Mailman 3 September 2011 - Mailman-Users

How to create customize footer link ?
by J. Bakshi 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

Hello list, My mailing lists are running fine. I wonder if there is any way to generate some link at the footer, like unsubscribe link, archive link etc.. TIA

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mailman email address
by 张峰 16 Sep '11

16 Sep '11

hi,here is my list: http://imaboy.cn/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/chineselist i want to know when someone Subscribing to Chineselist, why i can not get the user's email. how can i check which email address i am using.and where is the error log for mailman? Thanks!

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mailman-to-postfix.py Illegal Invocation errors when i put the correct transport
by Paul Weinx 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Hi friends. I have a Postfix to handle virtual domains and users, and it works perfectly. I have Mailman installed and removed about 30 times, trying different configurations, but I'm desperate, because I only work in a way that I describe below. Suppose my domain is domain.com, and I want to use lists.domain.com exclusively for lists (If it does not work even with mailman(a)domain.com, I do not even want to imagine what I must do to domain2.com, domain3.com, etc). All dns are pointing to my server Ubuntu perfectly. When i put in the / etc / mailman / transport file: lists.domain.com mailman: and try to send an email to mailman(a)domain.com, the mail.log drop me the next error: Sep 14 11:59:46 ws postfix / pipe [20487]: DB5333017C4: to = <mailman(a)lists.domain.com>, <mailman(a)domain.com> orig_to =, relay = mailman, delay = 0.5, delays = 0.49 / 0/0/0.01, dsn = 5.3.0, status = bounced (command line usage error. Command output: Illegal invocation: '/ usr / lib / mailman / bin / postfix-to-mailman.py lists.domain.com mailman argv = / usr / bin / spamc-f-e / usr / sbin / sendmail-oi-f paulweinx(a)hotmail.com - mailman(a)lists.domain.com 'Did you forget to September mailman_destination_recipient_limit = 1 in main.cf ?) No matter if i place in mm_cfg.py: MTA = 'Postfix' or MTA = 'None', or if the file main.cf mydestination postfix leave empty, or put mydestination = lists.domain.com, relay_domains or thousands of combinations I could think. The only way that mailman knows that I am sending an email (and if you do it from localhost moderation remains pending, although this is less important to me) is putting in the transport file, the following: domain.com mailman: But in this way, every time I send an email to some virtual mailbox, try looking in the name of any list, and therefore ceases to function incoming mail!! Please, I need your help. When I was a dedicated server and Virtuozzo Plesk, with just 2 clicks and I was so dominos email for all Mailman for lists as I wanted, but this server do not have any "magic" tools. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/mailman-to-postfix.py-Illegal-Invocation-errors-when-… Sent from the Mailman - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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mailman logs..
by Khalil Abbas 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

hi, is there a manual for understanding mailman logs?? I need to know which addresses were unsubscribed from the list by clicking the un-subscribe link or sent an email to be removed from the list, (I have the list administrator notification disabled).. and which users were unsubscribed due to excessive bounces and which members currently disabled.. thanks..

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some suggestions..
by Khalil Abbas 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Dear mailmam team.. I’ve been a proud mailman user for years and I would like to post some comments that would be useful in the next mailman version: - the ability to export the list config (config_list) from the web interface, many mailman users have regular webhosting plans with no shell access.. if they want to switch to a different service it will be difficult for them to reconfigure their lists .. - the ability to put the approved:password in the subject line not as a custom header.. many of us use outlook and it’s pain in the arse to add a custom header.. I have over 57 lists and I have to approve each and every one of them thru the web interface.. (ps.: if any of the mailman users actually managed to add a custom header to outlook please please do tell me how u did it).. - the ability to approve messages in shell.. you can currently view the held messages, discard them, but not approve them.. - make bounce processing smarter to know when the message is a real bounce and when it was deferred by the remote MTAs like hotmail and yahoo.. the addresses do exist and they willingly subscribed but they eventually get removed from the lists because of deferrals which later, if not unsubscribed, hotmail and yahoo will accept them sometimes.. - change the mailman’s name to KICKASSmail :) Thanks for a wonderful application and great service..

