Mailman-Users November 2010

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43 participants
38 discussions

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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Mailman CGI Error-Group mismatch error
by Wang, Mary Y 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

Hi, I received the following error this morning. So I rerun configure again with the following command: ./configure --with-cgi-id=apache --prefix=/var/mailman. I'm still getting the same error. Is there any place that I can look for so that I can debug this problem better? Perhaps, looking at the config history file or something. Any other places that I can check the cause of this error? "Mailman CGI error!!! The Mailman CGI wrapper encountered a fatal error. This entry is being stored in your syslog: Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the CGI wrapper script to be executed as group "nobody", but the system's web server executed the CGI script as group "apache". Try tweaking the web server to run the script as group "nobody", or re-run configure, providing the command line option `--with-cgi-gid=apache'." Thanks Mary

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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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pending request email unreadable
by Guillaume Chartrand 02 Dec '10

02 Dec '10

Hi, I receive some pending request for a list who I'm the administrator and moderator and in the message body on the web interface is unreadable, it's just something like that Sm9saSBib25uZXQgZGUgbGFpbmUgbGFpc3PDqSBwb3VyIG1vcnQgYXUgZGVybmllciBJbnRlckNB Q0Ugw6AgQ2hpY291dGltaS4gSWwgZXN0IGJydW4gZXQgYmVpZ2UgYXZlYyBkZXMgb3JlaWxsZXMg ZXQgZGVzIGxhbmnDqHJlcyBwb3VyIGF0dGFjaGVyIGF1IGNvdeKApi4NClF1ZWxxdeKAmXVuIGEg Z2Vsw6kgZGVzIG9yZWlsbGVzIGxlIHdlZWstZW5kIGRlcm5pZXI/Pz8/DQoNCk1hbm9uIExhcGll cnJlDQpNYW5vbiBMYXBpZXJyZQ0KYWdlbnRlIGRlIG1pbGlldSBldCByZXNwb25zYWJsZSBkZSBs J2Vudmlyb25uZW1lbnQNCmNvbnNlaWwgZGUgdmllIMOpdHVkaWFudGUNCkPDqWdlcCBkZSBjaGlj But if I approved this message it's send in readable format for all the user list. Why this can happens? I can't verify if it's appropriate content and I need to approve it to see it, it's not useful. I use mailman 2.1.6 on red hat 4 server with sendmail server and ASSP server to block spam. Some test message appears fine and some other is unreadable. ---------------------------- Guillaume Chartrand Technicien informatique Cégep régional de Lanaudière Centre administratif, Repentigny (450) 470-0911 poste 7218

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Mailman - trouble creating a second list at an existing virtual host
by Dean Suhr 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

I have a Virtual Alias error problem on my Mac running OSX Server 10.4.6. I realize that is not a completely typical Mailman install, but I think the problem is Postfix to Mailman related more on the Postfix side. I have a Mailman list working (for months) ... discuss at lists.MLDfamily.org. I've just created a new list ... discuss-adults at lists.MLDfamily.org. The web interface works fine for the new list and it shows lists.MLDfamily.org as its host_name. http://lists.mldfamily.org/mailman/admin/discuss-adults Both lists show up when I run the following command: /usr/share/mailman/bin/list_lists -V lists.MLDfamily.org But deliveries to the Postfix mail server nets me this error on my local server (i.e. the email is making it fine to my server): Nov 28 11:44:11 darcee postfix/smtpd11450 <http://discussions.apple.com/> : NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail-pv0-f170.google.comhttp://74.125.83.170: 550 5.1.1 <discuss-adults(a)lists.mldfamily.org>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table; from=<deansuhr(a)deansuhr.us> to=<discuss-adults(a)lists.mldfamily.org> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail-pv0-f170.google.com> Deliveries to the initial discuss list at this virtual domain continue to work but discuss-adults give the virtual alias table error. What do I need to do to get this new list into the virtual domain table? I am thinking I am overlooking the obvious - your help is appreciated. I will respond with more config info if it¹s necessary. Thanks in advance, Dean -- FWIW, this is the process I used to create the list: (did not need to create the virtual domain since it already existed) Stopped the mail server using server admin sudo /usr/share/mailman/bin/rmlist -a discuss-adults (to remove all residual old list stuff) sudo /usr/share/mailman/bin/newlist discuss-adults sudo /usr/share/mailman/bin/list_lists new list showed up sudo /usr/share/mailman/bin/list_lists -V lists.MLDfamily.org new list did not show up sudo /usr/share/mailman/bin/withlist -l -r fix_url discuss-adults -u lists.MLDfamily.org sudo /usr/share/mailman/bin/list_lists -V lists.MLDfamily.org new list now shows up at the proper virtual domain sudo /usr/share/mailman/bin/genaliases sudo postfix reload failed since mail server was stopped started mail server using server admin To confirm the updates of the virtual alias table I did the following: ls -l /var/mailman/data aliases, aliases.db, virtual-mailman, & virtual-mailman.db all were time stamped the last few minutes Looking inside aliases and virtual-mailman conformed the proper entries. Aliases and virtual-mailman both contained the following stanzas (in addition to others): ~~ # STANZA START: discuss # CREATED: Sun Nov 28 11:39:09 2010 discuss: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman post discuss" discuss-admin: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman admin discuss" discuss-bounces: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman bounces discuss" discuss-confirm: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman confirm discuss" discuss-join: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman join discuss" discuss-leave: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman leave discuss" discuss-owner: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman owner discuss" discuss-request: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman request discuss" discuss-subscribe: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe discuss" discuss-unsubscribe: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe discuss" # STANZA END: discuss ~~ # STANZA START: discuss-adults # CREATED: Sun Nov 28 11:39:10 2010 discuss-adults: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman post discuss-adults" discuss-adults-admin: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman admin discuss-adults" discuss-adults-bounces: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman bounces discuss-adults" discuss-adults-confirm: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman confirm discuss-adults" discuss-adults-join: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman join discuss-adults" discuss-adults-leave: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman leave discuss-adults" discuss-adults-owner: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman owner discuss-adults" discuss-adults-request: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman request discuss-adults" discuss-adults-subscribe: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe discuss-adults" discuss-adults-unsubscribe: "|/usr/share/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe discuss-adults" # STANZA END: discuss-adults

