Mailman 3 April 2008 - Mailman-Users

Subscriber names in bulk subscribe
by Web Servant April 30, 2008

April 30, 2008

Howdy! I moved our domain hosting to a new company, and among other things the new service uses Mailman instead of the home-grown mailing list the previous service used. So now I have to manually transfer my 40+ subscribers from the old server to Mailman. Hooray for bulk subscribe! I can just cut-and-paste the list of users, problem solved. Except... I'd also like to bulk populate the subscriber *names* field. Is there any way to do that, or will I have to go back and individually key them in to the user list after I paste in the address list? Thanks, pbs

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Possibly a simple question about delivery
by Richard Bates April 30, 2008

April 30, 2008

I am testing a postfix mail server with mailman My question/problem is on normal delivery mail gets delivered to /home/user/Maildir for imap use. when mailman delivers the mail it sends it to /var/mail why and how do i fix it? Below is my postfix/main.cf ===================================================== === CLIP postfix/main.cf home_mailbox = Maildir/ queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix command_directory = /usr/local/sbin daemon_directory = /usr/local/libexec/postfix mail_owner = postfix unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 debug_peer_level = 2 debugger_command = PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin; export PATH; (echo cont; echo where) | gdb $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id 2>&1 >$config_directory/$process_name.$process_id.log & sleep 5 sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail newaliases_path = /usr/local/bin/newaliases mailq_path = /usr/local/bin/mailq setgid_group = maildrop #MAIL_GID = nobody manpage_directory = /usr/local/man sample_directory = /usr/local/etc/postfix readme_directory = no alias_maps = hash:/usr/local/etc/postfix/aliases,hash:/usr/local/ mailman/data/aliases recipient_delimiter = + unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 myhostname = test.telehouse.com mydomain = test.telehouse.com mydestination = test.telehouse.com,172.18.1.101 disable_vrfy_command = yes mailbox_size_limit = 512000000 message_size_limit = 10485770 masquerade_domains = $mydomain masquerade_exceptions = root broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_helo_required = yes mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_rhsbl_sender sbl.spamhaus.org smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_rbl_client sbl.spamhaus.org smtpd_recipient_limit = 10000 #always_bcc = mailmanager # SASL SUPPORT FOR CLIENTS smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_rhsbl_recipient sbl.spamhaus.org, reject_unauth_destination #### END postfix/main.cf Clip

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Problem with check_perms script
by Bill Honneus (honneus) April 30, 2008

April 30, 2008

Hi, I am trying to perform the check installation step in the Mailman Installation Guide. I am receiving an error when I run the check_perms script from within my installation folder. [root@157226-mail mailman-2.1.10]# bin/check_perms -bash: bin/check_perms: @PYTHON@: bad interpreter: No such file or directory I installed Python 2.4.4 and it seems to be in the path as I can execute this version correctly. The Mailman installation also seems to have run fine and I followed all the instructions prior to this step. I can't seem to find the line in the check_perms script that is failing either as the shell does not report a line number. Please offer some advice for areas to troubleshoot as I am not all that familiar with Mailman and am not a linux guru either. Thanks in advance! Bill

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Digests and Backups
by Jewel Makda April 29, 2008

April 29, 2008

Hey Mailman gurus! I have a questions and am hoping someone can explain it to me. I run backups on the lists on my Mailman server. One of the directories I tar up is: /usr/local/mailman/lists/* The size of the tar file was about 34KB every week. All of a sudden when I ran my last backup it was 7KB. The only change I made was I changed my cron file to send digests out daily, before this was disabled and digests were only being sent out when they reached their size. Could this be the cause of the small tar file since digests are now going out daily? Thanks, -- JM

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Re: [Mailman-Users] configuring sender account so that mail only getsdelivered to archive
by bergenpeak＠comcast.net April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

Thanks for the pointer. So I'm thinking about doing the " bin/config_list -i input_file test-list" to define a custom pipeline for the lists that I'd like this archive only behavior. I've created a file called "input_file" that contains the "GLOBAL_PIPELINE = [" and ends with "'ToOutgoing', ]" Questions: 1) Do I need to start this file with any "import" info, etc or is extracting the above from Defaults.py and nothing else suffient? 2) Suggestions on where in this pipeline I add in this special Handler? Should I define the new handler just before "ToOutgoing"? (I'm assuming the "ToOutgoing" is the mechanism that actually causes the mail to be sent to the distro) 3) Is there an existing handler I can pattern match off that shows how to match info in the "from" field? 4) If I understand the pipelining, it seems as if this new handler just needs to match on the sender and then tell mailman to stop processing in the pipeline because the archiving happens above in the pipeline with the ToArchive.py handler. In the new handler, what value should be returned to say that no further processing should be performed? 5) It seems I could just muck with the existing ToArchive.py to see if the mail is from this one sender and just return a "don't process further values" and not bother a new handler and tweaking the per list pipeline configs. Thoughts? Thanks -------------- Original message -------------- From: Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> > bergenpeak(a)comcast.net wrote: > > >Is there a way to configure a mail man distro so that when mail comes in from a > specific user, the mail is accepted and put into the archive but this mail does > not get sent to the actual distro? > > > Only with something like a custom handler > . > > -- > Mark Sapiro The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan >

