Mailman 3 April 2006 - Mailman-Users

how can I download my subscriber list
by Gary Hall 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Hi Mark, I looked at the FAQ's and I am not sure I know how to work with one at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg34310.html My question is how can I download my subscriber list to, say, a text file. Is there any way to DL to a dot cvs file / Excel or anything at all? Is there anything easy, something I overlooked? (like my last question to you) Thanks. Warm regards, Gary

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Extra info?
by Anders Norrbring 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

I have a running mailman 2.1.2 installation where I'm looking to add more parameters to the signup. What I want to do is add one more text input field to the web signup form, and to have the content of that field show in both the e-mail sent to the admin that notifies that a new user want to sign up, and I want it to show in the web page where the admin accepts or denies new signups. Can someone please point to where I can find info on this? I'm totally new to modifying Python scripts, so reading and guessing in the source files isn't really an option... Anders.

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Sanitizer settings on a per-list basis
by Matt Cohen 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

I know about setting the Scrubber/santizer settings in mm_cfg.py as per this FAQ entry: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=edit&file=faq04.037.htp But is there a way to make it apply on a per-list basis rather than server-wide?

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You don't have permission to access /pipermail/ on this server.
by Noah 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

mailman-2.1.7 apache 2.2.0 FreeBSD-4.11 Okay I just upgrade from apache 1.3.x to apache 2.2.0 and arriving at a permissions problem when viewing pipermail mailman directories. I've asked already but Maybe somebody else on the list can help. I apologize for the duality but I cant figure it out. --- Browser error message --- You don't have permission to access /pipermail/list/ on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. --- snip --- Here is what apache places in the /usr/local/www/logs/domain.name/error_log --- snip --- Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible: /usr/home/mailman/archives/public/list, referer: http://hostname.garbled.com/mailman/listinfo/list ---- snip ---- Here is what I've done so far: ---- apache httpd.conf file ---- in the virtual host stanza for the particular domain: ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/ Alias /pipermail/ /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/ Alias /icons/ /usr/local/mailman/icons/ <Directory /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/> Options All Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <Directory /usr/home/mailman/archives/public/> Options All Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <Directory /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/> Options +FollowSymLinks Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> --- snip --- then restarted apache. --- snip --- looks like the directories have proper permissions: typhoon# ls -ld /usr/local/mailman/archives/private drwxrws--- 103 mailman mailman 2560 Apr 21 21:49 /usr/local/mailman/archives/private typhoon# ls -ld /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/ drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1536 Apr 21 21:49 /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/ typhoon# ls -ld /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/list lrwxr-xr-x 1 root mailman 54 Apr 21 19:00 /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/list -> /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/list typhoon# ls -ld /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/list drwxrwsr-x 50 www mailman 4096 Apr 21 18:34 /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/list --- snip --- what else could be the problem here? cheers, Noah

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Which lists does a subscriber belong to
by Jim Swift 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

I look after about 30 lists, which have recently been moved to a Mailman server. One routine task is to find out which lists a particular email address is subscribed to. Much to my surprise and some dismay, there simply does not seem to be a a way to to this in Mailman. The lists were on a Lyris server until the ISP hosting the lyris server moved last week, and the only quick fix was a move to an available Mailman server. I used to send the command "which email_address" to the lyris manager and received the list names that the address was subscriber to. Please could someone let me know how I can get this information from Mailman? Many thanks Jim Swift

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Um? "You are subscribed to a list of mailing lists"?
by Glenn Sieb 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

Hey all! I just set up a new mailing list (was a move to a new listname, too many spammers found the old one). So I subscribed all the old users. Now, on their options pages, they all say under the "Your <listname> Password" section: "Forgotten Your Password? Click this button to have your password emailed to your membership address. (Note - you are subscribing to a list of mailing lists, so the password notice will be sent to the admin address for your membership, (removed for privacy)-owner@(removed for privacy).)" How the heck?! I'm running Mailman 2.1.7 with the ht://dig, archiving, and indexing patches, on FreeBSD 4.11, Apache 2.0.55, Postfix 2.2.8, etc. Thanks in advance! Best, --Glenn -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

