Mailman 3 July 2006 - Mailman-Users

Strange problem with password.
by Fabiano Breves July 12, 2006

July 12, 2006

Hi All, This problem came out of nowhere. Everything was just fine till today. I have a large announce-only list and use the 'Approved: password on the first line' method to securely send messages to the list. As I said it was working just fine, but today, the user responsable of sending the announces (and I), had a surprise - the password was revealed troughout the list. I changed the password, no ane had the time to use it to spam into the list (thank God). I have a test list with just a … [View More]

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Trying to tighten up my security...
by Jon D. Slater July 12, 2006

July 12, 2006

Hi All, I have two lists one called 'Board(a)blahblah.com' which is the board of directors and one called 'Members(a)blahblah.com'. My Member's list changes frequently. I would like to be able to allow anyone on the 'Members' list to send e-mail to the 'Board' with out having to add each member to the board list. I found this clue: > How do I allow subscribers from another list to post in my list without adding them as members? > > This particular feature might … [View More]

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You are not authorized to create new mailing lists (WEB ONLY)
by Ki Song July 12, 2006

July 12, 2006

I believe I have setup everything properly for a new mailman install. I have the following system: Fedora Core 4 Postfix mailman 2.1.5 I am able to post a help request and subscribe request to the mail server. I get valid responses. However, for example, when I try and acknowledge the subscribe request by clicking on a link to subscribe using the web, the web interface shows that there is no such list. Furthermore, when I try and create a new list from the web, it says that I am unauthorized … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] moving mailman
by mardin＠comcast.net July 12, 2006

July 12, 2006

Mark, Thanks for your help! Both URL and post are working now after following your instructions! But I met a new problem. After I used URL of https://mailman_server/mailman/admin/, I could log in the list successfully. But I could not modify the contents of configurations and do other administration work. When I wanted to submit the changes, I got the following message: "Although this page is encrypted, the information you have entered is to be sent over an unencrypted connection and … [View More]could easily be read by a third party. Are you sure you want to continue sending this information? -> Continue" After I clicked the Continue Botton, nothing changed about the list. What were the problems about the above message? Do you know how to resolve it? Mardin -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> > mardin(a)comcast.net wrote: > > > >Please see the errors after moving to the new mailman server with same hostname > and IP address: > > > >> Didn't work how? What happens when you post to a list? What happens > >> when you go to that URL? > > > >(1) Went to URL (http://mailman_server.domain.net/mailman/admin/) and got > errors: > > > >Not Found > >The request URL /mailman/admin/ was not found on this server > > > There is a problem in httpd.conf or mailman. Either > > ScriptAlias /mailman/ ... > > doesn't point to the mailman cgi-bin/ directory or it doesn't contain > the wrappers. > > What does the web server error_log say? > > > > >(2) Errors of post to the mailing list test(a)mailman_server.domain.net > > > >Jul 11 8:02:20 mailman_server sendmail[5791]: k6BM2ALL005791: > from=<mardin(a)domain.net>, size=418, class=0, nrcpts=1, > msgid=<44B41F46.3080604(a)domain.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, > relay=mardin.domain.net [163.10.21.33] > >Jul 11 8:02:20 mailman_server smrsh: uid 8: attempt to use "mailman post test" > (stat failed) > >Jul 11 8:02:20 mailman_server sendmail[5792]: k6BM2ALL005791: > to="|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post test", > ctladdr=<test(a)mailman_server.domain.net> (8/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, > mailer=prog, pri=30624, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable > >Jul 11 8:02:20 mailman_server sendmail[5792]: k6BM2ALL005791: k6BM2ALL005792: > DSN: Service unavailable > > > Sendmail is using smrsh and is unable to execute the mailman wrapper. > Do you have a /etc/smrsh directory? Does it contain a symlink from > 'mailman' to '/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman'. See item 3) in > <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.014.htp>. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > [View Less]

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Query the available lists
by Hung Phan July 12, 2006

July 12, 2006

The log file shows many queries looking for available lists. Is there a way to find out who queried the available lists? OS 10.4.6, Mailman 2.1.5 Jul 12 02:21:08 2006 (10579) No such list "polaris-parents": Jul 12 02:23:08 2006 (10596) No such list "orion-parents": Jul 12 02:29:24 2006 (10645) No such list "assessment": Jul 12 02:30:24 2006 (10654) admin.py access for non-existent list:delta-parents Jul 12 02:36:54 2006 (10710) No such list "kosmos-parents": Jul 12 02:37:24 2006 (10713) No … [View More]

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error messages in the archive
by Daniel Carvalho July 12, 2006

