Mailman 3 February 2011 - Mailman-Users

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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Mailman list sends but doesn't receive mail.
by JRC Groups 10 May '11

10 May '11

Hello, All. I've just set up my first Mailman mailing list in OS X Server. It sends mail as welcome notifications were received by several different members subscribed to the mailing list. However, it doesn't seem to be receiving e-mail. All attempts I've made have resulted in Delivery Failure Notifications. This is the text returned with this Delivery Failure Notifications: > Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: > > list(a)3domain.com > > Technical details of permanent failure: > Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient > domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further > information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server > returned was: 550 550 5.1.1 <list(a)domain.com>: Recipient address rejected: > User unknown in virtual alias table (state 14). What could be the cause ? In order for a Mailman list to work properly do I need to create an account for it in Workgroup Manager with its e-mail address ? Sorry if this is a simple question but I am not an IT specialist and don't have any experience with Mailman. Thank you in advance, Joe

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Stop Mailman from re-send messages
by Hung Phan 28 Feb '11

28 Feb '11

Hello, How do we stop Mailman from re-sending out messages in the query? and How do we clear the entire query out? Can we remove certain messages from the query? Mailman version 2.1.12 and Exim 4 Thank you for your advice,

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mailman and Ñ
by alexis＠venenux.org 27 Feb '11

27 Feb '11

Hello I happened to manage a mailing list of Spain. I want to use the name España as "real name" and as "subject prefix", but I don't know if the Spanish character "ñ" can cause problems. Can I do? I have access only to the Mailman administrative interface, not the server itself. The Mailman version is 2.1.11. Thanks!

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Emails to a specific email domain get error
by Hung Phan 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Hello, We are having an issue with messages sent out through Mailman server that don't reach a specific email domain. In the exim main log, we see these error messages repeatedly show up: email(a)thatdomain.com R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (-53): retry time not reached for any host or email(a)thatdomain.com R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp defer (110): Connection timed out Our Mailman server is not on any blacklist. What would likely be the issue here? Thank you in advance for any advice,

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Append a list owner to all lists
by Dave Anderson 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Hello, All of our lists have separate list owners, but I would like to add a secondary list owner to all the mailing lists, is there a way to do this by command line? Regards, Dave Anderson System Administrator University of the Fraser Valley

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is there a setting for bouncing message with multiple to's:
by Larry Havard 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

I have looked and cannot find it. Is there a setting for bouncing message with multiple to's or to: and CC: We want mail coming in to our list to be only for our list and not being sent to others in the same message. Thanks Larry Havard HAVARD & ASSOCIATES 3075 Charlevoix Drive SE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 616 458 9333 Voice 616 588 6064 Fax

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Question About last_mailman_version During Migratrion
by Barry Finkel 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

I am testing migrating Mailman from an Ubuntu Dapper system with my own Mailman 2.1.14 package built from the SourceForge source to an Ubuntu Lucid system with the Debian Lucid Mailman 2.1.13 package. I tested the Lucid system, and then I copied /var/lib/mailman/archives /var/lib/mailman/data /var/lib/mailman/lists /var/lib/mailman/qfiles [no files present] from my test Dapper to the Lucid system. I then rebuilt the /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases file (each system has test lists). The question regards /var/lib/mailman/data/last_mailman_version The current file on Lucid has "0x2010ef0", and before the merge it had "0x2010df0". I have not done extensive testing with the lists I copied, but I had no trouble accessing the admin web pages for a few lists. Given that the Lucid installation is 2.1.13, should the last_mailman_version be set back to "0x2010df0"? I am assuming that there will be no problems with the list config files in /var/lib/mailman/lists between 2.1.13 and 2.1.14. I have not loooked in detail at the Debian patches to 2.1.13, other than to discard most of them when I attempted to build a 2.1.14 Lucid package from the SourceForge source. The only problem I had in building the package is that is was built for AMD64 (as I have on Dapper), not for X86-64 (as I have on Lucid). I have not yet had the time to determine why, as I am told that I have to install the Debian Lucid package. Thanks. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Division Argonne National Laboratory Phone: +1 (630) 252-7277 9700 South Cass Avenue Facsimile:+1 (630) 252-4601 Building 240, Room 5.B.8 Internet: BSFinkel(a)anl.gov Argonne, IL 60439-4828 IBMMAIL: I1004994

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