Mailman 3 February 2012 - Mailman-Users

Message delivery and Logs
by Ian Prietz Feb. 21, 2012

Feb. 21, 2012

Hi, We have multiple lists set up with our Mailman host. We have had some delivery issues recently. Until a few weeks ago, we did not have DomainKeys or SPF records properly configured for our domain. A few of the lists have been active for, I believe, 2 or so years; for this example, we will call one of these lists "LIST A". Messages sent to these lists seem to deliver fine. In October, we added 5 brand new lists. One of the new lists has had some real trouble getting the messages … [View More]

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No mail going out to lists members
by jdd Feb. 21, 2012

Feb. 21, 2012

Hello, This is my first mail to this list, fogive me if i miss some netiquette :-( I have the problem in subject (No mail going out to lists members) on a new mailman install, using openSUSE 12.1 server mailman receives mails and archive them: http://culte.org/pipermail/linux-31/2012-February/thread.html I scanned all the instructions in the page http://wiki.list.org/display/DOC/4.78+Troubleshooting-+No+mail+going+out+to… without finding any problem, but I may have misunderstood some … [View More]part of it as this did not fix my problems. I documented my work here (sorry, in french) http://dodin.org/wordpress/?p=13 last thing I did is scan the mailman log messages. In openSUSE, mailman is spread between ~mailman in the usual /var/lib/mailman place and /usrLib/mailman. MTA postfix (perfectly running, I can send a mail from the mailman account) I blanked out the log files (renaming the log folder, creating a new one and using check_perm to fix the permissions) I send a message to the linux-31 mailing list, I got this error message: Feb 20 10:27:58 2012 (10832) Uncaught runner exception: Use of the Sendmail.py delivery module is highly discouraged Feb 20 10:27:58 2012 (10832) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 120, in _oneloop self._onefile(msg, msgdata) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 191, in _onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/OutgoingRunner.py", line 74, in _dispose self._func(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Sendmail.py", line 71, in process assert 0, 'Use of the Sendmail.py delivery module is highly discouraged' AssertionError: Use of the Sendmail.py delivery module is highly discouraged Feb 20 10:27:58 2012 (10832) SHUNTING: 1329730077.990159+731f2f19a770d9f674f4bc34e0d3328b894fc605 grunner logs say: Feb 20 10:26:13 2012 (10832) OutgoingRunner qrunner started. NOTICE: I tried to paste the mailman aliases in /etc/alias, because this looked like an alias problem. doing so I got an answer from mailman saying <linux-31(a)culte.org>: Command died with status 2: "/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post linux-31". Command output: Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 67, GOT gid 65533. so I reverted to the dual alias system where I have already mailman: root mailman-owner: mailman any idea? thanks jdd -- Jean-Daniel Dodin [View Less]

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Archives not updating
by Robert (Bob) Hamilton Feb. 21, 2012

Feb. 21, 2012

Hello, Back in 2005 I installed Mailman on a hosting server and until now the Archiving feature has worked flawlessly archiving all the messages sent to the list until January 27th, 2012 when it stopped. I have looked at all the setup features and everything is fine so I am not sure why this has happened as I have lots of unused space on the server. I am hoping this is an easy fix as I am not very familiar with programming so if it does involves editing a script, I am almost useless. … [View More]

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Using a different domain for the URL‏
by Jezz Feb. 17, 2012

Feb. 17, 2012

Hi all, Is it possible to have a Mailman list which has a list address @example.COM but which is running on another domain for its URL (eg. http://www.example.NET/mailman/...)? Therefore variables such as 'host_name' and 'web_page_url' would refer to the example.NET domain, and only the list email address itself would be using example.COM. Is there some way to achieve this, preferably on a per-list basis rather than site-wide?

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Emails (Of a specific Subject/From type) Vanishing between Submission by Postfix and Posting to a Mailman List
by Traiano Welcome Feb. 17, 2012

Feb. 17, 2012

Hi List I have a very strange issue where emails from (only) a particular sender, with a particular subject to a particular list "vanish" once the mta (Postfix) has handed it off to the mailman post command. For example: Mail handed off from postfix to mailman: --- Feb 17 10:34:44 listserver postfix/smtpd[5221]: DB3EC7EA7A: client=mx01.mtnbusiness.co.za[xx.yy.zz.oo] Feb 17 10:34:44 listserver postfix/cleanup[4002]: DB3EC7EA7A: message-id=<> Feb 17 10:34:44 listserver postfix/qmgr[396]: … [View More]

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Need help with bug after changing archives from public to private
by Mahesh Rathi Feb. 17, 2012

Feb. 17, 2012

Hello, Please, can someone help me? I have the root access to the VPS, but am not familiar with SSH commands. The hosting company has failed to help saying that they do not help with 3rd part software. This was the last email I had sent to the hosting company: Let's see if I can explain in details: http://lists.aisnet.org/mailman/admin/aisworld_lists.aisnet.org (Broken) password: ##### I have a mailing list that was migrated to HostV from other hosting company. The list … [View More]

