Mailman 3 October 2010 - Mailman-Users

Google distribution list as list admin
by Jon Gardner Oct. 24, 2010

Oct. 24, 2010

I have a list admin who is using a Google distribution list as the admin email for a Mailman list. Whenever Mailman sends an administrative email, the Google server responds thus: >> Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: >> >> <email address of Google distribution list> >> >> Technical details of permanent failure: >> Bounce messages should not be posted to a mailinglist. Apparently Google is misinterpreting the From/Return-Path … [View More]

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Server name change - how?
by Dale & Lora Marshall Oct. 23, 2010

Oct. 23, 2010

When I originally set up mailman my server had a name that wasn't in DNS. I have since changed the name of my server to something that is in DNS. But, emails that go out still reference the old name and some messages are bouncing because the recipient does a DNS check on incoming emails. How can this be fixed? Thanks. - Dale -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dale & Lora Marshall Internet Marketing Services http://www.… [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman 2.1.14 new features
by b19141＠anl.gov Oct. 23, 2010

Oct. 23, 2010

On Oct 20, 2010, at 01:53 PM, Adam McGreggor wrote: >>It appears that 'official' Mailman packages for lenny are a wee bit >>behind upstream. >> >>I believe others on this list use the Umbungo packages on lenny >>(Debian 5), without too many difficulties. YMMV. >> >>(I don't really have the time to take on debian package maint, at the >>moment.) Barry Warsaw <barry(a)list.org> replied: >Sadly, I do not either, but I am willing to help … [View More]

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how send newsletter without the from list-bounce
by Juan Carlos Mendoza D'Arcy Oct. 22, 2010

Oct. 22, 2010

everytime i sent a newsletter i have the moderate bit for all user to avoid people send a message to all my list so when i sent a newsletter i have to accept it in the web interface of mailman but the email is sent from mylist-bounce(a)mydomain.com so how can i accept the message and the mail i sent to all my list only appears mylist(a)mydomain.com with out the -bounce -- Este mensaje ha sido analizado por MailScanner en busca de virus y otros contenidos peligrosos, y se considera … [View More]

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URL incorrect in web interface
by Allen Walker Oct. 21, 2010

Oct. 21, 2010

I am running mailman on one machine which hosts several different virtual hosts. However what I configured as the "mailman" virtual host is "lists.myhost.com". Everything works fine (mail delivery, web site url management) except for one thing: in the web admin url, it's rewriting the links to "myhost.com/..." instead of "lists.myhost.com". This is causing HTTP posts when doing some admin changes to fail as it's hitting the "myhost.com" host instead of "lists.myhost.com". in my mm_cfg.py:… [View More] # The name of the list Mailman uses to send password reminders # and similar. Don't change if you want mailman-owner to be # a valid local part. MAILMAN_SITE_LIST = 'mailman' #------------------------------------------------------------- # If you change these, you have to configure your http server # accordingly (Alias and ScriptAlias directives in most httpds) #DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'http://%s/cgi-bin/mailman/' DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'http://%s/' PRIVATE_ARCHIVE_URL = '/cgi-bin/mailman/private' IMAGE_LOGOS = '/images/mailman/' #------------------------------------------------------------- # Default domain for email addresses of newly created MLs DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'myhost.com' #------------------------------------------------------------- # Default host for web interface of newly created MLs DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'lists.myhost.com' #------------------------------------------------------------- # Required when setting any of its arguments. add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) mailman virtual host file <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName lists.myhost.com DocumentRoot /var/www/lists ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/lists-error.log CustomLog /var/log/apache2/lists-access.log combined <Directory /var/lib/mailman/archives/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> Alias /pipermail/ /var/lib/mailman/archives/public/ Alias /images/mailman/ /usr/share/images/mailman/ ScriptAlias /admin /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/admin ScriptAlias /admindb /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/admindb ScriptAlias /confirm /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/confirm ScriptAlias /create /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/create ScriptAlias /edithtml /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/edithtml ScriptAlias /listinfo /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo ScriptAlias /options /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/options ScriptAlias /private /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/private ScriptAlias /rmlist /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/rmlist ScriptAlias /roster /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/roster ScriptAlias /subscribe /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/subscribe ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mailman/ </VirtualHost> [View Less]

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Message for Single List Not Going Out
by McNutt Jr, William R Oct. 20, 2010

Oct. 20, 2010

I have a single list on my server that Is not sending messages out. Other lists are operating normally. Where should I begin my diagnosis? Bill

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Newsletter bounce processing
by Robert M. Jenney Oct. 20, 2010

Oct. 20, 2010

Good morning, **I send out newsletter A twice a month and want to be careful not to lose a subscriber unless it's clear the address is invalid. Please comment on these settings: 4.0 Threshold (default is 5.0) 90 Stale After (default is 7) 3 Disabled Warnings (default is 3) 14 Disabled Warning Interval (default is 7) **Also, I send out newsletter B once a month. Please comment on these settings: 3.0 Threshold (default is 5.0) 120 Stale After (default is 7) 3 Disabled Warnings (… [View More]

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clearing nomail flags
by Webmaster Oct. 20, 2010

Oct. 20, 2010

I searched and found some old scripts to clear all of the nomail flags for every user in a mailing list but none of what I discovered work with version 2.1.13 which is what is on my server. Can someone please point me to a way to clear all the nomail flags for a specific list? Thanks!

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Inadvertent Postings - Approved Header; how does it work?
by Drew Tenenholz Oct. 19, 2010

Oct. 19, 2010

All-- Sorry for the ridiculously simple question, but I'm pretty sure I don't quite understand how to prevent inadvertent postings; and we just managed to send a moderately embarrassing post. I want to use the Approved: <password> header in the message body to help with inadvertent postings as well as block most inappropriate posts. Will the following settings work? 1) Mailman 2.1.9 on Red Hat Linux. 2) All subscribers (including myself) have the moderation flag set ON. 3) My … [View More]

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Problem with accept_these_nonmembers using another list in installation
by Aaron Ray Oct. 19, 2010

Oct. 19, 2010

Version 2.1.13 I am having some trouble getting the accept_these_nonmembers filter to work when using another list as the value (eg @test or @all). I have searched through the mailman-user mailing list, but I can't seem to find a solution. One of the threads mentioned something about USE_ENVELOPE_SENDER being set in the mm_cfg.py. I am not hosting this site myself, and I only administrative interface is through cPanel. So I am not sure how to verify this setting without opening the file (which … [View More]

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