Mailman 3 June 2011 - Mailman-Users

Blocked By Earthlink
by Chuck Peters June 20, 2011

June 20, 2011

According to earthlink our newsletter "may be re-added in the future should the server be discovered to again be open for relay". Just one big problem with that statement, we have never been an open relay! We use mailman for our StarryMessenger.net newsletter and send it out from starrymessenger(a)starryskies.net (Google Apps hosted). No one is allowed to post to the list and we also set it up so that our own posts are moderated to insure no spam ever gets through to the list. http://support.… [View More]earthlink.net/articles/email/email-blocked-by-earthlink.phps… the block may occur for several reasons: EarthLink has received numerous complaints about the server that handles your email. The IP address of your email server is dynamic (changes daily) Your IP address has been listed as spam by industry references. Your rDNS (Reverse DNS) is not up-to-date and accurate. Your rDNS is the hostname associated with the IP address of your email server and should look similar to “mail.example.com”. That doesn't say anything about open relays, but the email below does, and of course we never heard about any of these so called "several complaints." The other 3 items listed don't apply, ie not a dynamic IP, rdns is setup and we have never been on a DNSBL. We migrated the server to a VPS from speakeasy and added DKIM a couple of months ago, but other than that it has been the same exim4 and mailman setup for years. And of course we keep the software updated and upgrade the distribution software. Later the earthlink page says to include the bounce message, and just how are we supposed to do that with mailing list software that is designed to handle these bounces? This isn't even a discussion list where it would be more likely for this sort of thing to be flagged as an open relay. A quick search on google for earthlink feedback loop brings up pages not hosted by earthlink. So does anyone have suggestions how to get this mess straight to avoid these problems in the future? A bit of our exim log: 2011-06-18 06:36:43 1QXnsP-0000sh-LC ** ****(a)earthlink.net R=dnslookup T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:< starrymessenger-bounces(a)starrymessenger.net> SIZE=22095: host mx4.earthlink.net [209.86.93.229]: 550 IP 68.68.99.81 is blocked by EarthLink. Go to earthlink.net/block for details. The auto reply to our request to be unlocked: Hello starrymessenger(a)starryskies.net, We have removed the block on mail originating from 68.68.99.81, please allow 2-24 hours for normal email traffic to resume. Please understand that IPs previously removed from the EarthLink Correct Connect database may be re-added in the future should the server be discovered to again be open for relay. Regards, -- Earthlink Abuse Department blockedbyearthlink(a)abuse.earthlink.net http://www.earthlink.net/about/policies/use.faces Thanks, Chuck [View Less]

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can i see alist of mailman messages waiting to be delivered
by Jane Frizzell June 18, 2011

June 18, 2011

I am trying to see what messages are waiting to be delivered by mailman to my lists. We just reconfigured the mail system and want to see what is waiting before we restart. Thank you Jane -- Jane Frizzell Network Services Administrator Bates College Information and Library Services jfrizzel(a)bates.edu 786-6457 110 Russell St

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Mailing List
by Ekesa Rhonnie June 17, 2011

June 17, 2011

Hello, I have a mailing list on my Cpanel, but I don't want to log in every time to release the mails Is there any automatic way to release the mails other than me as the admin having to log in now and then? Description: Ronnie

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no response while posting a message
by Victor June 17, 2011

June 17, 2011

Hello, I installed mailman successfully. I created a mailing list named mailman. Then I subscribed to this list and I received the confirmed and welcome email. However, when I posted a message to this mailing list, nothing happened. Nothing wrong appeared in the mailman log files. The urlhost is cs.heilongjiang.edu and the mailhost is cs.heilongjiang.edu. The mailing list address ismailman(a)cs.heilongjiang.edu. I think the problem results from the mailing list address. Could you please give … [View More]

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Question concerning list of members as relay_recipients in postfix
by Peter Sørensen June 16, 2011

June 16, 2011

Hi, I have recently migrated my old mailman installation to a new based on 2.1.14 with postfix as MTA. The prior one used EXIM. The mailman server is just part of a big mail complex and located on the inner side of my network The other parts are GATEWAYS ( postfix based ) and backends ( EXCHANGE based). We use virtual domains ( host around 100 ) domains. Mail is routed GW => EXCHANGE => Mailman server, so if I have a list in a domain called mydomain(a)xyz.com<mailto:mydomain@xyz.… [View More]

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Migration to new server
by William Ashworth June 16, 2011

June 16, 2011

Currently, a client of mine has a mailman list running since 2006 on a server with a company they no longer do business with. We're wanting to consolidate resources for their organization and migrate them to a cPanel web host that supports mailman. Is there any concern about mailman versions between servers or anything else I might not be thinking of? What's the best way to go about moving them to another server supporting mailman? I can say with fair certainty that we don't have root access … [View More]

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Injecting old lists into a new mailman aliases setup
by Steven Jones June 14, 2011

June 14, 2011

Hi, I have followed http://wiki.list.org/display/DOC/How+do+I+move+a+list+to+a+different+server…. and got to, withlist -l -r fix_url listname but I find that afetr running that the lists info has not been put into in /etc/mailman/aliases file (Redhat default location) so obviously I cant send to the lists.... Also is there a way to tell mailman to look into ~lists and do them all at once? regards

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archives of sibling lists
by Lucio Chiappetti June 14, 2011

June 14, 2011

I have set up (for a transitory activity lasting about one month) a couple of lists (A and B) with real subscribers, and an umbrella list C with no members, but having A and B as sibling lists. I have set up the lists with private archives. Now it is clear that members of A or B can access the archives of the respective list, using their e-mail and password. But who and how can access the archives of C ? Ideally all members of A and C should For some reason I can, but I'm the moderator … [View More]

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Minimal Mailboxes Question
by Dennis Putnam June 14, 2011

June 14, 2011

Due to various reasons, I had to change my site name from 'mailman' to something else. It is not clear from the documentation what mailboxes are really required. The site list is not used for anything other than processing reminders and other administrative functions. What I need to know is what names are required for proper function. I am limited by my ISP to the number of subaccounts I can have so I can't have more than the absolute essentials. For a regular mailing list I have the following … [View More]

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Email commands aren't working
by Pete Bell June 14, 2011

June 14, 2011

Mailmanit doesn't seem to be changing the settings of user options by email commands as it should. Subscribing is excellent, so I *know* it is receiving the commands by email correctly, and I am CC'ing the emails to myself so that I *know* they are going to Mailman in the correct format, and I *know* they are going to the right address! However, an email which has a subject line of:- set authenticate XXXX address=yyyy(a)zzzz.com set delivery off ...*should* turn the delivery of list emails *… [View More]

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