Mailman 3 June 2010 - Mailman-Users

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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using email to subscribe and unsubscribe users
by Adam Parker, OD 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

I have read some pages here and there about adding people via email, but I can't seem to get it to work. I am sending emails from my list's admin address (info(a)example.com) to this address "listname-request(a)example.com" with this subject line: "subscribe address="name(a)domain.com" but they were getting moderated. I added the admin address as a member to stop the modding, but when I send the emails now, nothing happens. They are not in mod queue and the users are not added. Shirley I'm missing something important here.... -- Adam

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Broken Attachment Links - How do I fix?
by Odhiambo Washington 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

I have several mailing lists hosted on a server. I basically moved these lists from one server to the other by tarring up mailman/ from /usr/local, and untarring up to /usr/local on the destination server once I had configured the MTA properly. For each list, I did: ./withlist -l -r fix_url LISTNAME -v -u DEFAULT_URL_HOST However, I seem to still have a problem, and I think this has got something to do with changing the configuration to have the archives being public, when initially they were private. Without mangling any names, I have the following: http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/2005-April/000017.html <http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/2005-April/000017.html>When you go down that page, you find the url for the attachment. It has the wrong DEFAULT_URL_HOST. It should be lists.kictanet.or.ke instead of kictanet.or.ke. The listname in question is "kictanet". The file that contains this attachment is available in the server as /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/kictanet.mbox/*kictanet.mbox* However, when I go to /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/kictanet/attachments/ no attachments are available for some dates since the list was created. I did not delete any files so I believe there is a way to generate these from kictanet.mbox, somehow, yes? What exactly should I do to fix the broken link and the missing attachment directories? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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Fwd: Welcome to the "It" mailing list
by john morrissey 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

> > Hello, > > Thanks if you can help me. > > > I was wondering if you could help me with my mac snow leopard server > running mac mail. > > I want to use email groups and I have hundreds of people. So I > created a email called called "IT" > > See below what I get in the email body. Then the 2 images here what > I get back in email. > > > MY GOAL: > Is when I create a group email and add people I do not want all > users receiving the below email or the screenshots displayed below. > > HOW CAN I STOP THAT? > > THIS IS WHAT I GET IN THE INBOX > > > > THIS IS WHAT THEY GET ON THE SECOND EMAIL. > > > John Morrissey > IT Manager > Algenol Biofuels Inc. > (239) 498-2000 > (239) 948-4996 (fax) > > CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail contains proprietary business information > and is not for public dissemination. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: it-request(a)ns1.algenolbiofuels.com >> Date: June 29, 2010 11:27:54 PM EDT >> To: john.morrissey(a)algenolbiofuels.com >> Subject: Welcome to the "It" mailing list > > THIS IS THE FIRST EMAIL THEY GET.......WANT IT STOPPED AND NOT TO > HAPPEN. >> >> Welcome to the It(a)ns1.algenolbiofuels.com mailing list! >> >> To post to this list, send your email to: >> >> it(a)ns1.algenolbiofuels.com >> >> General information about the mailing list is at: >> >> http://ns1.algenolbiofuels.com/mailman/listinfo/it >> >> If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to >> or from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your >> subscription page at: >> >> http://ns1.algenolbiofuels.com/mailman/options/it/john.morrissey%40algenolb… >> >> >> You can also make such adjustments via email by sending a message to: >> >> It-request(a)ns1.algenolbiofuels.com >> >> with the word `help' in the subject or body (don't include the >> quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions. >> >> You must know your password to change your options (including >> changing >> the password, itself) or to unsubscribe. It is: >> >> roecfout >> >> Normally, Mailman will remind you of your ns1.algenolbiofuels.com >> mailing list passwords once every month, although you can disable >> this >> if you prefer. This reminder will also include instructions on how >> to >> unsubscribe or change your account options. There is also a button >> on >> your options page that will email your current password to you. >

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Mailman, Postfix and Google Apps
by Cameron Smith 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

I am stuck trying to help a friend configure their setup. Their main domain has email handled by gmail so the mx for example.compoints to the google mail servers. They have a dedicated server that has postfix configured to handle mail for mailinglists.example.com. Mailman is set to use mailinglists.example.com The problem I am having is mail from mailman is not making it to user(a)example.com. Is this a mailman issue or a postfix issue?

