Mailman 3 January 2010 - Mailman-Users

fun with hostnames.
by Pennington, John 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

Hi All, We are trying to configure a setup that would set the list server addresses to be a different hostname than the URL host and admin pages use. For example if we had a machine named foo.interest.com with a DNS alias for fooalias.interest.com , we want our admin pages look to like this. http://foo.interest.com/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist But we want users to send email to: mailinglist(a)fooalias.interest.com <mailto:mailinglist@newfoo.interest.com> Does anyone know how to do this? I tried to configure mm_cfg.py like the following: DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'fooalias.interest.com' DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'foo.interest.com' And it is mostly working. However the machine is still accepting mail from people who send to: mailinglist(a)foo.interest.com and we want it to only accept mail sent to mailinglist(a)fooalias.interest.com Does anyone have an idea how to make this happen? Thanks a bunch John

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FW: [#ZPK-731315]: Mailing list constantly rejecting a member email - please assist
by John Grivas (wotsnext) 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

Hello I was hoping you could help. I had email lists under a sub-domain, but decided to move the subdomain to its own webhosting. Part of that migration included moving some email lists across. The problem I have that any list that email are being rejected for list that now exists under the new hosting service but that existed under the old subdomain. Any new list name created is fine. Can you think of any reason for this? You're assistance would be much appreaciated. Regard John Grivas +61 4 1001 7585 ------ Forwarded Message > From: John Grivas (wotsnext) <john(a)wotsnext.com.au> > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:25:14 +1100 > To: <resellersupport(a)planetdomain.com> > Subject: Re: [#ZPK-731315]: Mailing list constantly rejecting a member email - > please assist > > Hi Geoff > > Sorry, I don't really understand what you have written below. I am a bit > confused. > > The only email account I see under www.shnc.org.au/cpanel is: > > John(a)shnc.org.au > > > The list below are "Mailing Lists" I created the lists below under the new > hosting service. I created them around the 11 Jan 2010. > > >> alumni(a)shnc.org.au >> committee(a)shnc.org.au >> copperheads(a)shnc.org.au >> deathadders(a)shnc.org.au >> diamondpythons(a)shnc.org.au >> easternmasters(a)shnc.org.au >> goldencrowns(a)shnc.org.au >> members(a)shnc.org.au >> redbelliedblacks(a)shnc.org.au >> redfurina(a)shnc.org.au >> social(a)shnc.org.au >> whistlingblues(a)shnc.org.au > > > I don¹t understand what you are suggesting is causing the conflict. > > I just created another email list shnctester(a)shnc.org.au, added > John(a)wotsnext.com.au to the list. And with this email list I can email OK. > > So can you provide a solution to eradicting the conflict the is occurring with > the other email lists listed above? > > > Regards > John > > > > >> From: "Geoff Keeys" <resellersupport(a)planetdomain.com> >> Reply-To: resellersupport(a)planetdomain.com >> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:02:41 +1100 >> To: john(a)wotsnext.com.au >> Subject: [#ZPK-731315]: Mailing list constantly rejecting a member email - >> please assist >> >> Hi John, >> >> The mailing list in CPanel shows the following email accounts as being part >> of >> the mailing list: >> >> >> >> alumni(a)shnc.org.au >> committee(a)shnc.org.au >> copperheads(a)shnc.org.au >> deathadders(a)shnc.org.au >> diamondpythons(a)shnc.org.au >> easternmasters(a)shnc.org.au >> goldencrowns(a)shnc.org.au >> members(a)shnc.org.au >> redbelliedblacks(a)shnc.org.au >> redfurina(a)shnc.org.au >> social(a)shnc.org.au >> whistlingblues(a)shnc.org.au >> >> >> This list is in CPanel, in the Mail section, under Mailing lists. >> My assumption is that this is what is causing the conflict. >> >> There should be nothing left under the old hosting with tinkertailor.com.au. >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Geoff >> Team Leader >> Reseller Support >> Planet Domain Pty Ltd >> >> Ticket Details >> =================== >> Ticket ID: ZPK-731315 >> Department: Resellers (Mon-Fri) >> Priority: Low >> Status: Closed >> ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Mailing list
by King, Leslie 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Can your program work on a Mac? Thank you. Leslie King ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).

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Listowner wants to send long messages
by Jane Frizzell 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Hello Is there a way for the owner of a list to have only their messages auto approved if they are too long? I read the documentation and did not find this issue discussed. Thank you for your help. Jane -- Jane Frizzell Network Services Administrator Bates College Information and Library Services jfrizzel(a)bates.edu 786-6457 110 Russell St

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Database error/bug
by Daryl Bartkunsky 25 Jan '10

25 Jan '10

Good day, I am currently using your mailman system, I have around 200 email address with names in a database, Called a party newsletter everything was fine, but now I'm unable to access the Membership list or any other feature, I'm also not able to send emails to this list, I would like to know how to take the data out and then I can reimport it. Where would I find this database Thanks Regards, Daryl Bartkunsky Dargil CC CEO http://www.dargil.co.za http://www.securikey.co.za

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Question on setting up mailman
by james Tanit 25 Jan '10

