Mailman 3 February 2010 - Mailman-Users

Bounces
by Nancie J. Barnes 17 Feb '10

17 Feb '10

My name is Nancie and I am the new business manager for Get Back, Inc. I am unsure how to handle the following e-mail that I received. Is there anyone who may be able to assist me? -1 Mailman moderator request(s) waiting Inbox X https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gifReply https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif| https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gifhttps://mail.google.com/mail /images/cleardot.gif mailman-bounces(a)getbackinc.com to mailman-owner show details 9:00 AM (2 hours ago) The Mailman(a)getbackinc.com mailing list has -1 request(s) waiting for your consideration at: http://getbackinc.com/mailman/admindb/mailman Please attend to this at your earliest convenience. This notice of pending requests, if any, will be sent out daily. Nancie J. Barnes Business Manager Get Back, Inc. 27 Main Street Oakville, CT 06779 Phone: 860-274-9991 Fax: 860-274-9901 Nancie(a)GetBackInc.com

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remove messages from Mailman queue
by me＠electronico.nc 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

Mailman 2.1.12 Hi all, One email address was mistyped in a list and I receive tons of emails a day about : Postfix SMTP server: errors from localhost[127.0.0.1] I went to Mailman queue and here is the queue contents : ls -Rlha /var/lib/mailman/qfiles /var/lib/mailman/qfiles: total 48K drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 . drwxrwsr-x 8 list list 4,0K 2010-02-08 21:14 .. drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 17:03 archive drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 bad drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-15 13:36 bounces drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-11 19:22 commands drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 17:03 in drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-08 21:40 news drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-17 08:35 out drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-17 08:35 retry drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-08 21:40 shunt drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 12:00 virgin /var/lib/mailman/qfiles/archive: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 17:03 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. /var/lib/mailman/qfiles/bad: total 16K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,6K 2010-02-09 12:00 1265677201.538301+ff2998155195d0f6d06604e67777ba8ccfff2cf2.psv /var/lib/mailman/qfiles/bounces: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-15 13:36 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. /var/lib/mailman/qfiles/commands: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-11 19:22 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. /var/lib/mailman/qfiles/in: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 17:03 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. /var/lib/mailman/qfiles/news: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-08 21:40 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. /var/lib/mailman/qfiles/out: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-17 08:35 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. /var/lib/mailman/qfiles/retry: total 180K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-17 08:35 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265961379.78371+f52f95dafd795b376b6f236266a30656762e9312.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 4,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265962377.1492419+ab429d4da967b4e5d73a49b9ad9c15da63938e4d.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 3,8K 2010-02-17 08:35 1265963302.2198579+e23759d849358c41e5cb65734c68113e03940d53.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 53K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266005255.3434069+05885e1413d12056b100ec76122a9ed15fe52aee.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 5,5K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266181576.168088+374f21f5a8cbeb5d1b634327d8e37f145c3aca06.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 74K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266183850.9198849+cae961d9f131124aec881c1aca55e7a2405d9f7c.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 5,1K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266192566.7376809+2c441fed9eccdede5580771ad81d47a2870c6a66.pck -rw-rw---- 1 list list 1,5K 2010-02-17 08:35 1266209411.1881809+530cd317167b0a37421ef71f51fd739dbaa4e58f.pck /var/lib/mailman/qfiles/shunt: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-08 21:40 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. /var/lib/mailman/qfiles/virgin: total 8,0K drwxrws--- 2 list list 4,0K 2010-02-16 12:00 . drwxrwsr-x 12 list list 4,0K 2010-02-09 12:00 .. My question is : can I safely manually remove (rm) files from qfiles/bad and qfiles/retry or is there another way to proceed ? Thanks in advance for your time. Nicolas Canonne

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by Heather Williams 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

I have a client that uses your software. One of their members on their list serve is getting this error message in his emails from the list serve and is unable to open the attachments. No other member is getting this. Can you please help me to resolve this issue for them. Heather Williams |Technical Services Represenative Aegis Business Technologies Onsite & Remote Network Management | Application & Web Development | Security and Recovery | Hardware Sales www.aegisbiztech.com <http://www.aegisbiztech.com/> | p: 850-422-2661 | f: 850-422-0508

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HAVING A CHALLENGE
by MayaOhmMahatma 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

