Mailman 3 June 2009 - Mailman-Users

How to deal with qfiles/bad/*.psv?
by Benjamin Lotto June 22, 2009

June 22, 2009

I've been using mailman for several years and have recently moved to a new machine. Something funny happened, and I had a lot of files built up in the qfiles/* directories. I restarted mailman with mailmanctl -s -q start and move everything was cleared out. There are six .psv files in qfiles/bad and I have no idea what to do with them. I've been poking around the web and various documentation and can't figure it out. Help, please? Using Mailman version: 2.1.12 Many thanks, -Ben

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footers and members of the list
by Hal Huntley June 22, 2009

June 22, 2009

We have a request from a list administrator asking if he can have the all the members of the list listed in the footer of the message. This list is under Mailman 2.1.9. This isn't a "personalization" listing with just the name of the member subscribing. He wants all the messages going out to have all the list members in the footer. Is there a variable that can handle that? Or must the list maintainer just add the names by hand? He may be content with just names or email addresses. Regards, … [View More]

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List size vs. server memory .. and moderation via command prompt..
by Khalil Abbas June 20, 2009

June 20, 2009

Dear mailman guys .. 2 questions: 1- does the list members affect the server's memory ? I mean, is it better to split the list to 3 small lists for example rather than put all the members in one big list? 2- is there a way to remove the moderation flag from a certain member via SSH command prompt ?? Thanks .. _________________________________________________________________ More than messages–check out the rest of the Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/

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password access for fundfindr Media
by Bret Conkin June 19, 2009

June 19, 2009

Hi , We lost our network admin guy awhile back and have been unable to figure out how to access the passwords to manage our lists. Despite our requests, he has been uncooperative. http://lists.fundfindr.com/mailman/listinfo/team I am hoping there is a way to reset the passwords. I am getting these messages but cannot approve without password. Can you suggest anything? As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the following mailing list posting: List: … [View More]

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List serv issue
by Canadian Defence Lawyers - Enza June 19, 2009

June 19, 2009

Hello, I'm hoping you can help me. We run a list serve through Mailman and some of our recent emails have this message: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/cdllawyers/attachments/20090617/95e1752f/attachment-0001.html Can you explain what this is, why it's happening and what we can do to prevent the scrubbing of future emails? Thanks so much Ms. Enza Del Cogliano Canadian Defence Lawyers 830-40 University Avenue Toronto, ON M5J 1T1 T.416.340.9859 enza(a)cdlawyers.org P

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Virtual Domains for Mailing Lists in MailMan
by Bryan Harrison June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

Mark, Oooh! Aaah! Happy dance! It works. Thanks for being so generous with your expertise. Cleaning up my fuzzy ideas has been a pleasure. A minor puzzle, just in case you're interested: You'll be unsurprised that I found virtual_mailbox_domains and virtual_alias_domains will fight over any domain common to both. Since OS X Server is dependent on virtual_mailbox_domains , I did my usual blind monkey try-this-and-that and discovered it works fine without virtual_alias_domains. … [View More]

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clear messages held for moderation ..
by Khalil Abbas June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

hello .. is there a way to delete all the messages that are held for moderation via command prompt i.e. SSH ?? thanks .. _________________________________________________________________ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/photos.aspx

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Virtual domain not quite working on HTTP (but fine on SMTP)
by Rick Moen June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

Greetings, good people. Problem summary: After server rebuild, virtual hosts work for SMTP, but Mailman's Web pages are appearing for the main host only and _not_ the virtual host. Details: I've had Mailman running on Debian (serving up mailing lists for both "linuxmafia.com" and "lists.linuxgazette.net") since, oh, God was a teenager, but a power spike destroyed my somewhat antique hardware in April. I hastily deployed Debian "lenny" 5.0 on a spare box the same day, and then copied … [View More]

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attachments renamed in archives
by Gruver, Sandi June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

I have this line in the mm_cfg.py file: SCRUBBER_USE_ATTACHMENT_FILENAME_EXTENSION = True, but attachments (.pdf) are being renamed to .obj. Can you please give a big hint as to what do I need to do to fix this? Thank you, S. Gruver Unix System Administrator SBCTC-IT Bellevue, WA 98004 425.803.9753 fax 425.803.9752 sgruver(a)cis.ctc.edu

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.1.9 incorrectly holding messages for "Reason: Message has implicit destination"
by b19141＠anl.gov June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009

"Schmitt, Gordon A." <gordie(a)stcloudstate.edu> wrote: >We had been using mailman 2.1.5 installed on Redhat Enterprise v3.n for >several years . A few months ago, we installed a new Redhat system for >our mailing list server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 >(Tikanga) which has Mailman 2.1.9 installed. I followed various >instructions on migrating the mailing lists and everything seemed to be >working just fine. However, within the past few weeks we noticed … [View More]

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email list
by Jaclyn June 17, 2009

June 17, 2009

Hi, I was with a small business that used mail-man to organize our email list. We had a web guy (a friend who was paid in trade) who set this up and was in charge of our website. He got swamped with paid work and basically left us at the altar (stranded!) He no longer really offered help on how to get access to our website. Thankfully we still have access to our mail man email list. Recently this small business has changed hands and now it's just me in charge of the email list. … [View More]

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openID enabled mailman
by Malveeka Tewari June 17, 2009

