Mailman 3 February 2008 - Mailman-Users

Introduction, and another archive question
by Jan Cohen Feb. 26, 2008

Feb. 26, 2008

Hi folks, I'm a "well-versed in perl/php but doesn't know squat about python" information architect/sr. tech writer who's volunteered his time to help the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) straighten out a few quirks with their Mailman-based mailing list. The question: is there any way (e.g., custom handlers) to add a link to the footers of smtp-generated messages that would allow readers to navigate to a specific thread in the IxDA's web-based archive? We've been able to set up the indexing for mail generated via the IxDA's web-based app satisfactorily, but we haven't been able to find an answer to the indexing question for mail that's sent to the list via an email app. A more detailed description of our setup follows: Here's how our current system works. Everything starts with the Mailman listserv. All member messages addressed to discuss(a)ixda.org go through Mailman. It mails them back out to the entire membership and at the same time creates an HTML archive of the message. That archive is here: http://tinyurl.com/3b9zm8 ( http://tinyurl.com/33ek3s is the link what's actually presented on the web) When Mailman creates the individual HTML page for a particular message, it assigns a sequential unique id and embeds it in the filename for the created page. About a year ago we started scraping those HTML archives and putting the contents of messages in a database and using them to drive the website at ixda.org. The unique ids we use for our posts are based on the unique ids Mailman generates. The problem is, the unique ids don't exist until after Mailman sends out the e-mail to the list, so it's not clear how to embed them in the e-mail beforehand. On the web we have an advantage. We don't need to embed the actual post id, which is unknowable in advance; we only have to embed the id of the initial post in the thread, which we already know at the time of composition. We append that link onto the body of the message before we send the e-mail from the website to Mailman. Members who send e-mail directly to discuss@ get their e-mails redistributed through Mailman directly without an opportunity to add any link to the e-mail. Even if we had a way to know the post id to embed, it's not clear whether it's possible to create a dynamic footer of any kind in Mailman. Any idea for other ways to structure the system? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Jan Cohen

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multiple vhosting for lists
by audit Feb. 25, 2008

Feb. 25, 2008

Right now I have a multiple lists setup for hosting mail lists off one of my hosted sites, I would like to add another domain to host mail lists from now also. Under my /usr/local/etc/postfix/transport I have domain.com mailman: Can I just add the other domain.tld mailman: to the transport file and run postmap /usr/local/etc/postfix/transport and then in my mm.cfg.py add another line below my current one add_virtualhost('www.domain.com', 'domain.com') add_virtualhost('www.newdomain.com', 'newdomain.com') and then restart mailman? This is on FreeBSD 6.3 with Mailman 2.1.9 installed from ports. Thanks

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Mailman Archives page not updating
by Anthony Human Feb. 25, 2008

Feb. 25, 2008

Hello I'm relatively new to mailman. I've searched the mailman lists and tried to find a solution to my issue but nothing. Has anyone encountered the below issue and could offer some help. I recently moved mailman from one server to another.I tarred up the old archives and moved them to the new server, and simply untarred them into: /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/[list-name] The system has been running for a few months now and I have noticed that the archives list doesn't show anything past the month when I moved over to the new server. When I log onto the server, I can see the messages in .txt files for the following months after the move. However, when I vi the index.html it looks the same as the site i.e. no months following the server move. Is there a command I can run to update the archives webpage? Ideally I would like the archives webpage to update automatically again. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance! Anthony ___________________________________________________________ Rise to the challenge for Sport Relief with Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/

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Delete message in large mbox
by Odieresis [Gmail] Feb. 25, 2008

Feb. 25, 2008

Hi, I need to delete a message from the archive. I read in some post I have to open mbox file of the list and manually remove the message as in source code. Then to rebuild the archive it's necessary to backup the archive folder and leave it blank. Now I have a large mbox of MB 200. Can you tell me how I can handle such a file direct in shell access or downloading and uploading it? Thank you for your time, Francesco

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Export mail list users
by savoym Feb. 24, 2008

Feb. 24, 2008

Is there a way to export the list of email addresses from a mailing list that I have setup via the CPANEL gui tool? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Export-mail-list-users-tp15667728p15667728.html Sent from the Mailman - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Moving a list from 2.1.9.CP2 to 2.1.9
by Andrew Hodgson Feb. 24, 2008

