Mailman 3 February 2009 - Mailman-Users

John Viega?
by Tim Ferguson Feb. 19, 2009

Feb. 19, 2009

I hate to keep bothering this list about this, but I'm determined to not only get Mailman up and running, but up and running and stable for a long time to boot. I've completely wiped out the SuSE Linux 10 box I have here and reinstalled everything from the ground up. This particular install, I went ahead and let SuSE install it's "version" of Mailman, Apache2, Python, GCC, etc. and supposedly everything was a success. When I browse to the domain name for this server, I get "It Works!", like … [View More]

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Commercial support / hosting for mailman
by Naz Feb. 19, 2009

Feb. 19, 2009

We are looking for a company to either help us deploy mailman or perhaps host our mailman for us. Are there any companies that provide commercial mailman services? Perhaps a "Commercial Support" link list on the mailman web site would be good idea? Thanks, - Naz. -- السلام عليكم Web: www.mrnaz.com Ph: +61 400 460 662

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spam issues
by Ciprian Matei COSMA Feb. 19, 2009

Feb. 19, 2009

Hello all, I just started a mailing list using mailman and it seems that most of the emails sent get in spam at gmail and yahoo. Are there some setyoings that need to be done in order to avoid this ( most of may subscribers are yahoo and gmail). Thanks, Ciprian

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Error generated by unsubscribe requests
by Kærast Feb. 18, 2009

Feb. 18, 2009

Hi, I've started getting an error message when people try unubscribing from my lists by emailing the -unsubscribe addresses. I'm running a slightly modified version of 2.1.9 (based on the Debian version with a few modifications of my own) The following error appears in the error logs Feb 16 16:09:48 2009 (22125) Uncaught runner exception: 'str' object has no attribute 'address' Feb 16 16:09:48 2009 (22125) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", … [View More]

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users in multiple lists
by David LEROUX Feb. 18, 2009

Feb. 18, 2009

Hi all, I'm a new mailman administrator, first time using it and wondering a few things. First one is that we manage a bunch of lists, in which same users may be in different one The result is if we send mails to, for example, three different lists with a common user in those lists, this user receive 3 mails, normal... But I wonder if there's a way to make that this user receive the mail only once. As I'm typing this mail, I'm thinking that it could be a postfix issue more than a mailman … [View More]

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Tracing a disappearing 'post'
by Bernie Cosell Feb. 18, 2009

Feb. 18, 2009

A user on one of the lists here complained that her posts weren't getting through. I looked at the sendmail log and I see her post making it to the "| ...mailman post LIST", but then the message disappeared. I've looked and it is, indeed, not in the list archives. I do get bounces and approvals [as both list admin and list moderator] and I've not gotten anything about this user's submissions, but still they appear to vanish. The list is unmoderated ["Action to take for postings from … [View More]

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Checking installation issues.
by Daniel.Li Feb. 18, 2009

Feb. 18, 2009

Dear Sir, I have met some difficulties when checking installation. I have google the issue, and take necessary measurement that I know, but still got the problem. How can I fix the problem? Any advice and suggestion is welcomed. Thanks in advance. $ bin/check_perms Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/check_perms", line 391, in ? checkarchivedbs() File "bin/check_perms", line 252, in checkarchivedbs for dir in os.listdir(mm_cfg.PRIVATE_ARCHIVE_FILE_DIR): OSError: [Errno … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] subscribing by email
by Alan Rubin Feb. 17, 2009

Feb. 17, 2009

Mark, Nope, I didn't realise that a restart was required. I just restarted it and it seems to work fine now. Thanks for the help, once again. Regards, Alan Rubin Technician Unix DCS Midrange Services Phone: +61 (08) 8999 5111 Fax: +61 (08) 8999 7493 e-Mail: alan.rubin(a)nt.gov.au -----Original Message----- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:mark@msapiro.net] Sent: Wednesday, 18 February 2009 1:28 AM To: Alan Rubin; Mailman User List Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] subscribing by email Alan … [View More]Rubin wrote: > >I applied the patch, used the request address, and my message still gets >shunted. Did you restart Mailman after applying the patch? > >Feb 17 14:59:32 2009 (1046) Uncaught runner exception: 'NoneType' object >has no attribute 'lower' >Feb 17 14:59:32 2009 (1046) Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/export/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 114, in >_oneloop > self._onefile(msg, msgdata) > File "/export/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 185, in >_onefile > keepqueued =3D self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) > File "/export/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/CommandRunner.py", line 239, >in _dispose > res.process() > File "/export/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/CommandRunner.py", line 112, >in process > stop =3D self.do_command(cmd, args) > File "/export/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/CommandRunner.py", line 139, >in do_command > return handler.process(self, args) > File "/export/home/mailman/Mailman/Commands/cmd_subscribe.py", line >74, in process > if (digest is None >AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'lower' > >Feb 17 14:59:32 2009 (1046) SHUNTING: >1234848571.543715+462ea839ccdd63f659aab843129562980c886d3c > > >Diff on the cmd_subscribe.py new and old: > ># diff Mailman/Commands/cmd_subscribe.py Mailman/Commands/cmd_sub> >74,75c74 >< if (digest is None >< and password and password.lower() in ('digest', >'nodigest')): >--- >> if digest is None and password.lower() in ('digest', 'nodigest'): I think the only possible explanation for the above is you didn't restart Mailman. Also, even without the patch, if you sent a subscribe nodigest address=xxx(a)example.com command to the list-request address, it shouldn't trigger that error unless you also had, e.g., a bare 'subscribe' in the subject. In mails to -request, both Subject: and body are scanned for commands so if you mail to -request with "Subject: subscribe" and body subscribe nodigest address=xxx(a)example.com that's two subscribe commands and the plain "subscribe" will trigger the bug. >The web form that you pointed me at should work regardless of this error >with the cmd_subscribe.py utility? That's correct. -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan [View Less]

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Mass change user's email address
by Manuel Vacelet Feb. 17, 2009

Feb. 17, 2009

Hello, I've googled a bit and browsed the FAQ but I didn't find the answer to my question: I there a way to mass change emails in all the mailing lists on a given server ? I'm a mailman site admin and I have a lot of users that had their email changed following a re-branding of their company (john.doe(a)test.com -> john.doe(a)example.com). I have the map "old email -> new email" and I'm looking for a way to update the membership of the lists. Is there a well known way to do it or do I … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] global search for member
by Jeff Bernier Feb. 17, 2009

Feb. 17, 2009

Never mind... I just found the find_member command. It was right next to the "find_command" command. Sorry to waste bandwidth. Jeff >>> "Jeff Bernier" <jbernier(a)risd.edu> 2/17/2009 1:54 PM >>> Good day all, Is there an easy way to search all my Mailman lists for a particular member? Jeff Jeff Bernier E-mail Administrator Rhode Island School of Design 401.454.6168 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users(… [View More]

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