Mailman 3 August 2007 - Mailman-Users

postfix/mailman problem: gorup mismatch error
by Ivan Ricotti Aug. 24, 2007

Aug. 24, 2007

Hello, recently I tried to change my MTA on my server (Debian Etch) from Sendmail to Postfix. Everything was ok except the Mailman! :( Anytime I tried to post a message I had: <my_list(a)my.domain.org>: Command died with status 2: "/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post my_list". Command output: 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 "smmta". Try … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] problem updating mailman in Plesk from 2.15 to 2.19
by Brad Knowles Aug. 24, 2007

Aug. 24, 2007

On 8/23/07, Mervyn Kahn wrote: > If one is released it can be upgraded easily without fear of breaking > anything. This, however, is not the case at the moment. I've worked at a project where they were using Plesk, and after a great deal of customization work by the hosting facility staff, they were able to work out a way to upgrade the system. What they ended up doing was a from-source (not binary package) install of the appropriate recent version of Python for the updated … [View More]

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Gnu Autotools: Mailman
by Meenal Pant Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

My software uses Mailman. I am using GNU autotools to bundle my software for distribution. During ./configure I want to check if mailman is installed and capture the path and version in some variables. What rules should I define in configure.ac ? Look for mailmanctl using AC_CHECK_PROGS ? Thanks Meenal

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Mailman -request problem
by Brian Luria Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

> > I have mulitple mailing lists setup - just set up and getting to know > mailman (over majordomo) > > I am trying to use the -request option to have member lists sent to me > > Format: > > To: list-request(a)domain.com > > Subject: who password > > At first I didn't think it was working at all, then (literally as I was > typing this post, they came to my inbox - 40 minutes later!) > > Is there a setting that is making it take that long?! >

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problem updating mailman in Plesk from 2.15 to 2.19
by Mervyn Kahn Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

Can anyone assist with resolving this problem for me? Need to know about updating Mailman in Plesk from 2.15 to 2.19 I received the following response from Support at tecktonic who tried to update Mailman for me: I worked on this for quite a bit yesterday and came to the conclusion today after talking with my senior that it runs the risk of breaking plesk by forcing an install. Also, there are currently no mailman 2.1.9 releases for the current distro you are running, CentOS 4.5. The … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] 403 forbidden on public archives
by Mark Sapiro Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

Jewel Makda wrote: >[error] Symbloic link not allowed: /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/mylist >Mark Sapiro wrote: >> >> This is puzzling since most permission or web server config issues >> would affect all public archives, not just some. >> >> What is in your web server (apache?) error_log for this 403 error? I think you need <Directory /usr/local/mailman/archives/public> Options +FollowSymLinks </Directory> in your httpd.conf. I … [View More]

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403 forbidden on public archives
by Jewel Makda Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

I am really lost as to why I have some archives which are public working fine but I one some of my lists if I make them public I receive the following: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /pipermail/listname/ on this server. I have read the discussion archives and have not found a solution to this. I am running Mailman 2.1.7. Thanks, -- Jewel

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Disabling confirmtionless subscriptions by list admins
by Jeffrey Goldberg Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

Hello, I'm a site administrator running mailman 2.1.9 and am beginning to delegate some responsibility to list administrators. While I trust (the integrity of) these people, I am not fully confident that they completely grasp the importance of the confirmation process (particularly since some list members seem to have trouble with it). I do not want any of these list administrators to subscribe anyone (or change email addresses of members) without the member having to go … [View More]

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(no subject)
by Nicoll, Alan Aug. 23, 2007

Aug. 23, 2007

We are migrating about 300 lists from majordomo to mailman and would like some help finding how to setup a few properties. We've worked at this a while and been unable to find where/how to set these. (See below for background.) 1. We don't want any 'list owners' or 'moderators'. Just we lucky few admins will run the lists. 2. We want the majority of the lists to be open for users to subscribe/unsubscribe without any passwords required. 3. We want the other very few lists to be setup … [View More]

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bin/arch failing
by Bob Aug. 22, 2007

Aug. 22, 2007

Hi: I am having a problem regenerating my archive. Everything was going along fine, with daily updates being added to the archive. I then wanted to refresh the entire archive and ran bin/arch --wipe list1 it failed. Archive articles go from 0000 to 66990 list1.mbox is: 526313754 Aug 21 20:19 list1.mbox The server NetBSD 3.1, has 2GB memory bin/arch first went through every article Week-of-Mon-20070702 #65136 <20070703134009.74f75a8e(a)viola.tamara-b.org> figuring article … [View More]archives [...] then after many Updating HTML for article 4584 Updating HTML for article 4585 Updating HTML for article 4586 Updating index files for archive [Week-of-Mon-20050321] Date Subject Author Thread Computing threaded index Updating HTML for article 4587 Updating HTML for article 4588 Updating HTML for article 4589 Updating HTML for article 4590 Updating HTML for article 4591 Updating HTML for article 4592 Updating HTML for article 4593 [...] Updating HTML for article 9353 Updating index files for archive [Week-of-Mon-20041122] Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/arch", line 200, in ? main() File "bin/arch", line 190, in main archiver.close() File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 322, in close self.update_dirty_archives() File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 538, in update_dirty_archives self.update_archive(i) File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperArch.py", line 1121, in update_archive self.__super_update_archive(archive) File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 439, in update_archive self.__set_parameters(archive) File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 354, in __set_parameters firstdate = self.database.firstdate(archive) File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 209, in firstdate self.__openIndices(archive) File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 240, in __openIndices self.__closeIndices() File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 265, in __closeIndices index.close() File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 187, in close fp.write(marshal.dumps(self.dict)) MemoryError So I ran a subset of the archive: bin/arch -s 10000 -e 66990 list1 And after a while: Updating HTML for article 11689 Updating HTML for article 11690 Updating index files for archive [Week-of-Mon-20050815] Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/arch", line 200, in ? main() File "bin/arch", line 190, in main archiver.close() File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 322, in close self.update_dirty_archives() File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 538, in update_dirty_archives self.update_archive(i) File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperArch.py", line 1121, in update_archive self.__super_update_archive(archive) File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 439, in update_archive self.__set_parameters(archive) File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 354, in __set_parameters firstdate = self.database.firstdate(archive) File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 209, in firstdate self.__openIndices(archive) File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 240, in __openIndices self.__closeIndices() File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 265, in __closeIndices index.close() File "/usr/pkg/lib/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 187, in close fp.write(marshal.dumps(self.dict)) MemoryError ==================== _dirty_archives ??? something corrupt? Is there a fix for this? I can successfully run about the last 10,000 bin/arch -s 50000 -e 66990 list1 But that is about 1/7th of the archive Can I produce a complete archive in chunks of 10,000? How? Best regards Bob [View Less]

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