Mailman 3 July 2009 - Mailman-Users

Add "sender's name/email" to BODY of mail as header?
by Mal 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

I want all mails sent to the list to come from the list's email address... But, in this case, if the user forgets to sign their name at the bottom of their mail body, effectively the mail to the list is anonymous...! Is there a way to add the user name (or email address) to the top of each mail so that the mails have the name of the sender, while the mail itself comes from the list address? I have looked high and low for an answer, but noone seems to have the solution. Thank you! Mal

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Setting MIME as default for new Non-Digest subscribers
by Steve Reiter 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

Hi - I have searched FAQ and archives to find an answer. Hoping you can help. I have a new list (with previously imported addresses) for announcements only, and wish these announcements to be received immediately. I set the defaults to allow non-digest and to not allow digest. I wish to send out announcements in html, and so wish to make the default for new subscribers be MIME. While I see a setting under Digest Options (MIME_is_Default_Digest), I don't see any equivalent option under Non-Digest Options... and new subscribers continue to come in as plain text. QUESTIONS: In order to avoid having to manually change this option for each existing subscriber, is there a way to force all existing subscribers to receive MIME in Non-Digest mode? If not, is there a way to force all NEW subscribers to be enrolled with MIME as their default? Also, is there a way to "lock" the MIME switch on, so that users who try to change their option to plain text will be prevented from doing so? Thanks - Steve

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Changing the received time on an outgoing authorized email message?
by Paul Key 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

When authorizing a moderated list posting is it possible to change the date/time on the outgoing authorized list message to the time it was approved instead of the message showing the time it was first received by mailman? Thanks Paul

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Where is the template for monthly password reminders?
by Michael R Boudreau 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

Where can I find the template for the monthly password reminder email? I'd like to modify it so that it doesn't contain the password (our members object to this being sent unbidden in plain text), and so that it reminds users to make sure their subscription address matches the address from which they currently send email (ideally with a link to their personal options page so they can update). -- Michael R. Boudreau Senior Publishing Technology Analyst The University of Chicago Press 1427 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 (773) 753-3298 fax: (773) 753-3383

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Virtual Domains for Mailing Lists in MailMan
by Gordon Smith 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

Hello I found this E-Mail address on the MailMan homepage and decided to contact you as I don't seem to be able to locate the information I need elsewhere. To explain my circumstance. I am a visually impaired person, trying to get to grips with administrating a mail server under Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7 (Leopard) server. I need to host mailing lists under virtual domains hosted on our server but can't see quite how this is accomplished. Is there anywhere I can obtain this information as Apple's documentation on this subject seems poor from what I've seen. I really do apologise for any inconvenience I may cause you by contacting you - but if you could point me to the relevant information pages as to how to accomplish virtual domain list configuration under Apple's server platform I'd be very grateful. As a blind person this information is not always easy for me to locate. Thank you in advance for any help. Gordon

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not really an umbrella?
by Gruver, Sandi 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Mailman 2.1.5 on RedHat Linux - How can I set up a new list that sends to multiple existing lists - but only sends one message to each person - even if the person is a member of multiple lists? a. LSOFT calls this a "superlist" b. Can "Mailman" do this? c. In this case, we have a system newsletter that will be sent to multiple lists. I'd like people to receive the message only once, even if they are on more than one of the lists included in the mailing. Thank you, Sandi Gruver Unix system administrator Center for Information Services Bellevue, WA 98004 phone 425.803.9753 fax 425.803.9652

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Mailman, Qmail -> Large Message Lost
by Bradley Cummins, Member Manager 25 Aug '09

25 Aug '09

I am running - Mailman 2.1.9 - Qmail - CentOs - MySQLdb module I have been able to successfully send a mail to my list members, who are stored in a MySQL, database. This worked when there were eight members. Now that I'm trying it on a production level with approx. 200 members it doesn't work...or, at least, it hasn't after the first 45 min. SMTP_MAX_RCPTS = 500 There are currently only 157 members in my list. /var/qmail/concurrencyremote is 250 /var/qmail/concurrencylocal is 30 Could anyone help me improve this performance?

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Email command in Mailman to get by e-mail a message (like ezmlm has)
by Ricardo Dias Marques 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Hello, I think this is my post to the Mailman Users mailing list. Hi everyone! :) I supposed this would be a FAQ, but I can't find it in Mailman's web site. My question is: "Is there any email command (or other way) that allows you to be e-mailed a past message (or messages) that was sent to a Mailman managed mailing list?" Browsing the Mailman list archives, I could only find a reference from September 2002 (almost 7 years ago!) from a user (Fernan Aguero) asking the same thing, but not getting a reply: [Mailman-Users] add to whishlist? http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2002-September/022243.html I know that ezmlm has a "-get" command for doing this: EZMAN-0.32: ezmlm Commands http://www.ezmlm.org/ezman/ezman5.html >From that page: ---------------------------------------- -get Get a message or range of messages from the archive. Without argument it returns the messages since the latest digest. To retrieve a range of messages, use list-get.123_234@host(*). At most 100 messages are returned. Without ezmlm-idx, individual messages can still be retrieved by sending mail to list-get.123@host. ---------------------------------------- By reading the list of Mailman commands available in the following web page, it seems that Mailman (still) hasn't a command for doing that: Can I use email commands to interact with the Mailman server? http://www.washington.edu/computing/mailman/faqs/mailman.email.html Am I right? Is there some reason for not including this "get" message functionality in Mailman? Thanks in advance! :) Cheers, Ricardo Dias Marques lists AT ricmarques DOT net

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mailman and group mismatch error
by Greg White 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Hi, I am running Centos 5.3 with all of the updates. I needed a mail list server so I installed mailman and postfix. I did yum install postfix and yum install mailman. postfix installed and can send email to my live account so it is working. mailman is installed and I can goto my server and subscribe to a list. I get the confirmation email from mailman. However when I try to post I get a group mismatch error. I have done a google search and everyone says to recompile with the proper ./configure. I installed from packages. I would rather not have to recompile. Everything seems to be ok except I can't post. # /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the mail wrapper script to be executed as one of the following groups: [mail, postfix, mailman, nobody, daemon], but the system's mail server executed the mail script as group: "root". Try tweaking the mail server to run the script as one of these groups: [mail, postfix, mailman, nobody, daemon], or re-run configure providing the command line option: '--with-mail-gid=root'. # /usr/lib/mailman/bin/check_perms -f No problems found So what did I do wrong? And why isn't check_perms detecting the problem. >From what I read on the internet this is a very common problem. Thanks, Greg _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos_072009

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Disable attachment scrubbing?
by Edward Harvey 02 Aug '09

02 Aug '09

Sometimes people post messages with attachments. They get archived with the message “attachment was scrubbed...” and renamed simply “attachment” and if the mime type wasn’t recognized, also the file extension is changed. Is there some way to completely disable scrubbing? Just allow the attachments to come through as-is? No renaming. For my group, this feature is causing more harm than good. All the people who are allowed to subscribe or post are trusted not to send corrupt or malicious attachments.

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