Mailman 3 February 2009 - Mailman-Users

global search for member
by Jeff Bernier Feb. 17, 2009

Feb. 17, 2009

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

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Site specific defaults
by Frank Elsner Feb. 17, 2009

Feb. 17, 2009

Hi*, I'm new to mailman, which is in general running at my site. My question is: Where to define site scpecific defaults? Which file of Defaults.py. MailList.py and mm_cfg.py is best? Regards, Frank Elsner

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

Feb. 17, 2009

Mark, I applied the patch, used the request address, and my message still gets shunted. 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 = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/… [View More]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 = 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'): The web form that you pointed me at should work regardless of this error with the cmd_subscribe.py utility? 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: Tuesday, 17 February 2009 2:22 PM To: Alan Rubin; Mailman User List Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] subscribing by email Alan Rubin wrote: > >We have a customer who would like to use a form on a website to >subscribe people to a mailing list. In theory, the form would email the >details the list-join address of the list. Unduly complicated. See the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/hIA9>. But, since you ask, read on... >I have tried following the >instructions from the members' manual: > >subscribe [<PASSWORD>] [digest-nodigest] [address=<ADDRESS>] >Subscribe to this mailing list. Your password must be given to >unsubscribe or change your options, but >if you omit the password, one will be generated for you. You may be >periodically reminded of your >password. >The next argument may be either: 'nodigest' or 'digest' (no quotes!). If >you wish to subscribe an address >other than the address you sent this request from, you may specify >'address=<ADDRESS>' (no brackets >around the email address, and no quotes!) > >I am testing this process with a test list using the following email: > >-----Original Message----- >From: Alan Rubin >Sent: Tuesday, 17 February 2009 1:46 PM >To: 'test-join(a)lists.nt.gov.au' >Subject: > >subscribe nodigest address=adam.smith(a)nt.gov.au You can't send a generic subscribe command to to the -join or -subscribe address. The subject/body of mail to those addresses are ignored and they just request subscription of the From: address with generated password and default digest/nodigest. If you want to send a subscribe command as above in the subject or body of the mail, you have to send it to the -request address. But that isn't the reason for the following. >but my attempts keep getting shunted (tried twice, first without a >digest option): > > >Feb 17 13:46:20 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 = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) > File "/export/home/mailman/Mailman/Queue/CommandRunner.py", line 241, >in _dispose > res.do_command('join') > 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 and password.lower() in ('digest', 'nodigest'): >AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'lower' > >Feb 17 13:46:20 2009 (1046) SHUNTING: >1234844179.158844+4d54d8a83f98a957ccff205953e10afbc0a9eecd > > >Any help? Am I missing a step? This is somewhat urgent, if anyone is >still awake in the West. This was a bug in the 2.1.10 release. See <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2008-April/000111.htm l> for a patch, but the irony here is if you had sent the mail to test-request(a)lists.nt.gov.au, it would have worked and not triggered the bug. -- 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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subscribing by email
by Alan Rubin Feb. 16, 2009

Feb. 16, 2009

Hello, We are running mailman 2.1.10 on Solaris 9 with postfix. We have a customer who would like to use a form on a website to subscribe people to a mailing list. In theory, the form would email the details the list-join address of the list. I have tried following the instructions from the members' manual: subscribe [<PASSWORD>] [digest-nodigest] [address=<ADDRESS>] Subscribe to this mailing list. Your password must be given to unsubscribe or change your options, but if you … [View More]

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Pesky, Persistent error messages
by Adam Roberts Feb. 16, 2009

