Mailman 3 June 2008 - Mailman-Users

Missing Files config.db/config.db.last
by Michael Jung June 19, 2008

June 19, 2008

RE: mailman-2.1.9_5 I have a list "crew" that is running and functional from the standpoint the list is working. It has a very static list of users that seldom changes. Today it was brought to my attention that the web interface was not working. Upon finding tracebacks in the mailman/logs/error file I decided to run check_db which reports two missing files for each list. I have no clue how these got deleted. I've started going back through old backup tapes but apparently these have been missing for some extended period of time. Is there an easy way to reconstruct these without nuking my list (which has been running for some 10 years now) - I don't want to loose history. Thanks in advance. --mikej (root@firewall) /usr/local/mailman# bin/check_db -v -a List: crew /usr/local/mailman/lists/crew/config.pck: okay /usr/local/mailman/lists/crew/config.pck.last: okay [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/mailman/lists/crew/config.db' [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/mailman/lists/crew/config.db.last' List: mailman /usr/local/mailman/lists/mailman/config.pck: okay /usr/local/mailman/lists/mailman/config.pck.last: okay [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/mailman/lists/mailman/config.db' [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/local/mailman/lists/mailman/config.db.last' (root@firewall) /usr/local/mailman# CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify us by telephone at (502) 212-4001 or notify us at PAI , Dept. 99, 11857 Commonwealth Drive, Louisville, KY 40299. Thank you.

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News headers in mails gated from news
by David Hláčik June 19, 2008

June 19, 2008

Hello mailman users, I am using mailman script called from cron /usr/lib/mailman/cron/gate_news to synchronize mails between our company private only news server (INN) and our company mailing list. When mail is gated from news to mailing list - news: header is not removed, mailing list headers are added. Unfortunately this scenario causes problem with users using great most perfect in the world client Microsoft Outlook 2007, or Windows Mail :). When employee click on "reply to all" Outlook will found "news:" header inside mail and will try to add as one of recipient newsgroup where mail originally comes from. This is unwanted scenario as those users do not have news server configured. Thanks in advance! David

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Muti-Mailman install
by Mark Sapiro June 18, 2008

June 18, 2008

adsarebad(a)gmail.com wrote: >> >Hmm.. It would be easy to write a little script to edit the tables >mailman makes to be right but I don`t know how I would get mailman to >call my script instead of (is it postmap?)...? I was looking through >the mailman source for a call to postmap but could not find one, I guess >I would have to search a little deeper. Or is it something else? I >will have a look at Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py and see whats there. Thanks! Mailman (actually, Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py) calls the commands (with defaults) POSTFIX_ALIAS_CMD = '/usr/sbin/postalias' POSTFIX_MAP_CMD = '/usr/sbin/postmap' after updating aliases and virtual-mailman. You can override thes in mm_cfg.py to, e.g., invoke a script which does some edits and then calls the command. This would avoid maintaining patches to Mailman/MTA/Postfix.py. -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

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selinux postfix + mailman
by Dony Tata June 18, 2008

June 18, 2008

how to configure selinux on centos 5 , i use postfix and mailman,if selinux set enabled, i have got error in /var/log/mailman/error "command failed: /usr/sbin/postalias /etc/mailman/aliases (status: 1, Operation not permitted)", if selinux set disabled, it's work fine. But i want set selinux to enable and postfix + mailman works fine... ________________________________________________________ Bergabunglah dengan orang-orang yang berwawasan, di di bidang Anda! Kunjungi Yahoo! Answers saat ini juga di http://id.answers.yahoo.com/

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Muti-Mailman install
by adsarebad＠gmail.com June 18, 2008

June 18, 2008

Hello all, I have searched all over for how to do true virtual list with mailman and finely decided to run multiple mailman installs side by side. However when setting up the fist mailman install I have ran into a wall. In mm_cfg.py POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['domian.com'] MTA = 'Postfix' When I make a new list I end up with data/aliases fun: "|/usr/local/mailman/domain/mail/mailman post fun" and so on. In data/virtual-mailman fun(a)domain.com fun The problem is I need a table that says fun(a)domain.com "|/usr/local/mailman/domain/mail/mailman post fun" At least thats what I think I need. Anyone know of a page where is tells how to go about setting up multiple mailman installs? http://www.list.org/mailman-install/postfix-virtual.html#postfix-virtual is rather vague. Thanks!

