Mailman 3 April 2009 - Mailman-Users

Sending bulk mail (400,000 users)
by Phoenix Kiula April 22, 2009

April 22, 2009

Hi. I need to send annoucements to a large opt-in list. Having never done this before and not being now confident if PHP's mail() can manage it, I was pointed to mailman. My questions: (1) Is it possible for mailman to send emails where the "to:" header has the email of a specific recipient? It's more personal than sending to a common email address. (2) Secondly, on a 2GB memory server with fast SATA hard disks, is sending email to 400,000 users possible with mailman? Will it automatically … [View More]

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Cluster of postfix
by Juan Antonio Cuesta April 22, 2009

April 22, 2009

Hello, i used the NFS shared files. A day the Nas Server crashed and my smtp servers could not work normaly. I had the conf files and the all db files. Thank you. Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:19:40 +0200 From: Melvyn Sopacua <mdev(a)dnr.servegame.org> Subject: Re: Cluster of postfix On Friday 17 April 2009 18:16:01 Victor Duchovni wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 06:11:24PM +0200, Melvyn Sopacua wrote: > > > Mailbox files, on the other hand, are usually overwritten, and … [View More]

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strange problem mailman 2.1.10
by Radim Roska, IAESTE CVUT April 20, 2009

April 20, 2009

Hi, I've got strange problem. It looks mailman does not send mails to all list members. My mailman is 2.1.10 with modinc-2.1.9-0.1.patch and mhonarc-2.1.9-0.1.patch patches... # list_members mail-list | wc -l 45 log in mailman: Apr 17 00:46:18 2009 (5109) <49E7B53F.8050501(a)domain.tld> smtp to mail-list for 43 recips, completed in 0.081 seconds Do you have any idea where could be problem? Where to the code should I look...Is there debug option so i could see precisely what … [View More]

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Archive 3rd Party List
by Jim Redman April 19, 2009

April 19, 2009

I subscribe to a mailing list that has no archive capabilities. I don't really want to try to take over the list, but would like to archive the messages as a service to other list users. Would it be possible to do this with Mailman? Or does anyone have an alternate system that may be better capable to do this? Thanks, Jim

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Archive 3rd Party List
by Russell Clemings April 18, 2009

April 18, 2009

My solution was to set up MHonArc (http://www.mhonarc.org/), running under its own user (e.g. mailarch), and then subscribe mailarch(a)mydomain.com to the Mailman list(s) I wanted to archive. That (along with some lines in the Apache configuration) allowed me to put them behind the same password wall as our web site, and to do a lot of fancy formatting. If you (and the list owner) don't care if the public has access to the archives, however, then one of the solutions suggested below is probably … [View More]

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mails bounce when sent to join address
by punit_j April 18, 2009

April 18, 2009

Hi ,I am integrating mailman with postfix. I have created new transport by name mailman :-mailman   unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe    flags=FR user=mailman:… [View More]mailman argv=/usr/local/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py ${nexthop} ${user}Below is the script : -MailmanHome = "/usr/local/mailman"; # Mailman home directory.MailmanOwner = "listadminuser(a)test.com"; # Postmaster and abuse mail recipient.import sys, os, re, stringdef main():    os.nice(5)  # Handle mailing lists at non-interactive priority.        # delete this if you wish    os.chdir(MailmanHome + "/lists")    try:        local = sys.argv[2]    except:        # This might happen if we're not using Postfix        sys.stderr.write("LOCAL not set?\n")        sys.exit(1)    local = string.lower(local)    local = re.sub("^mailman-","",local)    names = ("root", "postmaster", "mailer-daemon", "mailman-owner", "owner", "abuse")    for i in names:        if i == local:            os.execv("/usr/sbin/sendmail",                     ("/usr/sbin/sendmail", MailmanOwner))            sys.exit(0)    type = "post"    types = (("-admin$", "admin"),             ("-owner$", "owner"),    types = (("-admin$", "admin"),             ("-owner$", "owner"),             ("-request$", "request"),             ("-bounces$", "bounces"),             ("-confirm$", "confirm"),             ("-join$", "join"),             ("-leave$", "leave"),             ("-subscribe$", "subscribe"),             ("-unsubscribe$", "unsubscribe"))    for i in types:        if re.search(i[0],local):            type = i[1]            local = re.sub(i[0],"",local)    if os.path.exists(local):        os.execv(MailmanHome + "/mail/mailman",                 (MailmanHome + "/mail/mailman", type, local))    else:        bounce()    sys.exit(75)def bounce():    bounce_message = """\TO ACCESS THE MAILING LIST SYSTEM: Start your web browser onhttp://%s/That web page will help you subscribe or unsubscribe, and willgive you directions on how to post to each mailing list.\n"""    sys.stderr.write(bounce_message % (sys.argv[1]))    sys.exit(1)try:    sys.exit(main())except SystemExit, argument:    sys.exit(argument)except Exception, argument:    info = sys.exc_info()    trace = info[2]    sys.stderr.write("%s %s\n" % (sys.exc_type, argument))    sys.stderr.write("Line %d\n" % (trace.tb_lineno))    sys.exit(75)       # Soft failure, try again later.But when i send mail to testing-join(a)test.com ( a subscription mail to testing list ) , it bounces with following error : -   The mail system<testing-join(a)test.com>: Command died with status 2:    "/usr/local/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py". Command output:    /usr/local/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py: line 2: MailmanHome: command    not found /usr/local/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py: line 3:    MailmanOwner: command not found    /usr/local/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py: line 61: import: command not    found /usr/local/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py: line 63: syntax error    near unexpected token `(' /usr/local/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py:    line 63: `def main():'I am no python expert. can anyone direct me to what i am doing wrong ?Regards,Punit [View Less]

