Mailman 3 November 2009 - Mailman-Users

Is There a Hack to Add Author Confirmation of Messages?
by Conrad Richter 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

I need to move a LISTSERV list to a new listserver. The main hurdle to moving to Mailman is the fact that Mailman lacks the ability for authors to confirm their own messages. The principle is similar to the way Mailman confirms new subscribers, with a web-based message confirmation link emailed to the subscriber. Is there a hack somewhere for adding this confirmation feature for messages? The fact that Mailman already has an email confirmation ability for subscriptions built-in suggests to me that someone, somewhere has figured out a way to use that facility for message confirmation. For those who are interested, we implemented message confirmation on the LISTSERV list as a security measure. We did not want to use moderation because that tends to slow down the discussions and the dissemination of urgent information. But at the same time we wanted a way to prevent non-members from spoofing a list member and getting their offensive postings out to the list. The list is an invitation only list, so once a member is on the list, they are trusted enough to post freely to the list.

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Customizing Mailman
by Kim Huff 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Hello everyone, My name is Kim Huff and I am new to the list. I have been using Mailman for some time now but I know that I have barely tapped its full potential. I have my own dedicated server and on there I have a few of my clients using the Mailman service. Most of them would like to offer a way for their possibly subscribers the ability to sign-up on line. We want to be very careful about this because we want to make sure people that do not belong to the organization can sign up. So, we would want anyone that signs up to go into a queue and wait to be approved. If there person truly is a part of the group, we will have people that have those records and they can approve or deny a request. The problem is. what URL does one use for to subscribe? Is there a way for me to customize this page? Most of my clients use Joomla so I would need to make sure the subscription page can work within a Joomla page. I do appreciate any help you can provide. Unfortunately, I am kind of in a time crunch so I hope everyone gets this message quickly. Kim

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Quick question for a newbie
by Joe Ruffolo 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

I want my list members to be able to respond back to the original poster. So when they hit reply the actually reply back to the person who posted the message. How do I do this? I've tried changing all the settings in the admin interface but nothing seems to work. The reply to is always blank-bounces(a)mylist.com. How do I make the reply to be the sender of the email? Thanks, Joe

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Can't post with thunderbird
by Johannes Wienke 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Hi, I got a strange problem with a mailman mailing list hosted at kde.org. I'm registered at that list and also got access to the admin interface. The problem is that if I post a message with thunderbird it gets into the archive but isn't delivered to the subscribers of the list, including myself. This is independent of the smtp server or account I use for that list. If I post a message with any other mail client (gmx web interface, kmail) everything works as expected. Has anyone got an idea what could cause this problem? The admins of that list don't have a clue either. Here is the mail source code as it is sent by thunderbird: Message-ID: <xxxxxx(a)gmx.de> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:54:01 +0200 From: Johannes Wienke <xxxxxx(a)gmx.de> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: digiKam developers room - digiKam: Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of open source <digikam-devel(a)kde.org> Subject: Magic Numbers X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, <more email contents> I already deactivated enigmail, switched to encoding us-ascii, removed format=flowed... Nothing helped. Thanks for any help in advance, Johannes

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Unsubscribe request
by UpscaleWelding＠aol.com 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Please unsubscribe me from your list.

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i need help for linux ubuntu
by lady 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

martedì 3 novembre 2009 hi BUONASERA, Saluti a tutti gli utenti è la 1a volta che entro nel Mailman. Ho guardato spesso delle mail per sapere cose varie. Le mie domande: Come sapere differenze per esempio fra Gnome e KDE di Ubuntu nel mio caso. Poi Dovrei sapere di più sulle differenze tra Linux Ubuntu e Xubuntu che conosco pochissimo. Grazie di tutto Lady I need help for linux ubuntu

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How to alias the listinfo page to lists.site.com?
by John Griessen 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

I have a working installation with listinfo at http://lists.metalartists.org/mailman/listinfo/ I'd like to see that page when I web browse to http://lists.metalartists.org Is that easy? John

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Is there a way to allow messages from non-members to go to a list without any moderation?
by Deb Seidman 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Hostgator uses mailman to provide mailing list features. So I used it to set up several lists and started playing with them. The problem is that I really am looking for the lists to work as a multiple destination alias (which hostgator doesn¹t appear to support) rather than a real list. I just want a simple way to have certain email address automatically route to several other emails at the same time. What I got instead is a situation where I will send out an email to the list only to get back a notification of the need to approve this email I just sent out. I have looked through a ton of documentation and so far haven¹t figured out how to turn this off. So I have two situations. 1) I want a closed list that needs to be moderated if a non-member posts to it I think I have figured out how to do this one) and 2) I want an open list where anyone can send to it just as if its a regular email - and I would control and approve any addition or deletions from that list (I haven¹t figured out how to do this yet). If anyone can point me to an old posting about accomplishing the automatically email routing of non-member email to a list without moderator intervention, please email me. Thanks Deb

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Can't get off a list.
by Allison 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

Years ago, I was subscribed to an email list. Since then, the owner lost the domain, but each month I still get a user name and password reminder. I'd love to unsubscribe, but the domain is no longer registered, therefore email and links do not work. I just want to stop getting the reminders from this dead list. I was unable to find a solution on your website, nor to I wish to be a part of a mailing list just to get off of a mailing list. Please advise. Thank you, Allison Cleveland Below is the email I get, minus the password. This is a reminder, sent out once a month, about your themagickdragon.net mailing list memberships. It includes your subscription info and how to use it to change it or unsubscribe from a list. You can visit the URLs to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. In addition to the URL interfaces, you can also use email to make such changes. For more info, send a message to the '-request' address of the list (for example, aw_secretsanta-request(a)themagickdragon.net) containing just the word 'help' in the message body, and an email message will be sent to you with instructions. If you have questions, problems, comments, etc, send them to aw_secretsanta-owner(a)themagickdragon.net. Thanks! Passwords for lvx(a)esoteric-lvx.net:

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Administrator Authentication
by Kuntz, Taina M. 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

I am the List Administrator for a couple of mailing lists. I am unable to get into the system. I'm not sure if I typed my password incorrectly too many times or if I've forgotten my password. Is it possible to get my password reset? Thanks! Taina (tkuntz(a)purdue.edu) Taina M. Kuntz Account Assist., Executive Offices Hovde Hall of Administration, Rm 100 610 Purdue Mall Purdue University West Lafayette IN 47907-2040 765-496-3323 fax: 765-496-2031

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