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Queue problems
by Allan Odgaard June 18, 2008

June 18, 2008

I transferred a lot of list members from a previous list. A dozen of these has left errors like the following in `logs/smtp-failures`: delivery to «address» failed with code 450: 4.1.2 «address»: Recipient address rejected: Domain not found This is interpreted as a temporary failure so Mailman will put the letter into `qfiles/retry`. Every 15th minute the retry qrunner will move all the retry letters back into `qfiles/out`. My queue had gathered around 70 emails and had 10 recipients or so with this error, so it took more than half an hour to get through all of the queue (only to start over). Since the queue is FIFO _without_ lowering the priority for retries, it meant that normal subscribers saw a long delay before their letter was delivered to other list subscribers. I unsubscribed all addresses that were listed in `logs/smtp-failures` and then I had to manually delete letters from the qfiles. But now I see another subscriber has a similar problem and is causing letters to pile up in qfiles affecting delivery to healthy recipients. Seems to me that there is a flaw in this system (having retries pile up and starve regular delivery). Using Mailman 2.1.9 (Ubuntu installation).

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Fresh Install Fails To Start
by Dragon June 18, 2008

June 18, 2008

Carlos Williams wrote: >Now when I try and start Mailman, I get the following: > >[root@email bin]# /etc/init.d/mailman start >Starting mailman: Site list is missing: mailman > [FAILED] ---------------- End original message. --------------------- The cause is obvious. You have no list named mailman. You MUST have this list. Without it, mailman does not function. The mailman installation instructions tell you to do this before trying to start mailman. See: http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-install/node40.html Dragon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venimus, Saltavimus, Bibimus (et naribus canium capti sumus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Fresh Install Fails To Start
by Carlos Williams June 18, 2008

June 18, 2008

I just installed Mailman 2.1.9 on my new server and I cd /usr/lib/mailman/bin and ran the ./newlist script: [root@email bin]# ./newlist Enter the name of the list: zoo Enter the email of the person running the list: carloswill(a)example.com Initial zoo password: To finish creating your mailing list, you must edit your /etc/aliases (or equivalent) file by adding the following lines, and possibly running the `newaliases' program: ## zoo mailing list zoo: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post zoo" zoo-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin zoo" zoo-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces zoo" zoo-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm zoo" zoo-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join zoo" zoo-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave zoo" zoo-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner zoo" zoo-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request zoo" zoo-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe zoo" zoo-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe zoo" Hit enter to notify zoo owner... Now when I try and start Mailman, I get the following: [root@email bin]# /etc/init.d/mailman start Starting mailman: Site list is missing: mailman [FAILED] When I check /var/log/mailman/error, I get the same message for every time I attempted to start the service. Anyone know what I am doing wrong? I can say that Postfix, Apache, or any other service on this server is not running so I don't know if Mailman does not like that...this was the 1st thing I decided to configure on the new email server. Thanks for any info / help!

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How to enable VERP?
by Allan Odgaard June 18, 2008

June 18, 2008

When I look at the letters I receive from my list they do not have my subscription address in the `Return-Path` header, so I suspect VERP is disabled. I have placed the following in `/etc/mailman/mm_cfg:` VERP_PERSONALIZED_DELIVERIES = Yes VERP_CONFIRMATIONS = Yes But I also see options about list personalization. Do I need to also enable that stuff?

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question about Nomail in admin
by Christopher Adams June 18, 2008

June 18, 2008

I recently noticed an address on a list and there is a checkmark and a ? (question mark) in the Nomail column. I understand what that means and the longer description is: "Note: your list delivery is currently disabled; it was disabled for unknown reasons" Fine, but I know for a fact that this particular address hasn't existed for several years. So, why hasn't it been disabled and unsubscribed? The bounce settings for this list are 5.0, 7, 3, 7. I looked through the logs and see no reference to this address. What could be happening? -- Christopher Adams adamsca(a)gmail.com

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