Mailman 3 December 2010 - Mailman-Users

Permission problems with /etc/mailman/*.db
by Robert Moskowitz Dec. 7, 2010

Dec. 7, 2010

This is a clean install on Fedora 12, which provides Mailman 2.1.12 This time my cookbook seemed to be all in order. Everything was going great. Mailman list created and user added, message sent, then I locked up the Mailman list so it would not be available to viewers once I moved this box to a public network. Then I went to create my first list via /mailman/create. I got a bug. On checking the error_log, I see that create does not have permissions to /etc/mailman/aliases.db I go over to /etc/mailman, and I see that both aliases and virtual-mailman were updated, but NOT the .db files. The permissions on the .db files is 640, not 660! How come? So I ran check_perm -f as Mark recommended for the last permission problem (that I caused, but this time it was straight install stuff), and it fixed a number of errors: # /usr/lib/mailman/bin/check_perms -f /usr/lib/mailman/cron bad group (has: root, expected mailman) (fixing) directory permissions must be 02775: /usr/lib/mailman/cron (fixing) /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman bad group (has: root, expected mailman) (fixing) directory permissions must be 02775: /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman (fixing) /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.pyc bad group (has: root, expected mailman) (fixing) Warning: Private archive directory is other-executable (o+x). This could allow other users on your system to read private archives. If you're on a shared multiuser system, you should consult the installation manual on how to fix this. /etc/mailman/aliases.db owned by root (must be owned by mailman (fixing) /etc/mailman/aliases.db permissions must be 066x (got 0100640) (fixing) /etc/mailman/virtual-mailman.db owned by root (must be owned by mailman (fixing) /etc/mailman/virtual-mailman.db permissions must be 066x (got 0100640) (fixing) Problems found: 9 Re-run as mailman (or root) with -f flag to fix That is a LOT of errors for just installing with yum and running the mailman mmsitepass and newlist scripts! Now this is Fedora 12 with is eol, so we IF the problem is Fedora's packaging, we probably won't get it fixed here. But what about Fedora 13 & 14? I won't be working with 13 for mailman. I will be working on a Fedora 14 migration probably around February, so I can't check this out there for a while. I hope I won't encounter this little supprise then... But other than this little speed bump, I GOT IT UP AND RUNNING!!!! THANK YOU for your help. I know have to configure all the users in the SQL database (not really that hard), then rsync to mail from the old server to the new (after stopping mail on the old), then switch the servers out. I could be in production tonight.

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Help in understanding Mailman setup
by Robert Moskowitz Dec. 7, 2010

Dec. 7, 2010

I have been plowing through the Mailman documentation and trying some things on a test system and need lots of help. First my system is Fedora 12 with Postfix and an SQL database for the users, virtual domains, forwarders, and transport. See: http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-users-domains-postfix-courier-mysql-squir… So I installed Mailman, ran the script to set its password, then the modified the config file to support virtual host (http:/mailman.domain.com/mailman) and postfix. After this, I could run the script that created the mailman list that then prints a bunch of entries to add to /etc/aliases. I am having major problems with these aliases. I don't know how to put commands in the SQL database (perhaps it SHOULD work with the forwarder table) and the SQL virtual domain setup is NOT working with what Mailman is expecting and these aliases commands. So that is one problem I am not figuring out. But I went and created a second list via the http://...../mailman/create URL. Where is the information about this list kept? I can't find it. No changes were made to /etc/aliases for this new list. Perhaps if I saw what a web created list needed I might figure out a way to get things integrated. I have asked over on the postfix list if anyone there is running Postfix with SQL and mailman and so far only one person has piped up siging the praises of Postfix with the SQL backend, but nothing on Mailman. So I need a bit of help here...

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how to configure in rhel inbuilt sendmail with mailman
by M.Vadivel Kumar Dec. 6, 2010

Dec. 6, 2010

Dear Friends how to configure in rhel inbuilt sendmail with mailman i install sendmail with mailman it's working i create lists but i cant send mail from sendmail please tell me the steps -- Regards M.Vadivel Kumar Mobile : 9894448512

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query moderation bit in a list
by D G Teed Dec. 6, 2010

Dec. 6, 2010

Hello, We need to lookup who is not moderated in a list with a large membership. Is there a simple command line query to handle that? I have a feeling we looked this up before, but can't find any notes on it nor previous questions in this support list. --Donald

