Mailman 3 July 2010 - Mailman-Users

Test messages
by LuKreme 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

I may have asked this before, but if so I can't find it in my archives. Is there a way to send a test message to a list without it being sent out to the entire list? Something like a ping that only replies to you? I have a list I host for a friend that is very sporadic. When active it can get 100 posts a day, but those days come infrequently. Sometimes he's concerned that posts are getting lost (it's happened in the past that some configuration muckup has borked the list) and he'd like to be able to check that the list is ok. -- "A thousand years ago we thought the world was a bowl. Five hundred years ago we knew it was a globe. Today we know it is flat and round carried through space on the back of a turtle. Don't you wonder what shape it will turn out to be tomorrow?" [Lord Vetinari] --The Truth

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Regarding Creation of mailing list
by sandeep kumar 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

I have changed password of list creator password using mmsitepass dcis:/var/mailman/bin # ./mmsitepass New site password: Again to confirm password: Password changed. dcis:/var/mailman/bin # ./mmsitepass -c New list creator password: Again to confirm password: Password changed. dcis:/var/mailman/bin # This was the error i have got when using the password which was change by above Error: You are not authorized to create new mailing lists

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Issue regarding login account
by sandeep kumar 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

When login an account i get an error ERROR: ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server. Query: SELECT "INBOX"

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updates to Namazu FAQ entry?
by Syn, Joonho 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

Hi, found the Namazu FAQ here http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030581 Was wondering if there are any updates to FAQ as it seemed to leave a couple issues unresolved, specifically regarding automatic indexing using a cron job and also hacking in a search box. Have Namazu and mailman been integrated a bit better by now?

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Only allow @company.com to Subscribe and Only allow certain email addresses to post
by Wang, Mary Y 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

Hi, I've two questions. How do I configure a Mailman list to do the following? (1) Only allow @company.com to subscribe a Mailman list (2) Only allow certain email addresses to post Thanks in advance. Mary

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Problem regarding creating mailing list
by sandeep kumar 28 Jul '10

28 Jul '10

1.While creating a mailing list through command line, the owner of the list creator does get any mail regarding creation of mailisg list . What is the procedure actually to create the mailing list , does the owner requires any privelages . 2. While creating mailing list through web interface using http://domain name/mailman/create , it asks for list creater password , We reset the password of admin and list creator password using mmsitepass but the password which is reset is not accepted in the interface . Is there any procedure to update passwords or any other way to create mailing list

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Help with MAILMAN list password
by Mauricio Juarez 27 Jul '10

27 Jul '10

Hi, - I use mailman to administrate my email lists - I need absolutely change the Admin Lists password - I used the command: change_pw in my /bin Mailman directory, all was OK, I can use my new password for all the lists but My old password work too, do you know why? I change the root password too ( the same) but doesnt work, now the old password and the new one worked Help plz Mauricio

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upgrading from version 2.1.9 to latest available version
by Chad Rebuck 24 Jul '10

24 Jul '10

I realized today that the unsubscribe via web page feature of version 2.1.9 is not working for my list. Maybe it is a known bug or something that just doesn't work for my site due to previous upgrades. The list is very low volume so upgrading it has not been a priority. I would like to understand how much effort is involved in upgrading from version 2.1.9 to the latest available. I am running fedora 5 if that matters. Thank you. Chad

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Is Mailman right for us?
by Alison Epstein 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

Hello, We're considering using Mailman for our organization's listservs. But I'm having trouble finding a demo to try or some screen snapshots so that I can even determine if this is the right software for us. I need something for our discussion lists. (We also have announce-only lists.) The discussion lists ideally would have an archive that is accessible. Also, some of our lists need to have the ability to have multiple "moderators / posters" who may or may not be list subscribers. For instance, we have staff in Jerusalem & Chicago. We have mailing lists for each office, but all staff members can post to either list. For example: A Jerusalem staff member can send a message that only the Chicago staff will receive. Can you point me to a demo to try or a good place to find these answers? Thanks so much in advance, Alison Epstein ---------------------------------- Sign up for The Melton Israel Seminar - The Ultimate On-Site Learning Experience Alison Epstein FMAMS web-content coordinator aepstein(a)fmams.org.il 416-638-2475 North American VoIP phone 815-346-2644 North American fax 052-569-7945 Israeli cell phone (08) 946-1472 Israeli land line skype: alitraeps Summer Israel Time (GMT+3)

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Icons
by Peter 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

Hi I have Debian (stable) running with Apache 2.2.9 and Mailmain 2.1.11 I can't see the Icons at the footer I looked at the FAQ http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030628 But this old information A search tells that Apache icons are at /usr/share/apache2/icons The mailman icons are at /usr/share/images/mailman A copy of the mailman icons to the Apache2 dir doesn't show the images at the footer. What is the solution? Peter

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