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custom handler
by George, Harry G Feb. 15, 2012

Feb. 15, 2012

I'm stuck on the basic development cycle for "custom handlers". Symptom is that it is remembering an early attempt and not loading the latest version of my handler. Also, I'm now trying to use syslog (to post or to error) as a way to get/read/understand msg and msgdata -- is there a better way? I have a list (dlms_1) that I want to use with no hint of mailman being invloved (no listnames, not "mailman"). At Mark Sapiro's recommendation, I've been looking at custom handler: http://wiki.… [View More]list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030615 I've made a working directory within the mailman context: /usr3/mailman/ bin/ Mailman/ Handlers/ (Custom__dlms_1.py goes here) custom/ dlms_1/ go #cp handler and run config_list custpipe__dlms_1.py #set mlist.pipeline Custom__dlms_1.py #where I'll do my work ... Process: 1. Edit Custom__dlms_1.py. 2. Run "go" 3. Send email from MS outlook to dlms_1 list. 4. No response or posting, so check post and error logs 5. Nothing new in post, but erro log has #----------------------- File "/usr3/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 170, in _onefile keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr3/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 130, in _dispose more = self._dopipeline(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline) File "/usr3/mailman/Mailman/Queue/IncomingRunner.py", line 153, in _dopipelin sys.modules[modname].process(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/usr3/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Custom__dlms_1.py", line 66, in process AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'append' Feb 15 09:00:17 2012 (3662) SHUNTING: 1329325217.251622+f51327464d18dafebf2da57 ede3fbc086fd8fcc #--------------------------- There is no line 66 in the current Custom_dlms_1.py. I did try several variations before trimming to the current skeleton. #---go--- #================================================= # Install handler #================================================= cp Custom__dlms_1.py /usr3/mailman/Mailman/Handlers #================================================= # Config for new pipe #================================================= /usr3/mailman/bin/config_list -i custpipe__dlms_1.py dlms_1 #---custpipe__dlms_1.py--- mlist.pipeline= [ # These are the modules that do tasks common to all delivery paths. 'SpamDetect', 'Approve', 'Replybot', 'Moderate', 'Hold', 'MimeDel', 'Scrubber', 'Emergency', 'Tagger', 'CalcRecips', 'AvoidDuplicates', 'Cleanse', 'Custom__dlms_1', #<--- custom here 'CleanseDKIM', 'CookHeaders', # And now we send the message to the digest mbox file, and to the arch and # news queues. Runners will provide further processing of the message, # specific to those delivery paths. 'ToDigest', 'ToArchive', 'ToUsenet', # Now we'll do a few extra things specific to the member delivery # (outgoing) path, finally leaving the message in the outgoing queue. 'AfterDelivery', 'Acknowledge', 'ToOutgoing', ] #---Custom__dlms_1.py--- #I started with MyHandler, Decorate, and CookedHeaders as exemplars, but backtracked to this skeleton import re from Mailman import Utils from Mailman import Errors from Mailman.i18n import _ from Mailman.Handlers import Hold from Mailman.Handlers import Moderate from Mailman.Logging.Syslog import syslog def process(mlist, msg, msgdata): syslog('post','msgdata=%s' % msgdata) #----------------------------------------------- Harry G. George harry.g.george(a)boeing.com 425-717-7403 [View Less]

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Editable template files‏
by Jezz Feb. 15, 2012

Feb. 15, 2012

Hi all, I have a question regarding the editing of public HTML pages and text files within a Mailman list. I'm using Mailman 2.1.14 which is hosted with cPanel. On this particular setup, when I log into the GUI (as list owner) with the list's admin password and go to "Edit the public HTML pages and text files", I only have the following four template files listed there for me to edit: * General list information page * Subscribe results page * User specific options page * Welcome email … [View More]

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How to show Human Name but not email address
by Gregory Beyer Feb. 14, 2012

Feb. 14, 2012

Hello, Been using mailman for many years, but have a configuration need that I don't see in the GUI. I've searched, but also don't find in the documentation. I would like for my users to be able, in the Web Admin interface, to be able to see the HUMAN name of subscribers, but not the actual email address. For example, if I mass add addresses, in this format Bob Smith<robert.Smith(a)somemail.com> I would like "Bob Smith" to show, but not expose"robert.Smith(a)somemail.com" Now, I … [View More]

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Issue with ISP limiting email
by scott ewing Feb. 13, 2012

Feb. 13, 2012

My ISP limits email sent from our server to 250 / hr. We have 258 subscribers to our list. They have recently upgraded the limit to 300 / hr. This means we can send out 1 email / hr Does mailman offer any functionality to help with this problem? For example, we could approve the messages as they come in and mailman could send them out as allowed? As of now, we have to "remember" when the last email was approved for distribution. Kinda cumbersome all around. Sincerely, Scott Ewing see(a)prodigy.net

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