Mailman 3 December 2011 - Mailman-Users

Editing Mailman's text files
by Pete Bell 07 May '24

07 May '24

Hi. I'm a new member of this group but have been running an email list with Mailman for a long time. I am now setting a list up again and want to give a "look and feel" to the list which has more branding of my user group as a whole, and less of a Mailman-feel. I seem to remember that besides editing the public HTML pages, it is possible to edit the text files which Mailman automatically sends out for certain needs (such as 'approve.txt', 'adminsubscribeack.txt', 'invite.txt', and so on). A. Is this still the case? B. If so, where can I find them? (in case they've changed from the ones I have from long ago). C. Where do they need putting, so that Mailman can use them again? It's important that I should tell you that Mailman on my webhosts servers is a "server-wide" installation, and I don't get to edit anything which other clients to their servers need. This would be only for my own use, and as such I need to know where these files go in my own webspace, and how to get Mailman to use them instead of the default ones. I should also say that I have done this before, so unless the facility to do this has been ditched in recent years, I *should* still be able to do it ! Does Mailman perhaps look for these files somewhere in my webspace (which I have to give a specific name), and if it doesn't find them it goes on to find its default versions of these files? Thanks in advance for your help. Pete Bell, UK

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Running two list with same email prefix
by Andrea Cappelli 26 Feb '24

26 Feb '24

Hi all, I'm running a mail server with Debian Lenny, MTA is Postfix and i will use postfix-to-mailma.py script to run list I would set up Mailman for running mailing list with same email prefix on different domains, obvious with different list names For example we have ml.domain1.com and ml.domain2.net, i would like to have LISTADDRESS LISTNAME tech(a)ml.domain1.com tech-ml.domain1.com tech(a)ml.domain.2.net tech-ml.domain2.net In this way i can have the same address on differente domains and Mailman (my version is 2.1.11) can distinguish between lists because the list name is different. The list name will be also used to access web interface, so we have http://ml.domain1.com/mailman/admin/tech-ml.domain1.com http://ml.domain2.net/mailman/admin/tech-ml.domain2.net Is possible to accomplish this task? Any idea?

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Hide list address?
by Ricardo Kleemann 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

Hi, Is there any way to configure Mailman such that, for an announcement-only type list, when a message is sent to the list, the To: shows the member's address, rather than the list address? Some list software allows the ability to hide the list address itself, so that address is not advertised. I couldn't find any configuration specific to that.

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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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A few questions about mailman 2.1.14 install on Dreamhost
by hk 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

I'm considering the move of a longstanding discussion list with 600+ members from L-Soft Listserv (hosted at a university) to Mailman on Dreamhost (v2.1.14.) There are a few management features I've really grown to like from hosting other lists -- I was hoping if someone can tell me if there's any way to enable them in Mailman (assuming one can't hack Dreamhost's install . . .?) 1) Mark S helped me get a modification set up to a current mailman list I manage that enabled real-time notifications of moderation requests (Thanks again!). Any way to do this here? 2) I suspect there's a fair amount of joining and leaving this list each day in its current incarnation, but don't have a way to receive notifications; of course Mailman does have the option of having owners notified when members join and leave, but I'm afraid this could generate too much mail for some moderators. Is there a way to set this preference individually like in Yahoogroups so that a mod who didn't want these messages could not get them, while the other mods still would? 3) I may just be tired but is there a was to set the archives to be available only when logged in? And/or to munge e-mail addresses like on Yahoogroups? Ugh . . . I think there was a number 4 but maybe it will come back to me. Clarifying questions welcome if anything's not clear. Thanks! hk Chicago

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Log of rejected messages?
by Rob McLear 31 Dec '11

31 Dec '11

Does mailman log posts which are automatically rejected (e.g. non-member posts)? I assumed that it would in the post log file, but I just tested it and my intentionally rejected submission does not appear in the log file. I ask because on occasion a list member complains that their message was rejected inappropriately, and in fact they never sent it to the list, or they sent it to the wrong address, or they sent it from the wrong address, and it helps to be able to look at a log file and verify or refute their claim, particularly given that they almost invariably delete the rejection notice the instant it arrives. Thanks, -Rob

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contact email incorrect
by Eric Hansen 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

Hi, Installed mailman and have confirmed that everything works fine…except the “If you are having trouble using the lists, please contact mailman(a)example.com.xn--ivg doesn’t send an email that I can find anywhere on the server or in my accounts…any thoughts on how to fix this? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Happy New Year! *eric* -- Eric Hansen

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when renaming a virtual domain the listinfo command can't show list
by Peter Sørensen 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

Hi, I have a setup with mailman where I use virtual domains with postfix. This is working very well. I know need to rename some of the domains for the list. So I do the following: I have a list named mytest in mydomain.sdu.dk and i want to change the domain to newdomain.sdu.dk I call withlist -l -r fix_url.py testsdu mytest -u newdomain.sdu.dk And then genaliases to rebuild the virtiual-mailman file I can address the list and everything seems to work apart from the list is missing on the web when using the listinfo command. I'm sure that his is because a url is changed but I can't find out where. It's not in the config file. Where to look ?? Best regards Peter Sørensen/Univ. Of Southern Denmark/email: maspsr(a)sdu.dk

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Rear interior lights not working
by Bernie Cosell 27 Dec '11

27 Dec '11

2003 1.8T. I happened to notice the other day that the rear interior lights don't work any more. I don't normally notice them so I dont' know how long they've been out [but I was vaguely aware that it was a bit darker in the car when I opened the doors]. They have three-way tilt switches [I assume: on/dooropen/off] and no setting of the switch gets either driver or passenger light to come on. [so not likely a burned out bulb, unless both rear bulbs burned out at the same time]. Is this something I could (try to) fix or should I just wait until my next trip to the dealer? Thanks! /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--

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