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Can't get WHO to work
by websquad 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

I'm still confused about the who command ... I set this mailling list as follows: ListAdmin only can view address list I'm listed as one of the ListAdmins I know the ListAdmin password I sent request to MailListName-request(a)domain.org I specified in the subject who AdminPassword I got no response. I then set it so that any list member can view address list I'm still a member of the list I changed my password just to be sure I sent request to MailListName-request(a)domain.org I specified in the subject who MyPassword I got no response. Finally, I repeated the last test, but without specifying the password. I got the following response: The results of your email command are provided below. Attached is your original message. - Results: Usage: who password [address=<address>] See everyone who is on this mailing list. The roster is limited to list members only, and you must supply your membership password to retrieve it. If you're posting from an address other than your membership address, specify your membership address with `address=<address>' (no brackets around the email address, and no quotes!) - Done. So, I went and changed my password (to be sure), and repeated the test: The subject: who newpassword I got no response .... So I set the password to something simple ("x"), had my password Emailed to me (to check), and tried again: The subject: who x I got no response. HELP !! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Can%27t-get-WHO-to-work-t1492175.html#a4043670 Sent from the Mailman - Users forum at Nabble.com.

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Majordomo to Mailman migration - how to convert majordomo's "restric_post" policy?
by Xueshan Feng 22 Apr '06

22 Apr '06

We have 25000 majordomo mailing lists and we started migrating these to mailman. We have a convert script that convert a majordomo list to mailman - for most part, it works well. However I cannot find a way to carry "restric_post" policy over to mailman, that is, if a list allows members from another list to post, can mailman be configured to allow that? In privacy/sender configuration, I don't seem to find a way to do it. One way of doing this is to populate members from another list to the converted list's sender filter as accepted non-member posting addresses. It will get the initial migration working somewhat transparent, but it is harder for list administrators to maintain it. Any better ideas? Thanks, Susan --

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Re: [Mailman-Users] You don't have permission to access/pipermail/on this server.
by Mark Sapiro 22 Apr '06

22 Apr '06

Noah wrote: > >lets look at the dirs involved: > >drwxrws--- 101 mailman mailman 2560 Apr 13 17:49 >/usr/local/mailman/archives/private ># ls -ld /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/list >drwxrwsr-x 50 www www 4096 Apr 17 21:40 >/usr/local/mailman/archives/private/list This should be owned by mailman:mailman or you won't be able to access it through the private wrapper. Not a problem as long as the archive is public, and not the cause of your current problem, but it would be good to fix it. >drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 1536 Apr 13 17:49 >/usr/local/mailman/archives/public >lrwxrwxrwx 1 root mailman 49 Jan 11 2003 >/usr/local/mailman/archives/public/list -> /home/mailman/archives/private/list So it looks like the symlink points to the wrong directory. S/b either /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/list or following the symlink below, /usr/home/mailman/archives/private/list, but what's /home/mailman/archives/private/list? >lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18 Apr 4 2004 /usr/home/mailman -> /usr/local/mailman -- 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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You don't have permission to access /pipermail/ on this server.
by Noah 22 Apr '06

22 Apr '06

mailman-2.1.7 apache 2.2.0 Okay I just upgrade from apache 1.3.x to apache 2.2.0 and arriving at a permissions problem when viewing pipermail mailman directories: ---s nip --- You don't have permission to access /pipermail/garbled-name/ on this server. --- snip --- Here is what I've done so far: ---- apache httpd.conf file ---- int he virtual host stanza ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/home/mailman/cgi-bin/ Alias /pipermail/ /usr/home/mailman/archives/public/ Alias /icons/ /usr/home/mailman/icons/ <Directory /usr/home/mailman/archives/public/> Options +FollowSymlinks </Directory> ---s nip --- restarted apache. and I ran bin/check_perms --- snip---- # /usr/home/mailman/bin/check_perms -f No problems found =---- snip ---- what else could be the problem here? cheers, Noah

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