Mailman 3 December 2009 - Mailman-Users

Setting up redundant mailing lists in OS X Snow Leopard.
by JRC Groups 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Hi, everyone. First I wish to say hello to everyone as I am a new member and this is my first post to the list. I have just purchased a Mac server with Snow Leopard server installed and one of the main reasons for the purchase was my plan to set-up some mailing lists. The following are some questions I have: While setting up Mailman mailing lists under Snow Leopard Server I've run into some questions and thought I would ask here for help. These are the questions: Q1. In Mailman how are mailing list subscribers set-up ? Are subscribers set-up separately or do they have to be set-up as users in Workgroup Manager ? I would prefer to set-up subscribers to the mailing lists separately as they are not members of my workgroup. Is there a configuration pane under Mailman mailing lists for setting up subscribers ? Q2. I am trying to set-up two versions of each mailing list so that one version allows attachments to be forwarded to subscribers along with the posts while the other version blocks the attachments and only forwards the text portion of the post. How can this be set-up in Mailman ? How can I manage attachment rules in Mailman and create this redundant mailing lists ? Where are attachments sent along with posts to the lists saved in OS X (folder address) ? Thank you, Joseph

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Mailman < > forum ?
by John Fitzsimons 04 Jan '10

04 Jan '10

Hi, Are there currently *any* web forum(s) that enable forum/mailman mirroring ? In other words a Mailman email going to a web forum and vica versa ? I believe that something like this could work with phpbb2 but not the current release. Can anyone help please ? Regards, John.

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webmail problems
by Frank 01 Jan '10

01 Jan '10

Hello, I am one of the two people authorised to enter email address into the mailing list for the "flying-circus.org" group. I noticed this morning that messages sent to circus6(a)flying-circus.org are bouncing back with the message : The following message to <circus6(a)flying-circus.org> was undeliverable. The reason for the problem: 5.1.0 - Unknown address error 550-'This account cannot accept incoming mail.' I also get that message if I write to the mailman at that address. If I try to log in to the site, I get this message : CGI script error Error: No such list circus6_flying-circus.org Can you tell me what is wrong with the system and our webmail list? Thank you, Frank (for Ed Maycen)

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Admin Question
by Chris Leleux 01 Jan '10

01 Jan '10

This is probably a stupid question, but I'm having trouble setting up a new ListServ for a client. I have created a new mail list - and added an admin and moderator. I've created three members (using 3 email accounts of mine). These three user accounts have received the message they been "subscribed". The problem is when I send a message to the listserv - the one in the subscribe email, nothing happens. It's not held and yet it doesn't go anywhere. However when someone that's not a member sends a message to that same listserv - those get held in the pending file (waiting for the moderator to accept them. What have I done wrong with the members? Thanks, Chris LeLeux Bitwise Logic, Inc. <mailto:chris.leleux@bitwiselogic.com> chris.leleux(a)bitwiselogic.com 952-746-4360

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FW: listserv account vanished
by Cichon, Joan L *HS 31 Dec '09

31 Dec '09

Hello, My ListServ seems to have gone missing. I keep emailing you to get assistance (see below) and can't seem to get an answer. Please respond. Thanks, Joan Joan Cichon Instructional Design Coordinator Cardiovascular Division University of Virginia "Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict." Dorothy Thompson From: Cichon, Joan L *HS Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:50 AM To: 'mailman(a)listserv.bnsi.net' Subject: FW: listserv account vanished Still can't find my ListServ. Please respond. Joan Cichon Instructional Design Coordinator Cardiovascular Division University of Virginia "Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict." Dorothy Thompson From: Cichon, Joan L *HS Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 8:24 AM To: 'mailman(a)listserv.bnsi.net' Subject: listserv account vanished http://listserv.bnsi.net/mailman/admindb/cardiovillage Went to the list serv to check on my mailing list and can't find it. Any ideas? Thanks, Joan Joan Cichon Instructional Design Coordinator Cardiovascular Division University of Virginia 1215 Lane St. Rm 4008A P.O. Box 800158 Charlottesville, VA 22908 jcichon(a)virginia.edu<mailto:jcichon@virginia.edu> Tel: (434) 982-6407 Fax: 434-982-1998 http://www.uvarealm.com<http://www.uvarealm.com/> http://www.cardiovillage.com<http://www.cardiovillage.com/> "Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict." Dorothy Thompson

