Mailman-Users December 2010

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65 participants
60 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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Mailman list sends but doesn't receive mail.
by JRC Groups 10 May '11

10 May '11

Hello, All. I've just set up my first Mailman mailing list in OS X Server. It sends mail as welcome notifications were received by several different members subscribed to the mailing list. However, it doesn't seem to be receiving e-mail. All attempts I've made have resulted in Delivery Failure Notifications. This is the text returned with this Delivery Failure Notifications: > Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: > > list(a)3domain.com > > Technical details of permanent failure: > Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient > domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further > information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server > returned was: 550 550 5.1.1 <list(a)domain.com>: Recipient address rejected: > User unknown in virtual alias table (state 14). What could be the cause ? In order for a Mailman list to work properly do I need to create an account for it in Workgroup Manager with its e-mail address ? Sorry if this is a simple question but I am not an IT specialist and don't have any experience with Mailman. Thank you in advance, Joe

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owner alias bounces
by Florian Effenberger 23 Jan '11

23 Jan '11

Hello, on all my mailing lists, I have the problem that mails to the -owner alias seem to bounce. The sender doesn't receive a bounce, but the list owners don't receive the e-mail -- instead, failures are logged in mailman's bounce log. The owners are the same as the subscribers (it's an internal list), and mails to the list reach these destinations itself, so it can't be a general problem. The receipients are within and outside of our domain. I'm a bit clueless and can't find much in the logs. Any idea where to start searching? Thanks, Florian

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User unknown in virtual mailbox table
by Umarzuki Mochlis 23 Jan '11

23 Jan '11

Hi, I created a list from the admin interface, not from CLI. I administator of that list do not get the list creation notification & I found these messages in /var/log/mailman/smtp-failure Dec 16 13:49:13 2010 (26989) All recipients refused: {'umarzuki(a)mydomain.com.my': (550, '5.1.0 <test02-bounces(a)mydomain.com.my>: Sender address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table')}, msgid: <mailman.0.1292478551.30057.test02(a)mydomain.com.my> Dec 16 13:49:13 2010 (26989) delivery to umarzuki(a)mydomain.com.my failed with code 550: 5.1.0 <test02-bounces(a)mydomain.com.my>: Sender address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table # cat /var/log/maillog | grep test02 Dec 16 13:49:13 hpj-mail postfix/smtpd[30059]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from localhost.localdomain[127.0.0.1]: 550 5.1.0 <test02-bounces(a)mydomain.com.my >: Sender address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table; from=<test02-bounces(a)mydomain.com.my> to=<umarzuki(a)mydomain.com.my> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail.mydomain.com.my> This installation in on centos 5.5 What should I do next so I can send and receive email to this list (test02)?

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Pruning archived messages
by Rick Morrison 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

I've been asked to restrict our group's Mailman list to showing only the last six months of archives. Is there any way to remove archived messages older than a certain date and reflect that removal in the archive header's "index.html" file? Thanks, Rick

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Archives heading without domain name
by Danny hendrawan 31 Dec '10

31 Dec '10

Hi Mark and All, I set my archives list to 'private' mainly to protect email addresses of members being disclosed on the heading. I've set my heading to replace '@' with 'at' but still this can be easilly taken by anyone. i.e. 'john at domain.com' How to set the headings as per your Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ ? i.e. only shows member's name with domain name Happy New New Year. Regards, Danny

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Mailman web interface - specify different IP:port?
by Tanstaafl 31 Dec '10

31 Dec '10

Hi all, I'm a little confused about how the mailman web interface works, since it doesn't use normal vhost conf files... How would I go about specifying a different IP:port for the mailman web interface? Currently, in /etc/apache2/conf/modules.d/50_mailman.conf I have: ScriptAlias /mailman/ "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/" <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/"> AllowOverride None Options None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> Alias /pipermail/ "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public/" <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/archives/public/"> AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> But I'd like to specify a redirect to a specific URL, namely: https://lists.example.com:##### Where/how do I go about doing this? Thanks, Charles

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Not sending to list members
by certuspersonality 31 Dec '10

31 Dec '10

I have sent a email message to an email list of which I am the administrator and also on the member list, received the email requesting approval for publication, gave that approval, and then the email message was sent to me (info(a)certuspersonality.com) as the original supplier of the message, the number of times that equals the number of members in the email list. It did not go to the list members (except for me). Which setting do I probably have wrong in Mailman? Help greatly appreciated, Herward Hencke

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