Mailman 3 May 2007 - Mailman-Users

a problem loading mailman through my browser
by Scott Berry 22 May '07

22 May '07

Hello there, I am having a problem where mailman is not resolving to the address I assigned it through dyndns. Here is the error I get with a copy of my mailman.conf file. Problem loading page Unable to connect Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at mailmanpilotalk.dyndns.biz. list of 3 items . The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. . If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. . If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web. list end

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single list has stopped working while others continue to work
by Wallace Winfrey 22 May '07

22 May '07

Hello I am running mailman v.2.1.5 (installed from source) on RHEL ES 3 using kernel 2.4.21-47. We are using Sendmail 8.12.11. We have been running this version of mailman successfully for the last two years with few problems. However, today I seem to have run into a real head-scratcher. We run a dozen or so lists, most of which are unmoderated, two-way lists. We also run a couple moderated, one-way announcement lists, one of which seems to have stopped working sometime this afternoon. The rest of our lists continue to function normally, but this particular list doesn't seem to be working at all. As I mentioned above, this is a moderated list, so when I post, I expect to see a moderation message by email, and the moderation request appear in the web management interface. However, neither of these things seems to happen. I can see sendmail handing it off to mailman just fine: May 21 16:59:54 sly sendmail[4071]: l4LMxs3W004071: from=<wally(a)cycling74.com>, size=806, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<46522468.80709(a)cycling74.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=intranet.cycling74.com [207.174.12.59] May 21 16:59:54 sly sendmail[4072]: l4LMxs3W004071: to="|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post cycling74-announcements", ctladdr=<cycling74-announcements(a)sly.cycling74.com> (8/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=31050, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent However, that's it. Nothing else happens. There's nothing in the logs, no errant locks in ~mailman/locks/, nothing that I could glean from perusing the FAQ entry at: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.078.htp Anyone have any ideas? We have another list that's set up with the exact same options, just named differently and with a different subscriber list, but it seems to be working just fine. cheers w

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how can i use your site
by felix trip 21 May '07

21 May '07

hello is this python for sending mail or for what please update me i need a site to send multiple mail to my customers felix. --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.

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Negligent admin needs help
by kevinc＠seaplace.org 21 May '07

21 May '07

Hi all. The problem with great software is that one becomes use to it just working... Alas, I've been negligent. Per some date stamps, apparently about 2 weeks ago my /usr/local filesystem filled up - causing mailman (/usr/local/mailman) some grief. Last night I moved /usr/local/mailman to /var/mailman, created a symbolic link, and now have 40X more space. I rather figured that would do the trick, but alas, I apparently have another problem. Now (and I don't think its related to the filesystem move), I'm seeing this in my smtp-failure log: May 21 08:29:31 2007 (10620) delivery to cbingman(a)panix.com failed with code -1: (-2, 'Name or service not known') May 21 08:29:31 2007 (10620) delivery to aquatictec(a)aol.com failed with code -1: (-2, 'Name or service not known') May 21 08:29:31 2007 (10620) delivery to ddavies(a)seaplace.org failed with code -1: please run connect() first May 21 08:29:31 2007 (10620) delivery to greg(a)schiemer.us failed with code -1: (-2, 'Name or service not known') May 21 08:29:31 2007 (10620) delivery to tmoore(a)alice.caltech.edu failed with code -1: (-2, 'Name or service not known') May 21 08:29:31 2007 (10620) delivery to mar-rk(a)actwin.com failed with code -1: (-2, 'Name or service not known') May 21 08:29:32 2007 (10620) Low level smtp error: (-2, 'Name or service not known'), msgid: <mailman.0.1179720029.5923.fishroom(a)mail2.seaplace.org> May 21 08:29:32 2007 (10620) delivery to opkpuimk(a)mt.pl failed with code -1: (-2, 'Name or service not known') May 21 08:29:32 2007 (10620) Low level smtp error: (-2, 'Name or service not known'), msgid: <mailman.1.1179720029.5923.fishroom(a)mail2.seaplace.org> May 21 08:29:32 2007 (10620) delivery to fishroom-owner(a)mail2.seaplace.org failed with code -1: (-2, 'Name or service not known') May 21 08:29:32 2007 (10620) Low level smtp error: (-2, 'Name or service not known'), msgid: <20070521090518.2A2F03193(a)mail.seaplace.org> I played with this for about 3 hours last night without success so now turn to this list. This is a Gentoo system, running 2.6.16-hardened, Postfix (and thats working - we are using it to send this message and gather replies), and Mailman 2.1.9_rc1. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Kevin