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configuring sender account so that mail only gets delivered to archive
by bergenpeak＠comcast.net April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

Is there a way to configure a mail man distro so that when mail comes in from a specific user, the mail is accepted and put into the archive but this mail does not get sent to the actual distro? Thanks

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Incorrect Hostname Appearing in mailto address
by Lynn, Michael (A&E) April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

This may be an issue I need to post to a sendmail list... but I'll start here. I have configured mailman and everything is up and working fantastically... with one issue: Mails sent to the list appear with the wrong hostname in the TO: field of the email. Let's call the host's primary DNS entry "uglyhostname" and we'll call the desired hostname alias for mailman "lists". A user can send mail to "lists.internal.domain.com" and it gets to the host and is processed properly by the aliases and mailman and delivered to the list. However, users viewing the message see: To: listname(a)uglyhostname.location.domain.com I have sendmail configured to masquerade as follows: DMlists.internal.domain.com And I've even changed the hostname on the server using /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME=lists.internal.domain.com Here's a snip from my mm_cfg: --8<-- DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'lists.internal.domain.com' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'lists.internal.domain.com' # Because we've overriden the virtual hosts above add_virtualhost # MUST be called after they have been defined. VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear() -->8-- Any ideas on how I can ensure that uglyhostname is not included in my lists mails? Thank you in advance. Regards, Mike -------------------------------------------------------- This message w/attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Merrill Lynch. Subject to applicable law, Merrill Lynch may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.ml.com/e-communications_terms/. By messaging with Merrill Lynch you consent to the foregoing. --------------------------------------------------------

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Mailman Migration
by Carlos Williams April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

Hello all! I have built a new email server on my LAN and would like to move over my Mailman content including archives over to my new email server and was wondering if this is a common procedure / task? I am moving from a RHEL4 to a RHEL5 server so not much is really too different in regards to location and files. Is there a guide or write up the Mailman community recommend I follow to perform this task? I am currently running "mailman-2.1.5.1-34.rhel4.6" on my production server and my new server I plan to migrate to is running "mailman-2.1.9-2". Thanks for any assistance and tips! Carlos

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Handling Attachments and More
by David Andrews April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

I have a Sun Cobalt RAQ550 with Mailman 2.1.8 installed, and running about 120 lists. We were having problems with the setup handling multi-part messages that contained text and html -- some mail programs reproduced stuff twice etc. Also we need to pass attachments. On the advice of someone I made some changes, content filtering settings below, and while the multi-part thing is a little better, it only passes text attachments. Need to pass .doc etc. I am obviously not an expert in this stuff, or I wouldn't be bothering all of you. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Should Mailman filter the content of list traffic according to the settings below? <http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/filter_…> (Edit filter_content<http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/filter_…>) No Yes Remove message attachments that have a matching content type. <http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/filter_…> (Details for filter_mime_types<http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/filter_…>) text/html Remove message attachments that don't have a matching content type. Leave this field blank to skip this filter test. <http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/pass_mi…> (Details for pass_mime_types<http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/pass_mi…>) multipart/alternative message/rfc822 text/plain Remove message attachments that have a matching filename extension. <http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/filter_…> (Edit filter_filename_extensions<http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/filter_…>) exe bat cmd com pif scr vbs cpl Remove message attachments that don't have a matching filename extension. Leave this field blank to skip this filter test. <http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/pass_fi…> (Edit pass_filename_extensions<http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/pass_fi…>) Should Mailman collapse multipart/alternative to its first part content? <http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/collaps…> (Edit collapse_alternatives<http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/collaps…>) No Yes Should Mailman convert text/html parts to plain text? This conversion happens after MIME attachments have been stripped. <http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/convert…> (Edit convert_html_to_plaintext<http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/convert…>) No Yes Action to take when a message matches the content filtering rules. <http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/filter_…> (Details for filter_action<http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/admin/nfb-talk/?VARHELP=contentfilter/filter_…>) Discard Reject Forward to List Owner Preserve

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Mailman + Exim4
by Hans Gubitz April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

Hallo, I started with mailman and exim4 on Debian testing. Mail to a list arrives the server, but it is not answered. In exim4/mainlog I read: 2008-04-28 10:00:06 1JqOHO-0003gP-UE == |/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post administration <administration(a)hgk1.gym-nippes.dnsalias.org> R=system_aliases defer (-30): pipe_transport unset in system_aliases router Do you have any hints to fix exim4? Regards Hans -- Hans Gubitz <gubitz(a)netcologne.de>

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