Mailman 3 January 2012 - Mailman-Users

not expanding msg_footer
by Anil Jangity Jan. 23, 2012

Jan. 23, 2012

The footer for the emails that I send aren't getting expanded. The mailing list name is working, but not the other variables. Where is this pulled from? Thanks. The list configuration shows: msg_footer = """ _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. %(real_name)s mailing list (%(real_name)s@%(host_name)s) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: %(user_optionsurl)s This email sent to %(user_address)s"""

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E-Mail Interface Documentation
by Sascha Rissel Jan. 20, 2012

Jan. 20, 2012

Hello there, is there a documentation of the email interface available somewhere? I found: http://www.list.org/mailman-member/node10.html but that page seems to be offline. Regards, Sascha.

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Version Error with Migrated Lists?
by Anthony Harrison Jan. 19, 2012

Jan. 19, 2012

I'm attempting to migrate a number of lists from Mailman 2.1.11 on a box running Ubuntu 8.04.3 to Mailman 2.1.14 running on a box with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2. I've installed Mailman on the Red Hat box according to the installation guide and have successfully created a working mailing list under it. I've added a few people to it and confirmed that it can send and receive messages. With a working version of mailman on Red Hat, I copied over the lists, data, and archive directory as per the migration guides. I updated the file permissions via check_perms -f and then ran genaliases. Whenever I attempt to run fix_url on any of the lists, however, I receive the following error: Importing fix_url... Running fix_url.fix_url()... Loading list itsac-test (locked) Traceback (most recent call last): File "./withlist", line 299, in <module> main() File "./withlist", line 277, in main r = do_list(listname, args, func) File "./withlist", line 195, in do_list m = MailList.MailList(listname, lock=LOCK) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 128, in __init__ self.Lock() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 165, in Lock self.Load() File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 676, in Load self.CheckVersion(dict) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 729, in CheckVersion Update(self, stored_state) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/versions.py", line 54, in Update UpdateOldVars(l, stored_state) File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/versions.py", line 190, in UpdateOldVars for addr in l.posters: File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 146, in __getattr__ raise AttributeError, name AttributeError: posters This seems to be related to an incorrect version number, but I have no idea how to remedy this. Have I missed some crucial step in the migration?

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mail message to list disappears
by Peter STUMPF Jan. 19, 2012

Jan. 19, 2012

Hi, system info: * version of mailman: 2.1.1 * installed from source * Linux version 2.6.26-2-686 (Debian 2.6.26-26lenny1) * exim4 I ran into this problem today, when I sent a message to my mailing list. The message just disappeared. Normally I get a moderation message and at least in the pending moderator requests I find the messages, etc. On this list, there's nothing. No e-mail message, no moderator request, as if that message would have never been sent at all. Interesting about that is, that sending messages to a different mailing list on the same server does work without problems, including moderator message and a list of requests in the system. I went to the logs of exim and found the message had been processed correctly. In the logs of mailman instead, I couldn't find anything which would tell me about the existence of the mail message. I restarted mailman, exim and even the complete machine. No effect. I ran check_perms with the 'f' flag - it changed some permissions, but - no effect. I reinitiated the list using withlist - no effect. I'm desperate. Where else could I dig into? Peter __________________________________________ https://twitter.com/#!/UN_SPIDER <https://twitter.com/#!/UN_SPIDER> Peter Stumpf

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identifying moderator that approved a post
by Bruce Harrison Jan. 18, 2012

Jan. 18, 2012

Is there any way to identify which moderator approved a post. I've looked thru the /logs files and didn't see anything. Bruce Harrison UT Martin

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how to make email list to be properly delivered to all users
by ml Jan. 18, 2012

Jan. 18, 2012

hello guys hello master of Fu I am new to mailman and I try to configure a personal mailing list. I tried to follow the how-to available on the web I have access to my mailman web interface but no message is issued and this in turn to and from any address even the mailman's administrative address. I do not know how to make email list to be properly delivered to all users and I do not know how to operate the addresses of the list Admnistration use postfix dovecot lda and other tools -- http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC2626742 gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key C2626742 http://urlshort.eu fakessh @ http://gplus.to/sshfake http://gplus.to/sshswilting http://gplus.to/john.swilting

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Anything to look out for in a 2.1.9 to 2.1.14-1 upgrade?
by Steve Burling Jan. 17, 2012

