Mailman 3 April 2007 - Mailman-Users

default settings for newly created lists
by Tomas Macek April 5, 2007

April 5, 2007

Hi, I'm running Mailman 2.1.5.1-34 on RHEL4 machine. I will have to create some lists and I don't want to go throught the bin/config_list -o list.cfg list -> edit the cfg file -> bin/config_list -i list.cfg list, but I want to edit the options, that are the source for the creating new lists when I type the ./newlist command. Where is the default setting for new lists stored? I really can't find it. For example I'd like to have 'msg_footer' option set the same for all my lists, 'generic_nonmember_action' and many others set to my own default, when I create a new list. Is it possible? Where can I do it? Many thanks, Tomas

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join vs subscribe
by kalin mintchev April 5, 2007

April 5, 2007

hi all.. what is the difference between listname-join and listname-subscribe?! thanks....

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Problem adding virtual domains in sendmail
by simply arun April 5, 2007

April 5, 2007

Hello everybody Can any one explain me how to add virtual domains in sendmail server and how to configure mailing list for the virtual domains thanks and regards -- arunanchal behera(RHCE) seek to understand than to be understood mob no:+919440147694

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RSS
by Jason [WeatherServer] April 4, 2007

April 4, 2007

Anyone have the RSS patch working with the latest version of Mailman or does Mailman have RSS built in and I just can't find it. -------------------------------------------- http://listserver.weatherserver.net Weather Alerts, Traffic Alerts, Toronto Fire CAD Alerts All to your email, 24/7/365 *****Visit us today*****

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Traceback
by Mark Sapiro April 4, 2007

April 4, 2007

No One wrote: > >You are correct about the versions. I was assuming (I know, I know) that when I get mailman going it will handle the conversion. Is there something else I should do first? No. Mailman should handle the conversion without problem. It was the permissions problem that was preventing it from doing so. >As to the rest, I ran check_perms a bunch of times and it reported no problems. However, with all the installing and uninstalling I must have not done it this last time. It fixed a host of problems that are usually there after an install. Now it runs. Thanks for your help. You're welcome. I'm glad it's working. -- 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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kwotidian.com
by Fred Leber April 4, 2007

April 4, 2007

Dear Mailman Users, I am looking to put together a small team for Kwotidian.com, a startup which will create and distribute bilingual language development email. Kwotidian will use Mailman and we need 1-3 persons to handle the technical side. The idea for Kwotidian began with a company named Wordburger in 1999. Wordburger sent out bite-size, witty, bilingual language lessons. Subscribers learned a few useful English words each day. Wordburger grew rapidly to 140,000 subscribers who wanted to learn or improve their English, 95% of whom were in non-English speaking countries. Our most successful edition was the Chinese, with 55,000 subscribers. We shut down in 2001 because our primary revenue model at that time was advertising and the reputation of internet advertising had gone down the drain. Now we intend to try again. The goal is not to have hundreds of thousands of subscribers - it is to have millions of subscribers. Kwotidian.com needs a small team whose essential ingredient is enthusiasm and energy. Mailman and html experience would be good and experience with international character set encodings would be desirable but not essential. Kwotidian is not yet operational but the basic idea and a sample Kwotidian daily message can be seen at kwotidian.com. Please get in touch with me if you are interested. I will be glad to provide more details. Fred Leber Williamstown, Massachusetts USA fred(a)kwotidian.com

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Postfix error: "User unknown in virtual mailbox table"
by Peter April 3, 2007

