Mailman 3 February 2010 - Mailman-Users

Add "sender's name/email" to BODY of mail as header?
by Mal 17 Feb '21

17 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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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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Changing the received time on an outgoing authorized email message?
by Paul Key 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

When authorizing a moderated list posting is it possible to change the date/time on the outgoing authorized list message to the time it was approved instead of the message showing the time it was first received by mailman? Thanks Paul

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Where is the template for monthly password reminders?
by Michael R Boudreau 21 Jul '10

21 Jul '10

Where can I find the template for the monthly password reminder email? I'd like to modify it so that it doesn't contain the password (our members object to this being sent unbidden in plain text), and so that it reminds users to make sure their subscription address matches the address from which they currently send email (ideally with a link to their personal options page so they can update). -- Michael R. Boudreau Senior Publishing Technology Analyst The University of Chicago Press 1427 E. 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 (773) 753-3298 fax: (773) 753-3383

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Uncaught runner exception: regular_exclude_lists
by Adam Nielsen 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

Hi all, I've followed the FAQ to move some lists across to a new server, but now on the new machine any message posted to a list gets passed to Mailman and then disappears. The Mailman error log says this: Sep 24 10:34:18 2009 (5311) Uncaught runner exception: regular_exclude_lists Sep 24 10:34:18 2009 (5311) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 120, in _oneloop File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 191, in _onefile File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 130, in _dispose File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 153, in _dopipeline File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/CalcRecips.py", line 99, in process File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/CalcRecips.py", line 157, in do_exclude File "/usr/lib64/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 146, in __getattr__ AttributeError: regular_exclude_lists Sep 24 10:34:18 2009 (5311) SHUNTING: 1253752458.0181279+c9484331c59781f0d3cf0af775ece9b9c88a6b43 I can't find any reference to this exception, so I'm a bit stuck where to look next. Any ideas? The new server is running a fresh install of Mailman (it didn't have any lists before I moved these ones across) and the move went from Slackware to Gentoo so many of the paths have changed, just in case these are saved in the list data. (I have run the fixurl script as per the FAQ, and the lists do appear in the Mailman web UI.) Many thanks, Adam.

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Virtual Domains for Mailing Lists in MailMan
by Gordon Smith 28 Apr '10

28 Apr '10

Hello I found this E-Mail address on the MailMan homepage and decided to contact you as I don't seem to be able to locate the information I need elsewhere. To explain my circumstance. I am a visually impaired person, trying to get to grips with administrating a mail server under Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7 (Leopard) server. I need to host mailing lists under virtual domains hosted on our server but can't see quite how this is accomplished. Is there anywhere I can obtain this information as Apple's documentation on this subject seems poor from what I've seen. I really do apologise for any inconvenience I may cause you by contacting you - but if you could point me to the relevant information pages as to how to accomplish virtual domain list configuration under Apple's server platform I'd be very grateful. As a blind person this information is not always easy for me to locate. Thank you in advance for any help. Gordon

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Delivery to SMTP server very slow
by Stefan Foerster 18 Mar '10

18 Mar '10

Hello world, I have a very strange performance problem which only affects one small announce-only list with approximately 11000 recipients: The smtp logfile shows that it takes Mailman about 8400 seconds to deliver the mails, which just doesn't make sense. Setup: Mailman is configured to deliver outgoing mails to a dedicated Postfix smtpd(8) daemon listening on port 10031. That daemon is configured with all the usual stuff, no DNS lookups, no recipient verification, no pre-queue filters, dedicated DNS caches and so on (if it really matters, I can post the complete configuration to this list). VERP and personalization are turned off on the Mailman side. Postfix version is 2.8-20100213, but I ran a quick test with 2.6.5 just to be safe, and it doesn't change anything. Mailman version is 2.1.11 from Debian/stable. After I first noticed the problem, I checked the logs - nothing suspicious there. So I decided to to take some TCP captures. For all other lists on this server, the conversation between Postfix and Mailman is very fast paced, but for that one list, it takes almost one second for a recipient to be specified (which is then acknowledged immediately by Postfix). I really don't have any idea where I coul start debugging, or how. Normally it is the MTAs performance that people need to worry about, but that particular mailserver isn't busy at all, not even handling 550k messages per day. Posting to all other lists only takes a fraction of time, even ones that are much larger. There are no old queue files around, no exceptions being thrown, no process running at 100% CPU load during delivery, nothing shunted - it's just slow. As a quick workaround, I've increased the overall parallelism, as Ian Eiloart pointed out in [1], to ensure that the one slow list doesn't block anything, so the issue isn't really "top priority" - I'd be very grateful for any hints, though. Stefan [1] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2009-June/020643.html

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Best Mail Program to Use w/ Mailman
by Beyer, Clay 16 Mar '10