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Self Subscription Failing
by Troy Knabe Dec. 3, 2010

Dec. 3, 2010

We use mailman primarily for internal mail lists, but recently I had a request for an external lists that users could subscribe/unsubscribe to via email listname-join, etc. When I send to listname-join I see an entry in the subscribe log for listname: pending emailaddress, but the user never receives the confirmation email. Dec 3 07:57:42 mx2 sendmail[22248]: oB3Fve9T022246: to="|/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman join foo", ctladdr=<foo-join(a)domain.com> (47/0), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=3327, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent

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Subscription messages don't send out
by Hung Phan Dec. 3, 2010

Dec. 3, 2010

Hello, We found that our Mailman doesn't send out the subscription confirmation messages for some lists but not all lists. The subscribe and smtp logs have the correspondence entries reflect the subscription and the confirmation message send out. In the exim log, we found this: 2010-12-02 12:26:12 1POFjI-0000ff-J2 <= listserv_test-bounces(a)mailman.domain H=localhost (localhost.localdomain) [127.0.0.1] P=esmtp S=2059 id=mailman.0.1291321571.2582.listserv_test(a)mailman.domain 2010-12-02 12:10:32 1POFU7-0000EJ-1n ** testuser-owner(a)canby.k12.or.us R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<testuser-owner(a)canby.k12.or.us>: host canby.k12.or.us.s9a1.psmtp.com [74.125.148.10]: 550-5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try\n550-5.1.1 double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or\n550-5.1.1 unnecessary spaces. Learn more at\n550 5.1.1 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6596 u3si2832748ybe.73 2010-12-02 12:26:13 1POFjJ-0000fi-Ly <= <> R=1POFjI-0000ff-J2 U=exim P=local S=3394 2010-12-02 12:26:13 1POFjI-0000ff-J2 Completed 2010-12-02 12:26:14 1POFjJ-0000fi-Ly => listserv_test <listserv_test-bounces(a)mailman.domain> R=mailman_router T=mailman_transport 2010-12-02 12:26:14 1POFjJ-0000fi-Ly Completed This testuser(a)canby.k12.or.us exists and able send/receive email without issue. Thank you for any advice

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admin help
by Christian Lefler Dec. 3, 2010

Dec. 3, 2010

I just started a new mailing list and its great. I would like to know how to keep subscribers from getting to any screen where they can manage their settings or post to the list. Basically I want to manage the list entirely myself where subscribers simply receive emails and cannot respond. Thanks for any help, Christian

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Setting an Address Enclosed in Apostrophes
by b19141＠anl.gov Dec. 2, 2010

Dec. 2, 2010

I have a script that I use to add an address to accept_these_nonmembers It uses "mlist.accept_these_nonmembers.append('$1')" Is there a way I can invoke this C-shell script so that the address is surrounded by apostrophes? I want the resulting address to be 'user(a)example.com' I tried invoking my script ..... 'user(a)example.com' but that did not preserve the apostrophes. I am not sure if this is a C-shell question, or a Mailman-python question, or both. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Division Argonne National Laboratory Phone: +1 (630) 252-7277 9700 South Cass Avenue Facsimile:+1 (630) 252-4601 Building 240, Room 5.B.8 Internet: BSFinkel(a)anl.gov Argonne, IL 60439-4828 IBMMAIL: I1004994

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pending request email unreadable
by Guillaume Chartrand Dec. 2, 2010

Dec. 2, 2010

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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Removing Illegal address from config.db?
by Scott Thomson Dec. 1, 2010

Dec. 1, 2010

Hey Folks, Somehow an address is present in my config.db file for one of my lists that is two email addresses mated into the same entry (ie "user1(a)domain1.comuser2 @domain2.com"). The entry doesn't show up in the membership list nor does it show up if you list_members for the list. I only know its there because one of my cron jobs turns it up, I was only able to manually find it by greping some of the config files till I turned up a match. I can't remove it from the command line as the command line tools don't recognize it as a member, nor can I remove it using the mass unsubscribe option from the admin page for the same reason. We're on Mailman 2.1.9, we've been using mailman for a long time, so its very likely that the bad address was created in a previous version and carried over. So, I'm not sure what my best option is, there are only 38 members of the list, are we better off recreating the list or is there a way to recreate the subscriber list easily? We also have searchable HTdig archives, so recreating the list includes recreating that archive as well. Thanks for any help you can offer. Scott

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