Mailman 3 July 2007 - Mailman-Users

AOL's "Client TOS Notification"
by Rick Pasotto July 21, 2007

July 21, 2007

I have recently been getting some of these from one of my mailing lists. There is nothing in it (that I've been able to see) that would tell me who the user is that is rejecting the email. There are several AOL addresses subscribed but only one rejection each time a mailing goes out. 1) Have I overlooked something that would identify the user? 2) Why would AOL send such a useless email? -- "The true bureaucrat is a man of really remarkable talents. He writes a kind of English that is … [View More]

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first time question
by Leonard Slutsky July 21, 2007

July 21, 2007

Hello. This is my first time using mailman, so you'll have to excuse my lack of knowledge on the subject. I just setup a new mailman list. How can I insure that only select people can send messages to all of the people on the list? (I don't want all of the memebers sending messages, only a few). I sent a test message, and the "to" field was the listserv address, which could be easily found by anyone. Thanks again for all your help and for putting out such great software ;) Leonard Slutsky

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Content Filtering Scrubs PDF Attachment
by Fitzpatrick, Ted July 21, 2007

July 21, 2007

Hi, When Mailman's Content Filtering is on, it is scrubbing (removing) pdf and png attachments, even though I have entered the MIME types for these files as "passable." For the MIME types, I used: application/pdf image/png The only fix I found within this list's archives was a patch to Mailman that sets it to use only file extensions when filtering attachments. I noticed debate over the security ramifications of this. What is the best way to configure Mailman to allow PDF and … [View More]

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download email addresses
by Paul Wilson July 21, 2007

July 21, 2007

Anyone know how to download all the users in a list to a CSV file or any kind of file? Paul Wilson ::::Stay Gold:::: www.freaksincorporated.com www.choppertownnation.net www.grimmskateboards.com www.phatchoppers.com www.allamericancycles.net www.tinakite.com www.denisehawkins.com www.3leggeddawg.com www.itsnotlevel.com "If it doesn't matter whether we win or lose, then why do we play the game?" If you are not the Addressee, or the person responsible for delivering this to the … [View More]

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Accessing Command Prompts
by Nick Bogaty July 20, 2007

July 20, 2007

Ok, I'm very green on linux comman prompts. I just purchased a linux machine with plesk installed in it. The version of plesk allows for mailman installation which I successfully completed. I'd now like to access the command prompt to change the settings so "Owners can delete their own lists" to appear in the GUI. Problem is I have no idea how to access mm_cfg.py in order to do so. I'm accessing the server using a client called "putty" and it brings me to command prompt on the server. I … [View More]

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one click unsubscribe
by Wes July 20, 2007

July 20, 2007

Hello, I've been researching all the possible ways to have a one click (or very few click) unsubscribe, that also protects against other people unsubscribing a user, using a link passed in a forwarded message. The best way, I think, is to have the user click a link that will cause a confirmation email to be sent, which will contain the actual unsubscribe link. I found one pretty good way to get it to work by generating a email link, that the user can send a mail to: %(real_name)s-… [View More]

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no archives, no logs after system failure
by douglas repetto July 20, 2007

July 20, 2007

Hello, Our server recently had hard drive problems, and the system was copied to another drive where it seems to be more or less happy. But we're having a strange Mailman problem (Mailman 2.1.5 on OSX Server 10.4.10): the lists are running, mail is being delivered, but no archiving is taking place and nothing is being written to the log files. The last change date for all log files is the day the original drive died, as is the date of the last archived messages to our lists. Otherwise … [View More]

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Python modules missing
by Christopher Glanville July 20, 2007

July 20, 2007

I have been running mailman on Fedora core 4 for some time but then it stopped. Now when I try and run: /etc/init.d/mailman start I get: -bash: /etc/init.d/mailman: No such file or directory [root@vk3kqu ~]# /etc/init.d/mailmanctl start Traceback (most recent call last): File "/etc/init.d/mailmanctl", line 105, in ? import paths ImportError: No module named paths Does anyone know where this module has gone or what package it might be contained in? THanks very much de Chris G

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Approved Password
by Trevor Dodds July 20, 2007

July 20, 2007

Hi, I'm setting up a Newsletter mailing list and currently using the moderated <from> address to allow sending, this is a problem because if anyone figures this out our list will be spammed to death. I read that you could add an "Approved: <password>" into the body of the message but where in mailman do you set what the password would be? I've also picked up that a few of the emails have the below added but the original is not sent with this in the body? --==============… [View More]

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admin web interface is not saving changes and asks me to re-enter password
by Cornils, Karin July 20, 2007

July 20, 2007

This is on a Debian 4 package installation of Mailman 2.1.9 w. Apache2. I have tried all the FAQ suggestions in the FAQs that seem to relate to this issue: 4.71 4.45 4.27 4.2.9 4.65 4.69 All to no avail - details below - does anyone have any other suggestions? Many thanks, Karin C 4.71 - tried all this http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.071.htp - 4.71. Accessing the web admin interface or private archives via a framed page requires … [View More]constant reauthorization (e.g., asking me to re-enter my password). It was not an IE issue - even tested with no privacy security - no change 4.45 - tried all this http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.045.htp 4.45. The admin web interface is not saving my changes and keeps asking me to re-enter my password -- what is wrong? 4.29 - tried all this http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.029.htp - 4.29. Where can I change a list or the default URL used for the web interface? 4.27. Securing Mailman's web GUI by using Secure HTTP/SSL I Have not changed the site to https/ssl/tls The following talks about a redirect - and I'm using ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/ with the default_url_pattern in mm_cfg.py set to match , so that doesn't look like the issue. http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2004-April/035968.html [Mailman-Users] web interface not saving changes 4.65 - tried all this http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.065.htp - 4.65. Admin Web interface requires reauthentication (e.g., re-entering the password) at every step and doesn't save changes. It wasn't a firewall issue - opened all ports to test it and didn't make a difference. Don't see where I might have picked up the /etc/sysconfig/i18n file issue - file doesn't exist on my system. 4.69 - tried all this http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.069.htp 4.69. Why aren't my mm_cfg.py settings for DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN and DEFAULT_URL_HOST effective? This was done. The information contained in this email message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the message and any attachments. [View Less]

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