I recently set up a new basic mailing list through my account with Blue Host (I have used mailman for several years without a problem). When I set up the list I sent a "test" message. And I received the following: *The CVP(a)fallrivervalleycvp.org mailing list has 1 request(s) waiting for your consideration at: http://fallrivervalleycvp.org/mailman/admindb/cvp_fallrivervalleycvp.org Please attend to this at your earliest convenience. This notice of pending requests, if any, will be sent out daily. Pending posts: From: citizenspatrol(a)fallrivervalleycvp.org on Thu Feb 11 11:15:26 2010 Subject: test Cause: Post by non-member to a members-only list* I went into administrative control and tried everything I could to get rid of this message. I tried rejecting, accepting, deleting, etc. I even tried signing up the email address as a member. BUT . . . I continue to get the message saying that my approval to sent the message is needed. It's like when I request an action, the action does not complete. Is there something I did wrong in the initial set-up that is causing this? OR . . . can you delete that one message for me? My account with Blue Host is under "Heart Lights Ministry" with a domain name of "heartlights.org". The Mailing List I am referring to is for our Citizens Volunteer Patrol (CVP) and the list name is "Citizens Patrol" with an address of cvp(a)fallrivervalleycvp.org Thanks, Whitney Murdock (Maya Ohm Mahatma) citizenspatrol(a)fallrivervalleycvp.org

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Posting lists on website
by Garry Posey 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

I just created a list for my website www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com <http://www.ensembletheatreofchattanooga.com/> and would like to post it on my website so that visitors to the site can join the list. I edit and manage my site with Microsoft Expressions. Is there a way to post the sign-up list on the website? Also if I wanted to take the mailing list I have now, currently in my Microsoft Outlook, would I simply cut and paste? Thank you Garry Lee Posey

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Software
by Margaret McSeveney 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

Hi I represent a small non-profit whose current list host is closing down and we need to have a new List and archives hosting. Alternatives hosted lists offered on the internet are all 150% more expensive than we pay now. I came across your site and wondered if Mailman might be the best solution as we also have our own hosting account separate from the List hosting. The first thing I think of is technical expertise to install and configure the List and also make our archives searchabe on a new server. Our current List is in L-soft Listserv format and the archives can be provided to us as a text file. I would appreciate your advice Many thanks Margaret McSeveney

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upgrade from 2.1.5 to 2.1.11 on debian
by Marcus 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

Hi, I'd like to upgrade from mailman 2.1.5 (self-build backport on an older sarge installation) to 2.1.11 on Debian/Lenny. Before installing the mailman package on the new lenny box I've copied the /var/lib/mailman/ directory from the old server (mailman 2.1.5) to the new one. After that I've started an "aptitude install mailman" to install mailman 2.1.11 on the lenny maschine. The installation didn't show any errors and I can access all lists through the webinterface. Is that the right way to upgrade or did I forget some migration stuff? Thanks, Marcus

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Can not add user and confirm pending msg - no error message
by Hans Schou 15 Feb '10

15 Feb '10

Hi I have just installed mailman on CentOS Red Hat. I have several errors but I think it is the same misconfiguration. When I go to "Mass Subscriptions" and add a new email address, it does not show up in the list. When I accept pending messages, they are still in the pending list. There is no error message shown on the web-page and none in /var/log/mailman/error . When I send a mail to the list, I do get message back that the message is pending. List administrator does also get a mail about pending messages. So sending and receiving msg is OK. After "Mass Subscriptions" I can see some files are updated, like /var/lib/mailman/lists/testlist/request.pck , so I guess write permissons are OK. Can someone point me to what I am missing? rgds/hans

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Forcing users to enter real name in listinfo page subscribe
by Hank van Cleef 14 Feb '10

14 Feb '10

I'm changing one of my mail lists in preparation for moving it to another host which will be running Mailman with unmodified Python code underlying. One of my changes is to replace a custom listinfo page which routes subscription requests outside Mailman to the standard Mailman confirm-and-approve form. We will be able to run with a customized listinfo.html page. The template listinfo.html line for entering the applicant's real name is: <td bgcolor="#dddddd" width="55%">Your name (optional):</td> We would like to make that mandatory. I can remove the (optional) from the HTML, but is there a way in the HTML to make Mailman reject a blank response? Hank

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Formatting incoming mail in Mailman
by Hank van Cleef 14 Feb '10

14 Feb '10

I just sent a message to my list from a webmail account, and got an empty text body in what was sent out from the list. Sent a second message to a user account which I read with elm to see what's in the message body. This is all of what comes through sendmail into the mbox: <DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><FONT size="2"><SPAN style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">send a line or two of text to see what t his sob sends.<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV> Note that it's HTML, but with no mime type indicator of any sort. I have Mailman content filtering for this list set to filter the content (yes), remove attachments that don't match standard mime types, collapse alternatives, convert html to text, and discard messages meeting the filtering rules. Up to now, we've used demime in the sendmail "post" alias pipe to demunge non-plaintext posts, but I'd like to switch to Mailman internal demunging. The above webmail formatting is the default new subscribers to that ISP get. We need to able to handle posts from total novices who send such stuff. Current Mailman is 2.1.9. What do we do? Hank

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