Mailman 3 May 2009 - Mailman-Users

question about postfix aliases file and postfix virtual file and local delivery
by admin2 May 30, 2009

May 30, 2009

Hi there, I have a question about changing the default behavior of postfix. As current configuration stands I need to add a mailman maillist hosted by virtual hosts/domains I need to add the to list entries to the /var/lib/ mailman/data/aliases file and also the /etc/postfix/virtual file Is there any way to get postfix to deliver mail to a virutal domain/hosted email, such as a mailman maillist, if it is found in the /var/lib/ mailman/data/aliases file but does not appear in the /etc/postfix/virtual file? What about allowing postfix to deliver Incoming mail if an user and/or maillist address is a local user but does not appear in the /etc/postfix/virtual file? Cheers, Noah

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Admin Password?
by LuKreme May 30, 2009

May 30, 2009

Where is the site administrators password set in the mailman config? "You must have the proper authorization to create new mailing lists. Each site should have a list creator's password, which you can enter in the field at the bottom. Note that the site administrator's password can also be used for authentication. " -- Heisenberg's only uncertainty was what pub to vomit in next and Jung fancied Freud's mother too. -- Jared Earle

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 63, Issue 53
by Dave Filchak May 29, 2009

May 29, 2009

> <snip> >>> >>> >> OK .. ran both tests as mailman. First one was fine. Second one, while >> it shown no errors initially, I only received the email that was sent as >> a rcpt (secondary email address). The To: email address did not get >> delivered. The smtp-failure logs do not show a specific error for that >> email transaction but it still shows a ton of the same errors, i.e.: >> >> May 29 16:21:04 2009 (6489) Low level smtp error: (-2, 'Name or service >> not known'), msgid: <mailman.1.1243617046.6486.someone(a)domain.net> >> May 29 16:21:04 2009 (6489) delivery to someone(a)domain.org failed with >> code -1: (-2, 'Name or service not known') >> >> Both /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts are world readable. I am truly stumped. >> > > > That example won't deliver to any addresses in the message headers. > Also, it won't log any errors. Error will be written to Python's > stderr (normally the terminal). It sends to the addresses in the rcpts > list as those are the only addresses communicated via SMTP. I.e., the > envelope is sent to the rcpts regardless of what the message inside > the envelope says. > > OK. I'm stumped too. Check the definitions of SMTPHOST and SMTPPORT in > Defaults.py and possible overrides in mm_cfg.py to make sure they are > 'localhost' and 0 respectively. > OK .. well maybe something here. In Defaults.py SMTPHOST is set to 'localhost' In mm_cfg.py, it is set to the actual public IP of the server. > Also, another thing that occurred to me at one point which I don't > think makes any difference and which looked OK in your prior post of > 'ps' output, but make sure that a sendmail process didn't start on > it's own after the power failure. > > chkconfig --list sendmail > > or however you set these things on your system should show sendmail is > off at all run levels. sendmail should only be run by MailScanner. > sendmail is turned off at all levels. > If your python is 2.4.x or later, you can use the technique described > in the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/-IA9> to obtain debugging info > from Python's smtplib. The extra information will be written to > Mailman's error log. > No such luck. This is an older system running the latest available for this system (2.3.4) I am going to change mm_cfg.py to match Defaults.py or I guess I could just comment it out? Dave -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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howto rebuild the html files from mbox?
by Zhengquan Zhang May 29, 2009

May 29, 2009

Hello mailman list, drwxrwsr-x 2 apache mailman 84K Oct 20 2004 2002/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache mailman 451M Sep 30 2007 2002.txt drwxrwsr-x 2 apache mailman 28K Oct 20 2004 2003/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache mailman 11M Oct 20 2004 2003.txt drwxrwsr-x 2 apache mailman 44K Dec 30 2004 2004/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache mailman 4.1M Dec 30 2004 2004.txt drwxrwsr-x 2 apache mailman 8.0K Dec 21 2005 2005/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache mailman 421K Dec 21 2005 2005.txt drwxrwsr-x 2 apache mailman 4.0K Oct 31 2006 2006/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache mailman 68K Oct 31 2006 2006.txt drwxrwsr-x 2 apache mailman 4.0K Dec 29 2007 2007/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache mailman 35K Dec 29 2007 2007.txt drwxrwsr-x 2 mailman mailman 4.0K May 28 16:05 2009/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 2.1K May 28 16:05 2009.txt drwxrwsr-x 307 apache mailman 8.0K May 27 14:22 attachments/ drwxrws--- 2 apache mailman 4.0K May 28 16:05 database/ -rw-rw-rw- 1 apache mailman 4.9K May 28 16:05 index.html -rw-rw---- 1 apache mailman 936 May 28 16:05 pipermail.pck I just found that one list we manage has failed to generate the individual html file for the web archive since 2008, I did the check_perms yesterday and got it working again. the problem is the 2008 folder is still missing but fortunately we have the mbox file intact. -rw-rw-r-- 1 apache mailman 162M May 28 16:05 admin.mbox I checked and found all messages from 2008 and 2009 are in it. my question is how to regenerate the 2008 and 2009 folder and the txt files from the mbox file? Thanks a lot, -- Zhengquan

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Bounce notifications.
by Timothy Park May 29, 2009

