Mailman 3 March 2012 - Mailman-Users

MAIL FROM envelope header query.
by John Fitzsimons 17 Mar '12

17 Mar '12

Hi, I have a Mailman 2.1.14 *moderated* list that goes to Gmane for newsgroup access. The other day a post was made from someone who didn't appear to be on my list. I wasn't sure whether this was due to an error at my end, or at Gmane's. So I queried them. The problem however is that I didn't understand their reply .... but more importantly....how to fix things so it doesn't happen again ! Can someone here read the following and tell me if/how I can put a stop to people not on my mailing list, posting please ? "When Gmane sends messages (posted through the news-to-mail gateway) to the mailing lists, it uses the subscribed email address as the MAIL FROM envelope header. If your mailing list software discriminates based on the MAIL FROM instead of the From: header (the latter is more usual), then you may see stuff like that..." I have been using Mailman for a time, but still consider myself a "newbie", so any help on this would be appreciated. Regards, John.

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Custom Implementation
by Kirk MacKenzie 15 Mar '12

15 Mar '12

Has anyone created a version of Mailman that integrates into a website's webpages?

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how to increase Mailman Postfix message size
by Ma, Yuan 15 Mar '12

15 Mar '12

HI, All: We are running Mailman and postfix. Users request increasing message size to 10 MB. Now the message size is 1Mb. I would appreciate it very much if anyone could tell me which file(s) I need to change. Thank you very much in advance. Yuan Ma System Engineer

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Lists created via web admin seem to be entirely separate from lists created from command line
by Mark Leone 14 Mar '12

14 Mar '12

I just installed Mailman 2.1.14 and got it integrated with Postfix, on Ubuntu 11.04. I can create a list via the web admin interface, and add members to it. But no such list exists if I run bin/list_lists. If I run bin/newlist without creating a list via the web admin interface, I can send mail to the list, but when I try to administer it via the web interface, it doesn't exist. If I then create the list at the web interface, there is no connection between the web instance and the instance reachable via e-mail. That is, I add a member via the web interface, but when I send mail from that address, it's sent to the list moderator for vetting because it supposedly came from a non-member. And in similar fashion I get an e-mail at the list-admin address, telling me that I have a post to disposition. But when I click on the link in the e-mail, the Mailman web app says there are no pending requests. I've created three lists from scratch, including the sitelist, and I get this behavior each time. I assume I've got something misconfigured, as I haven't seen this behavior reported by anyone else. What configuration settings should I check, and is there a way to force synchronization of the web interface with the command line interface? -Mark

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Some pending requests not showing up
by Frank Bell 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

mailman 2.1.12 We have some notifications to the owners that are stating Post by non-member to a members-only list But when they follow the link, there are no pending requests. On one of these I as admin followed the same link the first time and the options were there, the second time I followed it, they weren't. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Thank you, Frank Bell Application Systems Admin ISS 785-670-2334 1 Cor 15:10 "By the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain . . .."

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Online archive contains odd strings like "%(indexing_disable)s"
by Rosenbaum, Larry M. 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

For some of our lists, the web interface for the archives are peppered with various strings like %(indexing_disable)s and %(htsearch)s. The lists were recently migrated from a Solaris 9 box to a RHEL6 box. Rebuilding the archives doesn't fix the problem. What do we need to do to fix it? We are running Mailman v2.1.12 with htDig integration. Larry M. Rosenbaum Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Lists created via web admin seem to be entirely separate from lists created from command line
by Leone, Mark A. 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

I just installed Mailman 2.1.14 and got it integrated with Postfix, on Ubuntu 11.04. I can create a list via the web admin interface, and add members to it. But no such list exists if I run bin/list_lists. If I run bin/newlist without creating a list via the web admin interface, I can send mail to the list, but when I try to administer it via the web interface, it doesn't exist. If I then create the list at the web interface, there is no connection between the web instance and the instance reachable via e-mail. That is, I add a member via the web interface, but when I send mail from that address, it's sent to the list moderator for vetting because it supposedly came from a non-member. And in similar fashion I get an e-mail at the list-admin address, telling me that I have a post to disposition. But when I click on the link in the e-mail, the Mailman web app says there are no pending requests. I've created three lists from scratch, including the sitelist, and I get this behavior each time. I assume I've got something misconfigured, as I haven't seen this behavior reported by anyone else. What configuration settings should I check, and is there a way to force synchronization of the web interface with the command line interface? -Mark

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Android App for moderating (eventually...)
by Sascha Rissel 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

I will do that. Although I am new to Android development, I am a Java developer at least. That's finally a fair reason for me to get into that materia. :-) I have not that mch time to spend on such projects in my spare time, so please don't expect quick results. One general question, to Manuel and those who might be familiar: I suppose there is no API like a web service or something available an APP could use? So parsing the mail moderating page should be the approach, right? Regards, Sascha. 2012/2/8 Manuel Weiel <manuelweiel(a)gmx.de> > > Am 07.02.2012 um 20:40 schrieb Mark Sapiro: > > > Manuel Weiel wrote: > >> > >> I don't know if this is appropriate, but I want to share it if someone > finds it useful: > > > > > > I think I could find it useful if it were for android. Any thoughts > > about an android app? > I personally don't own an Android device. So this would be more difficult. > But I will think about it if the app sells well (which is currently not > the case). I've seen an alpha version for Android floating somewhere in the > web, but I did not look into that further. > > > > -- > > Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/sascha%40rissel.it >

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mails disappear between postfix and mailman
by Lupin5th＠gmx.net 12 Mar '12

12 Mar '12

Hello I´m hoping someone can point me in the right direction with this: I´m using mailman version 2.1.13, on ubuntu lts 10.4.4, mta is postfix. Mailman is installed, lists are configured, everything should theoretically be fine. When I send a mail to one of the lists, postfix logs "status=sent (delivered via mailman service)" but no mail ever arrives. neither does mailman log anything in /var/log/mailman/ I´m guessing this means the mails never arrive to be handled by mailman, but shouldn´t this produce some reaction (aka not "status sent") in postfix? also, if I try to send to e.g. bullshitz(a)lists.my-domain.net I get the "correct" error in mail.log, that the message can´t be delivered. I´d very much appreciate anyone giving me some hints where the mails disappear to, or even any hints on how to find out. It´s kinda creping me out that I can´t even find a trace of errors to follow those disappearing mails. best regards silvana -- -- "Do you know what happens to a toad struck by lightning..? The same thing that happens to anything else..." -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de

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Newer postfix: unused parameter: mailman_destination_recipient_limit=1
by Tanstaafl 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

Hi all, I've had this parameter defined in my postfix ever since it was first set up (not by me), and most everything I read online says it should be there. But, the newer versions of postfix now provide warnings for unused parameters, and that is what I'm getting for this one parameter: myhost : Fri Mar 09, 13:16:12 : ~ # postconf -n | grep mailman alias_maps = hash:/etc/mail/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases virtual_alias_maps = ${mysql}/vam.cf, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: mailman_destination_recipient_limit=1 myhost : Fri Mar 09, 13:16:26 : ~ # Anyone have any idea why? Am I indeed not using it? I'd rather not just comment it out and test without some confirmation first, since this is a production box. Thanks... Charles

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