Mailman 3 September 2011 - Mailman-Users

Editing Mailman's text files
by Pete Bell May 8, 2024

May 8, 2024

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 Feb. 27, 2024

Feb. 27, 2024

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 Nov. 17, 2023

Nov. 17, 2023

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 Feb. 17, 2021

Feb. 17, 2021

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 Sept. 10, 2020

Sept. 10, 2020

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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settings changed?
by david doonan Oct. 8, 2011

Oct. 8, 2011

One of my clients is managing a mailman list, version 2.1.13. He tells me that he has NOT changed any of the admin settings, but starting yesterday, all messages from authorized users are being held for moderation. Any idea what I should be looking for? thanks, david

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editing?
by Patrick Cox Sept. 30, 2011

Sept. 30, 2011

Is there no way to edit posts on a mailman list? Messages often come with notes from the author like, "Could you please post this to your listserve?" Other kinds of edits are sometimes needed too. But when I go to where I can view the message before approving it on my administration page, I can't. I can see the whole message in what looks like a text box, and I believe I can even click on it and place my cursor there. But I cannot delete and text or type new text. Patrick -- Patrick Cox PhD Student http://camden-rutgers.academia.edu/PatrickCox Department of Childhood Studies, Rutgers University http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/ https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/exploring_childhood_studies http://facultyexperts.blogs.rutgers.edu/ "In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer." --Albert Camus "Don't let your studies interfere with your education." --Colonel Henry Rutgers "the jUdges of nOrmalitY are present everywhere." --Foucault, of course

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separate advertised option for web and mail
by Tomas Macek Sept. 30, 2011

Sept. 30, 2011

I'm using Mailman 2.1.12 from the distribution package of Scientific Linux 6.1. I found in source code, that when 'advertised = 1' and if server's hostname is eqal to the configured url, the mailing list name appears in web interface. But also the mailing list is present in the mail, when someone asks what mailling lists are on this machine. I would like to have an option to be able to advertise the list on the web page and separate option to advertise the mailing list via email, because I don't want to publish the mailing list names to the mail and still want to be able to manage them on the web interface. Is there anything new in newer Mailman versions? First look at the changelog did not helped. Tomas

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A dumb first question
by Laurie Lee Sept. 30, 2011

Sept. 30, 2011

Greetings, My first question which may seem dumb for those of you with lots of experience. If I create a 800 member Mailman list and send a single message to it, what will happen if the list is on a Cpanel site with mail send restrictions of 200 messages per hour? Cheers 8^) Laurie Lee

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Question on how to create new administrator ids for our mailman site
by Roberto Luco Sept. 29, 2011

Sept. 29, 2011

Initially posted to incorrect address. Mark was gracious enough to respond to the initial post, which I include here. Question: Mailman seems to have only one administrator user, and anybody the needs to do administrative work on the site (member admin, configuration, approval and forwarding of member email, etc) needs to sign in as "admin." We would like to create different admin users, so that you could sign in as somebody other "admin," but be able to perform admin functions. The admin login page only allows to enter a password, so no matter who logs in, to mailman you are just "admin," even though there might be several people who are allowed to perform admin operations. Having different admin ids would hopefully make it easier to track the activities of the admins. I have been looking for a way to create admin ids in the documentation, and have not been able to find it. Does this mean that it is not possible to have an admin id that is not in mailman? Is mailman designed to have a single entry point for an admin? Any help would be appreciated on this. Mark Sapiro responded: This capability will exist in Mailman 3 but not before. Thanks, Roberto Luco ________________________________ This electronic message contains information from ACTIV Financial Systems, Inc. which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by telephone or email (to the numbers or address above) immediately. Internet communications are not secure and therefore ACTIV does not accept any legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Although ACTIV operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses that may be passed.

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