Mailman 3 March 2011 - Mailman-Users

Attachments AND no-attachments...
by Richard Troy March 11, 2011

March 11, 2011

Hello everyone, I've been using mailman a while, but it's not my primary thing, and I'm a little lost on how I can configure things to get what I'm looking for. I strongly suspect that configuring things the right way can accomplish my goals. Up until now many list participants have been clammoring for attachments, but in deference to some, we've prevented them. Now that the server has had its hardware upgraded and a new O/S installed (Fedora Core 14 with Mailman 2.1.13, and Postfix 2.7.1), I … [View More]

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Messages approved never show up on list
by Doug Gaff March 11, 2011

March 11, 2011

I'm trying to track down a problem related to message from one particular emailer not showing up on a list. This person is not subscribed to the list. They send a message, and the moderator approves the message, but it never shows up on the list. Adding the person as an approved sender also has no effect. This has happened for multiple lists with this particular person. Can I get some clues where to look to start diagnosing the problem?

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The No Attachments Option
by Richard Troy March 11, 2011

March 11, 2011

Hello everyone, Up until now many list participants on a list I manage have been clammoring for attachments, but in deference to some, we've prevented them. Now that the server has had its hardware upgraded and a new O/S installed (Fedora Core 14 with Mailman 2.1.13, and Postfix 2.7.1), I thought it'd be a good time to solve that problem. In sum, it would be _fantastic_ if list subscribers have an option to receive or not receive attachments on a per-user basis, much as users can now elect to … [View More]

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help for sibling list/avoid duplicate emails
by Marcello Villani March 11, 2011

March 11, 2011

Hi, I have the following lists in my environment: listA(a)mydomain.org listB(a)mydomain.org listC(a)mydomain.org Some members are inside two or three lists. My goal is to avoid duplicate emails for people who belong to more than one list!! I installed mailman 2.1.13: as far as I know this version has "sibling lists" option. The problem is that I didn't find a proper instruction to configure them neither the commands to use them... In the "web administrative pages/non digest options" of … [View More]

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does mailman ever automatically delete an expired email address?
by Jane Frizzell March 10, 2011

March 10, 2011

Hello Does mailman ever delete members from lists automatically for any reason? One of the owners of one of our lists (only 1 list seems to have been affected) recently reported that he had lost 100 users from his list. They were removed, not just marked as nomail. A primary look at some of the names lost. show that the addresses were no longer valid email addresses. The addresses would have expired about 6-8 months ago. The message he got as he was the owner, one message per address was: … [View More]

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Query-based distribution lists
by Anup Patwardhan March 8, 2011

March 8, 2011

Hi All, Does mailman support query-based distribution lists like Microsoft Exchange does? Can someone shed some light on this? Anup

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mailman upgrade failing
by Noah March 8, 2011

March 8, 2011

Hi there, Mailman upgrade keeps failing on my ubuntu server and not clear why? qrunner hangs every week so upgrading might be the right thing to do. Preparing to replace mailman 1:2.1.9-9ubuntu1.2 (using .../mailman_1%3a2.1.9-9ubuntu1.4_amd64.deb) ... * Stopping Mailman master qrunner mailmanctl No child with pid: 11139 [Errno 3] No such process Stale pid file removed. [ OK ] dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mailman_1%3a2.1.9-9ubuntu1.4_amd64.deb (--unpack): … [View More]

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Mailman discarded a post
by Odhiambo Washington March 6, 2011

March 6, 2011

Hi List, Something has gotten me stumped. A member complained that his posts are not making it to the list. I checked my SMTP logs and for sure mails are not rejected: 10:52:34 </usr/local/mailman/logs>) 0 $ exigrep "censored(a)comtelsys.net" /var/log/exim/main.20110305.log.gz 2011-03-05 18:58:57 1Pvtsb-000Mce-86 H=ns2.safaricom.com ( mail.gprs.safaricom.com) [196.201.208.3] I=[62.8.64.102]:25 Warning: spam-score-in t: 0 (/). spamreject: 100. 2011-03-05 18:58:59 1Pvtsb-000Mce-86 <= … [View More]

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Copying rejection reason and email to multiple moderators?
by Paul Key March 6, 2011

March 6, 2011

Mailman 2.1.11 Linux Hi everybody I have a list with more than one moderator. When one moderator rejects a post to the moderated list I would like a copy of the rejected email and the reason for rejection sent to the other moderators. I have looked at the "Additionally, forward this message to:" option on the "Posting Held for Approval" but this only forwards the rejected email and not the reason for rejection. Is there a way of forwarding both the email and the reason for rejection … [View More]

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member's mail got held
by Joshua, C.S. Chen March 5, 2011

March 5, 2011

Hello everyone, I am taking care of a list (list(a)mydomain.edu), when some messages sent like like this From: <sender> To: list(a)mydomain.edu Cc: <other recipients> (not in the list) Subject: <subject> for some reason, they got held and need human interaction to allow it. No mater the sender is member (in the list), or non-member but has been added to the list that non-member but automatically accepted. Is there a setup item that I can have all this kind of messages … [View More]

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