Mailman 3 March 2007 - Mailman-Users

Unsubscribe links in footers and passwords
by David Beaumont 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

Firstly is there a way to globally remove passwords for all users on a list. They are a pain, users forget them and I trust our users not to need one. Secondly and alternatively I notice at the foot of each of the mailman developers emails is an 'unsubscribe' link that takes you to your own details page in mailman Eg "Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/david%40johmar.com" How do you get the individuals email address to be included at the end of that link? Thanks David

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config_list does not finish
by Michael McAndrew 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

Hi there, Anyone know why the following command doesn't finish? It just hangs until I escape with ctrl+Z [root@list mailman]# bin/config_list -i vawupdate/scripts/carers.config.txt carers Configuration of other lists with similar configuration files works fine. This seems to be an intermittent problem that occurs on some lists, and i don't know why. I am using mailman 2.1.7 on Fedora 4. Would any extra info be helpful? I am stuck. Thanks a lot. Michael Here is the config file: """ real_name = 'carers' moderator = [] description = '' subject_prefix = '[VAW ]' archive_private = 0 owner = [' lists(a)vawcvs.org'] new_member_options = 256 member_moderation_action = 2 member_moderation_notice = '' default_member_moderation = 0 info = '' anonymous_list = False first_strip_reply_to = False reply_goes_to_list = 0 reply_to_address = '' umbrella_list = False umbrella_member_suffix = '-owner' send_reminders = False welcome_msg = '' send_welcome_msg = False goodbye_msg = '' send_goodbye_msg = False admin_immed_notify = False admin_notify_mchanges = True respond_to_post_requests = 1 emergency = 0 administrivia = True max_message_size = 5000 host_name = 'list.vawcvs.org' include_rfc2369_headers = 1 include_list_post_header = 1 preferred_language = 'en' available_languages = ['en'] encode_ascii_prefixes = 2 nondigestable = True msg_header = '' msg_footer = '' digestable = True digest_is_default = False mime_is_default_digest = False digest_size_threshhold = 100 digest_send_periodic = True digest_header = """Daily digest for %(list_name)s""" digest_footer = """You have been sent this message because you are subscribed to Voluntary Action Westminster's %(list_name)s mailing list. To SUBSCRIBE to or UNSUBCRIBE from any of our mailing lists, log on to www.vawcvs.org, and click on 'Mailing lists'. Alternatively, send an email to lists(a)vawcvs.org detailing the changes you would like us to make and your request will be dealt with promptly.""" digest_volume_frequency = 1 advertised = True subscribe_policy = 2 unsubscribe_policy = 1 ban_list = [] private_roster = 2 obscure_addresses = True accept_these_nonmembers = [] hold_these_nonmembers = [] reject_these_nonmembers = [] discard_these_nonmembers = [] generic_nonmember_action = 3 forward_auto_discards = False require_explicit_destination = True acceptable_aliases = '' max_num_recipients = 0 header_filter_rules = [] bounce_matching_headers = """ # Lines that *start* with a '#' are comments. to: friend(a)public.com message-id: relay.comanche.denmark.eu from: list(a)listme.com from: .*(a)uplinkpro.com""" bounce_processing = True bounce_score_threshold = 5.0 bounce_info_stale_after = 7 bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings = 3 bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings_interval = 7 bounce_unrecognized_goes_to_list_owner = True bounce_notify_owner_on_disable = True bounce_notify_owner_on_removal = True archive = True archive_volume_frequency = 1 nntp_host = '' linked_newsgroup = '' gateway_to_news = 0 gateway_to_mail = 0 news_moderation = 0 news_prefix_subject_too = 1 autorespond_postings = 0 autoresponse_postings_text = '' autorespond_admin = 0 autoresponse_admin_text = '' autorespond_requests = 0 autoresponse_request_text = '' autoresponse_graceperiod = 90 filter_content = False filter_mime_types = '' pass_mime_types = """multipart/mixed multipart/alternative text/plain""" convert_html_to_plaintext = False filter_action = 0 topics_enabled = 0 topics_bodylines_limit = 5 new_member_options = 256 member_moderation_action = 2 member_moderation_notice = '' topics = [] """

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Changing the name of a list
by Mike Maughan 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

Hi all, Is it possible to change the name of a list? I don't just mean the 'public name' but the list itself? If not, is it possible to export archives from one list to another? -- Regards, Mike

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how long does a installation take normally?
by Lex Thoonen 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Hi, I'm renting a linux box, fedora with the Apache/2.0.53. (as a dedicated server.) NOW; I looked at installing mailman myself, but rather soon figured I'm not linux experienced enough to do this. So I asked the tech people at fasthots.co.uk to take a look. They've been busy for a few days, working now and then I guess, and just now I received this e-mail from them: --------------- I've now (with the assistance of my colleagues here) spent considerably longer than the allocated 30 minutes trying to get this setup for you, without success. Realistically we are not going to be able to finish this without incurring additional PES fees, which may add up to a few hours - please let us know whether you wish us to carry on with this. -------------- Now, I would just like to know if this sounds kind of normal to you, experienced people. "a few hours" is quite a bit of money, hence my question. p.s. the server is a 'out of the box' story, hardly any modification (if at all). Thanks a lot, -- Lex Thoonen Pêng Smart Web Design - http://www.peng.nl Gran Canaria Info - http://www.gran-canaria-info.com Hollandse Nieuwe - http://www.hollandsenieuwe.com tel. +34 928 88.61.77