July 12, 2006

Our SMTP server has a limitation in the number of messages it can send per hour, so it started to reject messages, and the Mailman server interpreted then as bounces. Until now, everything normal. What seem strange is that some error messages appeared in the mailing list archive page. These lines were taken from the "archive by date" page: # [CA-info] Status The Post Office # [CA-info] Returned mail: Data format error Mail Delivery Subsystem # [CA-info] Mail System Error - Returned Mail … [View More]

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email footers
by Jim Popovitch July 12, 2006

July 12, 2006

I've been using demime for years to strip reduna nt email footers (Sent by..., Post: ..., Options: ..., etc.) in addition to stripping attachments. I am now setting up a new server and plan to migrate existing lists to it. In the past we have not used Mailman's content filtering mechanisms, but I plan to do so now (mm v2.1.8). So.... a cursory look at this list seems to show that MM can strip existing footers off of email relies, is this true or does python.org use something else? -Jim P.

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Searchable Archives
by Jewel July 12, 2006

July 12, 2006

Is there a built in option in Mailman to search all of the archives in a particular list? I saw this one listserv which has the option: http://lists.seyza.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-dev I am aware that the archives must be public and can't be private. Thanks, -- J

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Spams directed to list owner.
by Harold Goldstein July 11, 2006

July 11, 2006

At 12:49 PM 7/11/2006, Patrick Bogen wrote: >On 7/11/06, Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> wrote: >>Is there a question here, or is this perhaps an off-list thread that >>sudddenly bacame public? > >I think Harold is asking why the spam was directed to >pptc-announce-owner. From the headers (I may or may not be >interpreting correctly), it looks like the message was directly >addressed to pptc-announce-owner. yes, exactly ... sorry about not being more … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] moving mailman
by mardin＠comcast.net July 11, 2006

July 11, 2006

Mark, Please see the errors after moving to the new mailman server with same hostname and IP address: > Didn't work how? What happens when you post to a list? What happens > when you go to that URL? (1) Went to URL (http://mailman_server.domain.net/mailman/admin/) and got errors: Not Found The request URL /mailman/admin/ was not found on this server (2) Errors of post to the mailing list test(a)mailman_server.domain.net Jul 11 8:02:20 mailman_server sendmail[5791]: k6BM2ALL005791: … [View More]from=<mardin(a)domain.net>, size=418, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<44B41F46.3080604(a)domain.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=mardin.domain.net [163.10.21.33] Jul 11 8:02:20 mailman_server smrsh: uid 8: attempt to use "mailman post test" (stat failed) Jul 11 8:02:20 mailman_server sendmail[5792]: k6BM2ALL005791: to="|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post test", ctladdr=<test(a)mailman_server.domain.net> (8/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=30624, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable Jul 11 8:02:20 mailman_server sendmail[5792]: k6BM2ALL005791: k6BM2ALL005792: DSN: Service unavailable Thanks for your help! Mardin -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> > mardin(a)comcast.net wrote: > > > >The Mailman 2.1.5 was running well. We wanted to move it to another computer > with more powerfull hardware. We installed the same Linux system on the new > computer. > > > >Then we moved all Mailman related data from the original computer to the new > computer: > >/usr/local/mailman > >/home/mailman > >/etc/passwd > >/etc/group > >/etc/httpd > >/etc/init.d/mailman > >/etc/mail > >/etc/aliases > > > >We powered off the original computer and renamed the new computer with the > original hostname and IP address. After that we restarted mailman on the new > computer and got the master qrunner lock errors:: > ># su - mailman > >$ cd /usr/local/mailman > >$ bin/mailmanctl start > >The master qrunner lock could not be acquired. It appears as though there is a > stale master qrunner lock. Try re-running mailmanctl with the -s flag. > > > Because you moved /usr/local/mailman while Mailman was running on the > old system so you moved the lock files. > > > >We re-run mailmanctl with the -s flag without errors: > >$ bin/mailmanctl -s start > > > OK > > > >then restart mailman again: > >$ bin/mailmanctl -s -q start > > > Unless you stopped Mailman in between, you now have two masters and > sets of qrunners running. This is bad. See > <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.068.htp> > and stop all the Mailman processes as described there and then do > 'bin/mailmanctl start' just once. > > > >The maiman daeman were up but both mailman and http://hostname/mailman/admin/ > didn't work. Does anyone know how to resolve it? > > > Didn't work how? What happens when you post to a list? What happens > when you go to that URL? > > > >questions: Is the above moving method correct or not? Did we forget something > else? Is there a better way to move mailman without re-compile it to another > same hostname, IP address, and same OS system machine? > > > I would stop the MTA, web server, Mailman and all other services on the > source machine before moving the directories and files, but I would > prefer to actually install and test all the software on the new box > and then just move the list and archive data for Mailman. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > [View Less]

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