Mailman 3 August 2009 - Mailman-Users

won't let me edit the HTML
by Bill Catambay 25 Aug '09

25 Aug '09

I am trying to customize our Options page, and I want to add links to our main website within the page (really the only changes I am making). When I try to save, I get: "The page you saved contains suspicious HTML that could potentially expose your users to cross-site scripting attacks. This change has therefore been rejected. If you still want to make these changes, you must have shell access to your Mailman server." Cross-site scripting attacks from a simple link? I'm feeling the weight of big brother here. The error page includes a link to FAQ 4.48, which displays: Below you will find links to our Frequently Asked Questions. There are hundreds of entries, so they're organized into several sections: click on each section to view the questions for that section, or use the "View in Hierarchy" link to see them all listed in a tree. (you will need to click on the + signs to expand the tree and see all questions) You may also wish to make use of the site search (in the top right hand corner) to find a particular error message or problem. Labels extract, emails Children (6) Hide Children | View in Hierarchy 1 Introduction - What is GNU Mailman? 2 Help for mailing list members 3 List administrator tasks 4 Site administrator tasks 5 Downloading and installing Mailman 6 Integration issues (with mail or web servers) Nothing obvious here on how to resolve this issue. Anybody have the short and skinny solution for getting around this? Thanks, Bill

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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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Mailman not automatically updating its aliases file
by Mark Ratcliff 24 Aug '09

24 Aug '09

Hi, I was recently tasked with setting up a new mailman server. We installed mm2.1.9 via yum on a RHEL5.3 server with postfix installed. varprefix=/var/lib/mailman and prefix =/usr/lib/mailman. This is what I have for custom lines in my mm_cfg.py: DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'mm server name' DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'mm server name' add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) MTA = 'Postfix' VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW = 0 OWNERS_CAN_ENABLE_PERSONALIZATION = 1 My problem is that whenever I use the newlist command and I create a list, it doesnt automatically update the aliases file. According to the install documentation on the mailman website, I only had to do a few things including adding MTA='Postfix', etc. Are there any other settings that I need to check on in order to make sure it is working? Thanks for any replies.

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Getting info about bounces
by Bernie Cosell 24 Aug '09

24 Aug '09

How can I figure out *WHY* a particular user's email is bouncing? A member on one list, with whom I've exchanged email without a problem [and who successfully received the "Your membership in the mailing list has been disabled due to excessive bounces" messages [which, of course, didn't bounce..:o)] So the question arises: why did mailman think there were excessive bounces? Is there some log or something that would include the 'reason' info that the SMTP server sent back so I and the user [and their ISP] can try to figure out what the problem was? Thanks! /bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--

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Reply-to munging depending on sender subscriber status?
by David Reitter 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Is it possible to configure Mailman to set the Reply-To header of a message depending on whether the sender is subscribed to the mailing list? Rationale: For an open mailing list set up to receive bug reports from users, I would like to set - Reply-To = sender, mailing-list if the sender is not a subscriber - Reply-To = mailing-list if the sender is a subscriber I've had a complaint from one of my collaborators that he couldn't filter messages correctly when they were sent directly to him rather than just to the list. That's okay, and I like to keep most traffic on the list rather than hide it in order to publicly record the conversation. At the same time, replying just to the list when I can't be sure that the sender will get my reply is not the right strategy, and since switching on the Reply-To setting, I've made that mistake many times. Hence the desire to have the above option. Thanks for your consideration. PS.: The true problem happens on the client side, where replies that go to the list and the user aren't filtered correctly. I would consider telling people to fix that rather than to set Reply-To if the above can't be done.

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Preventing postings with no Subject:?
by Thomas Gramstad 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

How can I prevent postings with no Subject: from being distributed via a Mailman mailing list? Ideally there would be a way to automatically reject the posting and return it to the sender and ask them to post it again with a Subject:-line. Or at least a way to have Subject:-less postings placed in the moderation queue. Thomas Gramstad thomas(a)ifi.uio.no

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Bounce processing
by Ian Gray 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Hello. Please be kind to me, although I have used mailman on a personal level for some years, I have only used Mailman as offered free from our web host. I no nothing about python and have got confused by some of the technical language used in the archive. I can only edit Mailman through the admin interface as it has been offered from my host (probably on a shared server) One of our clients wanted us to give him 4 mailing lists along side the website we built for him. I made 2 into announce only lists (using info I found on a blog) and two as standard mailing lists. The client wants to receive bounces. However I am aware that mailman usually handles these. I think he wants the member to be automatically disabled when a bounce is received and for him to receive that. Here is some info on the list: Mailman v.2.1.6 I've set the same 3 email addresses (myself, client, client's wife) for the admin and for the moderator. Bounce Processing settings: * Should Mailman perform automatic bounce processing? YES * The maximum member bounce score before the member's subscription is disabled. 0.5 * The number of days after which a member's bounce information is discarded 7 * How many Your Membership Is Disabled warnings a disabled member should get before their address is removed from the mailing list. 0 * The number of days between sending the Your Membership Is Disabled warnings. 7 * Should Mailman send you, the list owner, any bounce messages that failed to be detected by the bounce processor? YES * Should Mailman notify you, the list owner, when bounces cause a member's subscription to be disabled? YES * Should Mailman notify you, the list owner, when bounces cause a member to be unsubscribed? YES I would have thought with the above settings that if a bounce is received the subscriber would be disabled and the admin would be sent the bounce if the email address is incorrect. However I added some fake email addresses and sent some test emails out and nothing was received. I assume that all 3 admins should receive the bounce? Hope you can help me! Ian

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Red Hat RPM install
by Hicks, Robert CTR 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

I am moving a list to a new server. I have installed everything and I am going through the Exim part of the installation manual. For a RH install, do I still need to setup the mailman_router and mailman_transport or does RH assume I will be using the /etc/aliases way (which is how the setup I am moving away from works)? There are other quirky differences between the install manual and what RH did with theirs but this is the only one I have questions about. Thanks for any information you can give. Bob H.

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Command mail interface not responding
by Nicolas Seichepine 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Hi, I've got a problem with the command mail interface. I currently use mailman 2.1.5 and debian. The problem is the following : the mail sent to list_name-request(a)domain.xx have no effect at all - it seems that there is no delivery issues (nothing in bounce log and no delivery error mail, the alias seems to be correctly defined)) - the system was previously functionning, and I do not understand what has changed (and the script involved have not been modified) - nothing appears in mailman/logs/error - there is no difficulty to post on the list... I hope somebody will have an idea... Nicolas _________________________________________________________________ Inédit ! Des Emoticônes Déjantées! Installez les dans votre Messenger ! http://www.ilovemessenger.fr/Emoticones/EmoticonesDejantees.aspx

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reseting mailman password
by Martin Barr-David 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

I am an administrator of an email list and lost the password to the admin interface what can I do please help ANYONE, HURRY E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.13090 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/

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