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Mailman Slow Delivery
by Ajay Kajla 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

Hello All, I have been using mailman+sendmail on a CentOS Linux VPS box, with 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(TM) MP CPU 3.66GHz CPUs, and 2 GB RAM. The list is of around 65000 users. Form the past few weeks server seems to be very slow in delivering mails. I have been receiving mailer approximately with 2 hours delay. *******Mailman is taking 30979.910 seconds for 65660 users******* Oct 31 10:02:28 2010 (7270) <201010310625.o9V6PY9t028494(a)xyz.com> smtp to xyz for 65660 recips, completed in 30979.910 seconds *******Whereas another server with came Specs and configuration is just taking 12517.834 for larger (79579) number of users.******* Oct 31 19:10:25 2010 (12027) <201010311653.o9VGrCqX024525(a)abc.com> smtp to abc for 79579 recips, completed in 12517.834 seconds Can you please suggest me how to improvise the performance of mailman or how about if I want to migrate the mailman from Sendmail to Exim ? Regards, Ajay

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text/plain flowed wrapping
by Steve Foster 30 Nov '10

30 Nov '10

HI Folks, I'm trying to track down where a spurious "!" is being injected into a number of lines in a text/plain message that is being wrapped at about 990 chars. The "!" doesn't appear in the copy in the archive, just the email that is sent out. I've been lookin in the code in pythonlib/email and pythonlib/smtplib but can't see anything glaring. The only mention of RFC3676 is in Handler/Scrubber which appears to be the relevant RFC. Anythoughts? Cheers Steve For example (all chars converted to 'a' due to sensitivity of original): aa aaa aaaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaa, aaa aaaaaaaa aa aaaa aa aaaaaaaa aaaa aaaa aaa aaaa aaaa aa 2007/08 aa aaa aaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa, aa aaaaa aaa aaaa aaa. aaa aaaa aaaaaaaaa aa aaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaaaaaaa aa aaaa aaaaaaaa, aaaaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaa aaaaaaaa aa aaaaaaaa aaaaaa (aaa), a.a. aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa a aaaaaa aa aaa aaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaaaa aaaa aa aa aaaaa aa-aaaa. aa aaa aaaaa aa aaa aaaa aaaa, a aaa aaaaaa aa aaaaaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaa; aaaa aa aaaaaaaaaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaaa aaaa. aaaa aaaaaaa aaa aaaaaaaa aa aaaa aaaa aaaa aaa aaa aa 'aaaaaaa aaaaaaaa', aa aaa aaa aaa aaaa aaaaaaaaa, aaa aa aaaaaaa a aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaa aaaaa aaaa aaaaaaaaa aaa aaaaaa aaaaa aa aaaaaaaa aa aaaa aaaaa aaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaaa aaaaaaaaa aaa aaaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa aaaa - aaaa aaaaa aaaa aaaaaa aaaa aa aaa aaaaa aaaaaaa 5-aaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaa aa aaaa aaaaaaaa aaa aaa aaaaaaa aaaaa, aaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa (aaa). aa aaa aaaaaa, aa was aaaa aaaaa aaaa aaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaa 'aaa' aa aaaaaaaa (aaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aa aaa) aaaaa aaaa aa aa aaaaaaa aa aaaaaaaaa aaaa aaaaa aa aaaaaaaaaa aaa aaaaaaa. aaaa aaaaa aaaa aaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaa aaa aaa aaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaa, aaa aa aaa aaaa aa aaaaa, aaaa aaaa aa aaa aaaaaa-aaaa aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa. becomes aa aaa aaaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaa, aaa aaaaaaaa aa aaaa aa aaaaaaaa aaaa aaaa aaa aaaa aaaa aa 2007/08 aa aaa aaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa, aa aaaaa aaa aaaa aaa. aaa aaaa aaaaaaaaa aa aaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaaaaaaa aa aaaa aaaaaaaa, aaaaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaa aaaaaaaa aa aaaaaaaa aaaaaa (aaa), a.a. aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa a aaaaaa aa aaa aaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaaaa aaaa aa aa aaaaa aa-aaaa. aa aaa aaaaa aa aaa aaaa aaaa, a aaa aaaaaa aa aaaaaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaa; aaaa aa aaaaaaaaaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaaa aaaa. aaaa aaaaaaa aaa aaaaaaaa aa aaaa aaaa aaaa aaa aaa aa 'aaaaaaa aaaaaaaa', aa aaa aaa aaa aaaa aaaaaaaaa, aaa aa aaaaaaa a aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaa aaaaa aaaa aaaaaaaaa aaa aaaaaa aaaaa aa aaaaaaaa aa aaaa aaaaa aaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaaa aaaaaaaaa aaa aaaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa aaaa - aaaa aaaaa aaaa aaaaaa aaaa aa aaa aaaaa aaaaaaa 5-aaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaa aa aaaa aaaaaaaa aaa aaa aaaaaaa aaaaa, aaaaa aa aaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa (aaa). aa aaa aaaaaa, aa wa! s aaaa aaaaa aaaa aaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaa 'aaa' aa aaaaaaaa (aaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aa aaa) aaaaa aaaa aa aa aaaaaaa aa aaaaaaaaa aaaa aaaaa aa aaaaaaaaaa aaa aaaaaaa. aaaa aaaaa aaaa aaa aaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaaa aaa aaa aaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaa aaaa, aaa aa aaa aaaa aa aaaaa, aaaa aaaa aa aaa aaaaaa-aaaa aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa. -- Steve Foster Email: s.p.foster(a)leeds.ac.uk

