Mailman 3 May 2009 - Mailman-Users

Can't Delete List Member
by Dave Bevis May 11, 2009

May 11, 2009

I have tried everything I know to do including deleting just the member, cloning the member and removing all the members from the list and I cannot remove this member and it causes any messages to this list to be shunted. Info below when I tried removing member from the web based interface. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Dave Bevis dave(a)dpss.bz IBug in Mailman version 2.1.4 We're sorry, we hit a bug! If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy of this page to the webmaster for this site with a description of what happened. Thanks! Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main main() File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 198, in main show_results(mlist, doc, category, subcat, cgidata) File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 498, in show_results form.AddItem(membership_options(mlist, subcat, cgidata, doc, form)) File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 974, in membership_options names = filter(None, [mlist.getMemberName(s) for s in members]) File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/OldStyleMemberships.py", line 131, in getMemberName self.__assertIsMember(member) File "/usr/share/mailman/Mailman/OldStyleMemberships.py", line 113, in __assertIsMember raise Errors.NotAMemberError, member NotAMemberError: hpeoples(a)mail.HamiltonTN.gov Python information: Variable Value sys.version 2.3 (#1, Sep 13 2003, 00:49:11) [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)] sys.executable /usr/bin/python sys.prefix /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3 sys.exec_prefix /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3 sys.path /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3 sys.platform darwin

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Error I couldnt find in archives
by J.A. Terranson May 11, 2009

May 11, 2009

Good Evening, I just finished (well, I guess *almost finished*) a mailman build (2.1.12), and all seems well - except for a cron output which is being seen as a mailman moderation request. The crucial message at the end of the traceback is: IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/home/mailman/lists/spam-l/config.pck' which makes no sense, as the list is in use with subscribers, and seems fine except for this. My only additional data would be that this was a *very* difficult build this time (I dont know why, it just was); and that the domain in use were different from the machine's original domain (ie I had to force a mailman onto a place it didnt belong. A temporary fix to an emergency (and I had no extra hardware at the colo). Thoughts appreciated. //Alif -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin_at_mfn.org 0xpgp_key_mgmt_is_broken-dont_bother "Never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack wrong, whether by predatory plutocracy or predatory poverty." Joseph Pulitzer 1907 Speech

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mailman passwords
by bob 001 May 10, 2009

May 10, 2009

Hi there, Do we have any setting where we can set maximum retries for wrong password before it locks the account or something like that? isn't it otherwise easily breakable via bots by trying different passwords to the same web url. How'z experts here controlling this piece of security? -- TIA Bob.

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Removing from retry queue
by Jeffrey Goldberg May 10, 2009

May 10, 2009

I have a couple of messages in my retry queue that will never go any where. I've been waiting for mailman to give up on them, but it's been several days now, and like to avoid the clutter in my SMTP logs. How long will mailman keep trying in the face of a 450 from the local SMTP server? And where is that length set. Also to dequeue these do I just remove the .pck files from qfiles/ retry ? Or is there a better way to remove them. I tried bin/discard but I complained that the messages weren't listed as suspended. The messages are confirmation requests to email addresses with bogus domains. My postfix installation is configured to give a temporary failure (450) to mail to address that don't resolve. Cheers, -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/

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Help for mailto: in footer.
by bob 001 May 8, 2009

May 8, 2009

Hi Experts, I am just trying to use mailto: facility. It seems from last two lines of Jim Tittsler's response here :- http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg32666.html that it is possible. Can someone please help? Following text in footer is not working and appears broken when it reaches to yahoo and/or gmail. mailto:%(list_name)s@ %(host_name)s?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe %(user_password)s Kindly suggest, this is very important for us. TIA - Bob

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Patch: Preserve Content-Transfer-Encoding when adding footer or scrubbing
by Petr Hroudný May 8, 2009

May 8, 2009

Hi all, when mailman is configured to add header/footer to messages or if it scrubbs attachments, as a side effect it changes Content-Transfer-Encoding of the messages from 8-bit to e.g. base64. However, without any header/footer the messages are passed exactly as received, unmodified. This is highly undesirable in some cases. For instance, mailinglist might be used to distribute trouble tickets or other content which is expected to be easily parsable by automated text-based utilities. At the same time, with base64, emails grow in size by 33 % and such emails are getting much higher spam scores since base64 is typically used by spammers to obfuscate the payload. The attached patches try to fix the behaviour by preserving original Content-Transfer-Encoding even when adding header/footer or scrubbing. I believe adding of footer should be as non-intrusive as possible, so keeping the original Content-Transfer-Encoding is as important as keeping e.g. format=flowed which is being done already. Please find the patches attached/scrubbed. Let me know your opinion about this. Thanks, Petr

