Mailman-Users July 2012

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18 discussions

Add "sender's name/email" to BODY of mail as header?
by Mal 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

I want all mails sent to the list to come from the list's email address... But, in this case, if the user forgets to sign their name at the bottom of their mail body, effectively the mail to the list is anonymous...! Is there a way to add the user name (or email address) to the top of each mail so that the mails have the name of the sender, while the mail itself comes from the list address? I have looked high and low for an answer, but noone seems to have the solution. Thank you! Mal

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Mailman CGI Error-Group mismatch error
by Wang, Mary Y 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

Hi, I received the following error this morning. So I rerun configure again with the following command: ./configure --with-cgi-id=apache --prefix=/var/mailman. I'm still getting the same error. Is there any place that I can look for so that I can debug this problem better? Perhaps, looking at the config history file or something. Any other places that I can check the cause of this error? "Mailman CGI error!!! The Mailman CGI wrapper encountered a fatal error. This entry is being stored in your syslog: Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the CGI wrapper script to be executed as group "nobody", but the system's web server executed the CGI script as group "apache". Try tweaking the web server to run the script as group "nobody", or re-run configure, providing the command line option `--with-cgi-gid=apache'." Thanks Mary

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Changing form codes
by Brian Canty 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hello Everyone - I sent this message a couple of weeks ago and did not hear from anyone so I am trying again. Does anyone know if there is a way to change the way the preformatted forms from mailman look. I would like to change the editing-options form but cannot figure out how to do that. The Mailman code is <MM-Editing-Options> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Brian Brian Canty Manager, Computer Information Services American Psychoanalytic Associaiton (212) 752-0450 x17 www.apsa.org

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A simple unsubscribe
by Brian Canty 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Hello - I was wondering if anyone has a way to provide subscribers a simple and easy way to unsubscribe from a mailing list. I do not provide passwords, so I was wondering if there is a simple enter your email address box that I can include on a link in my footers? Thanks in advance. Brian Canty Manager, Computer Information Services American Psychoanalytic Associaiton (212) 752-0450 x17 www.apsa.org

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postsuper
by Khalil Abbas 29 Jul '12

29 Jul '12

Hello, it’s been quite a while since I posted here, I kinda miss u guyz:) I’m running a list of 3 Mil. subscribers for a local news agency as follows: the whole list is hosted on a 32GBs Ram server, 10 domains, 30 lists, 100,000 subscribers each list.. the mail is distributed thru a relay of 120 servers identified as MX records in the main server’s domains’ DNS zones.. the question is, I noticed that mail delivery is slow, and it gets faster when I use: “postsuper –r ALL” .. do u think it’s a good idea if I added it as a cronjob that runs every minute? or better split the list into several servers?? Thanks..

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Re: [Mailman-Users] configuration of mailman with postfix - SOLVED
by Eric Smith 29 Jul '12

29 Jul '12

The issue was that as of 12.04 ubuntu upgraded to ipv6 support. My mailman install required relaying of mails by postfix but because the system was now ipv6 enabled, this was not possible until add following to mynetworks [::1]/128 Thanks to Mark Sapiro on the mailman list for persisting and finding the answer. Maybe this will save someone else the time that it cost me. Is the cause of this type of issue my ignorance alone? Why (else) do these things happen? -- Best regards, Eric Smith Scott Kitterman wrote on Wed-25-Jul 12 9:07PM > On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 08:55:52 PM Eric Smith wrote: > > Thanks Robert (Scott) > > > > I have upgraded, checked and followed the Ubuntu docs. > > transport in master.cf corrected (I had a typo that gave the > > error with the user expansion), now it is like this; > > > > [root@pepper ~] $ grep -A1 mailman /etc/postfix/master.cf > > mailman unix - n n - - pipe > > flags=FR user=list argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py > > ${nexthop} ${user} > > > > $ mutt fresher(a)fresher2.nl -stest</dev/null;sleep 2;\ > > sudo sh -c "find /var/log/ -mmin -1; grep fresher /var/log/mail.log|tail > > -1" /var/log/syslog > > /var/log/mail.log > > /var/log/auth.log > > Jul 25 20:45:53 localhost postfix/local[10429]: 70E4329020F: \ > > to=<|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post fresher(a)fruitcom.com>, \ > > orig_to=<fresher(a)fresher2.nl>, relay=local, delay=0.17, \ > > delays=0.11/0/0/0.06, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (unknown user: \ > > "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post fresher") > > > > FWIW: > > [eric@pepper ~] $ echo $HOSTNAME > > pepper.fruitcom.com > > > > (Tooth enamel wearing a bit thin) > > > > Any ideas where I could look? > > I've never used mailman, so I don't know for sure about this, but I note > you're using "user=list" in the flags for the mailman service, but I see > "/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post fresher" in the logs. Is fresher a valid > address in your domain? > > Scott K

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txt.gz character encoding
by Gary Kopp 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

I am trying to download Pipermail archives from http://lists.xwiki.org/pipermail/users/. They are offered in txt.gz files. I now understand that even though it is not immediately obvious, I can download the uncompressed .txt versions by modifying the URL, and the resulting files are fine. But if I download one of the txt.gz files and unzip it to create a .txt file the results are undecipherable. It looks like a different character encoding was used. The beginning of the unzipped file has the host server's path in clear text at the top (information that is not in the .txt file downloaded directly, BTW), but the rest is gibberish. Is there something special about the process that Pipermail uses to produce the .gz files, or is this something xwiki.org might have changed? --Gary

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configuration of mailman with postfix
by Eric Smith 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Hi I have the following versions mailman 1:2.1.14-3 on postfix 2.9.1-5 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS When I configure post install with the following instructionsi such as this one: http://free-electrons.com/blog/mailman-howto-ubuntu-10-04/ My installation is for lists on virtual domains NOT foobar.fruitcom.com but complete virtual domains, in this example foobar.com Postfix reports a warning: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: mailman_destination_recipient_limit=1 Mails sent to one of the list committee(a)foobar.com give the following error: <"|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post committee"@fruitcom.com> (expanded from <committee(a)foobar.com>): unknown user: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post committee" Is there a suggestion to address this particular issue which I think is the expansion to `committee"@fruitcom.com' , alternatively, are there other instructions Thanks. -- Best regards, Eric Smith Mobile: 00 31 6 455 09313 - Tel Wageningen: +31 317 728888

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Unwanted Blank Attachments
by Tim Brooks 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

I've recently switched servers so had to re-set up all of my mail lists. I set them up on the new server exactly how they were set up on the old server. However, new messages now include a blank .txt file (ATT00115.txt). Under Non-digest options, both the Header and Footer are blank (including no extra spaces). I do need to allow attachments, but I'd like to remove these blank ones. Can anyone help? Thanks. Tim Brooks Integra Strategic Technologies Consulting, LLC 30 Danforth Street, Suite 305 Portland, Maine 04101 207.871.8008 http://www.IntegraStrategic.com

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upgrade path from 2.1.13 to 2.1.15
by Christopher Adams 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Hello, I am finally getting around to to upgrading Mailman 2.1.13. Should I upgrade to 2.1.14 and then upgrade to 2.1.15, or just go directly to 2.1.15? It sounds like 2.1.15 changes some files significantly, but the process remains the same. Basically, do as if installing mailman initially, using all parameters that were previously used. Am I correct in my assumptions and is there anything else that I should know. based on what others experiences when upgrading. Many thanks, -- Christopher Adams adamsca(a)gmail.com

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