June 17, 2009

Hi I am working on implementing openID server for the mailman setup I am running. I have started using mailman only recently and need help/feedback on my approach. We want to provide the list users an option whether or not to have enable openID. On the "" page, the users will see an option for 1. Enable/Disable openID login for your subscription 2. Sign in with existing openID login for your subscription *1. Enable/Disable openID login for your subscription* *account* For enabling and … [View More]

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Can I enforce secure admin passwords?
by Kirke Johnson June 15, 2009

June 15, 2009

I am concerned that list owners can put insecure admin passwords on their lists. My testing suggests that short passwords are accepted as well as alpha-only. The only control I have found is the length of admin passwords generated by Mailman. I have not located anything else that would enforce even minimal password security. Am I missing something here? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirke Johnson Internet: kjohnson(a)… [View More]

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gmail marks mailman confirmation mail as spam...
by Kārlis Repsons June 15, 2009

June 15, 2009

Hi, maybe you have some recipe for making gmail treat confirmation mails as non-spam? It just throws mail "confirm e8492f19d7c336341050..". -- Kārlis Repsons

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Administrivia
by LuKreme June 13, 2009

June 13, 2009

I have Administrivia turned on for a list, but people keep sending subscribe requests to the list address (because they are morons, I guess, I send them the subscribe address). Anyway, the administrivia setting does not pick up these messages and I end up with them in the admin queue and end up manually adding them to the subscribers list and purging the message. Can I get administrivia to process subscribe request? message will come in with the single word subject of "subscribe" … [View More]

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sending to the list
by Elliott Kayne June 13, 2009

June 13, 2009

I have been using your program for a while, and just realized no one is getting my emails when I send to the list?? I just ran some tests to my yahoo account and I am not getting it? When I send to my list, I get one, but non of my subscribers seem to be getting my emails? WHY How do I send to them? Thanks Online Corporation of America Hosting, Site Design, Application Development ========================================= Sales:1-570-686-2300 <http://www.onlinecorp.… [View More]

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Who kicked the gate loose?
by Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant) June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

Whence cometh the sudden flood of posts? Scott

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requesting copies of previous messages on a mailman list
by Spencer, Ross June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

** Protective Marking : NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED ** Hi, I am an administrator of a mailman mailing list. I am struggling to find any documentation on how to request a copy of a previously posted message using mailman. i.e. for new users to reply to existing threads. Is it anywhere in your documentation, can you point me in the right direction? Thanks, Ross Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. --------------------------------------------------------… [View More]

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Question of adminstration
by Steve James June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

Hi, Sorry guys to bother you, but I cannot find anywhere the answer to my question I am doing some tests at the moment. What I want to do, is to create a mailing list, in order to send newsletters BUT Only the administrator and the moderator can send newsletters I don't want that the members in the list, can send any info, via our newsletter If they send any email, I would like to reject automatically the email. ( but not from the moderator or the Admin ) Thanks

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Move systems (UNCLASSIFIED)
by McCord, Mark C Mr CIV USA June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE I have mailman with postfix running on a 32-bit RHEL 5 system. I need to move it to a new 64-bit system. Is there a way to do so without losing the data, configurations, etc I already have? I have some Linux experience, but this my first foray into managing a list server (or any type of mail server). Mark Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE

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Help please?
by patrick June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

I am using mailman to run a mail list members(a)saparweb.com The problem is that list members using xxxxx@hotmail addresses do not receive the messages, not even in their spam folders? Any suggestions please? Patrick

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issues with having www on address
by Mitch Gore June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

Hi, I have my mailman set up and its working. I have one small issue left. If i goto http://mysite.com/mailman/admin/ I see all my lists. but if i goto http://www.mysite.com/mailman/admin i see all but 2 lists. In my mm_cfg.conf file I have: DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'www.mysite.com' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'info.mysite.com' removing the www from the default url host doesnt seem to fix anything. is there a way i am suppose to handle these differant URL's? Thanks, -- Mitchell

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Member list
by Steve June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

Hi, I would need your advice... I am doing some tests at the moment. What I want to do, is to be able to "invite" or to make "subscribe" some people, in order to send them some newsletters. However, I do wish that ONLY the moderators and the administrator can send newsletters. None of the members should be able to send newsletters. - How can I disable it ? Instead of letting them sending emails and waiting for approval, I would prefer that this will be rejected automatically, without … [View More]

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Migration to new server, new domain name
by Duane Winner June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

Hello, Can anybody point me to a document or explain to me what is necessary to complete these steps? We have a mailman server hosted on a FreeBSD box and need to migrate it an Ubuntu box and change domain names on all the lists. We have several dozen lists, all under the "foo.org" domain. We need to change "foo.org" to "bar.org" The current "mail.foo.org" server on FreeBSD is getting long in the tooth, and we need to move anyway to Ubuntu. So I need to set up a new Ubuntu server w/ Postfix,… [View More]

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problems with mail robot -request
by Joe June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

Dear Mailman-Users and Team, i am using mailman for a long time now and like for once to say thanks for the good work! A while ago we migrated the server and the lists. It comes that i recognized a problem. A mail to the mail robot mylist-request(a)mylist.domain goes straight to the moderation-queue and the user got a bounce that the mail is held for approval. Even when the moderator approves the mail - it is published to the list and not to the mail-robot. My first idea was that the … [View More]

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