Mailman 3 March 2007 - Mailman-Users

config.pck user: wwwrun group:mailman
by TRON478 08 Mar '07

08 Mar '07

Hi, i have problems with mailman webinterface: when is start and want to login i get the error "access denied for data/adm.pw" usr= root grp=mailman others = denied when i manually set others to read it works. the same with the lists config files. everytime when i change the configuration or add users to a list, i get an error access denied list/config.pck usr= wwwrun group=mailman others=denied when i again set others to denied than it works, but nect time when i save a change its set to denied again and mailman web dont open. thanks yavuz

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paper clip
by Jessie 08 Mar '07

08 Mar '07

I'm sorry to come to the list with this. I have searched for an answer but have not been able to help myself. What can I do about the "paper clip" that shows up with each post that ha a hyperlinked signature? I allow attachments on my small list, but I would like to get rid of the "paper clip" Jessie ~ Keepsake Pomeranians ~ web ~ www.mykeepsakes.net New Ch. Keepsakes Star Spangled Banner

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Permission issues
by Stefan Berglund 08 Mar '07

08 Mar '07

Hi again, thanks for the help w/ my previous problem.. However, I had messed it up a bit, so I reinstalled it (postfix + mailman) :-) Now I got some user/group issues.. It complains about postfix running the scripts(?) as "nobody" instead of "mailman". Some googling tells me that this is kindof common, and that postfix should use the same identity as the owner of the aliases file...? Right now I have this postfix config; alias_maps = hash:/etc/mail/aliases, hash:/usr/local/mailman/data/aliases ..and user mailman owns both these files. Something wrong there..? Also, I get some problem when I try to create a new list now, using the web interface. I get a "Oops, there was a bug" page, and looking at the mailman error log, it seems to be some kind of permission problem here also; ... admin(29718): os.mkdir(self.archive_dir()+'.mbox', 02775) admin(29718): OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/mailman/archives/private/testlist.mbox' admin(29718): [----- Python Information -----] admin(29718): sys.version = 2.4.2 (#1, Jun 13 2006, 15:10:48) [GCC 3.3.5-20050130 (Gentoo 3.3.5.20050130-r1, ssp-3.3.5.20050130-1, pie-8.7.7. admin(29718): sys.executable = /usr/bin/python admin(29718): sys.prefix = /usr admin(29718): sys.exec_prefix = /usr admin(29718): sys.path = /usr admin(29718): sys.platform = linux2 admin(29718): [----- Environment Variables -----] admin(29718): HTTP_REFERER: http://boffman.mine.nu/mailman/create admin(29718): SERVER_SOFTWARE: Apache admin(29718): SCRIPT_NAME: /mailman/create admin(29718): SERVER_SIGNATURE: <address>Apache Server at boffman.mine.nuPort 80</address> ... And, looking at the path mentioned; # ls -ld /usr/local/mailman/archives/private drwxr-s--x 4 mailman mailman 4096 Mar 7 14:52 /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/ # ls -l /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/ total 8 drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 4096 Mar 7 14:52 mailman drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 4096 Mar 7 14:52 mailman.mbox It feels like I've missed to do some settings of permissions.. I run gentoo, and followed some gentoo guide.. Did I miss something? Does anyone have any tips? (hehe, I think this is among the most tricky things I've stumbled upon.. I've re-done it a couple of times now, and get new errors every time..! I thought "hm, maybe I should set up a mailing list!".. how naive :)) Grateful for help

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Trouble with mailman external responses
by Stefan Berglund 08 Mar '07

08 Mar '07

Hello, I'm trying to set up mailman along with postfix to be able to create my own mailllists at home.. I use a dyndns, which I'd like to use for the mail list URL (is that possible??) - boffman.mine.nu. It seems to work fine, I can send mail between users on the machine, locally.. I can send mail from a local user to an external mail.. And the other way around. I can also subscribe to a list, locally, and get the confirmation.. But this is what fails externally. That is, if I send a mail to some "list-subscribe(a)boffman.mine.nu" from an external mail account, something goes wrong.. For some reason it uses the result from gethostname()(?) as address in the mail ( blahblah.bredband.comhem.se) instead of boffman.mine.nu. I have a log extract from the mail log over this scenario, here: http://rafb.net/p/WRvuTL64.html As I understand, something (wrong) happens at line 11.. There it uses "@ c83-255-126-145.bredband.comhem.se" for the first time.. Which I do not want.. And after that, it uses that as from-address in the relay.. Or something. I can't figure out what happens.. I just hope it's some simple configuration detail that I've missed. Any tips are highly apprecciated !!

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True virtual hosting patch for 2.1.9
by noc＠windowslinux.net 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Hi, I've applied mailman-vh-2.1.7.patch from http://nix.lauft.net/mailman/ to my mailman 2.1.9 (running on fedora core 5). But I can't create same list name on different domains ... where should I look to fix this problem ? Any tips or logs ? Thanks !

