Mailman-Users August 2008

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103 discussions

Add "sender's name/email" to BODY of mail as header?
by Mal 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

I want all mails sent to the list to come from the list's email address... But, in this case, if the user forgets to sign their name at the bottom of their mail body, effectively the mail to the list is anonymous...! Is there a way to add the user name (or email address) to the top of each mail so that the mails have the name of the sender, while the mail itself comes from the list address? I have looked high and low for an answer, but noone seems to have the solution. Thank you! Mal

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Setting MIME as default for new Non-Digest subscribers
by Steve Reiter 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

Hi - I have searched FAQ and archives to find an answer. Hoping you can help. I have a new list (with previously imported addresses) for announcements only, and wish these announcements to be received immediately. I set the defaults to allow non-digest and to not allow digest. I wish to send out announcements in html, and so wish to make the default for new subscribers be MIME. While I see a setting under Digest Options (MIME_is_Default_Digest), I don't see any equivalent option under Non-Digest Options... and new subscribers continue to come in as plain text. QUESTIONS: In order to avoid having to manually change this option for each existing subscriber, is there a way to force all existing subscribers to receive MIME in Non-Digest mode? If not, is there a way to force all NEW subscribers to be enrolled with MIME as their default? Also, is there a way to "lock" the MIME switch on, so that users who try to change their option to plain text will be prevented from doing so? Thanks - Steve

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Changing the received time on an outgoing authorized email message?
by Paul Key 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

When authorizing a moderated list posting is it possible to change the date/time on the outgoing authorized list message to the time it was approved instead of the message showing the time it was first received by mailman? Thanks Paul

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not really an umbrella?
by Gruver, Sandi 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Mailman 2.1.5 on RedHat Linux - How can I set up a new list that sends to multiple existing lists - but only sends one message to each person - even if the person is a member of multiple lists? a. LSOFT calls this a "superlist" b. Can "Mailman" do this? c. In this case, we have a system newsletter that will be sent to multiple lists. I'd like people to receive the message only once, even if they are on more than one of the lists included in the mailing. Thank you, Sandi Gruver Unix system administrator Center for Information Services Bellevue, WA 98004 phone 425.803.9753 fax 425.803.9652

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Mailman/Qmail/Plesk Problem
by Douglas G. Phillips 24 Jul '09

24 Jul '09

OK, I've got another problem with Qmail/Plesk/Mailman (same customer, rebuilt server). Plesk is 7.5.4 reloaded. Mail delivered fails with "need GID 110 got 101" error. I set up the brute-force wrapper to deliver with GID 110, and set the permissions correctly for it to work. Now, I'm getting the following (broken up into multiple lines for courtesy): qmail: 1157518628.995172 delivery 726: success: group_mismatch_error._Mailman_expected_the_mail_wrapper_script_to_be/ executed_as_one_of_the_following_groups:/[mail,_nobody,_mailman],/ but_the_system's_mail_server_executed_the_mail_script_as_group:_"popuser"./ Try_tweaking_the_mail_server_to_run_the_script_as_one_of_these_groups:/ [mail,_nobody,_mailman],/or_re-run_configure_providing_the_ command_line_option:/'--with-mail-gid=popuser'./Failed_to_start_ /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman./did_0+0+1/ I'm about ready to pull my hair out. I even added the popuser user to the mailman group in /etc/passwd. So, that being said, are there any ideas out there? I have been messing with this for a week, and have not come up with anything else to do. -- Douglas G. Phillips Simple Business Solutions ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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changing message number
by Mustafa Akgul 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

Hello, I will move a few lists to mailman, from ecartis. I want to retain message numbers, and continue current sequence. So I need to start message number from a non-zero number. How can I do that ? I am new to mailman. I can undump, config.pck, I can chnage post-id. I do not know, how to put that fiile in pck format. Secondly, I manage to change post-id, will it break anything else ? Regards Mustafa Akgul

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Passwords
by Rachel Mawhood 19 Sep '08

19 Sep '08

We have set up Mailman as a closed, private list for an international society. Members are subscribed by the Secretary, via the Admin control panel. (Anyone who wants to join the list has to e-mail the Secretary, and only the society members are eligible to be joined to the list.) As far as I can see, that means that members won't ever be asked for a password/don't need a password to send messages to the list. But they still would need a password to be able to view the Archives which we have set to "private". When I tested accessing the archives, I got in with my own e-mail address and the Admin password (my own e-mail address is on the subscriber list and is difference from the list-owner e-mail address). Obviously, we can't give 400-plus people the Admin or Moderator passwords so that they can view the Archives. Is there a way of having a third password, which we can give to the membership (and reset from time to time), to enable members to view the Archives? TVMIA Rachel

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Limit list subscribers by domain
by b19141＠anl.gov 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

"David Slater" <dslater(a)ocln.org> wrote: >Hello - > >I want to deny list subscriptions to any user whose email >address does not include my domain. > >I realize that I can do that by having the list admin approve >subscription requests, but I'd prefer to automate the process. > >I would hope that a rejection notice would be sent to any person >who subscribes and does not have the correct email domain. > >Does anyone know how to do this - or is this something >that I should submit as a feature / enhancement request? Use ban_list ^!*.example.com to prevent all subscriptions that are not from example.com . This regex will allow subscriptions from @aaa.example.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

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tweaking mails
by bergenpeak＠comcast.net 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

On some of the mailman lists I manage, there might be some value if when the mail comes in to mailman, if I could parse the mail looking for key phrases or terms and based on what is found, either tweak the mail contents and/or insert some additional information above or below the mail's contents before mailman sends this updated mail message out to the subscribers. The information added to the mail could be based on the mail's contents and/or information maintained in a file that would be tracking the info that was added in previous mails. Is this possible? Issues to be aware of in doing this? Thanks

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Limit list subscribers by domain
by David Slater 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hello - I want to deny list subscriptions to any user whose email address does not include my domain. I realize that I can do that by having the list admin approve subscription requests, but I'd prefer to automate the process. I would hope that a rejection notice would be sent to any person who subscribes and does not have the correct email domain. Does anyone know how to do this - or is this something that I should submit as a feature / enhancement request? Thanks, Dave -- David Slater, Executive Director Old Colony Library Network www.ocln.org phone: 781-794-2513 fax: 781-794-2517

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