Mailman 3 August 2006 - Mailman-Users

Server upgrade
by luis.talora＠iesa.com.br 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Friends, We have a Fedora Core 2 box, which is our Mailman/Postfix server. A few months ago, after a harddisk crash, I´ve tried to install Fedora Core 3 instead and restore Mailman configuration from the backup. It dind´t work at all. Now, I´ve decided to try it again, with Fedora 5 (or maybe I´ll wait for Fedora 6, not sure yet). Do anybody know what do I have to do to install the server and have Mailman (configuration, list archieves, etc.) working? Even if I have to copy stuff manually to different folders, no problem: I just need to know where and which that folders wold be. Thanks a lot! Best regrads, Luis Talora -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo.

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Can't send messages to list
by David Diskin 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

We have an announcement list set up on a high speed rails server. (high speed rails is a successor hosting service to zettai.net). Moderated members can't post. We have a few unmoderated members who are allowed to post. What is happening lately is that new posts are visible in the archives, but in general are not mailed out or may not be mailed out for several hours to several days. There are no errors in the error log. The members allowed to post have verizon dsl accounts. Is there an explanation for this behavior? Please let me know if more information is required to trouble shoot this problem. The high speed rail admin has not helped to solve the problem. Thanks. David Diskin ============================== David Diskin, david.diskin(a)verizon.net

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Spam Filters deleted?
by Spyro Polymiadis 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Hi All, Ive set my header filters on all my lists (some 40-50 lists) to filter spam by setting X-Spam-Flag: YES and action it to discard. Now ive noticed that for some reason these "rules' have just disappeared, and now the spam is comming through to some of the lists... The list is a public list - ie needs to accept mail from genuine external addresses, but also discard mail that gets marked as spam from spamassassin... I dont know why, but yeah, the filter rules have just disappeared... Has anyone else had this happen to them? is there a way to make these persistent? Cheers Spyro This message and its attachments may contain legally privileged or confidential information. This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you may not copy or deliver this message or its attachments to anyone. Rather, you should permanently delete this message and its attachments and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail. Any content of this message and its attachments, which does not relate to the official business of the sending company must be taken not to have been sent or endorsed by the sending company or any of its related entities. No warranty is made that the e-mail or attachment(s) are free from computer virus or other defect.

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mail.log has stopped logging
by Jewel 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

I can't figure out why my mail.log file has stopped logging. My other logs continue to grow. Any direction on how I can begin to troubleshoot this? J

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remove list from overview
by Martin Held 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

hi, i have a few mailing lists. i saw, that all lists are listet here: e.g. for python.org lists http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo so is it possible to remove a mailinglist from this overview? best regards emmi

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Help with mailman-bounces
by Layne Meier 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Thank you. On Aug 29, 2006, at 8:14 AM, Peter M Von Büren wrote: Layne Meier wrote: > One of our lists held an emergency posting because: > > Reason: Too many recipients to the message > > > How or where is this defined so I can remove this restriction? > it's in the Privacy Options -> Recipient filters. Change the "Ceiling on acceptable number of recipients for a posting" to nil (0), and you're there. > Thank you, > Layne Meier > Cox Newspapers > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > Mailman-Users(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users% > 40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/ > vonbueren%40id.unibe.ch > > Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py? > req=show&file=faq01.027.htp > regards ________________________________________________________________________ _ Peter M Von Bueren ListMaster ID University Bern ________________________________________________________________________ _

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Help with mailman-bounces
by Layne Meier 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

One of our lists held an emergency posting because: Reason: Too many recipients to the message How or where is this defined so I can remove this restriction? Thank you, Layne Meier Cox Newspapers

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Moving existing list to new server/domain
by Bob 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Hi: I am moving a LARGE Version 2.1.5 (linux) list to a 2.1.8 (FreeBsd) server on a different domain. I created the list on the new server and basically just cut/pasted most attribute fields from the existing to the new. Two things I could not do this way, and they are: 1) replicate the user-base (about 1000) 2) replicate the "Non-member filters" (about 5000) I initially tried to simply copy the config.pck file, configure /etc/hosts to point the old server-name to the new one, and was able to see all the users, etc... made a couple of needed changes, and reset /etc/hosts. Then Mailman crashed, spawning a bazillion processes, and "too many open files" forced a reboot! So obviously that doesn't work :-( I can dump the database OK, and see what I need, but how can I get this data back into the new list? TIA Bob

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Problem: qmail says: Failed to exec mailman wrapper: unable to determine caller's group name
by Heinrich, Maximilian 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Hi There! After installing a Suse9.3, mailman and importing the old mailing lists we can't use it anymore. We also tried the script that sets proper rights to all directories and so on. Nothing helps and google doesn't know anything about this weird message. At least to me it doesn't make sense: Qmail says (after being not able to do anything useful with a mail sent to the mailing list) : > Failed to exec mailman wrapper: unable to determine caller's group name I'm not going to try again; > this message has been in the queue too long. This is was ps says: (looks ok to me) mailman 24155 1 0 09:11 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python ./mailmanctl start mailman 24156 24155 0 09:11 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=ArchRunner:0:1 -s mailman 24157 24155 0 09:11 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=BounceRunner:0:1 -s mailman 24158 24155 0 09:11 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=CommandRunner:0:1 -s mailman 24159 24155 0 09:11 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=IncomingRunner:0:1 -s mailman 24160 24155 0 09:11 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=NewsRunner:0:1 -s mailman 24161 24155 0 09:11 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=OutgoingRunner:0:1 -s mailman 24162 24155 0 09:11 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=VirginRunner:0:1 -s mailman 24163 24155 0 09:11 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/mailman/bin/qrunner --runner=RetryRunner:0:1 -s Any Ideas? Thanks for any help in advance - regards - Maxi

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looking for installer/trainer
by Steve Moore 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

One of my clients near Portland, Maine wants to migrate an existing Liststar setup to Mailman on OS X Server. Are there any consultants willing to set this up and train me to run it? TIA -- Steve Moore Cumberland, Maine

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