April 3, 2007

I have seen this error on the net but I cannot locate the problem/solution: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table; I am having trouble with Postfix and Mailman integration. I am using SQL lookups for virtual mailbox domains. I believe my setup was working until I added the SQL part. The following command yields no output: $ postmap -q list(a)example.com hash:/var/spool/mailman/data/aliases Finally, my setup: $ postconf -n alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases, hash:/var/spool/mailman/data/aliases biff = no command_directory = /usr/local/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/local/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 disable_vrfy_command = yes empty_address_recipient = MAILER-DAEMON html_directory = /usr/local/share/doc/postfix/html mail_owner = _postfix mailbox_size_limit = 1000000000 mailq_path = /usr/local/sbin/mailq manpage_directory = /usr/local/man message_size_limit = 80000000 mydomain = example.com myhostname = mail.example.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, 10.9.0.0/16, 192.168.0.0/16 myorigin = $mydomain newaliases_path = /usr/local/sbin/newaliases notify_classes = resource,software queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix queue_minfree = 120000000 readme_directory = /usr/local/share/doc/postfix/readme relay_domains = hash:/etc/postfix/relay_domains relayhost = smtp.isp.com sample_directory = /etc/postfix sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail setgid_group = _postdrop smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_multi_recipient_bounce reject_unauth_pipelining smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_non_fqdn_recipient reject_non_fqdn_sender reject_unknown_sender_domain permit_mynetworks reject_unauth_destination reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname check_helo_access regexp:/etc/postfix/helo_checks check_sender_mx_access cidr:/etc/postfix/bogus_mx reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org permit unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/sql/virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_gid_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/sql/virtual_gid_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_base = /var/spool/virtual_mailboxes virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/sql/virtual_mailbox_domains.cf virtual_mailbox_limit = 80000000 virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/sql/virtual_mailbox_recipients.cf virtual_transport = maildrop virtual_uid_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/sql/virtual_uid_maps.cf Thank you for any assistance. Pedro

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Message may contain administrivia
by dhottinger＠harrisonburg.k12.va.us April 3, 2007

April 3, 2007

What signifys a message as being labeled administrivia? I dont get to many needing approval because of this, but I have yet to figure out why they are being flagged as such. -- Dwayne Hottinger Network Administrator Harrisonburg City Public Schools

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Traceback
by Mark Sapiro April 3, 2007

April 3, 2007

No One wrote: > >Thanks. Here it is: > >Starting mailman: Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/sbin/mailmanctl", line 548, in ? > main() > File "/usr/sbin/mailmanctl", line 367, in main > check_for_site_list() > File "/usr/sbin/mailmanctl", line 277, in check_for_site_list > sitelist = MailList(sitelistname, lock=0) > File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 130, in __init__ > self.Load() > File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 665, in Load > self.CheckVersion(dict) > File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 715, in CheckVersion > self.Lock() > File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 161, in Lock > self.__lock.lock(timeout) > File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 243, in lock > self.__write() > File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/LockFile.py", line 422, in __write > fp = open(self.__tmpfname, 'w') >IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/mailman/locks/mailman.lock.dap002.8626.0' There are two things going on here. First, and not really relevant to the big picture, it appears you must be upgrading lists because the section of code you're in is only reached if the data version of the /var/lib/mailman/lists/mailman/config.pck file is less that the current software version. That aside, you will have problems anyway if the software can't create and write lock files. Have you run bin/check_perms to check permissions. You should run it as root with the -f option until it runs cleanly. If you're sure that all directories in the /var/lib/mailman/locks/ path have search (x or maybe group s) permission for Mailman's group (or world in the case of /var/ and /var/lib/) and the /var/lib/mailman/locks/ directory itself also has read and write for Mailman's group and you still get the above error, it may be due to SeLinux or some other security policy . -- 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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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Traceback
by Mark Sapiro April 3, 2007

April 3, 2007

No One wrote: > >Anyway I am now at the next layer of the onion. I am getting another trace back complaining about permissions when trying to create the lock file. The mailman directory (/var/mailman) from the top down is owned by mailman:mailman and both owner and group permissions are r/w. I am using the 'service mailman start' command as root. Well, I don't know what 'service mailman start' does in your case, but I assume it ultimately runs 'bin/mailmanctl start' which should be OK. What is the content of this traceback? -- 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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