Mailman 3 October 2008 - Mailman-Users

script which can limit the number of postings by a user in a day
by Nitin Bhadauria 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

Dear All, I have a mailing list with more then 10000 users and the 300 postings per day so i want to restrict users postings. Is any buddy have a script or some thing to do that ... Thanks Nitin

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msg_header / archives / reply to
by Ewout Wierda 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

Hi everyone, As you would expect my first message here I have some questions about some problems I have. I set up a mailing list using the cPanel of my hosting provider, and I have been trying to make a header text (msg_header) in the non-digest options. However, no matter what I do, my test mails do not show the header. I asked my hosting provider if there is some backend setting in the software that needs to be changed, but got as a somewhat surprising reply that I cannot use the non-digest options "since Mailman is part of Cpanel, which comes already encrypted". Considering that Mailman is GNU GPL I find it hard to believe that, so I am trying to find out what to tell my provider to do exactly. Browsing the internet has not helped me much. I noticed that there is a OWNERS_CAN_ENABLE_PERSONALIZATION setting but I am not sure that setting is needed for msg_header, nor am I sure where that sort of setting can be changed. So my first question is: how can I get that msg_header setting to work? Secondly I have sent a few test messages to a few email addresses I have but none appear in the archive, which is still completely empty aside from column headings. The archive setting is on. What could I do to make the archive work? The third issue I have (probably I have more but am not aware of them yet!) is that a response to a list message goed to the sender not to the list, but the reply_goes_to_list setting is on list. All in all I have the impression that virtually all but the most basic functionality is disabled. My hosting is cheap (I am setting up for a non-profit organisation so little choice!) and I suppose they want to save system resources and avoid risks, but since I will have no more than 75 known subscribers I wonder if their underlying settings could be changed per hosting account. Thanks in advance for any help! Ewout

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problems with upgrade
by Alexander Freund 03 Oct '08

03 Oct '08

Hi list members, I have a problem with an update from a mailman 2.1.4 to 2.1.11.I had no problems during the upgrade I only noticed some problems with some user account names, so I started the configure script with the parameters: --with-cgi-gid=apache --with-mail-gid=mailThat’s it. Again, no problems.My lists are all moderated so I have to approve every mail. I started sending a mail to one of my lists.I received the "user" mail, that the mail is being processed and that I can call them back etc.I also received the mail that I have a moderated mail but after approving the mail nothing happens.The mail is not sent to the users. There is no error, nothing.I have no idea where I can see where the mail is lost. Could someone please help me with this? Thanks! Roi Danton _________________________________________________________________ Messenger to go! Hol' Dir Messenger aufs Handy! http://windowslivemobile.msn.com/BrowserServiceMessenger.aspx?lang=DE-DE

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Re: [Mailman-Users] bin/upgrade has been broken since 2.1.5 (orpossibly longer)
by b19141＠anl.gov 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Knut Auvor Grythe <knut(a)auvor.no> wrote, in part, >This week, when attempting to upgrade further to Ubuntu Hardy, with >Mailman 2.1.9, the upgrade script crashed as soon as it reached one of >these lists, without releasing the lock. The attached patch is what I >used to be able to upgrade cleanly from the previously corrupted data. Are you installing from source or using the Debian/Ubuntu package? If the latter, remember that there are a number of Debian/Ubuntu patches applied to the source. When I looked at the patches, I was not sure what many of them did, and I was not sure of the code base upon which these patches were built. IIRC, one patch referred to 2.1.4 code. That is why I built my own package from the SourceForge source; my management would not let me install the source without a package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Division Argonne National Laboratory Phone: +1 (630) 252-7277 9700 South Cass Avenue Facsimile:+1 (630) 252-4601 Building 222, Room D209 Internet: BSFinkel(a)anl.gov Argonne, IL 60439-4828 IBMMAIL: I1004994

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Any way to prevent un-subscribing?
by charlie derr 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Stefan Förster wrote: > * Elizabeth Schwartz <betsy.schwartz(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Our administration wants to use a mailman list for broadcast-only >> official communications to students. >> I've been asked to prevent the students from un-subscribing. Is there >> a way to do that in any version of mailman? And/or any other >> convenient mechanism? The list is a bit unwieldy for plain email >> aliases. > > If you are using some kind of "aliases" file where > "listname-unsubscribe" points to the "mailman" script, remove that > alias. Deactivate your web interface or generate random passwords for > every student and block access to the page where one can reset > passwords. Remove the "listname-request" alias, too, so students can't > use Mailman's advanced features to unsubscribe themselves. > > Probably not what you wanted to hear, isn't it? > > > Ciao > Stefan Another possible choice is to have the list membership synced from an external source regularly. If this is on a cron job that runs periodically, then any attempted self-removal would always only be temporary (which may be good enough in practice). good luck, ~c

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Any way to prevent un-subscribing?
by Elizabeth Schwartz 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Our administration wants to use a mailman list for broadcast-only official communications to students. I've been asked to prevent the students from un-subscribing. Is there a way to do that in any version of mailman? And/or any other convenient mechanism? The list is a bit unwieldy for plain email aliases. Am meanwhile changing the subscription and unsubscription notices to include dire warnings, and sending notice of unsubscriptions. (and I know we're going to have to think about bounces) I see that the question has been asked here before but haven't seen any solutions (I understand that in almost all cases you want to give users the choice to unsubscribe, but it's reasonable for the Dean of Students to have an official list that reaches all students, too) thanks, Betsy -- Unix Systems Administrator Harvard Graduate School of Design

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Customizing "Subscription request confirmed" page
by Zbigniew Szalbot 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Hello, I have just noticed that there is one more page that needs changing if I want to keep the layout consistent - "Subscription request confirmed" page. I guess the question is basically the same. How do I hack it? -- Zbigniew Szalbot

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