Mailman 3 February 2008 - Mailman-Users

Getting rid of default mailman address due to vhosts only
by audit Feb. 3, 2008

Feb. 3, 2008

I'm running a primary server that I use for personal usage but also have a few lists running off a different domain setup on it using postfix, mailman, 2.1.9 and FreeBSD 6.2 On the front of http://www.virutaldomain.com/mailman/listinfo/ it says, If you are having trouble using the lists, please contact mailman(a)virtualdomain.com. but that's a list that I had to create when I started this entire thing. I used the rmlist to delete the mailman list but it gives me an error when I try to … [View More]

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Mailman 2.1.10b1 Released
by Mark Sapiro Feb. 3, 2008

Feb. 3, 2008

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am happy to announce the first beta release of Mailman 2.1.10. This is a security and bug fix release and it is highly recommended that all sites upgrade to this version. Mailman 2.1.10 also adds support for two new language translations, Hebrew and Slovak and a few new features. Mailman is free software for managing email mailing lists and e- newsletters. Mailman is used for all the python.org and SourceForge.net mailing lists, as well as at … [View More]hundreds of other sites. For more information, including download links, please see: http://www.list.org http://mailman.sf.net http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman Special thanks are due to Barry Warsaw and Tokio Kikuchi for much coding and support, Moritz Naumann for help with security issues and Jim Tittsler for a significant patch. Here's a list of the major changes. Security - The 2.1.9 fixes for CVE-2006-3636 have been enhanced. In particular, many potential cross-site scripting attacks have are now detected in editing templates and updating the list's info attribute via the web admin interface. Thanks again to Moritz Naumann for assistance with this. New Features - Changed cmd_who.py to list all members if authorization is with the list's admin or moderator password and to accept the password if the roster is public. Also changed the web roster to show hidden members when authorization is by site or list's admin or moderator password (1587651). - Added the ability to put a list name in accept_these_nonmembers to accept posts from members of that list (1220144). - Added a new 'sibling list' feature to exclude members of another list from receiving a post from this list if the other list is in the To: or Cc: of the post or to include members of the other list if that list is not in the To: or Cc: of the post (Patch ID 1347962). - Added the admin_member_chunksize attribute to the admin General Options interface (Bug 1072002, Partial RFE 782436). Internationalization - Added the Hebrew translation from Dov Zamir. This includes addition of a direction ('ltr', 'rtl') to the LC_DESCRIPTIONS table. The add_language() function defaults direction to 'ltr' to not break existing mm_cfg.py files. - Added the Slovak translation from Martin Matuska. - -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) iD4DBQFHVjjPVVuXXpU7hpMRArQHAJ9NE4Fj8b2rpWaXX6+BFa27wWB2MACWIGqJ 1wxPhA7ZBRVG9gSiEhTb2A== =vzXz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- [View Less]

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I desperate need of help
by Thomas J Casey Feb. 2, 2008

Feb. 2, 2008

This may be difficult for some to read, and I can forward you a pdf version. In addition to the website ( <http://www.troop152.org/> www.troop152.org) I support the email distribution process. I am having a lot of setup tribulations and need some direction. I am attempting to setup Mailman for 22 different distribution lists, with unique individuals contained with them. We need to be able to: (1) from a persons private email account, send an email to a distribution list on the … [View More]Server where our website is housed. (2) when received, verify if the individual is authorized to submit email, and if not, notify the list owner of the attempt without forwarding it. (3) if the person is authorized, distribute/forward the email to the members of the distribution list. This has been done and works great, however we are encountering the following: 1. when a person submits an email for distribution and received by the recipients, the From: field displays: test152-bounces(a)troop152.org; on behalf of; Thomas J Casey [jacsdad(a)nc.rr.com] <test152-bounces(a)troop152.org>. We would like to remove the test152-bounces(a)troop152.org; on behalf of; and the test152-bounces(a)troop152.org at the end. Can this be setup and if possible how can I set it up. 2. when a person replies to the email, it attempts to reply to the originator only (example: Thomas J Casey [jacsdad(a)nc.rr.com] and not to the distribution list of test152(a)troop152.org. Can this be setup and if possible how can I set it up. 3. I need to able to define who is authorized to submit email for redistribution. I was told by Support that the individuals email must be added to the General Section of Mailman in the List Moderator section. This causing havoc with the 87 individuals who are currently contained within the List Moderator section. They receive ever notice when an individual is added, removed, moderator request(s) waiting, failure notices and the like. Can Mailman be setup that only those individuals defied in the General Section of Mailman in the List Administrator section be notified and if possible how can I set it up. 4. when a person attempts to send an email to a mailing list, there email is held until I attend to it. Once authorized in #3, can the process of submission and distribution be automatic? I have been in contact with Support at Host Monster multiple times, and they have been no help whatsoever. I've weeded through the instruction on Mailman at: http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html but am more confused then ever. As you can imagine, I'm getting a lot of heat to rectify these problems PDQ. This is a Boy Scout Troop and I volunteer my services but these problems are causing us more problems then Mailman is worth to us. If you have any suggestions, I would be eternally grateful. Thanks ahead of time. tj casey Jacsdad aka Thomas J Casey Upon his retirement, a former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion was quoted: "the Older I get... the Better I was" [View Less]

