman List Migration to Another Server
by Kucera, Rich March 13, 2006

March 13, 2006

Have you tried (from mailman install dir): For i in `ls lists` Do bin/withlist -l -r fix_url $i --urlhost=newhost.do.main done HTH, -Rich

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subscriber filters
by Jim Popovitch March 12, 2006

March 12, 2006

Is there a way to require approval for all subscribers expect for those emails/domains that match a certain pattern? Thx, -Jim P.

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Create new list fails - unknown virtual host...
by Andre Tann March 12, 2006

March 12, 2006

Hello everyone, when trying to create a new list through the web interface, Mailman says "unknown virtual host: mailsrv". "mailsrv" is the name of the local machine. I can't find which setting is wrong - can someone give me a hint? I have set in my mm_cfg.py: [...] DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'domain.net' DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'www.domain.net' MTA = 'Postfix' SMTPHOST = 'localhost' SMTPPORT = '25' add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) VIRTUAL_HOSTS = {'mailsrv.domain.lan':'domain.lan'} [...] Where: - the host where Mailman is running on is _not_ the MX for domain.net, but it is linked to the MX by a fetchmail link. - mailsrv.domain.lan is the name of the host where Mailman is running on - domain.lan is the local domain What to do? -- Andre Tann

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Post Requires Approval
by bethelweb March 11, 2006

March 11, 2006

Hello all, No doubt, a question of ignorance, but I've not found the answer. I created a list. I sent this email to the list and I get the email below. I am the moderator, but I don't recall setting a password and the link that came with the email below requires a password. Where did I go wrong? Thanks, Mike Dugan -----Original Message----- From: Bethelmen-owner(a)bethelassembly.org [mailto:Bethelmen-owner@bethelassembly.org] Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 4:07 PM To: Bethelmen-owner(a)bethelassembly.org Subject: Bethelmen post from bethel01(a)bethelassembly.org requires approval As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the following mailing list posting: List: Bethelmen(a)bethelassembly.org From: bethel01(a)bethelassembly.org Subject: TEST - PLEASE IGNORE Reason: Post by non-member to a members-only list At your convenience, visit: http://bethelassembly.org/mailman/admindb/bethelmen_bethelassembly.org to approve or deny the request.

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Never mind... (was More Htdig problems)
by Dragon March 10, 2006

March 10, 2006

I forgot to restart Mailman. Now that I did that, everything works fine. I realized this about 15 seconds after sending my appeal for help. Dragon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venimus, Saltavimus, Bibimus (et naribus canium capti sumus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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