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!st time install help
by Robert Moskowitz 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

I am new to running Mailman, though a long time user and have been admin for a list or two over the years. The system is Fedora 12, mailman ver 2.1.12-9, with the Amahi Home Server (amahi.org) added. So I am trying to setup mailman as a Amahi webapp. The URL mailman.foo.com right now comes up to the Apache test page, all ready for my to put my index.html into the .../mailman directory. host mailman.foo.com returns the IPv4 IP for my server, so looks like I am all ready to go. I am following the recipe from: http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialMailman.html I run: /usr/lib/mailman/bin/mmsitepass <newpassword> I edit /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py to setup my default URL: DEFAULT_URL_HOST = mailman.foo.com DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = foo.com I then run: /usr/lib/mailman/bin/newlist mailman And I get errors: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/newlist", line 99, in <module> from Mailman import mm_cfg File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py", line 86, in <module> DEFAULT_URL_HOST = mailman.foo.com NameError: name 'mailman' is not defined Now I have not setup the URL mailman.foo.com/mailman, is that what it is complaining about (and I think I have to edit the default.py to drop the directory from the URL?)? Or is there suppose to be quotes around the URL (DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'mailman.foo.com'). Or is it something else? Thanks for any help. We have a postfix/mySQL/CourierMail/SquirelMail app just about ready for Amahi, and adding Mailman would address a number of my needs.

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unknown user: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post mylist@mydomain.com"
by Gustavo Delfino 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

Hello, I am migrating my mailing lists from an old cpanel server into a new CentOS 5.5 server (with Webmin). The old server had mailman 2.1.14 installed, on the new one the latest mailman package available is v2.1.9. As I didn't want want to risk migrating my data from a newer version to an older version, I compiled my own mailman 2.1.14 like this: ./configure --with-cgi-gid=apache And for he most part it seems to be working (web pages work, can create lists and subscribe users, and email notifications are received). But, delivering a message to subscribed users is not working. I am getting this inside /var/log/maillog: Nov 24 14:46:10 admin postfix/virtual[17880]: 94B1C2FA8016: to=<|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post testlist5(a)gdsolutions.com.ve>, orig_to=<testlist5(a)gdsolutions.com.ve>, relay=virtual, delay=0.02, delays=0.01/0.01/0/0.01, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (unknown user: "|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post testlist5(a)gdsolutions.com.ve") As I have spent days trying to make this work, I decided to ask for help. At this point, I am thinking about recompiling mailman with a custom --with-mail-gid. Any advices? This is my setup: python 2.4.3 postfix 2.3.3 spamassassin installed as a daemon virtual domains & virtual mailboxes I can send full configuration details as needed. Regards, -- Gustavo Delfino GPG key ID: AA4063D6

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mailman not sending my mail to the list.
by Reza 26 Nov '10

26 Nov '10

Hi All, I've been trying to send posts to two lists which both run mailman and they seem to be accepting my mail (no errors being sent back after I send mail to the list) but it's nowhere to be found on the lists. I'm not sure if there's a blacklist or something. Could anyone shed some light on the topic. Thank you.

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