Mailman 3 June 2009 - Mailman-Users

Bounce processing off but still receiving bounce messages
by Dave Bevis June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009

I have a list set up that the membership changes on the fly. When an email is sent out, the current list is removed and a new list is uploaded. I have turned bounce processing off but I am still receiving bounce messages. Is there a way to turn bounce processing off completely for a particular list? Mac os x server Mailman 2.1.4 Thanks. Dave

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confirmation messages are rejected
by Allan Hansen June 11, 2009

June 11, 2009

Hi all, Several users have now complained to me that their address change confirmation messsages get rejected as follows (an example): ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <<mailto:women-bounces@mail.rc.org>women-bounces(a)mail.rc.org> Date: 2009/6/7 Subject: The results of your email commands To: <mailto:yvoodr@gmail.com>user_name(a)gmail.com The results of your email command are provided below. Attached is your original message. - Results: Ignoring non-text/… [View More]

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How to set up notifications for Membership Management?
by Ulf Dunkel June 9, 2009

June 9, 2009

I cannot find out how I can figure the following default settings: Membership Management: - Mass Subscription: - Send welcome messages to new subscribees? (Yes) - Send notifications of new subscriptions to the list owner? (Yes) - Mass Removal: - Send unsubscription acknowledgement to the user? (Yes) - Send notifications to the list owner? (No) Whatever I set up (e.g. in "General Options"), I cannot set this configuration. Is it possible anyhow? Thanks in advance for your help. :-) --UlfDunkel

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Mailman + virtualenv
by Rick Morrison June 8, 2009

June 8, 2009

I've been tasked with upgrading an existing Mailman installation to a new version while maintaining some patches we've previously made to the base setup. All this is to happen on a VPS hosted machine while the existing mailing list continues to run as-is. I'm considering doing a side-by-side install of a new version of Mailman under virtualenv, then porting over the changes, and then finally switching over once testing is done. Anyone out there have any experience running Mailman in … [View More]

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moderated subscription?
by Kārlis Repsons June 5, 2009

June 5, 2009

Hello there, somebody please tell me, how can I make a list subscription moderated, so only approved people can post, but no moderation is required then? k.

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Getting a reason in a reject
by Bernie Cosell June 5, 2009

June 5, 2009

I'm clearly confused and doing something stupid wrong. I periodically go to the admin panel and deal with the 'defer'ed messages. Usually I start with "discard all messages marked defer" and then go through and either reject or accept the ones that aren't spam. My problem is that in the display it correctly lists the *reason* why the message got trapped, but when I just set 'reject' and tell it to go "do it", the reject message ends up looking like: -------------------- Subject: … [View More]

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Question on the Sender Filter
by Rex Helwig June 5, 2009

June 5, 2009

I am trying to allow the members of one of our other lists to be able to post to another list without being a member. I have tried several permutations of the list address but haven't found one that works. Our current version is 2.1.11. The list I moderate is sc(a)polarisusersgroup.org and I would like to allow the members of the all(a)polarisusersgroup.org to post to it. I have tried @all, ^@all, @all@polarisusersgroup.org, ^@all@polarisusersgroup.org <mailto:%5e@all@polarisusersgroup.… [View More]

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migrating hundreds of lists to another host
by Zhengquan Zhang June 4, 2009

June 4, 2009

Hi mailman list, Since our list server is getting old and dying, I plan to migrate list service to another host. mailman is working with a postfix setup. the migration will be temporary and once I setup a new server for the list I will move the lists back. My question is, how Can I minimize list downtime and allow for users to use the lists without any feeling the service has been moved to another host? for example, the hostname is different for the temporary host and others? I am clueless … [View More]

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(no subject)
by Stephen Plumpton June 4, 2009

June 4, 2009

Hi there I would like to create a list for blind people to use to discuss IT related queries. How do I start a list off and how do people subscribe. Do I need to instal mailman on a Unix based machine as the first step? Or can a windows machine be used. Thank you Stephen Plumpton Stephen N. Plumpton Action for Blind People North West Team Technology Officer Tel: 0151 298 3222 The Gateway Centre 71 London Road Liverpool L3 8HY Action for Blind People is … [View More]

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Mailman
by Claire L Laing June 4, 2009

June 4, 2009

Hi, Our program has been using your program for a couple of years now. Because we didn't have our own website, we were able to use our local university's site to set up the groups. We recently got our own website through Host Papa, and decided to create our own mailing list instead. It began three weeks ago, and although we didn't have problems before, we are having most of the email bounce back. Is there someone who can help us with this? Claire Laing Communication Designer Toward Optimized … [View More]

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Questions about Mailman
by Julie Gray June 4, 2009