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How to empty emails pending...
by steve2009 May 8, 2009

May 8, 2009

Hi, I made some test with Mailman.. more or less OK, I am still receiving some approval emails,everyday That was for testing purposes - How can I empty Mailman sending these emails ? - Where are located these emails ? ( before being sent ) Thanks and regards, -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-empty-emails-pending...-tp23401411p23401411.ht… Sent from the Mailman - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Mailman appends hostname to some address on mail list
by Tom Tilmant May 8, 2009

May 8, 2009

I have been using mailman for several years with my current VPS provider. About a month ago I started getting complaints from users that they were not receiving e-mails. I have a spam problem with the server about the same time and contribute most of the undeliverable because of that. But the complaints became more frequent and I was able to give my service provider to provide me with the log files and I started to notice that when I sent an e-mail out to a mailing list say "parents(a)DOMIAN.com", that some of the log entries in the mail log would show the following: 2009-05-03 13:27:54 [20088] 1M0iHw-0005Dq-2U => person1(a)pacbell.net F=<parents-bounces(a)DOMIAN.com> P=<parents-bounces(a)DOMIAN.com> R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp S=4894 H=pbimail2.prodigy.net [207.115.21.23]:25 C="250 2.0.0 n43KRqOE012511 Message accepted for delivery" QT=2s DT=2s Which would deliver just fine while others would say: 2009-05-03 16:12:52 [20088] H=localhost (myhost.DOMAIN.com) [127.0.0.1]:45816 I=[127.0.0.1]:25 F=<mailman-bounces(a)myhost.DOMAIN.com> temporarily rejected RCPT <person2(a)sbcglobal.net>: Could not complete sender verify Which of course were not deliverable but we're all part of the same mailing list. Has anybody seen this and what is the fix? My current environment is that I'm using a hosted VPS with Cpanel and don't have root access. My service provider claims not to support mailman any longer all through its still part of the Cpanel install. My version of Cpanel is 11.24.4-RELEASE and it appears that my mailman version is version 2.1.11.cp3. I'm trying to get a grasp on the exact issue so that I can provide my service provider with a way of fixing it and not request root access which then I lose all support from them. I appreciate any help in advance.

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Question and help
by Rodger Johnson May 8, 2009

May 8, 2009

I am trying to install Mailman. When I run configure I get the following information. Rodger:~/mailman/mailman-2.1.9] rodgerjo% ./configure loading cache ./config.cache checking for --with-python... no checking for python... /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/ Current/bin/python checking Python interpreter... /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/ Versions/Current/bin/python checking Python version... 2.5.2 checking that Python has a working distutils... yes checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... no checking for true... /usr/bin/true checking for --without-gcc... no checking for gcc... no checking for cc... no configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH When I run 'make' i get the following: [Rodger:~/mailman/mailman-2.1.9] rodgerjo% make make: Command not found. Suggestions? Rodger Johnson www.goodnewsplace.net A source for Christian Ministry

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mailman not receiving/sending mails
by kanika vats May 8, 2009

May 8, 2009

Hi, I have installed mailman locally on my system(as per the installation guide) .I am facing some technical difficulties,have been trying to find the solution for quite some time now but have been unsuccessful. 1) The gui is working perfectly(http://localhost/mailman/admin). 2) I am able to create new lists,change the settings through the user interface in general options and all that comes in list administrative site. 3)but when I try to add subscribers via mass subscription option(by adding email-id in the box) they dont recive subscription mails.... 4)Similarly if I happen to subscribe to a list as an outsider I do not get any kind of subscription notification or confirmation on my email account,at the same time nothing appears in the administrative user interface indicating the new subscription. I think my mailman can not recieve or send mails .I have performed everything given in the installation guide but still facing such problems. Can anyone tell me what is going wrong in my case? Thanks! -- Best Regards Kanika Vats

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