16 Mar '10

We are setting up a Debian web server and would like to use Mailman to manage a couple of mailing lists that we control. After some initial complications with Mailman and Postfix we decided to uninstall and reinstall everything, before we get going again, I just wanted to get an idea of what the best mail program, taken from the Mailman Documentation, to use with Mailman... Postfix, Qmail, Exim, or Sendmail. Thanks, ClayB >From --- REDACTED --- Mon Feb 22 16:56:47 2010 Return-Path: <--- REDACTED ---> X-Original-To: mailman-users(a)python.org Delivered-To: mailman-users(a)mail.python.org Received: from albatross.python.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.python.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E26BF67E for <mailman-users(a)python.org>; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:56:47 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Status: OK 0.059 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.89; '*S*': 0.01; 'gmbh': 0.07; 'subject:donation': 0.07; 'url:gnu': 0.07; 'freundlichen': 0.09; 'paypal.': 0.09; 'to:2**1': 0.15; '+49': 0.16; 'amtsgericht': 0.16; 'desired,': 0.16; 'gr\xfc\xdfen': 0.16; 'holger': 0.16; 'hrb': 0.16; 'listing.': 0.16; 'to:addr:fsf.org': 0.16; 'uwe': 0.16; 'cc:2**0': 0.17; 'url:software': 0.19; 'mailman': 0.21; 'ago': 0.22; 'list': 0.25; 'url:mailman': 0.25; 'x-mailer:microsoft office outlook 11': 0.25; 'thanks': 0.28; 'to:no real name:2**1': 0.29; 'url:de': 0.29; 'mit': 0.31; 'program.': 0.31; 'thank': 0.33; 'to:addr:mailman-users': 0.33; 'development': 0.36; 'page.': 0.36; 'received:de': 0.37; '8bit%:7': 0.37; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'your': 0.60; 'site': 0.61; 'minutes': 0.62; 'url:twitter': 0.63; 'co.': 0.64; 'organisation': 0.64; 'donations': 0.70; 'follow': 0.70; 'directed': 0.72; 'internet:': 0.72; 'tel.': 0.72; 'twitter:': 0.72; 'much!': 0.84; 'url:donate': 0.84; 'to:addr:info': 0.90; 'url:my': 0.91; 'more,': 0.93; 'url:profile': 0.95 Received: from localhost (HELO mail.python.org) (127.0.0.1) by albatross.python.org with SMTP; 22 Feb 2010 16:56:46 +0100 X-Greylist: delayed 437 seconds by postgrey-1.31 at albatross; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:56:46 CET Received: from softguide.de (softguide.de [80.154.37.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.python.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS for <mailman-users(a)python.org>; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:56:46 +0100 (CET) Received: (qmail 11569 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2010 16:49:24 +0100 Received: from p54a2f116.dip.t-dialin.net (HELO besitzere4905b) (84.162.241.22) by softguide.de with (RC4-MD5 encrypted) SMTP; 22 Feb 2010 16:49:24 +0100 From: --- REDACTED --- To: <mailman-users(a)python.org>, <info(a)fsf.org> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:49:21 +0100 Message-ID: <1032461AFEC74EE4B354BB8FBFC2EC03@besitzere4905b> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Acqz1pm7YA7ddlpyT9a7+WHzpMrgrQ= X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:11:23 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.12 Cc: 'Uwe Annuss' <uwe.annuss(a)softguide.de> Subject: [Mailman-Users] Our donation by paypal - we desire a listing X-BeenThere: mailman-users(a)python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Mailman mailing list management users <mailman-users.python.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users>, <mailto:mailman-users-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users> List-Post: <mailto:mailman-users@python.org> List-Help: <mailto:mailman-users-request@python.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users>, <mailto:mailman-users-request@python.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:56:47 -0000 Hello GNU-Team, a few minutes ago we donate your organisation $500 by paypal. You write on your site https://my.fsf.org/donate/directed-donations/gnumailman: ...For donations of $500 or more, if desired, a listing on our "Thank GNUs" web page. We desire a listing. Can you list us like "Best Western Hotel Erb" on your site <http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html? Suggestion: Thanks go out to: . . . --- REDACTED ---

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New Logo Contest for 2010
by Barry Warsaw 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

Hello everybody! Our current GNU Mailman logos were designed by the Dragon De Monsyne many years ago. They have served us exceedingly well, but with the coming of Mailman 3, we've decided it's time our logos got a face lift. So we're opening up a new logo contest to the Mailman and GNU communities. We invite your creative and inspiring designs! Details of the contest and submission guidelines are available here: http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/NewLogo Submissions will be open until February 28, 2010, and is open to everyone, so feel free to forward this announcement. Please contact the Mailman Steering Committee at mailman-cabal(a)python.org with any questions. Enjoy, -Barry

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digest mode links
by John Griessen 28 Feb '10

28 Feb '10

Why do digest mode links rename a .jpg file? A Mac OS X user can't see attachments. URL: <http://lists.metalartists.org/mailman/private/sandbox/attachments/20100219/…>

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Mailman-Users February 2010