Mailman 3 October 2009 - Mailman-Users

Add "sender's name/email" to BODY of mail as header?
by Mal 17 Feb '21

17 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 08 Sep '10

08 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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Where is the template for monthly password reminders?
by Michael R Boudreau 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

Where can I find the template for the monthly password reminder email? I'd like to modify it so that it doesn't contain the password (our members object to this being sent unbidden in plain text), and so that it reminds users to make sure their subscription address matches the address from which they currently send email (ideally with a link to their personal options page so they can update). -- Michael R. Boudreau Senior Publishing Technology Analyst The University of Chicago Press 1427 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 (773) 753-3298 fax: (773) 753-3383

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Uncaught runner exception: regular_exclude_lists
by Adam Nielsen 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

Hi all, I've followed the FAQ to move some lists across to a new server, but now on the new machine any message posted to a list gets passed to Mailman and then disappears. The Mailman error log says this: Sep 24 10:34:18 2009 (5311) Uncaught runner exception: regular_exclude_lists Sep 24 10:34:18 2009 (5311) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 120, in _oneloop File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 191, in _onefile File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 130, in _dispose File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 153, in _dopipeline File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/CalcRecips.py", line 99, in process File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/CalcRecips.py", line 157, in do_exclude File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 146, in __getattr__ AttributeError: regular_exclude_lists Sep 24 10:34:18 2009 (5311) SHUNTING: 1253752458.0181279+c9484331c59781f0d3cf0af775ece9b9c88a6b43 I can't find any reference to this exception, so I'm a bit stuck where to look next. Any ideas? The new server is running a fresh install of Mailman (it didn't have any lists before I moved these ones across) and the move went from Slackware to Gentoo so many of the paths have changed, just in case these are saved in the list data. (I have run the fixurl script as per the FAQ, and the lists do appear in the Mailman web UI.) Many thanks, Adam.

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Virtual Domains for Mailing Lists in MailMan
by Gordon Smith 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

Hello I found this E-Mail address on the MailMan homepage and decided to contact you as I don't seem to be able to locate the information I need elsewhere. To explain my circumstance. I am a visually impaired person, trying to get to grips with administrating a mail server under Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7 (Leopard) server. I need to host mailing lists under virtual domains hosted on our server but can't see quite how this is accomplished. Is there anywhere I can obtain this information as Apple's documentation on this subject seems poor from what I've seen. I really do apologise for any inconvenience I may cause you by contacting you - but if you could point me to the relevant information pages as to how to accomplish virtual domain list configuration under Apple's server platform I'd be very grateful. As a blind person this information is not always easy for me to locate. Thank you in advance for any help. Gordon

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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 - a few questions
by andale＠excaliburworld.com 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

Hi All, I am a list administrator for a number of mailing lists hosted on lists.sonic.net. The folks at sonic are great, except they really don't fully understand Mailman, so I am hoping to get a few of my issues resolved here. All my lists are pretty standard (aka, I don't need any help for them), except for one. One of the lists was recently migrated from Autoshare (finally got to say goodbye to Mac OS 9, the only OS Autoshare runs on). There are certain features of Autoshare that are awesome, but I cannot figure out how to configure Mailman to support these features. In a nutshell, this list is a combination announcement list and tech support list, and the list contributions are modified by the list administrator on a regular basis (either to remove excessive text from previous posts, add signatures, remove profane or rude language, and/or remove sensitive data that is commonly posted in error on our list). The way it worked on Autoshare, and they way I want it to work on Mailman, is like this: All posts go directly to the moderator (not the mailman "list moderator", because that puts a bunch of extraneous pre-text in the email that I don't want to have to wade through on every post). Upon acceptance of the post, modified or not, I then redirect the post to the actual mailing list. Redirect means the "TO:" header remains in tact as the original poster, and the moderator email is the "envelope" sender. Autoshare recognized the envelope sender and passed the post through to the list immediately. I have been unable to recreate this configuration on Mailman, but I'm hoping that there is a way to do it. I have successfully set up the list such that the Reply-To goes to the moderator. This sends the post, in tact, with no extraneous pre-text, directly to the moderator. The problems I'm having are as follows: 1. The reply-to does not seem to work for digest members. Digest members are reporting that the reply-to of the digests goes to the list (which then creates the moderator email text before sending to the moderator). How do I get the reply-to for digest members to work the same as non-digest? 2. For members whose email clients use buttons based upon email headers - specifically, list-id - they click on Reply to List and it goes to the wrong place. I would either like to change the list-id value, or remove it entirely. Is there a way to do that? 3. When I redirect the modified/approved post to the list, I want the TO field to maintain the original poster's email, and the moderator's email will be the envelope sender. I would like the Mailman list to recognize the envelope sender to authorize immediate distribution of the post. Currently, however, it holds the post for moderator approval. Is there a way to do this? 4. Lastly, the web archives created by Autoshare automatically created clickable HTML links for all HTML URL's in posts. The Mailman archives are all unclickable plain text URL's. Note, I want the list to remain a plain text list, as it was on Autoshare, but I'd still like Mailman to build HTML code to make the links active in the web archive. Is there a way to do this? I really appreciate any help in this matter. Bill C.

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Fake Email
by Conrad Richter 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Barry Warsaw wrote: > On Oct 31, 2009, at 1:28 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > >> A better way to do this would be to set up the MTA on Mailman's host >> to only deliver to the list address (ie, Mailman) if the sender has >> been authenticated (eg, with TLS). > > Or to use digital signatures for sender verification. This is not > something that Mailman currently supports. > > -Barry > Another way to deal with this is sender confirmation by email, where, like subscriber confirmation by email, a message is sent with a confirmation link. Mailman doesn't have this capability presently but it seems to me that since it already has subscriber confirmation, it should be possible to adapt that sender confirmation. This sender confirmation by email feature is available in L-Soft's LISTSERV, and it is an essential way to avoid fake email. In a post a few years ago Barry said that this feature was going to be in vers. 2.2, but that version never materialized. Will it be in vers. 3? -- \_\ RICHTERS HERBS / / Goodwood, ON, L0C 1A0, Canada \_\ Tel +1.905.640.6677 Fax +1.905.640.6641 /_/ http://www.richters.com

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Fake Email
by Hien HUYNH HUU 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Dear all, I recognize that mailman can accept a fake sender . Example, I have a maillist with only an email account (xyz(a)abc.com) can send messages to all emails in the list. But , if someone can send a fake "From address" is xyz(a)abc.com, mailman will delivery messages to the list . This is a security problem. Can we prevent this from happening ? Best regards, Huu Hien

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Mailman-Users October 2009