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mail server cannot communicate with mailman
by George Argyros 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

Hi all, I am trying for some days now to setup mailman in debian but i am running to the following problem: Although mailman setup seems fine and the mail server (Exim or Postfix) can send mail to any address, mailman and the mail server cannot communicate. Every time i try to post a message to a list, or send a password reminder from mailman etc. the mails never reach their destination, and usually i get an error after some time. As i mention above i tried both Exim and Postfix and ran into the same problem. I have installed mailman from the repositories and as a web server i use apache 2. I would appreciate any suggestions on the problem. Thanks in advance, George

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Replying to digests
by Clare Redstone 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

Hello, I'm in the process of setting up Mailman for a discussion group of about 100 members. From past experience, I know some people will prefer to have digest but they'll also probably just hit the "reply" button without editing the subject or deleting anything automatically included. I think this will mean their replies will contain the entire digest: difficult to work out which message they're replying to and using archive space on the server. 1. How do I stop this happening? At the moment, the only thing I can think of is to filter out messages containing "digest" in the subject line and hold those for moderation. 2. Can I also filter messages with "digest" in the body? I can't see where to do this in the administrative interface. 3. When I'm reviewing a message held for moderation, can I edit it to remove unwanted bits of the digest? I need to do this without altering the sender's details so members know the message is from them and not from me? When I click on the message in the moderation queue, I can see a message excerpt but can't see how to edit it. 4. If messages have got through with lots of unwanted text, is it possible for me to edit them in the archive? Otherwise my archive may be unnecessarily large and I can't afford endless server space. Thanks for your help. Clare

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin Question
by adam-mailman＠tanqueray.amyl.org.uk 30 Dec '09

30 Dec '09

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 08:48:32PM -0600, Chris Leleux wrote: > This is probably a stupid question, but I'm having trouble setting up a new > ListServ for a client. How about redirecting your question to the listserv list? -- ``Freedom of the press in Britain means freedom to print such of the proprietor's prejudices as the advertisers don't object to.'' (Hannen Swaffer)

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Archive access Forbidden
by David Southwell 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

