Mailman 3 November 2008 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] Finding all unmoderated users in a list
by D G Teed 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Here is a solution I received from Jerry Stratton using withlist command from the command line... Create a file to use with "withlist". ==============snip========================= from Mailman import mm_cfg def unmoderated(mlist): memberCount = 0 for member in mlist.getMembers(): if not mlist.getMemberOption(member, mm_cfg.Moderate): print member memberCount = memberCount + 1 print "Unmoderated members found:", memberCount ==============snip========================= If this is called "queries.py", then you can use the following command to list all unmoderated members of a mailing list: withlist -r queries.unmoderated LISTNAME Note that the file queries.py must be located in the home directory of mailman (not in bin). This is exactly what I needed. Thanks to Jerry for this solution. --Donald

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Patch available for review - SpamBayes support in gate_news
by skip＠pobox.com 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

I worked up a straightforward patch for gate_news which adds SpamBayes support to that program. This allows incoming Usenet news postings to be checked for spam before foisting them off on unsuspecting mailing list folks. https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/300176 I've yet to figure out where gate_news is documented. Once I have I'll update that manual and upload a patch. Feedback is appreciated. After a couple extra sets of eyeballs have been aimed at it I will work with the python.org postmasters to start testing it there. -- Skip Montanaro - skip(a)pobox.com - http://smontanaro.dyndns.org/

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Issues with sending messages to list
by Vikram Goyal 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Hi there, I manage three announcement only lists. I had some issues with the server they were running on, because of which, I had to restart the server. However, since starting the server, I can't seem to be able to send any mails to any of the three lists. I checked the mail logs (/var/log/maillog), and the following entry was found for a test message send to the test list: "Nov 18 01:29:51 ip-XXXXX sendmail[13901]: mAI8ToHD013890: to="|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post test", ctladdr=<test(a)****.com> (8/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=33119, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent" To me, this means that the mail was sent to the mailman process. (I have taken out the actual ip address and the domain for privacy reasons). So, why would the users on the test list not get the messages? Also, which log messages should I look for and rely on? The var/log/maillog or the log messages in the mailman directory? Any help appreciated. Regards, Vikram Goyal

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Finding all unmoderated users in a list
by D G Teed 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Howdy, We have some moderated lists with thousands of members and a handful of people are appointed rights to post to it (who are also members). Periodically we don't know who has that posting right, and someone asks for a list of those who can post. How can this be queried? --Donald

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Incoming Mail not being processed?
by Jewel 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

I really need someone to help me. I have confirmed that mail is coming from my server but then it disappears. I don't know what logs to look at or what items to check to check if the problem is in fact my machine not able to process the mail. -- Jewel

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listname-bounces@
by Michael Welch 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Hi friends, hoping you can help me out. I am having to do too much work running our lists. Apparently, list members not as knowledgeable as I are looking in the headers for our list address, and accidentally end up using the wrong address. In the header there are at least three instances of the address: listname-bounces(a)lists.host.org Sender: Return-Path Errors-To: All contain an address that can be too easily mistaken for the list address. That means I end up having to do personal contact with way too many people to let them know that they did not use the correct address, so they need to resend. I notice that this list does not show me the real address in those headers, but rather something like: Sender: mailman-users-bounces+myaddress=mydomain.org(a)python.org So I would guess that the list admin for this listserver rarely sees users mistaking the Sender: header for the correct address. I am getting pretty tired of this. How can I fix it? This is a hosted list at dreamhost, so I cannot run any commands. If there is an easy cure, I can probably get the host to do it (it would probably have to apply to all their hosted lists, not just mine), but is there something I can do about this? - - - - - - - - - - - - Michael Welch, volunteer Redwood Alliance PO Box 293 Arcata, CA 95518 707-822-7884 mwelch(a)redwoodalliance.org www.redwoodalliance.org

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One private archive not appearing online
by Jewel 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

I have one list which won't display online the archives. I don't receive any web page error, it's just blank. I also have confirmed the archives are listed in the directory and that I can view them from the command line. I have the correct permissions. -- Jewel r

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appearance of member list (2.1.9)
by Ralph Stahl 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Hi, normally (?) the member list shows all members from A to Z at one page. I have seen a list, where a kind of "tabs" is above it with links "A"..."Z", and only the members with one of these letters are listet at one page. It seems to be not very useful to me, I'd like to change it to the "normal" appearance. Is it possible? I am not the admin of the server, therefore I can only use the admin frontend. Thanks for hints, Ralph

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Securing My Mailman Lists
by Jeff Bernier 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Hello all, I have inherited a Mac Xserve server running Mailman from a support person that is no longer employed at our school. I have changed the Admin password on the server, and also changed (or thought I did) the Admin passwords for the Mailman lists as well. The old admin password is still working for theses lists. How can I completely remove this old password? Any help is appreciated. Jeff -- Jeff Bernier E-mail Administrator Rhode Island School of Design 401.454.6168

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Some messages not being posted or delivered
by Jewel 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

I am having reports from some of my lists that some messages are not getting through to the members but they are visible through the archives. Also I have seen posts go through to the list but not the archives. I have not idea where to start. I know of a particular user who is having problems posting and I can't find anything in my logs that help provide a clue as to what is happening. I am running Mailman 2.1.11 on Red Hat 5.1 and using Postfix. -- Jewel

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