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman, Postfix and Google Apps
by Cameron Smith 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Thanks Julio! On an existing mailman list is there a way to see what those aliases should be? Cameron On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Julio Calvo <jcalvo(a)dirinfo.unt.edu.ar>wrote: > Is the aliases file correctly setup? > When you create a list, mailman shows a list of aliases > you have to include in your aliases file and then > you have to run newaliases to put it in effect. > > Take a watch to you log file. > > > ----- Mensaje original ----- > De: "Cameron Smith" <velvetpixel(a)gmail.com> > Para: mailman-users(a)python.org > Enviados: Lunes, 28 de Junio 2010 13:03:02 > Asunto: [Mailman-Users] Mailman, Postfix and Google Apps > > I am stuck trying to help a friend configure their setup. > > Their main domain has email handled by gmail so the mx for > example.compoints to the google mail servers. > > They have a dedicated server that has postfix configured to handle mail for > mailinglists.example.com. > > Mailman is set to use mailinglists.example.com > > The problem I am having is mail from mailman is not making it to > user(a)example.com. > > Is this a mailman issue or a postfix issue? > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/jhc%40unt.edu.ar >

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Mailman on non-standard port : Public list not displayed on listinfo page
by Raven Kong 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Hello Guys, I have trouble getting the public list shown on the general listinfo page. My mailman is install on a host with port number 8888 (80 is used by another service), so the url address is something like http://a.b.c:8888/mailman/listinfo. And those list created public is not displayed in this overview page. I've searched the wiki page and found these articles: http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030613 and http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030592 And as described in the articles I modified my mm_cfg.py like this: MTA = 'Postfix' DEFAULT_HOST_NAME = 'a.b.c' DEFAULT_URL = 'http://a.b.c' DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'a.b.c' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'a.b.c' VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear() DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'http://%s:8888/mailman/' POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS =['a.b.c','a.b.c'] add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST,DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) Restart my apache, mailman, postfix and then use bin/fix_url to fix the exist list, it doesn't show up in the overview page. Those new list created after the modification don't show in the overview page too. As my understanding , in the article mentioned above, only when the * host_name* and *web_page_url * are identical the list can be shown in the mailman/listinfo page. The *host_name* can be reset in the list's General Options, here in my case *host_name*=a.b.c . But my *web_page_url* - according to the discription in the wiki faq - is *h**ttp://a.b.c:8888/mailman or http://a.b.c:8888 (I'm not sure)*. And I can't change *host_name* to a.b.c because if I change it to other value my mailman can't receive mails (I've already tried *host_name*=*a.b.c:8888/mailman* or *a.b.c:8888* and it doesn't fix the problem only to make mailman not receiving mail posts) Is there something wrong with the mm_cfg.py file ? Or did I missed something? Any information on issue like this will be greatly appreciated. Thank you! -- Best regards, Raven Kong --Life is not as we know it.

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Is there any log mark between Mailman and Postfix?
by alexander＠nautae.eti.br 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hi. I'm looking forward an way to show to my nonspecialist co-worker what happened with his announce messages. So, is there any way to identify a relation between an specific Mailman announcement and Postfix log records? In other words, I would like to get the lines from 'post' Mailman logfile, list each one as a link and list from those links the list of emails address and tries deferred, sent, etc, related from that announcement. The problem is: a line 'deferred' for a email address in Postfix log file doesn't (or I don't know) tell if it is from an specific Mailman announcement try. In fact, if I can tell if the message was sent, it would be enough. But, again, if I have the same email address in 10 Mailman lists and I get 5 'sent' Postfix log messages, I can't know what announcement was an success for that address. Any help? Any idea? I've tried to use the message size... but seems that Postfix and Mailman read size message in a different way... it would be enough because I could filter maillog looking for message size equals to 'post' Mailman log file and catch the sent status from each address. []s Alexander Brazil - Rio de Janeiro ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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changing URL after list already set up
by Adam Parker, OD 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hey, I finally got my mailman to work after I set up a subdomain strictly to carry the mail load of an off-server domain. Now I have a new problem - since I needed my List address to be "@example.org" I set it up that way, but the real address where the list can be accessed is mx.example.com(because of the subdomain issue and MX records) - so all of the links in the footer and even the links in the admin panel are wrong. Is there somewhere in the general options page to change this or do I have to do it in SSH? Any help is appreciated. -- Adam

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