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mail delivery failed
by Remy .RIGO. N. 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hello, I need help please. I am the administrator of a mailing list on Mailman 2.1.9 . It's been 3-4 days, mails are not being delivered. Not mine, or anyone else from the list. They are not held for approval by the admin, and no message or error is being sent. The emails just disappear once I hit SEND. I checked all the options of the mailing list, to which I am the only one who has access, and found nothing that could prevent the messages from going through in or out. Can anyone help? I know very little about computers and codes, so please be patient and baby-talk lol ~ Rémy .RIGO. Nassar ~

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Invitation or subscription on behalf list-owner
by Syafril Hermansyah 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hi there, I just set up mailman 2.14 integrate with postfix 2.8.2 under Ubuntu 11.04 for may small community to replace my old ecartis (aka listar). The one that I still struggling is how to send invitation or new member subscription or password reminder on behalf listname-owner(a)domain.com so that when list owner invite or add new member which have no valid <address> will known at first place. Is there a way to to change invitation or adding new member on behalf listname-owner(a)domain.com? >From postfix log and mailman bounce log I see as below. Sep 4 16:20:31 dip13 amavis[9116]: (09116-11) Passed CLEAN, LOCAL [127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1] <mylist-bounces(a)list.dutaint.com> -> <syafril.hermansyah(a)yahoo.com>, Message-ID: <mailman.0.1315128025.13728.mylist(a)list.dutaint.com>, mail_id: aJ$ Sep 4 16:20:31 dip13 postfix/smtp[13733]: 692F919C22B7: to=<syafril.hermansyah(a)yahoo.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=5.4, delays=0.04/0.03/0.01/5.4, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 2.0.0 $ Sep 4 16:20:31 dip13 postfix/qmgr[6484]: 692F919C22B7: removed Sep 4 16:20:34 dip13 postfix/smtp[13742]: C95D619C2387: to=<syafril.hermansyah(a)yahoo.com>, relay=b.mx.mail.yahoo.com[74.6.136.65]:25, delay=2.5, delays=0.01/0.02/0.68/1.8, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host b.mx.mail.yahoo.com[74.6.136.65]$ Sep 4 16:20:34 dip13 postfix/cleanup[13732]: 530D419C2392: message-id=<20110904092034.530D419C2392(a)dip13.dutaint.com> Sep 4 16:20:34 dip13 postfix/qmgr[6484]: 530D419C2392: from=<>, size=3613, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Sep 4 16:20:34 dip13 postfix/bounce[13749]: C95D619C2387: sender non-delivery notification: 530D419C2392 Sep 4 16:20:34 dip13 postfix/qmgr[6484]: C95D619C2387: removed and mailman bounce log Sep 04 16:48:08 2011 (4903) mylist: syafril.hermansyah(a)yahoo.com bounce score: 1.0 -- syafril ------- Syafril Hermansyah

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migrate mailman to new server
by NIKKurer 08 Sep '11

08 Sep '11

Hello, I have old mail server (rabbit.mydomain.com) and new mail server (newbie.mydomain.com). I need to migrate mailman from old to new server. I used the instructions found in this mailing list: 1. Copied all of /var/lib/mailman/lists/ from the old server to the new one. 2. Fixed the permissions with "chown -R mailman:mailman /var/lib/mailman/lists/" 3. Fixed the urls for the new one with "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist -l -r fix_url [listname]" for each list. (Only necessary if the new server has a different domain name than the old one - one time I was moving from xcski.com to list.xcski.com and the other time I was keeping the same list.xcski.com url.) 4. Copied all /var/lib/mailman/archives/private/*mbox/*mbox to the new server. 5. Fixed the permissions with "chown -R mailman:mailman /var/lib/mailman/archives/private" 6. Regenerated the archives using "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/arch [listname]" for each list. Note that if your archives are big, this process can consume all the memory in your system and then some, so you may have to split the mbox files up and regenerate the list archives in peices or use the "--start" and "--end" options to arch. But coming on http://newbie.domain.com/mailman I get to http://rabbit.domain.com/mailman/listinfo Could you help me resolve this problem? -- Best regards Alex Trifonov

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How to create unsubscribe, archive etc link at footer ?
by J. Bakshi 08 Sep '11

08 Sep '11

Dear list, How can I create archive list link, user unsubscribe link etc as can be seen at all the footer of this mailing list itself ? TIA

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Domain problem in post action on admindb forms for multi-domain mailman
by Martin Brampton 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

I'm running Mailman 2.1.13 from the Debian Squeeze repositories (on Debian Squeeze) to provide mailing lists across several domains. The domains that are not the primary mailing list domain have 301 redirects of URLs such as .../listinfo/xxxx or .../admin/xxxx to the primary domain. In most cases this works, because the action in the form is relative, and the page is showing on the primary domain on account of the redirects. When the form is submitted, the request therefore goes to the primary mailman domain. (Other domains are typically on different servers from Mailman, and do not have Mailman installed at all). However, the .../admindb/xxxx pages seem to have a specific domain in the action attribute of the form, and it is the actual domain of the mailing list, not the primary domain. Although the redirect sends the post to the mailman server, redirecting a post request loses all the data, so nothing happens. Is there something wrong with my setup? Is there a way to resolve this problem?

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