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TypeError: decoding Unicode is not supported
by James Davis 20 May '07

20 May '07

mailman 2.1.5-8sarge5 running on Debian 4.0. It's actually a custom package I built myself with only minor changes for my mail environment. It's an odd one... A search of Google and the archives shows that it's been discussed before but with no definitive answer. One user is having problems posting to a list. Mailman's error log shows the following error, the e-mail which caused the problem is also supplied below. Any idea what's causing this problem? Thanks, James May 18 09:50:13 2007 (29323) Uncaught runner exception: decoding Unicode is not supported May 18 09:50:13 2007 (29323) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 111, in _oneloop self._onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 167, in _onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 130, in _dispose more = self._dopipeline(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline) File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 153, in _dopipeline sys.modules[modname].process(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 91, in process send_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 132, in send_digests send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 306, in send_i18n_digests msg = scrubber(mlist, msg) File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Scrubber.py", line 318, in process partcharset = part.get_content_charset() File "email/Message.py", line 800, in get_content_charset TypeError: decoding Unicode is not supported May 18 09:50:13 2007 (29323) SHUNTING: 1179478212.3616531+d13a31b783297c1f32c72ac08da016a012618db4 Here's the e-mail that caused the error. Return-path: <stefan.laros(a)yahoo.co.uk> Envelope-to: support(a)freecharity.org.uk Delivery-date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:50:11 +0100 Received: from web25413.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.146.176.231]) by freecharity.org.uk with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <stefan.laros(a)yahoo.co.uk>) id 1HoyA5-0002yc-4y for support(a)freecharity.org.uk; Fri, 18 May 2007 09:50:11 +0100 Received: (qmail 17787 invoked by uid 60001); 18 May 2007 08:50:09 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.co.uk; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=TdkF35y16JDEIDEuLY4cGmrqstW67SrzR6Oj1Pa1Fc06qQZQFQx030h9xSizSQqXW/c5l9iDUCR9fCDlaR4yfzl8r7J/5vFS3F0UWj6NNGrqRnDTTe97jnOI7EVkaGK5qlJd7WcHhiGtR18sYPc+IacwfC8bVeuaECjzrq8P7cU=; X-YMail-OSG: CDYiRqkVM1lWc7oO9wflIqiW8_jrhpJzkYW.kGwhGMoYZtkKTIImK3OMRH0uKk0Hm6dMHimPwA-- Received: from [195.110.70.55] by web25413.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 18 May 2007 08:50:08 GMT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/651.23.1 YahooMailWebService/0.7.41.14 Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 08:50:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Stefan Laros <stefan.laros(a)yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Symphony To: lgso-rehearsals(a)freecharity.org.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-707090045-1179478208=:17471" Message-ID: <2399.17471.qm(a)web25413.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> X-Spam-Score: 1.9 (+) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.9 required=5.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE,DNS_FROM_RFC_POST,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=_VERSION --0-707090045-1179478208=:17471 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ascii All, Further to my earlier e-mails: we will only be rehearsing the symphony this Sunday! See you then & there. Stefan --0-707090045-1179478208=:17471 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ascii <html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>All,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Further to my earlier e-mails: we will only be rehearsing the symphony this Sunday!<BR></DIV> <DIV>See you then & there.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Stefan</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV></div></body></html> --0-707090045-1179478208=:17471-- -- http://www.freecharity.org.uk/ - Free IT services for charities http://www.freecharity.org.uk/wiki/ - The VCSWiki

