Mailman 3 January 2007 - Mailman-Users

migrating mailman lists
by Kelsey Forsythe 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hello, I've recently moved to a new server. It is an Xserve G5 running 10.4.3 OSX. I'd like to migrate the mailman lists from the old server (Xserve G4). Does anyone have experience migrating lists? If so, please let me know what procedure you followed. Thanks, Kelsey

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Error during upgrade/migration
by Camden Daily 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Hello all. I just took over a job where I have to admin a mailman server that died over the weekend. I have all the files, so I thought I'd just roll a new server and upgrade to the latest version. I'm going from version 2.1.4 to 2.1.9. After installing mailman from yum on Fedora 5, I added DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST, DEFAULT_URL_HOST to mm_cfg.py, and set the VAR_PREFIX to point to a folder containing my old data, lists, archive, and spam folders. I ran check_perms -f, which set all the old list data to the correct mailman group. However, I can't seem to see the lists in my mailman setup anywhere. If I run list_lists, I get no results. If I create a new list, it shows up in the same place as my old list data, so I think it's pointing to the right place, but it's just not finding the old lists. I read about the move_list command, which seems to be deprecated. I tried doing withlist -l -r list-name, as well, but I would always get back the following error: Importing fix_url... Running fix_url.fix_url()... Loading list list-name (locked) Unknown list: list-name Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist", line 297, in ? main() File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist", line 275, in main r = do_list(listname, args, func) File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist", line 201, in do_list return func(m, *args) File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/fix_url.py", line 81, in fix_url mlist.web_page_url = web_page_url AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'web_page_url' Been pretty stuck at this point for awhile now. Any guidance would be appreciated.

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removing members with non-standard characters
by Anne Ramey 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

I'm not sure how one of my list admins managed to do this, but they have four members on their list that look like this in the membership list: b <http://lists.ncmail.net/mailman/options/nciin-network-ops/%00b%00r%00i%00a%…>

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The incredible disapearing post?
by Brian Atkins 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Greetings, all! I have a mailing list set up for company-wide emails to which any member can post (in other words, a plain vanilla list). However, I have one user that has been attempting to post to the list but his emails are disappearing. I can see the message hitting the server and being passed off to mailman, but I can not find anything in the mailman logs to indicate that it was ever received. His account is identical to everyone else, but he 'appears' to be the only member that has this issue. I have removed and recreated his account several times, but there has been no change. Any ideas on where to look? MAIL.LOG: --------- Jan 2 09:19:27 mail sendmail[13025]: l02EJNaC013025: from=<user(a)MYDOMAIN.com>, size=1791, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<001801c72e79$02aa6370$163b0a0a(a)MYDOMAIN.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[10.10.57.184] Jan 2 09:21:04 mail sendmail[13363]: l02EJNaC013025: to="|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post COMPANY", ctladdr=<COMPANY(a)MYDOMAIN.com> (8/0), delay=00:01:37, xdelay=00:00:02, mailer=prog, pri=121791, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Here is another user sending the same post (text-wise) to the same list: MAIL.LOG: --------- Jan 2 11:44:05 mail sendmail[13136]: l02Gi16Y013136: from=<user(a)tlcdelivers.com>, size=5831, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200701021644.l02Gi16Y013136(a)MYDOMAIN.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[10.10.59.56] Jan 2 11:45:04 mail sendmail[13368]: l02Gi16Y013136: to="|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post COMPANY", ctladdr=<COMPANY(a)MYDOMAIN.com> (8/0), delay=00:00:59, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=125831, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Jan 2 11:45:09 mail sendmail[13419]: l02Gj9dq013419: from=<COMPANY-bounces(a)MYDOMAIN.com>, size=6793, class=-30, nrcpts=53, msgid=<200701021644.l02Gi16Y013136(a)MYDOMAIN.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1] Jan 2 11:46:36 mail sendmail[13419]: l02Gj9dr013419: from=<COMPANY-bounces(a)MYDOMAIN.com>, size=6793, class=-30, nrcpts=149, msgid=<200701021644.l02Gi16Y013136(a)MYDOMAIN.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1] -- Brian "An adventure is never an adventure when it's happening. Challenging experiences need time to ferment, and an adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility." -- Tim Cahill

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Options page bombing out on a security violation
by Hank van Cleef 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

I'm attaching a user's description of something about 20 of my users are reporting on a fresh install of Mailman 2.1.9 I've edited the user identity, and am including configuration info following the forwarded mail. I'm baffled, because I cannot get this problem to happen from any of the systems at my site, and some users (unfortunately, all of the computer-literate types who might be able to help) aren't getting it either. > > I too am suffering from the > > "High security alert!!! > You are not permitted to download the file "user(a)userdomain.com". > > URL = http://bronze.lostwells.net/mailman/options/mercedes/user@userdomain.com" > > when trying to switch off the mail > > path followed is as follows:- > > > > 1, http://www.lostwells.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes > > 2, click on "unsubscribe or edit options" button > > 3, http://bronze.lostwells.net/mailman/options/mercedes > > 4, sign in with normal login details, the page refreshes with all the > parameters viewable > > 5, disable mail delivery and click "submit my changes" > > 6, High Security message at the url > http://bronze.lostwells.net/mailman/options/mercedes/user@userdomain.com > > =================================================== Configuration details: Solaris 9 on Sun Ultra 10 Python 2.5 Mailman 2.1.9 Since I am taking over hosting for a list that was running on a Mailman 2.1.4 installation, I built a local 2.1.4 tree, created the list, then copied the old site config.pck over the newly-created one. Then built 2.1.9 and upgraded the 2.1.4 tree. # cd /usr/local/mailman # ./bin/check_perms No problems found Hank -- Hank van Cleef (vancleef(a)lostwells.net, hvanclee(a)nyx.net) 1986 420SEL "A stranger in paradise" (Fremont Co. Wyoming) 1986 GMC 1500 6.2 diesel pickup "Seen one, seen them all"

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Moderator subscribing by email
by emmexx 02 Jan '07

02 Jan '07

I'm starting to write a program that my club needs to keep in sync a database and the subscribers of a couple of mailing list. I know there are the users web pages, the -request or -subscribe addresses or the administration panel but I would like to automate the process. It would be great if a list moderator or administrator could subscribe or unsubscribe somebody by email. I mean: - the moderator sends a message to listname-request containing his (moderator) password and the address to subscribe. - the address gets suscribed with no need to confirm. I found nothing of this kind in the faq and in the archives of this mailing list. I can't access the server, so I can't patch/add/modify any server file or configuration. thank you maxx

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 34, Issue 70
by AMBROSE CHRISTOPHER 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

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