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mail not going to all members
by Mark Sapiro 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Grant Carmichael wrote: > >The following command printed everyone in the list: > >/usr/local/mailman/bin/list_members --regular --nomail=enabled info > >This command printed nothing: > >/usr/local/mailman/bin/list_members --regular --nomail info > >Any other ideas? Please keep conversations on the list unless there are specific privacy concerns. I assumed from your report of the maillog that mailman is sending to only one address. Please confirm this by looking in Mailman's smtp log for the "<message id> smtp for n recips completed in n.nnn seconds" entry and verifying that n=1. Also look in Mailman's smtp-failure log to confirm there are no smtp time rejects by Postfix. Assuming all this is OK and Mailman is sending to just one recipient, other reasons why a delivery enabled regular member won't be sent a copy include: The member has nodups set and is addressed explicitly in To:, Cc:, Resent-To: or Resent-Cc: of the post. The post is From: the member and the member has not_metoo set. The member is subscribed to Topics and the post doesn't match. Note that it is possible for a member to have a residual topic selection even if the list currently has no topics defined and this can affect delivery if the member has not opted to receive posts not matching any topic. -- 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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Mail not going to all members
by gcarmichael＠shorter.edu 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

I'm running Mailman 2.1.9 and postfix. A "/usr/local/mailman/bin/list_members info" shows a list of members. However, when I send a message, to the list, only one person gets the email. In the maillog, it shows postfix only trying to send mail to that respective user and no one else. Any clues as to what's going on? Thanks,

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Trapping posts with no subject, and an apology
by Dragon 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Mike Maughan sent the message below at 06:28 PM 3/22/2007: >On 23/03/07, Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> wrote: > > > > > > ^subject:\s*($no[_ ]subject$)?\s*$ > > > > >Thanks for the fix & the explanation. Do you know, that's the first time >I've actually understood a pattern search regex? Wunderbar! :) ---------------- End original message. --------------------- Learning regular expression construction is not an easy thing beyond the basic stuff. A tool I use to help me interactively develop and test complex regex strings is the Rx toolkit in Active State's Komodo development environment (Komodo handles Perl, Python, PHP, Java and a few other languages). You can try it free and a personal license is pretty cheap. http://www.activestate.com/ I don't work for them, I just love the software because it has made my script programming a lot easier. Dragon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venimus, Saltavimus, Bibimus (et naribus canium capti sumus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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checkdbs error
by Adam Miller 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Hi, I'm getting some errors with a mailman cron job is running. I am using mailman version 2.1.9 on an FC5 i386 box. /usr/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 203, in ? main() File "/usr/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 104, in main discarded = auto_discard(mlist) File "/usr/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 192, in auto_discard heldmsgs = mlist.GetHeldMessageIds() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 143, in GetHeldMessageIds return self.__getmsgids(HELDMSG) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/ListAdmin.py", line 138, in __getmsgids ids = [k for k, (op, data) in self.__db.items() if op == rtype] ValueError: too many values to unpack Any ideas as to what is causing this error and/or how to fix it? Possibly a corrupt pickle? Thanks!! Cheers, Adam Miller

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fix_url; one old link remains
by Peter 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

I have migrated a list to a new machine but I see that for *one* link the URL did not change. In the archives, the link "More information about this list" is still the old one. This particular link appears in many places (on every archive page). Any ideas why this link did not change? Pedro

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install issues - missing owner??
by Washakie Wyoming 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Hello all, I have two test lists setup, and everything seems to be working find through the web - so long as I have my selinux enforcing off (that's another issue). However, trying to run the bin/ commands I get the following output... anythoughts??? [root@localhost bin]# ./list_lists 3 matching mailing lists found: Mailman - Mailman site list Test - [no description available] Test1 - [no description available] [root@localhost bin]# ./list_members Test1 washakie(a)juno.com [root@localhost bin]# ./list_members Test washakie(a)juno.com [root@localhost bin]# ./list_admins Test No such list: Test [root@localhost bin]# ./list_admins Test1 No such list: Test1 [root@localhost bin]# ./list_owners Test Traceback (most recent call last): File "./list_owners", line 120, in ? main() File "./list_owners", line 91, in main mlist = MailList(listname, lock=0) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 130, in __init__ self.Load() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 616, in Load raise Errors.MMUnknownListError Mailman.Errors.MMUnknownListError [root@localhost bin]# ./list_owners Test1 Traceback (most recent call last): File "./list_owners", line 120, in ? main() File "./list_owners", line 91, in main mlist = MailList(listname, lock=0) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 130, in __init__ self.Load() File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 616, in Load raise Errors.MMUnknownListError Mailman.Errors.MMUnknownListError [root@localhost bin]# Thanks!! -john ________________________________________________________________________ Interested in getting caught up on today's news? Click here to checkout USA TODAY Headlines. http://track.juno.com/s/lc?s=198954&u=http://www.usatoday.com/news/front.ht…

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