June 4, 2009

Hello, I am working with the government of Somerville, Massachusetts in order to determine an appropriate email list hosting service. I have a few questions about the Mailman server which are not answered on your website. Is there a way to link Mailman to a blog to send automatic updates? Or is this a service that is not offered? Is there an option to include a sign-up box on our website? Or must users go to the mailman homepage to subscribe to one of our lists? I look forward to … [View More]

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Mailman data access
by Detlef Brendle June 4, 2009

June 4, 2009

Hello Mailman users, this might not be the right way of asking questions - but maybe I can get an answer to my question. I was searching and searching with google for a possibility to access the mailman data with a programatic interface. This would allow me to write a client in Java and access my mailman managed mails and present them in a neat User interface. I have seen in the mailman docu that a programatic interface exist (4.09 Mailman bin commands) but I dont know how to handle them in … [View More]

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mailing list support
by Terrence P. Munk June 4, 2009

June 4, 2009

Good day My name is Terry Munk and I manage the website for a small lake assoc. in upstate New York. Members have asked about the possibility of our having a mailing list set up to send out information to our membership. Our current host does not offer this service. We are a 501 C 3 not for Profit organization. My question is can you tell me if there is someplace out there where we can create a mailing list? I am a novice at the mailing list so I could very easily be … [View More]

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Archive toast - how to rebuild
by Chris Barnes June 3, 2009

June 3, 2009

The archive directory (the entire thing) of our mailman install is toast. The funny thing is, I really don't care about any of the archive files. But, without the archive directory structure there, Mailman seems to be confused. Is there a way to get Mailman to simply begin a new archive for every list? Preferably in a directory of my choosing (ie. in /home/mailman/archives/ rather than in /var/lib/mailman/archives/)? -- Chris Barnes AOL IM: CNBarnes … [View More]

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Errors on mailman startup
by Dave Filchak June 3, 2009

June 3, 2009

My ISP had a major power outage a while back and I realized that mailman was no longer running. When trying to start it again, I am getting the following errors: /usr/local/mailman/bin/mailmanctl start Starting Mailman's master qrunner. [root@ebony ~]# Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner", line 270, in ? main() File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/qrunner", line 230, in main qrunner.run() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 70, in … [View More]

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i18n: admin/mod environment vs. user environment
by Alvaro Uría June 3, 2009

June 3, 2009

Hi! Today, I've run across a curious issue with Mailman and its i18n. The story goes like this: 1) We have a list where you can choose between 3 languages: A, B and C 2) The list is configured to use language A as default, and has a max_message_size = 10kB 3) One subscriber uses language B and sends a message bigger than 10kB, so it gets held (and gets a notice translated to language B) 4) Moderator gets a notice in language A (the default of the list, as I said), but the reason is … [View More]

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Not delivering to local users
by rich＠edj.net June 2, 2009

June 2, 2009

I have Fedora 10 running postfix-2.5.6-1.fc10.i386 and mailman-2.1.11-5.fc10.i386. I can send and recieve email fine. Mailman recieves all emails fine but only sends to remote users but not all remote users. Recipients on the local machine do not recieve any emails from mailman. I would like to figure out how to fix this. My settings are basically unchanged from an older Fedora 6 system. smtp-failure is full of entries like this: Jun 01 12:30:34 2009 (1059) delivery to user1(a)gxxx.… [View More]

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name 'mailman' is not defined
by LuKreme June 2, 2009

June 2, 2009

After getting everything working and walking away from the computer for the weekend+Monday I am seeing this in the logs: (Command died with status 1: "/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post hgt- school". Command output: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/ usr/local/mailman/scripts/post", line 32, in <module> from Mailman import mm_cfg File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py", line 57, in <module> add_virtualhost(mailman.covisp.net, mail.covisp.net) … [View More]

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Displaying Entire Membership List
by Ed Corcoran June 1, 2009

June 1, 2009

I have 1869 members on my mailing list. My Membership List only displays 152 of them -- 150 in blocks of 50 (as per my Chunk Size) and a 4th page with only 2. I have added and subtracted members with no problem, and when I send a message it apparently goes to everyone, but I can only see the 152 in the listing. A number of those I added since then I marked NO to both >Send welcome messages to new subscribees? >Send notifications of new subscriptions to the list owner? Does that … [View More]

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list member address parsing question
by admin2 June 1, 2009

June 1, 2009

Hi list, Somebody suggested me ask the mailman folks this question. My google official account username is <blah(a)domain.com> but I have verified and activated another email address "sample(a)domain2.com" . I am able to originate email with "sample(a)domain2.com" in the "from" email but mailman still rejects the message claiming "Sorry, only subscribers may post." Mailman thinks I am not a member of the list and is considering me "blah(a)domain.com" even though I can see in the … [View More]

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