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Re: [Mailman-Users] How to configure a list for invitation-onlysubscriptions?
by Carter Braxton 19 May '07

19 May '07

Mark Sapiro <msapiro(a)value.net> wrote: > You really don't need to go to all this trouble. Just set > subscribe_policy to approve or confirm and approve and manually > discard any held subscription requests. Thanks, I didn't realize that invitations would not be subject to the manual approval process. > If you really want to disable the subscribe email command, just change > Mailman/Commands/cmd_subscribe.py to respond that subscription is by > invitation only. That will take care of subscribe commande to -request > as well as mail to -subscribe and -join. Exactly what I was looking for -- having already made the other modifications, might as well do this one as well to lock it down as much as possible. = NUS Consulting Group - Energy Management Professional cost recovery firm specializing in solutions to reduce utility and telecom expenses. Our expertise includes bill auditing, rate analysis, procurement and technical services. http://a8-asy.a8ww.net/a8-ads/adftrclick?redirectid=b806c2c606eaba456206d24…

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Mailman and LDAP
by Matt Zimmerman 19 May '07

19 May '07

I am using Mailman 2.19. Has written any scripts to sync Mailing lists with LDAP? Just wondering. Thanks, Matt Zimmerman

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Suprised unsubscribes
by Brian Carpenter 18 May '07

18 May '07

Hi List: I had a client report to me this morning that several of his lists mysteriously unsubscribed members of the list without their permission or interventions. As far as I can tell these members were not generating any bounces. I checked the FAQ and archives of this list but I found nothing that would explain this behavior. Could there be any other possible reasons for this other than: 1. Intentional action by member 2. Intentional action by administrator 3. Bounce removal Any insight would be helpful. Thanks. Kind regards, Brian Carpenter -------------------------------------- EMWD - Executive Officer

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neither receiving or sending
by Michael Rainey 18 May '07

18 May '07

After months of successful use of Mailman 2.1.5 for several lists, my hosting company "accidentally" unistalled Mailman. The have since "reinstalled" it, and it looks like all necessary files in var are there etc. However no messages are apparently received (a moderated list---never shows a pending moderator request), nor sent (no notifications to administrator or mail delivered to recipients It is a virtual host and the "add_virtual host ('www.mydomain.ext') was originally set up correctly but since it has been some time, and I, as a rank beginner cannot now locate mm_cfg.py (default /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py) that should exist to check that it is still intact. Or if 'root /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py' is the correct path then mailman/Mailman no longer is there. I did run 'newaliases' but no difference. My hosting company has offered to back everything up and completely reinstall, but I don't have much faith in them at this point and have asked them not to do anything until I can identify probable issues. I guess as a minimum I would like to back up the (not public) list before I let them proceed. Thank you, MIchael Rainey

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Re: [Mailman-Users] How to configure a list for invitation-only subscriptions?
by Carter Braxton 18 May '07

18 May '07

Brad Knowles <brad(a)shub-internet.org> wrote: > No, Mailman does not have any method (that I know of) for making > lists "by invitation only". You can require approval from the > Moderator(s) or List Owner(s), but as you observed that's not the > same thing. I think I'm getting close -- so far I've done the following: 1. Disabled the "-subscribe" email address for the list. 2. Edited the list info page to remove the signup option and replaced it with a notice that membership is via invitation only. (I found the file to modify is /etc/mailman/en/listinfo.html.) 3. Made sure the list is not advertised on the site-wide web page. 4. Used apache to impose a name and password for web access. This pretty much leaves the "subscribe" option in the email interface as the remaining loophole. I would need to modify the Mailman source to remove this keyword, and to modify the "help" file that users can request. (Anyone know offhand what files are involved?) Of course I could just disable the "-request" address for the list, disabling the email interface entirely. I'm a little reluctant to do this, though I expect that at this point most users will want to use "thuh web" to manage their options. = Hurricane Roll Shutters, Accordions Hurricane shutters, rolling shutters, accordions, storm panels and other products. http://a8-asy.a8ww.net/a8-ads/adftrclick?redirectid=8495a62e6dbc71261dcd3c9…

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