Mailman 3 October 2012 - Mailman-Users

Automate Moderator Functions
by Dennis Putnam 03 Oct '12

03 Oct '12

I've seen various queries on this but nothing definitive about it being added as a feature or even a customizable mod. There are certain moderator actions that potentially could be automated. For example, I would never approve a posting from a non-member of a restricted list. It would make my moderator duties much easier if I could have mailman automatically reject or discard such posts. The same might be true for exceeding the size limit. Is this something that has been considered and rejected as a feature or is it something that is doable now that I have just not been able to find? TIA.

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prune_arch
by Con Wieland 03 Oct '12

03 Oct '12

Hello, I just found this very useful looking script but am getting the following errors when I try running it. ./prune_arch -l mgsa-l -d 1095 -n Traceback (most recent call last): File "./prune_arch", line 191, in ? main() File "./prune_arch", line 156, in main mdate = mktime_tz(parsedate_tz(msg['date'])) File "/usr/local/mailman/pythonlib/email/_parseaddr.py", line 140, in mktime_tz if data[9] is None: TypeError: unsubscriptable object Any help would be appreciated Con Wieland Office of Information Technology University of California at Irvine

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Mailman and Postfix-style Virtual Domains (not a problem, only a question!)
by Norbert Aschendorff 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Hey list, I'm maintaining a server with Postfix and Mailman including Postfix-style virtual domains. This works fine so far. But is it normal that the creation of a list for a virtual subdomain ($prefix/bin/newlist -e subdomain listname) not only creates entries in $prefix/data/virtual-mailman, but also in the aliases file for the "main" domain ($prefix/data/aliases)? I didn't find anything on the web, there are only issues related to non-found hash DBs or missing virtual domains etc. But in mailman-install.pdf which I used for the installation, there's the following sentence: "Mailman’s support of virtual domains is limited in that list names must be globally unique within a single Mailman instance, i.e., two lists may not have the same name even if they are in different domains." Is that related? Or am I doing something wrong? --Norbert P.S.: I'm rather new to Mailman, but I think that I've understood it basically.

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Is there a way to strip incoming images and replace them with a link?
by Chuck Rice 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

I am new to Mailman. I converted my lists from Surgemail to Mailman a week a go. I seem to have things running so far, but I have a question. If there is a place to read about this, Just point me to the correct document. I would like to find the spot in Mailman where incoming messages get stopped for moderation and remove all images from the post. But instead of just tossing them, and if the moderator approves them, I would like to save the image to a webserver directory and replace the image in the post with a link to the saved image. So my questions are: 1) Can this be done at all? 2) Can it be done safely? 3) Has it already been done? 4) Where should I focus my reading if I want to do it? Thanks for any pointers you can give me. -Chuck-

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recording mailman list changes.
by Steven Jones 02 Oct '12

02 Oct '12

Hi Does mailman record who and when settings were changed for a list? regards Steven Jones Technical Specialist - Linux RHCE Victoria University, Wellington, NZ 0064 4 463 6272

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Question regarding SPAM
by Futchko, Rose 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

Hi, I have a question about SPAM being sent via Mailman. 1. Even though the message is marked as SPAM it is still sent to the list 2. The sender is not a member of the moderated list 3. Spam filters at the other members site are catching the Spam and returning the not delivered message (example below) 4. Have I mis-configured something in the Mailman to allow this to happen (It happens often) Thank you, Rose Example Message: This is the mail delivery agent at messagelabs.com. I was not able to deliver your message to the following addresses. Remote host said: 554 5.7.9 Message not accepted for policy reasons. --- Below this line is a copy of the message. Return-Path: <mailman-bounces(a)list.informs.org> X-Env-Sender: mailman-bounces(a)list.informs.org X-Msg-Ref: server-8.tower-85.messagelabs.com!1348767090!55220986!1 X-Originating-IP: [216.230.111.83] X-StarScan-Received: X-StarScan-Version: 6.6.1.3; banners=-,-,- X-VirusChecked: Checked Received: (qmail 16887 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2012 17:31:30 -0000 Received: from mail.informs.com (HELO mail.informs.org) (216.230.111.83) by server-8.tower-85.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 27 Sep 2012 17:31:30 -0000 Received: by mail.informs.org (Postfix, from userid 506) id 7354A20798; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:31:30 -0400 (EDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on informs-app02-listserv.custcbb.local X-Spam-Flag: YES X-Spam-Level: ******************* X-Spam-Status: Yes, score=19.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_99,DATE_IN_PAST_03_06, Received: from informs-app02-listserv.custcbb.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.informs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE0E42086E; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:31:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:31:17 -0600 From: Cierra Orozco via LinkedIn <member(a)linkedin.com> Reply-To: Cierra Orozco <JacksonYore(a)mnp.ca> To: southeastern-michigan-chapter-owner <southeastern-michigan-chapter-owner(a)list.informs.org> Message-ID: <126881171.1872436.8821718263356.JavaMail.app(a)ela0-app0430.prod> Subject: [SPAM] United Postal Service Tracking Number H8260315491 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_2502201_6486519708.0424312323509"

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