Mailman 3 April 2006 - Mailman-Users

Message HTML/Plain text. Wish client display HTML when possible
by Thomas Carpentier 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

Hi, One of my lists is a newsletter. I use ThundeBird to write my messages. Some of my membres can (want) HTML and others not. Sending a message in both Plain Text and HTML doesn't seem to be a solution. Apple mail displays the Plain Text only (as immediate alternative). Eudora displays the two parts, plain text and HTML. No idea about others programs. Is there something to do, on the mailman side, such that the message is automatically displayed in HTML only (at least at first alternative) when the mail program permits it and the options are enabled and in Plain Text in the other cases? Any suggestion will be welcome. Thomas P.S version: mailman 2.1.8 running on Mac OS X, Panther 10.3.9

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Error checking on bulk subscribe files
by Jesse Sanford 29 Apr '06

29 Apr '06

Hi folks, I'm learning a lot about Mailman all of a sudden. I had a user move a list from another provider onto an install on my system yesterday. Instead of uploading a <CR>-delimited file with one email address per line, they uploaded a tab-delimited file with a tab between each address. As an added factor, they mistakenly had the interface set to send a welcome message. Interestingly, the effect of this was that no one got subscribed to the list because Mailman read every single address as a null email address with the actual email address quoted. Mailman then happily proceeded to pass 8,000+ null-addressed welcome messages to my mail server, which decided to ignore the quotes and send all the messages out! Is this a bug or a feature? =) -- Jesse Sanford <jesse(a)seedboxconnect.com> System Designer, Seedbox Connect

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Filtering Email Marked SPAM
by Lawrence Bowie 29 Apr '06

29 Apr '06

What is the easist way to globally filter email marked SPAM? Thanks, LDB

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Can 'mailman@domain' be changed ?
by Ace Suares 29 Apr '06

29 Apr '06

Hi all, On version 2.1.5, on the listinfo page, an email adres 'mailman@domain' is mentioned. We have a situation where our clients work with mailinglists on 'lists.domain' but receive their mail at 'domain'. So, instead of having the listinfo page list 'mailman(a)list.domain.com' we would like it to display 'mailman(a)domain.com' but we can not find a way how to do that. Can you help !? _Ace -- The manipulation of objects is much easier than objecting to manipulation - unknown Suares & Co, Open Source Solutions mail: Sans Souci #11, Willemstad, Curacao (NA) phone: +599 786 23 73 fax: +31 848 707 705 web: http://www.suares.an email: ace(a)suares.an

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permissions error with 'make install'
by Christopher Adams 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

I am doing a new Mailman installation on Red Hat. I am doing the install as a member of the Mailman group. I have made sure that the installation directory can be written to by that group. I have run 'configure' and 'make' successfullly. When I run 'make install', I get the following: [chris@gatsby mailman-2.1.8]$ make install Creating architecture independent directories... chmod o-r /usr/local/mailman/archives/private chmod: changing permissions of `/usr/local/mailman/archives/private': Operation not permitted make: *** [doinstall] Error 1 So, assuming that the problem was changing the permissions for the archives/private directory, I made the change as root and then went back to do the 'make install'. I get the same message, even though I manually had changed the permissions. If I run check_perms, I get this: [root@gatsby bin]# ./check_perms Warning: Private archive directory is other-executable (o+x). This could allow other users on your system to read private archives. If you're on a shared multiuser system, you should consult the installation manual on how to fix this. No problems found Can someone give me some suggestions? -- Christopher Adams adamsca(a)gmail.com

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Re: [Mailman-Users] [Mailman-Developers] Sender field
by Mark Sapiro 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Dallas Bethune wrote: >For our uses just >changing that list-bounces address to something less ominous looking >would help. It definitely looks to me as if something needs to be done. I think perhaps offering 3 options either to the list admin on a per-list basis with a site default or just a site option. I lean towards per-list although it's more work to add to the GUI. The options I see are 1) current behavior with perhaps the addition of putting the original Sender: in another header. 2) like 1) only use list address instead of list-bounces. 3) don't touch Sender: at all. -- Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

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Re: [Mailman-Users] [Mailman-cabal] Cannot update Mailman FAQ
by Richard Barrett 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

And your point is? Of course I be deluded and imagining the error response I got back but then again 17 days is a long time in the life of a file's permissions. Richard btw: I think I have seen comments about the same problem in recent postings to the recent mailman-user archives by other users. Can anyone confirm whether they have seen a similar problem or is it just me being picked on by the FAQ wizard. On 27 Apr 2006, at 15:32, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 00:53 +0100, Richard Barrett wrote: >> Sorry, an error occurred >> Can't write file faq01.011.htp ([Errno 13] Permission denied: >> 'faq01.011.htp'). > > I just tried editing item 1.29 and it worked for me. > > -Barry >

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Headers
by Louis M. 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

I apologize if this has been asked before, but I have googled day in and day out so, if you could point me in the right direction: All digests include the email information for each email such as: Message: 1 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:57:37 -0400 From: Apache <apache(a)domain.com> Subject: Status- Client, Demo To: status_change(a)domain.com Message-ID: <200604251357.k3PDvbVl016819(a)domain.com> We are using our lists in an automated method, therefore it will always be generated from an automated source so this information is irrelevant and over the course of a digest with 200+ emails it adds up to be alot of unnecessary overhead. Where can I go to remove it. Even if it is a global change. I was poking around in the Handlers Directory, but am not sure if there is a better place to do this. Thanks in advance for your expert advice. Louis Meunier MIS Career Connections 169 Central Ave Albany, NY 12206 p.518.689.2148 f.518.689.2385

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delivery off
by Manlio Perillo 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Hi. As a response to the "set show" command, I obtain: delivery off (a causa degli errori il Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:21:46 -0000) cause of errors on I've tried to send a "delivery on" command, but this seems not to work. What's the problem? Only the administrator can fix this? Thanks and regards Manlio Perillo

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"-owner" works, "-admin" doesn't...
by Kris Wilk 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

SHORT VERSION...sending to "-owner" gets delivered fine, but sending to "-admin" gets vanishes (no bounce) and tallys a bounce count against the owner address. What would cause this?? LONG VERSION... BACKGROUND: - I have an announcement-style Mailman list (let's call it LIST) - LIST is hosted on a shared web server running cPanel - LIST is configured to send the owner subscription notifications THE PROBLEM: - A few weeks ago, I stopped getting subscription notifications - A few days later, I got a message from Mailman saying that my address had excessive bounces and was disabled. I had to re-enable MY OWN subscription. This prompted me to test the "LIST-owner" and "LIST-admin" addresses... - The "-owner" address is delivered to me just fine. - The "-admin" address never delivers. No bounce msg to sender either. - EVEN WORSE...each mail sent to "-admin" seems to get treated as a BOUNCE event against MY (owner) address! WHAT I'VE DONE: - I have checked my /etc/valiases/<domain> file and all the forwarders to mailman are exactly as they used to be. All looks perfect. - I tried creating a brand new list with all default settings...same problem. - I got other people from my web host to try the same on other servers...some work fine, and some servers have the same problem as mine. ANY IDEAS?? I found this thread from 3 years ago which seems to be a similar problem, but the thread fizzled without a solution: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2003-May/028650.html I'm ready to pull my hair out! Kris Wilk ReefNet Inc. www.reefnet.ca

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