Mailman 3 June 2006 - Mailman-Users

question about strange Mailman glitch
by Eric Evans June 27, 2006

June 27, 2006

Hello, A while back I encountered a strange problem with Mailman, which we eventually got resolved, but I don't know why. Although Mailman is working fine now I'm still wondering what the real nature of the problem was and I'm hoping that some of the Mailman experts on this list might be able to provide some insight. We had already been running Mailman on our Sun for several months without any difficulties. Then, we had an unexpected power outage in our building. The Sun that was running the Mailman server lost power unexpectedly. When it came back up, Mailman would no longer send out mail. All attempts to send mail to mailing lists through Mailman resulted in the sendmail error message "name or service not known" showing up in the smtp error log file. However I was able to send messages directly through sendmail, so I know that sendmail was working properly. I talked to a Mailman expert who suggested looking at the my mm_cfg.py file. The only statement that I had in there was a LOCALHOST statement, with the IP address of the local host, i.e. the Mailman server. My correspondent the Mailman expert recommended deleting this statement from the mm_cfg.py, so I did, and then Mailman started working again! But what's very puzzling is that Mailman was working for us for a long time with this LOCALHOST statement in there, and we didn't have any problems with it. So why is it that this LOCALHOST statement was not causing a problem for us before the power outage but DID cause a problem after the power outage? Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks very much, Eric

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Sending to Verizon users.
by User for Mailman mail list June 26, 2006

June 26, 2006

Banging my head against the wall ( and it hurts..) On the different list from our Mailman mail list server, the mail goes out fine except for users with a "verizon.net" address. Here is a typical syslog entry: Jun 26 12:57:29 secure sm-mta[13001]: k5QJv2Gt012804: to=<auser(a)verizon.net>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=176103, relay=relay.verizon.net. [206.46.232.11], dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable But if I send that user an email from that same server (but not from Mailman) the log shows: Jun 26 14:23:05 secure sendmail[15184]: k5QLN5UB015181: to=<auser(a)verizon.net>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=120295, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (k5QLN5kD015185 Message accepted for delivery) Jun 26 14:23:12 secure sm-mta[15195]: k5QLN5kD015185: to=<auser(a)verizon.net>, delay=00:00:07, xdelay=00:00:07, mailer=esmtp, pri=120469, relay=relay.verizon.net. [206.46.232.11], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (2.5.0 Ok.) I'm at a loss. All the other mail gets delivered properly but not the verizon.net mail. This is a Debian system with Mailman version 2.1.5-8 (Debian's stable version). Any ideas? Thanks, Ken

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-owner -admin
by Rob Jackson June 26, 2006

June 26, 2006

I am trying to change the umbrella member suffix to -admin. I want -admin to do the same thing as -owner. So I changed it, but there is a problem When I send any messges to -admin, they don't go through. I get "Uncaught bounce notification" But I can still send messages to -owner. Why doesn't the -admin work? -Rob

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help Securing Mailman's web GUI by using Secure HTTP/SSL
by daniel trejo June 26, 2006

June 26, 2006

I added these lines to apache to force https login,I also modified the mm_config.py to change the dafault url and ran the withlist script, but when i put the url on my browser appears a message saying that the redirection has no end or something like that. ScriptAlias /mailman/ "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/" Alias /pipermail/ "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public/" <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options +ExecCGI -Includes Order allow,deny Allow from all SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM </Directory> <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public"> AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all Options FollowSymLinks </Directory> Redirect /mailman/ https://name of my server/mailman/

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Subscribe to both list and digest
by Rob Jackson June 26, 2006

June 26, 2006

I need to be able to let users subscribe to both the active list and the digests. From what I can see, this can't be done. Anybody have an idea how I can accomplish this?

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Digest subscription without password
by Rob Jackson June 26, 2006

June 26, 2006

It seems somewhat strange that you can subscribe yourself to a list without a password, but in order to subscribe to a digest you are required to supply a password. What would be the best way around this?

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Information about Mailman v2.1.7.cp2
by Ricardo Scachetti Pereira June 26, 2006

June 26, 2006

Hi all, I'm about to migrate a number of lists from one server (a thirdy party hosting service) to another (my own server) sometime soon. The hosting server runs Mailman 2.1.7.cp2. I plan on installing Mailman 2.1.8 and then migrating the lists to my server. I searched the announcements lists, Mailman site and Google but I couldn't find information about the 2.1.7.cp2 release. Where can I find notes about that release? And what does cp2 stand for? Thanks in advance. Regards, Ricardo

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migrating form majordomo question
by Uthra Rao June 26, 2006

June 26, 2006

How are the mailing list emails stored in Mailman are they stored in a text file or in a database? How can I look at it from the command line? We have to migrate all our mailing lists from Majordomo to Mailman. I was thinking to create new mailing list and then copy/paste all the member email addresses from majordomo to Mailman if it is a text file. Could you please advice me on this. I would really appreciate your help Thank you. UR.

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2 Questions
by Rob Stewart June 26, 2006

June 26, 2006

1. I would like to re-initialize my archives as I am turning on my lists, and want to remove all the "testing" emails that I have sent during my setup. I know that deleting the list will do it, but then I loose all my setup changes. Is there another way? 2. I have a list admin and list moderators. Is is possible to let the moderators see the user list even when they are not members of the list? I really need this. Thanks for your help. Rob Stewart No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.4/375 - Release Date: 6/25/2006

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Showing undisclosed recipients
by Fabiano Breves June 26, 2006

June 26, 2006

Hi ALL, I've been looking for information about how to change the of a list. Since I couldn't find anything easier than creating a new list and importing the users from the old one, I've thinking of how can I do to the users in the list do not see the list main address on the TO: field, besides that I would like them to see their own e-mail address or the undisclosed recipients message. Is that possible ? thanks in advance. -- Fabiano de Carvalho Breves fabiano.breves(a)gmail.com

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