Feb. 24, 2008

Hi, I have a host running Debian Etch with Mailman 2.1.9, and everything is honky dory. However, I need to transfer a list from a host running Mailman 2.1.9.CP2, and the owner of that list is a bit worried about the downgrade of Mailman to 2.1.9. I have looked everywhere for the CP2 version, but can't find it on the Mailman website, and Google searches have just got me Mailman pages from hosts running that version - there are quite a number. Is there any difference between the two versions, or is the CP2 version just used in a specific Distro? I did check to see if I was on the latest version from Etch, and would prefer to keep this version, as it is updated as required when doing a system update in Debian. Also, is there anything I should be worried about when transferring from the list? The users have limited shell access so far, so I am going to be looking at that on Monday, if possible getting the ISP to tar up the various list/archive files from /var/lib/mailman or the like. Any help gratefully received. Thanks, Andrew.

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get_content_type() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)
by Darragh Gammell Feb. 23, 2008

Feb. 23, 2008

Hi I keep seeing this error in my mailman error logs. I've tried googling it for reasons but to no avail. Anyone seen it before/have a reason. Feb 21 17:03:21 2008 (16810) SHUNTING: 1176744092.7541261+83406355fa8fca831709ca6993e45b1b8763a180 Feb 21 17:03:25 2008 (16810) Uncaught runner exception: get_content_type() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given) Feb 21 17:03:25 2008 (16810) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 111, in _oneloop self._onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 167, in _onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 130, in _dispose more = self._dopipeline(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 153, in _dopipeline sys.modules[modname].process(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 91, in process send_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 132, in send_digests send_i18n_digests(mlist, mboxfp) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/ToDigest.py", line 306, in send_i18n_digests msg = scrubber(mlist, msg) File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Scrubber.py", line 177, in process if ctype == 'text/plain': TypeError: get_content_type() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given) Feb 21 17:03:25 2008 (16810) SHUNTING: 1176751776.884974+121ed930b09df2e15bc8390b3ab74317a382467c Thanks in advance Darragh

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Pipermail URL handling in archives
by Jim Popovitch Feb. 23, 2008

Feb. 23, 2008

Hi, I have a problem with some URLs being handled incorrectly. Specifically URLs that are at the end of a sentence followed by a period (full stop). Example: To enroll visit this site: http://www.domain.tld/cgi-bin/enroll.pl. Mailman/Pipermail converts that sentence like so: To enroll visit this site: <A HREF="http://www.domain.tld/cgi-bin/enroll.pl.">http://www.domain.tld/cgi-bin/enroll.pl.</A> The ending period (full stop) then invalidates the URL. Is there any quick fix to 2.1.9 to resolve this? Thanks, -Jim P.

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Digest new bug
by Una Smith Feb. 22, 2008

Feb. 22, 2008

I run a list using Mailman 2.1.9; I am only the listadmin, not the site admin. I have configured the list so that subscribers who choose the digest option get one or more daily digests if there are any posts that day. On or about December 16th, the digest subscribers stopped getting any digests at all. Exception: if I use send_digest_now, they get a digest. The digest volume number increments each month. I used send_digest_now in the middle of February and the result was volume X issue 1; it should have been more like issue 10. This tells me the problem is in Mailman. Is this a known problem? Una Smith

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Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo
by Rick Harris Feb. 22, 2008

Feb. 22, 2008

My hosting company tells me that the mail logs indicate that the majority of Mailman's messages to Yahoo addresses return a "deferred" message. Here is the complete message: whateveraddress(a)yahoo.com R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (0): SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection: host g.mx.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.53.191]: 421 4.7.0 [TS02] Messages from 216.104.33.122 temporarily deferred due to user complaints - 4.16.56.1; see http://postmaster.yahoo.com/421-ts02.html All of my outgoing email uses the same server located at 216.104.33.122 and any single email that I send to any Yahoo address using any client is received just fine. My Mailman list is very small with < 20 members and only 3 Yahoo addresses and the user complaint thing is bogus. This is a golf list for crying out loud.all of the members want to know what their tee times are for Saturday! All of Yahoo addresses have the same issue, even my own which I added to the list for testing. And I said majority, because 1 in 15 or so messages will miraculously come through. Does anyone else have any experience with this, and is there something that I can do on my end that would help? Rick Harris

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