Mailman 3 October 2007 - Mailman-Users

Can admin subscribe users via e-mail?
by Rosenbaum, Larry M. 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

We are migrating our lists from Majordomo to Mailman. Some list owners have been subscribing users to their lists by sending emails which contain lines like this: approve <password> <subscribe/unsubscribe> listname <email address> Does Mailman have an equivalent way for list admins to subscribe users via the email interface? If so, how is it done? Thanks, Larry

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Problem sending mail through Mailing list
by Ian 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Hi I am having a small headache with our mailman server. I recently created a new mailing list and put in 2 email addresses, the problem however is that whenever I send an email to the list, as a subscriber, it sends the email to a whole other email address that I cant seem to locate in any of the config files, I did a grep for the file.. The problem started after we migrated everything over to a new server. All the lists that was created on the previous server still works. Can anyone tell me which config file(s) I should post in order for someone to be able to help me. Your help will be much appreciated Regards Ian

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[Mailman-User] Problem About mailman GUI
by QA Engg 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

hi, 1. Configured mailman using command * sudo ./congigure –with-gid-id=1000* and configuration is successful for above 2. I installed mailman from repository and start mailman using command * sudo /etc/init.d/mailman start* mailman is started successfully how could I get mailman GUI I'm very much new for mailman and linux please tell me the procedure what to do next and how to get mailman GUI Regards smita

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Disappearing message
by Anne Ramey 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Have a new and different one. One of my users that has two lists, let's call them list1 and list2. If he sends a message to list1 and cc's list2, list1 never receives the message. If he sends the same message only to list1, it goes through fine. According to my exim logs, it is delivering both messages to list1: ex. 2007-10-22 08:28:48 1IjwOm-0002t6-2J <= lists.owner(a)addre.ss H=myhost P=esmtp S=288168 id=46C8249D004309AE@myinternalrelay T="[List1] Agenda Change Advisory Board - Oct 23,2007 3:00pm" 2007-10-22 08:28:48 1IjwOm-0002t6-2J => list1 <List1(a)lists.mydomain.com> R=mailman_router T=mailman_transport 2007-10-22 08:28:48 1IjwOm-0002t6-2J => list2 <List2(a)lists.mydomain.com> R=mailman_router T=mailman_transport 2007-10-22 08:28:48 1IjwOm-0002t6-2J Completed 2007-10-22 08:52:31 1Ijwli-0003WN-LD <= lists.owner(a)addre.ss H=myhost P=esmtp S=288873 id=46C8251F004335C3@myinternalrelay T="FW: [List2] [List1] Agenda Change Advisory Board -Oct 23, 2007 3:00pm" 2007-10-22 08:52:31 1Ijwli-0003WN-LD => list1 <List1(a)lists.mydomain.com> R=mailman_router T=mailman_transport 2007-10-22 08:52:31 1Ijwli-0003WN-LD Completed The first message is successfully posted to list2, the second message is successfully posted to list1. The first message has absolutely no MM longs relative to list1. Nothing in the vette, smtp, post, error, bounce, etc. Nothing at all related to message one for List1. This is a weekly message and this has happened for the last 4+ weeks. Before that it appears to have worked fine. I haven't made any system changes in that time. What could cause something like this. Is is possible a list setting could do this? I checked the sender filters on both lists but saw nothing that looked wrong. Any assistance would be appreciated. Anne

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Posts to list returned
by Dragon 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Steven ** sent the message below at 09:39 10/29/2007: >I am using Sendmail. My "/etc/alias" file has: > ## mailman mailing list > mailman: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" > mailman-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" > mailman-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman" > mailman-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman" > mailman-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman" > mailman-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman" > mailman-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman" > mailman-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman" > mailman-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman" > mailman-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman" > >The list "list" was created through the web interface. Am I supposed >to manually add similar entries for my new "list(a)my-domain.com" list? ---------------- End original message. --------------------- Yes, you need to add these to the /etc/aliases file and then run newaliases for sendmail to recognize them. When you create a new list with bin/newlist it will output a list of the aliases you need for the list. They must also be added to the aliases file and newaliases must be run. Dragon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venimus, Saltavimus, Bibimus (et naribus canium capti sumus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Re: [Mailman-Users] [Mailman-User] Problem About mailman GUI
by Dragon 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

QA Engg sent the message below at 05:17 10/29/2007: >how could I get mailman GUI >I'm very much new for mailman and linux >please tell me the procedure what to do next >and how to get mailman GUI ---------------- End original message. --------------------- There is no such thing. Mailman uses a set of command line tools and a web interface but there is no GUI that controls Mailman. Dragon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venimus, Saltavimus, Bibimus (et naribus canium capti sumus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Help!
by mattias 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

where can i find a list of mm_cfg.py variables? --- mattias jonsson hemsida: www.mattiasweb.net mail: mj(a)mattiasweb.net ekeskolans gamla hemsida http://web.archive.org/web/19990908081633/http://www.ekeskolan.specialskolor na.se/index.html -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: Guilherme Funchal [mailto:guilherme.funchal@gmail.com] Skickat: den 29 oktober 2007 11:32 Till: mattias Ämne: Re: [Mailman-Users] Help! Hi See in mm_cfg.py variables... DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 2007/10/28, mattias <mj(a)mattiasweb.net>: I created a mailing list with mailman But instead of my domain the listadress are Mailman(a)81-233-117-119-no78.tbcn.telia.com What are wrong?? --- mattias jonsson hemsida: www.mattiasweb.net <http://www.mattiasweb.net> mail: mj(a)mattiasweb.net ekeskolans gamla hemsida http://web.archive.org/web/19990908081633/http://www.ekeskolan.specialskolor <http://web.archive.org/web/19990908081633/http://www.ekeskolan.specialskolo r> na.se/index.html ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users(a)python.org <mailto:Mailman-Users@python.org> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py <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/guilherme.funchal%40gma il.com Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp> &file=faq01.027.htp -- "Tristeza não tem fim...Felicidade sim." ============================== Guilherme Funchal da Silva .`. LPI Level 2 Certification

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Help!
by mattias 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

I created a mailing list with mailman But instead of my domain the listadress are Mailman(a)81-233-117-119-no78.tbcn.telia.com What are wrong?? --- mattias jonsson hemsida: www.mattiasweb.net mail: mj(a)mattiasweb.net ekeskolans gamla hemsida http://web.archive.org/web/19990908081633/http://www.ekeskolan.specialskolor na.se/index.html

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Archive deletion
by Randy Steck 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

I've search the mailing list archives, and the question of deleting old archives comes up repeatedly with unsatisfying answers. As far as I can tell, a list owner does not have an option to delete any archives. This needs to be done at the administration level and requires access to site resources. Since I don't have site access, the archives will continue to grow forever unless I turn them off completely. But, this does not help in bringing up new lists and allowing new subscribers to catch up, all while trying to keep junk off the disk. If this is correct, who can I talk to about making an option available to kill off outdated archives? Any pointers would be appreciated. RandyS

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Odd code when receive mail via mailman
by April Mar 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

I have a mailman list that is set to be a one way announcement list. I have had complaints from some people that they get this weird coded stuff when they get a message that looks something like this (I am making the actual numbers up) 03 42 32 20 53 A0 D0 23 23 50 D0 20 S0 "the body of the text D9 39 20 D2 19 10 12 22 39 30 40 29 19 is written oddly over here" Has anyone ever seen that. When I send the same person who is getting this odd code via the mailing list a test message directly from my own email it comes through just fine. It seems to only happen via the list, and not to all people. Thanks. April

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