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digest question
by Christopher Adams April 17, 2009

April 17, 2009

I have over 700 lists on my server. Recently, a user called about not receiving a message to a list. I investigated and found that she was subscribed to the digest version of the list. I understand how digests work and have the cron set to send the digests every night at midnight. However, if I do a listing of all the lists and the time of creation of the digest.mbox, I see several dozen that are more than 1 day old, including the list in question. I know that I can generate the digest … [View More]

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mails bounce when sent to join address
by punit_j April 17, 2009

April 17, 2009

Hi , I am trying to integrate mailman with postfix. I have created new list :- bin/list_lists2 matching mailing lists found:    Mailman - Mailman site list    Testing - [no description available]$ bin/list_members testingtest2(a)test.comAlias file as follows : -# STANZA START: mailman# CREATED: Fri Apr 17 08:46:08 2009mailman:          &… [View More]nbsp;  "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman"mailman-admin:       "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman"mailman-bounces:     "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman"mailman-confirm:     "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman"mailman-join:        "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman"mailman-leave:       "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman"mailman-owner:       "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman"mailman-request:     "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman"mailman-subscribe:   "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman"mailman-unsubscribe: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman"# STANZA END: mailman# STANZA START: testing# CREATED: Fri Apr 17 08:46:08 2009testing:             "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post testing"testing-admin:       "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman admin testing"testing-bounces:     "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman bounces testing"testing-confirm:     "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman confirm testing"testing-join:        "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join testing"testing-leave:       "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman leave testing"testing-owner:       "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman owner testing"testing-request:     "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman request testing"testing-subscribe:   "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe testing"testing-unsubscribe: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe testing"# STANZA END: testing virtual-mailman# STANZA START: testing# CREATED: Fri Apr 17 08:46:08 2009testing@test.com testingtesting-admin(a)test.com        testing-admintesting-bounces(a)test.com      testing-bouncestesting-confirm(a)test.com      testing-confirmtesting-join(a)test.com         testing-jointesting-leave(a)test.com        testing-leavetesting-owner(a)test.com        testing-ownertesting-request(a)test.com      testing-requesttesting-subscribe(a)test.com    testing-subscribetesting-unsubscribe(a)test.com  testing-unsubscribe# STANZA END: testingNow the problem is when i send mail from new user say test3(a)test.com to testing-join(a)test.com , the mail bounces.:-I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could notbe delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.If you do so, please include this problem report. You candelete your own text from the attached returned message.                   The mail system<testing-join(a)test.com>: test.comI have not created user testing-join(a)test.com on my system, presuming it should be an alias.Please advice what wrong is going on ?Regards,Punit [View Less]

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Sincronize Alias Mailman with Postfix
by Juan Antonio Cuesta April 17, 2009

April 17, 2009

Helo, i want to install MailMan on a server that already is giving service of Apache and that MailMan sendmail thought other server that already has Postfix. The problem is that i do not know how can do for that Mailman can manage the aliases of postfix. Can someone help me?

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Re: [Mailman-Users] how to discard bounced messages?
by Mark Sapiro April 17, 2009

April 17, 2009

Danil Smirnov wrote: > >2009/4/16 Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> > >> >> You need to individually mark each request "discard" in the admindb >> interface and "Submit All Data". There is no bulk removal method or >> tool for subscription requests. You need to do this often enough to >> prevent the number of outstanding requests from growing so large that >> the admindb interface times out before loading the page. > > >But I've got 1 … [View More]thousand spammer`s request in 3 days!!! May be I can just >switch off subscription service at all? My list is announcement list so I >need no subscription service... Please advice how can I do that... I suspect what is happening is that spammers are not deliberately trying to subscribe in order to spam your list. Rather, I think that spammers are just spamming your LISTNAME-subscribe and LISTNAME-join addresses resulting in subscription requests. There are a few things you can do. You can just periodically discard all requests by removing the lists/LISTNAME/request.pck file. You can modify cron/checkdbs [1] to apply max_days_to_hold to subscribe requests as well as messages. Depending on your MTA, you can just remove the aliases for LISTNAME-request and LISTNAME-join. This is probably best as it will return a failure to the spammer at SMTP time [1] To modify cron/checkdbs, add the line heldmsgs.extend(mlist.GetSubscriptionIds()) to the definition def auto_discard(mlist): # Discard old held messages discard_count = 0 expire = mlist.max_days_to_hold * 86400 # days heldmsgs = mlist.GetHeldMessageIds() if expire and len(heldmsgs): for id in heldmsgs: if now - mlist.GetRecord(id)[0] > expire: mlist.HandleRequest(id, mm_cfg.DISCARD) discard_count += 1 mlist.Save() return discard_count so it becomes def auto_discard(mlist): # Discard old held messages discard_count = 0 expire = mlist.max_days_to_hold * 86400 # days heldmsgs = mlist.GetHeldMessageIds() heldmsgs.extend(mlist.GetSubscriptionIds()) if expire and len(heldmsgs): for id in heldmsgs: if now - mlist.GetRecord(id)[0] > expire: mlist.HandleRequest(id, mm_cfg.DISCARD) discard_count += 1 mlist.Save() return discard_count -- 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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