Mailman 3 April 2011 - Mailman-Users

Attempting to update Mailman, but qfiles/* has files
by Dennis Carr 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Note, running Debian Stable on the server. I'm attempting to update Mailman through aptitude, but it warns me that all files in the qfiles tree will be wiped out. This includes files that have been bouncing back and forth between qfiles/out and qfiles/retry. It's not quite clear as to when these messages have landed there. Moreover, I noted that I have a good sized stack of messages in qfiles/bad - which I'm not too worried about, since the dates are pretty old. In short, what is the best way to proceed, given the circumstances? -Dennis

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Qmail and mailman - alias problems
by Stefan Hesse 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Hi, I am trying to set up the aliases for qmail. I used the Skript (manually) from the FAQ for 2.1 version of mailman. But after executing it I stillt get this error: "Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.1.1)" A few things I am not sure about: I wrote in my virtualdomains: lists.mydomain.net:list 1. Is the list user correct? I used list because mailman doesn't exist and list is the only one, that is linked some how to mailman 2. Where am I supposed to execute the script from the FAQ? I executed it in /var/qmail/alias Was that correct?

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Approved header, mailman password and security
by Dag Wieers 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Hi, We have been using the Approved header as a way to automtically approve commit logs to a read-only mailinglist. We recently moved our infrastructure to github and I wrote a patch to the github Email service hook to add an Approved header. https://github.com/github/github-services/pull/84 Now the problem of course is that this secret currently is either the list admin or the list moderator password, which is far from secure. Especially if the mails are not created on the mailman list server. So I would propose to allow to set a separate secret used for approved messages. If compromised, it's easy to change that secret on both sides. Is this acceptable ? Thanks in advance -- -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- dagit linux solutions, info(a)dagit.net, http://dagit.net/ [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]

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Bounce emails and Qmail
by Mike Manning 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Hi there, We use Mailman 2.1 with Qmail and Plesk (v10.2). Everything works nicely with Mailman however it's not sending out the bounce emails to the owner to say there are pending requests. Upon checking the /var/log/mailman/smtp-failure logs, it's showing that website-owner(a)website.name doesn't exist when mailman tries to send the bounce request to the list owner. It does however send back the user who sent the email a pending request saying that their email is awaiting authorization. There's all the .qmail files in /var/qmail/mailnames/website/.qmail-listname-* and have this type of format: |/var/qmail/bin/preline /usr/lib/plesk-9.0/mm_wrapper /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner websitename If I try and send an email directly to website-owner(a)website.name, it'll bounce back straight away with: 550 sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.7.17) It's like qmail isn't passing control to mailman when doing recipient verification? Has anyone else had these issues with Plesk and Qmail? Cheers, Mike

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moderated Posts question
by Noah Garrett Wallach 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Hi there, two questions: 1) I want to reject all posts from members as well. What is the setting to do that? 2) I am getting Messages from members with "Too many recipients to the message" Where is the setting to turn off "Too many recipients to the message" checks? Cheers, Noah

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From address
by Website Administrator 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

>> Hi, >> >> >> >> Can you please advice why the email is going through like this? Is there anyway to change this? >> >> >> >> From: hq_test-bounces(a)dummy.com [mailto:hq_test-bounces@dummy.com] On Behalf Of Amyn Gilani >> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 11:59 PM >> To: hq_test(a)groups.dummy.com >> Subject: [HQ Test] New List Test >> >> >> >> Is there anyway to change the From? First choice would be the name of person if not that then second would be hq_test-owner(a)dummy.com ? >> >> Thanks, >> >> With Regards >> >> >> >> >> >> Amyn Gilani >>

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Gmail Admin/Owner Notifications
by L. James Prevo 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

Having a weird issue with my mailman list. I am using my gmail account as the list owner and moderator. When an email is sent to the list from someone else I get the email from the list just fine, the problem is when someone joins the list I am not getting any of the email notifications at all, not even in spam. I switched to a non-gmail email address and I then get the notifications just fine. Very weird. Any help/suggestion?

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qfiles/bad is full of files...how do I find out why?
by Dennis Carr 24 Apr '11

24 Apr '11

Running this on Debian Lenny, pending an upgrade. I just discovered that there are hundreds of files in qfiles/bad for some reason. The manual tells me nothing, except some basic installation troubleshooting. So this raises a few questions: 1) Any ideas as to what causes this? 2) How do I find out the exact cause? 3) What is the best way to solve the problem? -Dennis

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disaster recovery help
by Chris Haumesser 24 Apr '11

24 Apr '11

My filesystem recently crashed, breaking some aspects of my mailman installation. The email portion of the list itself is still functioning (for non-digest subscribers), and all the archives are intact. But I seem to be missing some config pickles that are preventing digest delivery, emergency moderation, and probably other features that I haven't stumbled upon yet. All of the broken items generate the following message in the logs: Apr 21 09:00:01 2011 (29813) couldn't load config file /var/lib/mailman/lists/.keep/config.pck Apr 21 09:00:01 2011 (29813) couldn't load config file /var/lib/mailman/lists/.keep/config.pck.last [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/mailman/lists/.keep/config.pck.last' Apr 21 09:00:01 2011 (29813) couldn't load config file /var/lib/mailman/lists/.keep/config.db [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/lib/mailman/lists/.keep/config.db' Apr 21 09:00:01 2011 (29813) couldn't load config file /var/lib/mailman/lists/.keep/config.db.last EOF read where object expected Apr 21 09:00:01 2011 (29813) All .keep fallbacks were corrupt, giving up Indeed, these files were lost in the filesystem crash, and I do not have backups of them. What are my options here? Can I do something like: - export list of users - move the broken list out of the way - create a new list with the same name - resubscribe members - copy the old archives back into the new list What gotchas am I going to run across trying to do something like the above? Any other suggestions? Appreciate any guidance ... Cheers, -C-

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messages not going out now (though they did when I tested the list)
by Kathy Bilton 24 Apr '11

24 Apr '11

Hi - I just set up a mailing list via the host of my website. They are using Mailman 2.1.14. I tested it out right after I first set it up. The initial three addresses which I placed on the list and to which I sent some test mails all received them without problem. So then I added a whole bunch of addresses - about 250 - which I took from a list to which I had been sending mails via BCC. (In searching archives of the mailman-users list, I found reference to 100 addresses as a maximum - at least for some systems/lists, but when I did the mass subscribe, I got no message indicating I was subscribing more than allowed.) I sent the first mail this morning. I got a bounce request for moderation (even though I was pretty sure I had set my own address not to require moderation). I approved it, but the message never arrived. I went into the membership area and definitely set my own address to not require moderation. I sent the message out again, but have not seen any sign of it. I have the list set to not archive messages, but I know they're going out, at least they're appearing in my Alpine sent-mail. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. --Kathy Bilton kathy(a)fred.net

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