Mailman-Users June 2010

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76 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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Changing the received time on an outgoing authorized email message?
by Paul Key 07 Sep '10

07 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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some users recive email but they can't send
by Daniel Hernandez 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hello, I have a problem with a user of a list that I create. She receive all the list emails but she can't send emails. She recive this error response: Remote host said: 554 <chile-datos(a)mail.degu.cl>: Relay access denied I think that is strange because other users have no problems sending emails to the list. -- Regards, Daniel H.

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allow non-subscribed users to send email
by Umarzuki Mochlis 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

I know this is so not what mailing list admin normally should allow but it has been asked for and the one asked worries more about complains such as "why this person do not have permission to send to this list" etc. Anyway, how do i allow anyone valid mail address to a list? -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://debmal.my

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Few questions and details
by Joni Töyrylä 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Hey Mailman postlist subscripers! I did some minor tweaking on 2.1.13 Mailman as well as went through most of the Finnish translations. Im not sure should i post this to anywhere but Here is minor changes to code: 1) Mailman/HTMLFormatter.py:402: '<mm-host>' : Utils.get_domain() --- To get correct mm_cfg.DEFAULT_URL_HOST instead of server hostname, for some reason MailList.InitVars() is either not ran yet or variables has been overwritten? Im not sure why mm_cfg.py settings are not working here. 2) Mailman/MailList.py:187 and Mailman/HTMLFormatter:46 host_name = Utils.get_domain() --- Same as above 3) In 2.1.11 there is different fontsize in admin/listinfo pages, is this same for 2.1.13? If not, this is easily changed in MailList/Cgi/admin.py - i changed this for 2.1.11 but i dont remember was this in 2.1.13 or did i change this for 2.1.13 too... pff. Example at http://stonelake.fi/mailman/listinfo. Best regards, Joni Töyrylä

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attachment
by Brent Barrett 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

After posting messages, subscribers receive a txt attachment showing the name of list and list url It is not needed and how can I turn off this feature thanks

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Bounce Processing and User Notifications
by Ian Prietz 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Hi all, We have a Mailman service that is hosted. I previously asked a question re: Bounce notifications. Mark indirectly suggested that I change my bounce processing score to <=1. I think what I am going to do for initial testing is set the bounce score to .5. That way I will be notified of pretty much any instance that something comes up. Then after kinks get worked out, I can raise it to 1, so then I am only notified of hard bounces. 1. Does that sound like a good idea or a good place to start? 2. Would a hard bounce be something from a server like "Undeliverable due to File Attachment Limit exceeded" or "Unknown User"? 3. What type of bounce would a "Too many recipients as this time" or "Delivery Delay" messages be? Soft or Hard? 4. Is there a way to keep a subscriber from being notified when their account is disabled? Like should I set the Membership Disabled message to 0 so they are just removed and I am notified that way? I am trying to do as much behind the scenes without them being notified and worrying about what happened. 5. How can I simulate a bounce to test this out. I tried adding a bogus email address from our domain to the list, and it seemed to make delivery to the other recipients take longer, and I don't remember that email address' bounce score raising any higher. I at least expected to get a "User does not exist" message. As I said before, I want to be notified of any problems to begin with to see if I need to contact any administrators in case our domain is blocked. And then, once these kinks have been worked out, I would like to just receive FAILURES or ERRORS. Ian

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