May 29, 2009

Hello, I'm sorry in advance if I'm not understanding Mailman's bounce notification process, but here's my issue: I've noticed that when a message bounces, there are no notications to list owners. I only stumbled upon this error when we created a mailing list for a small group of developers, and one wasn't receiving any email due to a problem with his mail server. I had no idea until he told me that he wasn't receiving our messages about a week into the project. When I checked Mailman's bounce log (/var/log/mailmain/bounce), the erorr was there, and his bounce score was 1.0. Is this the normal action of Mailman's bounce system? That is, to hold off notifying the list owner of a bounce until the bounce score passes the defined threshold? If so, is there any way I can force bounce errors to be delivered? I tried disabling bounce processing, but that seems to just discard bounced messages without a notification. Some of our mailing lists are "mission critical" where one person not receiving a message could be a big deal, so if mailman could let us know when there is a delivery failure, that would be wonderful (we wouldn't mind the extra email). Thanks for your help! Tim

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problem with mailman list
by Georgina Siklossy May 29, 2009

May 29, 2009

Hello, We have a problem with our 'mailman' list http://listserv.enar-eu.org/mailman/admindb/board+subs I would like to accept for the mailing list that are still pending but every time I want to do so, I come onto a page which says: Bug in Mailman version 2.1.8b1 We're sorry, we hit a bug! Please inform the webmaster for this site of this problem. Printing of traceback and other system information has been explicitly inhibited, but the webmaster can find this information in the Mailman error logs. Could you please solve the problem? Thanks in advance for your help. Best regards, Georgina Siklossy Communication and Press Officer ENAR, European Network Against Racism 43 Rue de la Charité B-1210 Brussels Tel: +32 (0)2 229 35 77 Fax: +32 (0)2 229 35 75 Email: georgina(a)enar-eu.org <mailto:georgina@enar-eu.org> Visit ENAR's website @ www.enar-eu.org <http://www.enar-eu.org/>

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No mail delivery.
by rich＠edj.net May 29, 2009

May 29, 2009

I've upgraded to the newest mailman from the fedora 10 repos. Followed the guide for post fix integration <http://www.list.org/mailman-install/node12.html> and the subordinate <http://www.list.org/mailman-install/node13.html> Restarted both postfix and mailman. I can create lists but the mail never seem to get out of the system. I get no errrors in maillog. I see: May 28 15:51:15 domain sendmail[8213]: n4SLoxEf008213: to=list2(a)domain.net, ctladdr=rich(a)domain.net (503/503), delay=00:00:16, xdelay=00:00:05, mailer=relay, pri=30496, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Ok: queued as 3654013308C5) May 28 15:51:15 domain amavis[7348]: (07348-17) Passed CLEAN, LOCAL [127.0.0.1] [97.122.225.33] <rich(a)domain.net> -> <list2-domain.net(a)domain.net>, Message-ID: <20090528155059.9z3w6gqbooxwg0kk(a)domain.net>, mail_id: yAX77SL-Up+g, Hits: -1.666, size: 907, queued_as: C1ED713308C4, 591 ms May 28 15:51:15 domain postfix/smtp[8074]: 3654013308C5: to=<list2-domain.net(a)domain.net>, orig_to=<list2(a)domain.net>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=0.69, delays=0.08/0/0.05/0.56, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as C1ED713308C4) May 28 15:51:16 domain postfix/local[8232]: C1ED713308C4: to=<list2-domain.net(a)domain.net>, relay=local, delay=0.57, delays=0.06/0.03/0/0.49, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post list2) and nothing in error for mailman. Where is the mail going? Regular email can be sent and recieved fine.

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Will Mailman inform a sender of a bounced message that it was approved?
by Jane Frizzell May 28, 2009

May 28, 2009

Hello, Is there a feature in Mail Man that would notify the sender of a message, when it bounces for moderation, to be informed when it is cleared by the moderator? This person is not a member of the list so could not tell if it is eventually delivered. Thanks. Jane. -- Jane Frizzell Network Services Administrator Bates College Information and Library Services jfrizzel(a)bates.edu 786-6457 110 Russell St

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icons not seen
by admin2 May 28, 2009

May 28, 2009

Okay I give up. how can I figure out why my icons are not seen via apache. # ls -l /var/lib/mailman/icons/ total 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 945 Mar 6 2008 PythonPowered.png -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3049 Mar 6 2008 gnu-head-tiny.jpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6150 Mar 6 2008 mailman-large.jpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2022 Mar 6 2008 mailman.jpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 281 Mar 6 2008 mm-icon.png Here is the config: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster(a)domain.com ServerName lists.domain.com ServerAlias www.lists.domain.com w.lists.domain.com ServerAlias ww.lists.domain.com wwww.lists.domain.com DocumentRoot /var/www ScriptAlias /mailman /var/lib/mailman/cgi-bin/ Alias /pipermail /var/lib/mailman/archives/public/ Alias /icons /var/lib/mailman/icons/ Redirect permanent /index.html http://lists.domain.com/mailman/listinfo/ RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^(GET|POST|HEAD)$ RewriteRule .* - [F] ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, # alert, emerg. LogLevel warn CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined ServerSignature On Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/" <Directory "/usr/share/doc/"> Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128 </Directory> </VirtualHost>

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admin link wrong when migrating to new server
by admin2 May 28, 2009

May 28, 2009

Hi there, I am migrating from a freeBSD machine to an ubuntu machine and the ports have different default locations and so on. on the ubuntu machine I find that mailman resides in /var/lib/mailman the cgi-bin is /var/lib/mailman/cgi-bin the link from the main page to the admin page is messed up for every virtual site. Is there a configuration place to fix this or what is the appropriate way to fix the problem? so if I place the URL http://lists.domain.com in my browser I am redirected to http://lists.domain.com/mailman/listinfo/ then I click the "the list admin overview page" and get sent to the wrong link that results in a page not found error: http://lists.domain.com/cgi-bin/mailman/admin when the link should be: http://lists.domain.com/mailman/admin help please. Cheers, Noah

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