Jan. 17, 2012

Short version: Are there any gotchas in upgrading from 2.1.9 to 2.1.14-1 that I need to look out for? I am, as usual in these cases, looking for the most expedient way to fix a problem I've brought on myself. Some more details... We run the mailman processes on our mail server, a 64-bit Red Hat 5 machine with python 2.4.3. We run the web interface on our web server, which until yesterday was a 32-bit Red Hat 4 machine with python 2.3.4. Yesterday, we replaced the web server hardware with a 64-bit Red Hat 6 machine, which has python 2.6.6, and the web interface stopped working. Delivery to lists is working just fine. In the mailman error log, I see the following: Jan 16 09:53:30 2012 admin(13467): @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ admin(13467): [----- Mailman Version: 2.1.9 -----] admin(13467): [----- Traceback ------] admin(13467): Traceback (most recent call last): admin(13467): File "/opt/mailman/scripts/driver", line 94, in run_main admin(13467): pkg = __import__('Mailman.Cgi', globals(), locals(), [scriptname]) admin(13467): File "/opt/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/listinfo.py", line 27, in <module> admin(13467): from Mailman import MailList admin(13467): File "/opt/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 51, in <module> admin(13467): from Mailman.Archiver import Archiver admin(13467): File "/opt/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/__init__.py", line 17, in <module> admin(13467): from Archiver import * admin(13467): File "/opt/mailman/Mailman/Archiver/Archiver.py", line 32, in <module> admin(13467): from Mailman import Mailbox admin(13467): File "/opt/mailman/Mailman/Mailbox.py", line 21, in <module> admin(13467): import mailbox admin(13467): File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/mailbox.py", line 18, in <module> admin(13467): import email.message admin(13467): ImportError: No module named message I'm trying to figure out if there's an easy way to fix this, that *won't* break delivery to the lists. Any hints much appreciated.

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New to mailman, some help
by Jorge Bastos Jan. 16, 2012

Jan. 16, 2012

Howdy people, I'm new to mailman as a system admin, anyway use it for several projects but as a user. Here's what I've already done: - I've setup the newlist "mailman" - Add to /etc/postfix/transport: "lists.mydomain.pt mailman:" - Postmap /etc/postfix/transport - Added to main.cf: transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport & mailman_destination_recipient_limit = 1 - On /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py add: "MTA=Postfix" - On /etc/postfix/master.cf added: "mailman unix - n n - - pipe flags=FR user=list argv=/var/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.p y ${nexthop} ${user}" I can subscribe to the any of the new lists I created, but when I try to post, postfix doesn't access the account/alias, example, did a list named "bad", but when I try to send email to bad(a)lists.mydomain.pt it's rejected. On my server, there's an already implementation and running production config of a DBMail instalation, that read's the domain access and alias like this: Domains: mydestination = mysql:/etc/postfix/domains-sql.cf and for accounts: local_recipient_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/sql-recipients.cf I've runned the genalias from mailman bin directory, and it created the data/aliases file, and also added it to postfix alias_maps. Maybe the dbmail config is overriding the rest? Does it has a solution or its better to use a server with a clean postfix instalation? Thanks in advanced, Jorge Bastos,

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problem with mailman not working...
by Troy Campbell Jan. 16, 2012

Jan. 16, 2012

For some reason Mailman just stopped working and I must confess that I have forgot how to debug since it has run so well for the last couple of years...it appears that when a Mailman email is sent to the Mailman server it that it doesn't recognize it as "local" but instead tries to relay out and then the relay sends it back and this happens multilple times if I'm reading the logs right so I assume that the "aliases" file for the Mailman lists isn't being "recognized" properly by Postfix? Here is some info (yes, I know it's ancient): rpm -qa | grep -i mailman mailman-2.1.9-4.el5 /etc/postfix/main.cf: alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases hash:/etc/mailman/aliases and in /etc/mailman/aliases it has the list troytest with this: # STANZA START: troytest # CREATED: Sun Mar 14 19:20:17 2010 troytest: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post troytest" troytest-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin troytest" troytest-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces troytest" troytest-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm troytest" troytest-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join troytest" troytest-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave troytest" troytest-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner troytest" troytest-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request troytest" troytest-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe troytest" troytest-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe troytest" # STANZA END: troytest There is also a python process owned by mailman that is varying between 75-100% of the CPU. I realize that Postfix per se is out of the scope of this list but any suggestions/tips are sincerely appreciated. My current thinking is I need to run a "postmap" command to update the aliases config perhaps? Regards, -- Troy 719-484-2300 This email was created using 100% recycled organic free range electrons.

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Fw: About Tokio Kikuchi
by Barry Warsaw Jan. 16, 2012

Jan. 16, 2012

I'm sorry to forward some very sad news about one of our own from the Mailman community. If you've ever looked at the ACKNOWLEDGMENTS file you will see this entry in the core contributors section: Tokio Kikuchi, Mailman's weatherman Tokio Kikuchi was instrumental in our early internationalization efforts. I remember testing out one of his early patches which enabled Japanese support in Mailman. At a Python conference years ago, I started the branch and was delighted to see the familiar Mailman admin pages come up in Japanese. Of course, I could not read it, but I happened to be sitting next to a native speaker who confirmed that it was indeed correct Japanese. That made me very happy, and I'm proud of his ongoing contributions to Mailman in general and internationalization in particular. He will be missed. If you would like to leave a note of your own, please see this page: http://wiki.list.org/display/COM/TokioKikuchi The following is forwarded with permission. -Barry Begin forwarded message: Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:22:43 +0900 From: Atsuo Ishimoto <ishimoto(a)gembook.org> To: barry(a)python.org Subject: About Tokio Kikuchi Hello, I'm Japanese Python developer. You can see my name as an anuthor of Python's PEP 3138. Now, please let me inform you that Mr. Tokio Kikuchi, famous open source developer and one of Mailman contributor, died at 14, Jan by cancer. http://www.kochinews.co.jp/?&nwSrl=284270&nwIW=1&nwVt=knd Regards, -- Atsuo Ishimoto Mail: ishimoto(a)gembook.org Blog: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/atsuoishimoto/ Twitter: atsuoishimoto

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