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How to PRESERVE multipart/mixed format
by andReadG 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Hi guys My question is this: I have allowed attachments in Mailman, but whenever someone sends a mail to the list, its subscribers receive the original message coverted to text/plain with a link to the attachment(s). The link is correct and everything works in the end, but I would prefer the original attachment to remain within the original mime multipart message! Can it be done? (note: the actual MTA is postfix) I hope I'm not asking something naive! Thanks for any suggestion

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Debian, Exim4, GID, desperated...
by Mark Sapiro 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Thomas Koch wrote: > Hi Mark with k, :-) > I've commented out the line > SYSTEM_ALIASES_PIPE_TRANSPORT = address_pipe > now and get my old error back: > > 1HOcy6-0004Cy-Vj == |/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post egroupware2-svn > <egroupware2-svn@localhost> R=system_aliases defer (-30): pipe_transport > unset in system_aliases router Remove all the Mailman aliases from /etc/aliases or wherever they are. You don't use aliases with this Exim config. > I've set up router and transport, see my config snippets below. I think the > problem is, that the transport isn't called, because exim tries to to some > aliases magic before. Exactly, which is why you don't want any Mailman aliases. > I installed mailman following this site: > http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/108 > So I copied all those aliases to /etc/aliases, but afterwards I read, that > this is not recommended anymore. So I deleted the aliases again and called > newaliases. newaliases normally does nothing in Exim. See the -bi option in 'man exim'. > ################################# > conf.d/main/04_local_mailman_macros > ################################# > # Home dir for your Mailman installation -- aka Mailman's prefix > # directory. > MAILMAN_HOME=/var/lib/mailman > MAILMAN_WRAP=MAILMAN_HOME/mail/mailman > > # User and group for Mailman, should match your --with-mail-gid > # switch to Mailman's configure script. > MAILMAN_USER=list > MAILMAN_GROUP=daemon > > ################################## > conf.d/router/970_local_mailman: > ################################## > mailman_workaround: > domains = +local_domains > require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/$local_part/config.pck > driver = accept > local_parts = mailman > local_part_suffix_optional > local_part_suffix = -bounces : -bounces+* : \ > -confirm+* : -join : -leave : \ > -subscribe : -unsubscribe : \ > -owner : -request : -admin > transport = mailman_transport > group = MAILMAN_GROUP group = doesn't belong here. transport = seems overly indented, but it isn't Python :-) > > # Mailman lists > mailman_router: > domains = +local_domains > condition = > ${lookup{$local_part@$domain}lsearch{MAILMAN_HOME/data/virtual-mailman}{1} > {0}} This is if you have virtual domains. If not, the 'workaround' router is correct. > require_files = MAILMAN_HOME/lists/$local_part/config.pck > driver = accept > local_part_suffix_optional > local_part_suffix = -bounces : -bounces+* : \ > -confirm+* : -join : -leave : \ > -subscribe : -unsubscribe : \ > -owner : -request : -admin > transport = mailman_transport > group = MAILMAN_GROUP See above > > > ############################################## > conf.d/transport/40_local_mailman: > ############################################## > mailman_transport: > driver = pipe > command = MAILMAN_WRAP \ > '${if def:local_part_suffix \ > {${sg{$local_part_suffix}{-(\\w+)(\\+.*)?}{\$1}}} \ > {post}}' \ > $local_part > current_directory = MAILMAN_HOME > home_directory = MAILMAN_HOME > user = MAILMAN_USER > group = MAILMAN_GROUP > freeze_exec_fail = true I don't know why you have freeze_exec_fail = true here. At least until you get things working, you probably don't want it. -- Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

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turn off moderation notification to the sender?
by Chip Mefford 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Is this doable? On one of my lists, the folks running the list have asked if I could disable the moderation notification that gets send to the poster. I'm not exactly comfortable doing this, but it does make a certain sense in this particular case. However, I don't see such an option. Clues?

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Debian, Exim4, GID, desperated...
by Thomas Koch 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hi, I'm running a Debian-Sarge-Testing Server with Mailman 2.1.9-7, exim4 4.63-17. I think I've consulted every README, FAQ and internetsite available, but couldn't get mailman to work. I copied the Exim4 conf files from README.Exim4.Debian. The first problem was piping. I resolved it by creating a file conf.d/main/000_localmacros as indicated here: http://www.sput.nl/software/exim.html with SYSTEM_ALIASES_PIPE_TRANSPORT = address_pipe Now I get complaints like this: "Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the mail wrapper script to be executed as group "daemon", but the system's mail server executed the mail script as group "Debian-exim"...." The problem doesn't change when I change the line MAILMAN_GROUP=daemon to anything like mailman, Debian-exim or list. I also changed MTA = 'postfix' to MTA = None, but I think this shouldn't have effect on this issue. What else can I tell you? Cheers, Thomas Koch

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Getting users off old listserv
by heathcliff 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hello, We are all set to migrate our user community to Mailman, but we are at an impasse as to the most painless way to do this. It is not enough to just inform them of the cut off date and send them a few lines of instructions or guides ahead of time. Has anyone come across or devised a painless way to wean them off of the old listserv? I have been checking around in the archives, but to no avail. Any suggestions you can make would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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