Feb. 16, 2009

Greetings all in Mailman-Users world, I have recently installed and configured (or so it would appear) Mailman 2.1.9 on top of Postfix 2.5 and Ubuntu 8.04. I am up and running with my first mailing list but I'm getting an error in my log file that continues to baffle me. Granted, it may be something simple, but I'm rather confused and am turning to the collective wisdom of the Interwebs for answers. A `tail` from my log file (/var/log/mail.log): Feb 15 21:18:52 PyHost01 postfix/qmgr[15994]:… [View More] 7C4586E0B8: from=< mailman(a)mydomain.com>, size=628, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Feb 15 21:18:52 PyHost01 postfix/local[27805]: 7EC056DF47: to=< mailman(a)mydomain.com>, orig_to=<mailman>, relay=local, delay=1130, delays=1130/0.01/0/0.04, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: local: fatal: execvp /var/lib/mailman/mail: Permission denied ) Feb 15 21:18:52 PyHost01 local[27831]: fatal: execvp /var/lib/mailman/mail: Permission denied Feb 15 21:18:52 PyHost01 postfix/qmgr[15994]: 756866E0E2: from=< mailman(a)mydomain.com>, size=628, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Feb 15 21:18:52 PyHost01 local[27832]: fatal: execvp /var/lib/mailman/mail: Permission denied Feb 15 21:18:52 PyHost01 postfix/local[27812]: 7C4586E0B8: to=< mailman(a)mydomain.com>, orig_to=<mailman>, relay=local, delay=10131, delays=10131/0.02/0/0.04, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: local: fatal: execvp /var/lib/mailman/mail: Permission denied ) Feb 15 21:20:01 PyHost01 postfix/pickup[24405]: 58EE46E0E9: uid=1002 from=<mailman> Feb 15 21:20:01 PyHost01 postfix/cleanup[27841]: 58EE46E0E9: message-id=<20090216022001.58EE46E0E9(a)mydomain.com> Feb 15 21:20:01 PyHost01 postfix/qmgr[15994]: 58EE46E0E9: from=< mailman(a)mydomain.com>, size=628, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Feb 15 21:20:01 PyHost01 local[27844]: fatal: execvp /var/lib/mailman/mail: Permission denied and from my error log (/var/log/mail.err): Feb 15 21:18:52 PyHost01 local[27831]: fatal: execvp /var/lib/mailman/mail: Permission denied Feb 15 21:18:52 PyHost01 local[27832]: fatal: execvp /var/lib/mailman/mail: Permission denied Feb 15 21:18:52 PyHost01 local[27833]: fatal: execvp/var/lib/mailman/mail: Permission denied Feb 15 21:20:01 PyHost01 local[27844]: fatal: execvp/var/lib/mailman/mail: Permission denied The above error messages repeat themselves with great frequency. They don't appear to be having an affect on operations as I can send and receive mail and my mailing lists are working. Any help or suggestions are welcomed and most appreciated. Thanks! Adam Roberts -- Shameless Self Promotion: http://www.adamnroberts.org "I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." -- Oscar Wilde You can't argue with stupid people. They just drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. [View Less]

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Error Message
by Jeff Grossman Feb. 15, 2009

Feb. 15, 2009

I have started getting the following error message in my log files. It appears to be when Mailman receives a bounce for a non-member. Feb 13 21:31:25 2009 qrunner(527): Traceback (most recent call last): Feb 13 21:31:25 2009 qrunner(527): File "/Applications/mailman/bin/qrunner", line 278, in ? Feb 13 21:31:25 2009 qrunner(527): main() Feb 13 21:31:25 2009 qrunner(527): File "/Applications/mailman/bin/qrunner", line 238, in main Feb 13 21:31:25 2009 qrunner(527): qrunner.… [View More]

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Help!
by Steve Weiss Feb. 15, 2009

Feb. 15, 2009

I started using Mailman 2.1.11 via Lunar Pages. I created a list last month, and almost a month later to the day, my members are being automatically unsubscribed en mass. Is there a setting to be changed so I don't have to re-enter the list members again? Attached is a copy of the email I received. Thanks, in advance, for your help. Steve Weiss.

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Uncaught Bounce Notification
by Jeff Grossman Feb. 15, 2009

Feb. 15, 2009

I received a uncaught bounce notification from one of my lists today. The bounce looks pretty normal, and figured it should have been caught by the bounce system. How do I report bounce formats that did not get caught by the bounce system? Here is the bounce. I changed the e-mail address. And, yes the e-mail address is currently subscribed to the list. Hi. The MTA program at mta6-1.us4.outblaze.com was unable to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent … [View More]

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MMDSR Question
by Jeff Grossman Feb. 15, 2009

Feb. 15, 2009

I know the mmdsr program is an unsupported application, but I am hoping somebody here can help me out. I have not been able to find any answers via Google or the mailing list archives. I have set up all of the parameters, but the program never finishes running. When I run it from the command line, it never returns the command line, just continues running forever. Any help would be appreciated. I am running this on an OS X 10.3.9 machine. The temp file that it creates gets as far as: … [View More]

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external mail server
by Khalil Abbas Feb. 14, 2009

Feb. 14, 2009

hi, is there a way to configure mailman hosted on a dedicated server to send using an external mail server on another dedicated server e.g. : mail.domain-on-another-server.com? Thanks .. _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx…

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