Mailman 3 June 2008 - Mailman-Users

Triggers for when lists are changed?
by Kelly Jones June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

I run nightly cron jobs to fix/update various Mailman lists. I don't know Python, so I write Perl scripts that call the Python scripts in /usr/local/mailman/bin/ This works OK, but I'd really like to run these Perl scripts whenever a list is changed, not just once a day. In other words, I'd like Mailman 'triggers'. Examples: "whenever list foo's membership changes, run foo-member-change.pl" "whenever list bar's config changes, run bar-config-change.pl" "whenver anything changes on any list,… [View More]

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Subscription errors
by Duncan Drury June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

I have recently upgraded my Mailman installation to 2.1.10 and the online subscription system that I set up stopped working completely (users fill out a form, which generates an email, which subscribes them to the list). This seems to be related to the known bug in 2.1.10 and I have tried installing the patch that has been discussed in many places - but I am still getting the same problem. In log/error I am seeing the following: May 28 23:36:05 2008 (31672) Uncaught runner exception: '… [View More]

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Relative to Relaying deny
by JCSL June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

Hi everybody I have a big problem with a list, I have installed in my server as MTA Postfix, an antivirus Vexira and mailman to have the posibility to get a service's list. I have 4 lists created, 3 of them contain only email's directions with my domain i mean is only for internal use, that's works perfect. But theres one that contain external domains and when i try to send a message to all the members (hotmail's, yahoo's, etc), the message never is delivered, checking the logs i found that … [View More]

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Trouble setting up Mailman 2.1.9 Web Interface (FreeBSD 7.0 Ports)
by Mark Hennessy June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

I'm trying to get Mailman 2.1.9 working. I set it up with Postfix and as far as I can tell, e-mail and aliases are working and I'm able to create lists using the command-line scripts in mailman/bin, but whenever I try to control things through the Mailman web interface it seems to be ignored. I looked in the log files that live in /usr/local/mailman/logs and in the web server logs and mail server logs and find nothing of consequence to explain this issue. I am able to go to the … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] setting respond_to_post_requests and header filters in mm_cfg.py
by Florian Effenberger June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

Hi Brad, > I think the settings in mm_cfg.py only affect the defaults that are set when > new lists are created. In particular, they have no affect on any > pre-existing lists. > > You'd need to go through a separate process to change those same settings on > each list, presumably some semi-automated method using "with_list". sorry for the confusion - that's not the issue. The issue is that there seem to be no options in mm_cfg.py that reflect these settings. I can set all … [View More]

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mail distro, newsgroup, or both?
by bergenpeak＠comcast.net June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

Hi, I'm trying to determine if the problem I have is best solved by mailman, a newsgroup, or both. I'd like to setup an open mail distro such that when one writes or receives an e-mail with useful information, one could forward (or cc) the mailman distro. The mailman distro would archive the contents and provide a means for others to review the threads for useful information. I'd also like to overlay a search engine so one could go to a web site, enter some key words, and search the … [View More]

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custom mime precedence?
by andReadG June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

Hi all! This is the situation: attachments are stripped (which is as I intended), but many messages come in as multipart, with 1st part as text/plain and second one as text/html. The senders, intended to send the 2nd one (formatted to draw attention in specific parts), but, being treated as attachment, stays at the server. Is there a way around? I mean extract and keep all non-text attachments for http download, but exclude text/html and let it through along with the plain text, or be … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] How to import a list of members?
by lists.mailman-users＠duinheks.nl June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

Hallo Zbigniew, Op vrijdag 25 april 2008 schreef Zbigniew Szalbot aan lists.mailman-users(a)duinheks.nl: >> Is it possible to import an ASCII list of members for a >> mailing list? ZS> Take a look at bin/add_members script ZS> Run it with --help to see what options there are Lovely! That seems to de exactly what I want. Thank tou very much for your help. Groeten, Hans. jdh punt beekhuizen bij duinheks punt nl --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5/080305 * Origin: The … [View More]

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Lists break when "host_name" is removed
by Sebastian Hagedorn June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

Hi, every once in a while one of our list owners shoots themselves in the foot by deleting the value in "host_name". That breaks the list almost completely. Is there a way for us to override that setting, so that list admins can't change it or the changed value isn't used? Thanks, Sebastian -- .:.Sebastian Hagedorn - RZKR-R1 (Gebäude 52), Zimmer 18.:. Zentrum für angewandte Informatik - Universitätsweiter Service RRZK .:.Universität zu Köln / Cologne University - ✆ +49-221-478-5587.:. .:.:.:.Skype: shagedorn.:.:.:.

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Address Format
by b19141＠anl.gov June 3, 2008

June 3, 2008

"Carlos Williams" <carloswill(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I was wondering why when something is sent to a mailman alias address >is the actual email address manipulated to show a different non >existing address. > >For example, I create a mailman group "everyone" so now people can >email <everyone(a)example.com> and when the users get an email from that >group, they see the following header info: > >Return Path = <everyone-bounces(a)example.com> >X-… [View More]Original-To = <everyone(a)example.com> >Delivered-To = <everyone(a)example.com> > >So when people see this, they attempt to send back to >everyone-bounces(a)example.com and of course the email is rejected >because that address does not exist. I as an email administrator >understand how to read the header but most common users don't and >almost always send to the wrong address. They become frustrated and >annoyed with Mailman and want this fixed. I explain to them to not >copy and paste the email address but rather to simply reply to all or >reply to sender. > >Why does mailman do this? I don't understand the "bounce" parameter >and or why it does not show its from "everyone(a)example.com". > >Thanks for any clarification or info on how to resolve this. The address is set so that bounced mail will be sent back to the -bounces address ,and Mailman can process the bounce according to the bounce parameters configured for the list. In the aliases file there should be a -bounces address for each list. Here is what I have in the /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases file on Ubuntu: # STANZA START: mailman # CREATED: Fri Mar 9 14:35:32 2007 mailman: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" mailman-admin: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" mailman-bounces: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman" mailman-confirm: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman" mailman-join: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman" mailman-leave: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman" mailman-owner: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman" mailman-request: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman" mailman-subscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman" mailman-unsubscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman" # STANZA END: mailman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [View Less]

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