25 Jan '10

Hello, I have a lot of troubles setting up the mailman on a linux box. Please help. I guess these are simple and common questions, so please help us. Many thanks. Now, I run the apache webserver under username say, tatac, which is also the group name. I have suexec configured for apache. Why the following configuration doesn't work? Do I need a DocumentRoot? I already run the suexec -V -D AP_DOC_ROOT="/" -D AP_GID_MIN=100 -D AP_HTTPD_USER="nobody" -D AP_LOG_EXEC="/usr/local/apache/logs/suexec_log" -D AP_SAFE_PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin" -D AP_UID_MIN=100 -D AP_USERDIR_SUFFIX="public_html" I hate this "nobody" thing, it has given me a lot of troubles already. I just don't want to run under nobody. mailman directory ownership is tatac:tatac <VirtualHost xx.xx.xx.xx:80> ServerName list.tata.com ServerAlias list.tata.com <IfModule !mod_disable_suexec.c> SuexecUserGroup tatac tatac </IfModule> Alias /mailman/archives /home/mailman/archives/public/ ScriptAlias /mailman/ /home/mailman/cgi-bin/ <Directory /home/mailman/cgi-bin/> AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> Alias /pipermail/ /home/mailman/archives/public/ <Directory /home/mailman/archives/public/> Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <Directory "/home/mailman/archives/public/"> AddDefaultCharset off </Directory> </VirtualHost> Any comments and ideas where went wrong?

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Mailman web user interface kick-off
by Barry Warsaw 23 Jan '10

23 Jan '10

Hello folks, I'd like to officially kickoff the Mailman 3 web user interface project. I want to invite all interested developers and designers to join in on helping to produce an awesome, modern user interface for the next version of Mailman. I believe we have enough infrastructure in the core Mailman 3 engine to support at least initial work on the WUI. The architecture we've laid out is solid I believe. The Mailman 3 engine provides a REST HTTP server exposing a full-access administrative interface. The WUI will be a separate optional process that sites can run, which communicates over REST to manage security and provide external HTTP/HTML access to Mailman functionality for users, list administrators, and site administrators. All discussions about the WUI can be conducted on the mailman-developers mailing list. The wiki can be used to collect artifacts such as design notes, decisions, and progress: http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/Web+Interface (Contact me or mailman-cabal(a)python.org off-line if you need write access. The wiki is fairly locked down due to spam.) The Launchpad project for the Mailman WUI is here: https://launchpad.net/mailmanweb but there is currently very little there at the moment. Remember too that we are trying to gather critical mass to sprint on the WUI at Pycon 2010: http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/PyCon+Sprint+2010 Enjoy, -Barry

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Archives
by Young, Darren 23 Jan '10

23 Jan '10

I've enabled archives on a mailing list with the following: archive = yes archive_private = public archive_volume_frequency = Monthly And the /pipermail/ URL points to /usr/local/mailman/archives/public (httpd.conf stuff): ScriptAlias /mailman/ "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/" Alias /pipermail/ /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/ <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/"> AllowOverride All Options Indexes Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> <Directory /usr/local/mailman/archives/public> Options FollowSymLinks </Directory> However, in /usr/local/mailman/archives/public there's no directories and in the browser I get a URL not found error. I've posted a couple messages to the list and they're being delivered to members so how/when are the archives created? Darren Young Systems & Security Architect Computing Services University of Chicago Booth School of Business 5807 South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 Voice 773.702.0331 | Fax 773.702.0233

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Random email failures
by Lou Covey 22 Jan '10

22 Jan '10

We run several lists for a non-profit organization on Mailman and in a couple of the groups, we have somewhat random failures. With some of the members, they cannot receive emails sent to the lists, even though they are on the lists. Some of the members can receive emails, but cannot send to the list. We have checked, rechecked, erases, redone, checked and rechecked but the problem remains for these random members. We have asked the members to check their own IT departments and the response has been that nothing seems to be a problem. Is there anyone we can talk to to see if we are doing something wrong? Lou Covey lou(a)vitalcompr.com 650-366-8212 650-430-8060 (mobile) commbasics.typepad.com facebook.com/lou.covey twitter.com/loucovey linkedin.com/loucovey Whether it is success or failure, you will always find what you look for

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Can you help me?
by Melodie Reagan 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Your help please. I'm trying to use this tool through hostgator and have set-up and email list; however, it won't let me do anything with it because it says. What does this mean and what should I do, or can you direct me to documentation. Thank you! There currently are no publicly-advertised Mailman <http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html> mailing lists on tierockies.org.To visit the administrators configuration page for an unadvertised list, open a URL similar to this one, but with a '/' and the right list name appended. If you have the proper authority, you can also create a new mailing list <http://tierockies.org/mailman/create> . General list information can be found at the mailing list overview page <http://tierockies.org/mailman/listinfo> . (Send questions and comments to mailman(a)tierockies.org.) Best always, Melodie Reagan, Talent Executive Auro|miraR Your Partner for Talent Teams, Contract Staffing & Recruitment. o 303.554.0958 | m 720.253.3736 | f 303.600.0026 | <mailto:mreagan@auromira.com> mreagan(a)auromira.com | <mailto:mreagan@auromira.com> www.auromira.com (LinkedIn: www.linkedin/in/auromira Invite Me!) 2010 Chairman, TiE-Rockies, a chapter of the largest organization fostering entrepreneurship | www.rockies.tie.org 2009-2010 Board Director, NAAAP Colorado. We Make Leaders! | www.naaapcolorado.org 2010 Advisory Committee, Colorado Companies to Watch Awards Program | www.colorado.companiestowatch.org This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply E-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.

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