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I desperate need of help
by Thomas J Casey Feb. 2, 2008

Feb. 2, 2008

I'm lost and confused and in desperate need of help. Please see the attached and let me know what I should do. Thanks ahead of time... Jacsdad aka Thomas J Casey Upon his retirement, a former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion was quoted: "the Older I get... the Better I was"

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Discovering why emails are bouncing
by Todd Gaiser Feb. 2, 2008

Feb. 2, 2008

I recently had a large number of subscribers on one of my lists start bouncing. I see their scores going up, but I can't figure out how to capture the bounce messages to discover the reason. Any thoughts?

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Spam to list owners
by Mel Sojka Feb. 1, 2008

Feb. 1, 2008

Folks I have an old server that is being hosted for a client. Because of Phyton version it is running mailman 2.1.5 under sendmail. For some unknown reason there seems to be a massive amount of spam going to the list owner. Is there some method in this version to stop this abuse. There are multiple web sites on this server so the list-owner is in the Virt User table for sendmail. Thanks Mel -- System Janitor/Network Plumber http://www.nwla.com Linux User #25446 Linux 2.6.20

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Spam got through - how?!
by Dennis Carr Feb. 1, 2008

Feb. 1, 2008

OK, so today, I get a spam on the FFML, of which I have included the headers below. My question is simple: how did this happen? -Dennis Carr Return-Path: <ffml-bounces +dennisthetiger=chez-vrolet.net(a)chez-vrolet.net> X-Original-To: dennisthetiger(a)chez-vrolet.net Delivered-To: dennisthetiger(a)chez-vrolet.net Received: from kimba.chez-vrolet.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by kimba.chez-vrolet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF66234255 for <dennisthetiger(a)chez-vrolet.net… [View More]

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Moved list not creating virtual-mailman entries
by Richard Pyne Feb. 1, 2008

Feb. 1, 2008

I have a group of Mailman lists that I moved to a new server. When I run genaliases, it is correctly creating the aliases but not the entries in virtual-mailman. I made the move and ran "withlist -l -r fix_url [listname]" for each list, but Mailman is still not creating the virtual entries. Thanks for any help. --Richard

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changing image script on the mailing list
by Michael James Wright Feb. 1, 2008

Feb. 1, 2008

Hi cause i have setup the mailing list http://stormsearchers.com/mailman/listinfo/stormsearcher_stormsearchers.com i want to cahnge the image scrip to suit my website can it be done and how could i do that Mike _________________________________________________________________ Your Future Starts Here. Dream it? Then be it! Find it at www.seek.com.au http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau%2…

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Not sending any mail and not populating subscribers
by Tony Wessels Feb. 1, 2008

Feb. 1, 2008

I just setup a mailman list on my server and have several people subscribe to the list. However, Mailman is not sending out any Welcome emails to the subscribers, nor are any subscribers listed in the subscribers list in the admin console. I have posted some messages myself as a subscriber, but nothing is going out. Any ideas? Do I need to create a separate email account on the server that matches the email account that mailman created for the list? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I'm … [View More]

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