Thank you in advance for replies. The list is now working fine however access to the archive is blocked : From: http://www.vizion2000.net/mailman/listinfo/bps_comps_print_announce On line: To see collection of prior postings to the list, visit the clicking link for> bps_comps_print_announce Archives goes to: http://www.vizion2000.net/pipermail/bps_comps_print_announce/ with result: Forbidden You don't have permission to access/pipermail/bps_comps_print_announce/ on this server Attempt to view archives from Topic Section of the mailing list administration page using link for> Go to list archives also fails Extract from httpd-error.log [Tue Dec 29 12:50:12 2009] [error] [client 62.49.197.51] attempt to invoke directory as script: /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/ [Tue Dec 29 12:50:47 2009] [error] [client 62.49.197.51] Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible: /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/bps_comps_print_announce, referer: http://www.vizion2000.net/mailman/listinfo/bps_comps_print_announce Extract from httpd.conf ScriptAlias /mailman "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin" <Directory "/usr/local/mailman"> Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> ScriptAlias /pipermail "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public" <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public"> Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all Options Indexes MultiViews AddDefaultCharset Off </Directory> dns1# pwd /usr/local/mailman dns1# ls -l total 36 drwxrwsr-x 11 mailman mailman 2048 Dec 29 09:03 Mailman drwxrwsr-x 4 www www 512 Dec 28 13:07 archives drwxrwsr-x 2 root mailman 1024 Dec 28 13:07 bin drwxrwsr-x 2 root mailman 512 Dec 28 13:07 cgi-bin drwxrwsr-x 2 root mailman 512 Dec 28 13:07 cron drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 512 Dec 28 15:54 data drwxrwsr-x 2 root mailman 512 Dec 28 13:07 icons drwxrwsr-x 6 mailman mailman 512 Dec 28 15:45 lists drwxrwsr-x 2 root mailman 512 Dec 29 14:00 locks drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 512 Dec 29 09:04 logs drwxrwsr-x 2 root mailman 512 Dec 28 13:07 mail drwxrwsr-x 37 root mailman 512 Dec 28 13:07 messages drwxrwsr-x 5 root mailman 512 Dec 28 13:07 pythonlib drwxrwsr-x 11 mailman mailman 512 Dec 28 15:54 qfiles drwxrwsr-x 2 root mailman 512 Dec 28 13:07 scripts drwxrwsr-x 2 root mailman 512 Dec 28 13:07 spam drwxrwsr-x 38 root mailman 512 Dec 28 13:07 templates drwxrwsr-x 4 root mailman 512 Dec 28 13:07 tests dns1# cd archives dns1# ls -l total 4 drwxrws--- 10 www www 512 Dec 28 15:45 private drwxrwsr-x 2 www www 512 Dec 28 15:46 public dns1# cd private dns1# ls -l total 16 drwxrwsr-x 2 www www 512 Dec 19 17:58 bps_comp_print_chat drwxrwsr-x 2 www www 512 Dec 19 17:58 bps_comp_print_chat.mbox drwxrwsr-x 2 www www 512 Dec 19 17:57 bps_comp_print_reminders drwxrwsr-x 2 www www 512 Dec 19 17:57 bps_comp_print_reminders.mbox drwxrwsr-x 4 www www 512 Dec 29 03:27 bps_comps_print_announce drwxrwsr-x 2 www www 512 Dec 28 15:54 bps_comps_print_announce.mbox drwxrwsr-x 2 www www 512 Dec 28 15:45 mailman drwxrwsr-x 2 www www 512 Dec 28 15:45 mailman.mbox dns1# cd ../public dns1# ls -l total 0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 www www 55 Dec 19 17:58 bps_comp_print_chat -> /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/bps_comp_print_chat lrwxr-xr-x 1 www www 60 Dec 19 17:57 bps_comp_print_reminders -> /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/bps_comp_print_reminders lrwxr-xr-x 1 www www 60 Dec 19 17:56 bps_comps_print_announce -> /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/bps_comps_print_announce dns1# cd /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/bps_comps_print_announce dns1# ls -l total 14 drwxrwsr-x 2 www www 512 Dec 28 15:54 2009-December -rw-rw-r-- 1 www www 2870 Dec 28 15:54 2009-December.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 www www 1356 Dec 29 03:27 2009-December.txt.gz drwxrws--- 2 www www 512 Dec 28 15:54 database -rw-rw-r-- 1 www www 1110 Dec 28 15:54 index.html -rw-rw---- 1 www www 870 Dec 28 15:54 pipermail.pck dns1# Thanks in advance _______________________________________________

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Group mismatch _SOLVED BUT one config more error ---?-(
by David Southwell 28 Dec '09

28 Dec '09

Thanks in advance for any responses. Mark really helped me out by solving the Group mismatch problem. I seem to have one difficulty left. Mail addressed to the list is now reaching mailman and being placed in the archive. However it is not being distributed to list members. Here is an extract from mailman/logs/error: Dec 28 15:54:28 2009 (60604) SHUNTING: 1261678284.135128+abc9a7be89381d91e5224fab04702f5dbaef2285 Dec 28 15:54:28 2009 (60604) Uncaught runner exception: 'list' object has no attribute 'find' Dec 28 15:54:28 2009 (60604) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 120, in _oneloop self._onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 191, in _onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/OutgoingRunner.py", line 74, in _dispose self._func(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py", line 159, in process deliveryfunc(mlist, msg, msgdata, envsender, refused, conn) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py", line 345, in verpdeliver bulkdeliver(mlist, msgcopy, msgdata, envsender, failures, conn) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py", line 375, in bulkdeliver refused = conn.sendmail(envsender, recips, msgtext, mailopts) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py", line 69, in sendmail self.__connect() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/SMTPDirect.py", line 64, in __connect self.__conn.connect(mm_cfg.SMTPHOST, mm_cfg.SMTPPORT) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/smtplib.py", line 286, in connect if not port and (host.find(':') == host.rfind(':')): AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'find' mm_cfg.py has the following lines: from Defaults import * ################################################## # Put YOUR site-specific settings below this line. add_virtualhost ( 'vizion2000.net' ) POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['vizion2000.net', 'atf4.com'] MTA = 'Postfix' SMTPHOST = [ 'dns1.vizion2000.net'] David

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