Mailman 3 March 2013 - Mailman-Users

nntp solution
by C. Thomas Stover March 6, 2013

March 6, 2013

Hi list. I think gmane is wonderful, but I'm looking to recreate that (the nntp server portion that is) functionality in some way I can control for lists. For example, a client's private dev list. All the mail server software doesn't seem to have been maintained in some time. 1) Any recommendations for linux based nntp server software specifically for use with mailmain on a private (ie not usenet) configuration? 2) Anyone know of a hosting provider of such a service? (yes there are many usenet providers out there, that is not what I'm talking about) thanks -- C. Thomas Stover www.thomasstover.com

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Help! Mailman's Digest Option Sending Too Many Digests
by Yosem Companys March 5, 2013

March 5, 2013

Hi all, I'm one of the moderators of the Stanford University Program on Liberation Technology at http://liberationtechnology.stanford.edu/. I was wondering whether someone on this list could help me. I'm experiencing a problem with Mailman's digest option where, no matter what I do, Mailman is sending too many digests daily. I have configured the options Mailman gives me as follows: - Can list members choose to receive list traffic bunched in digests? Yes. - Which delivery mode is the default for new users? Regular. - When receiving digests, which format is default? MIME. - How big in Kb should a digest be before it gets sent out? 0. - Should a digest be dispatched daily when the size threshold isn't reached? No. - How often should a new digest volume be started? Daily. - Should Mailman start a new digest volume? No. - Should Mailman send the next digest right now, if it is not empty? No. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but I can't figure out what it is. If anyone on this list can help me, I will be very grateful. Thanks, Yosem

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Character Encoding?
by Graham Bentley March 4, 2013

March 4, 2013

Hi All, Just occasionally I am getting ? instead of ' in mailman digests. Actually it could be the opposite of ` - but I am not sure (cant seem to find that char?) Any adice / suggestions greatfully rcvd! Graham

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Two Mailman lists
by LuKreme March 4, 2013

March 4, 2013

# ./list_lists 3 matching mailing lists found: Mailman - [no description available] Family1 - [no description available] Mailman - [no description available] Why are there two Mailman lists and do I need to be concerned? Also, since I am here, I can't find the change files for Mailman 2.1 (I have 2.1.12 and I think 2.1.15 is current). -- Try to realize it's all within yourself/No one else can make you change

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how to implement two custom features?
by David March 3, 2013

March 3, 2013

We need to implement two custom features for moderator functionality. The moderator would do these things before approving a message. 1 - ability to change the subject so we can start a new thread (when the user forgets to change the subject to an appropriate one themselves). 2 - ability to edit within a post to remove objectionable material from an otherwise allowable post. Any suggestions are appreciated. Our options range from making small changes ourselves to hiring a professional to write custom code. Thanks.

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Bounce Processing Problem
by Dennis Putnam March 2, 2013

March 2, 2013

I have been having trouble with bounce processing. Bounced messages are being sent to the list admin (not uncaught bounces). However, I don't seem to get rid of those bad addresses from the list. When I ran a bounce report I got the error below so I am guessing that this may be related to the problem. Importing get_bounce_info... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist", line 302, in <module> main() File "/usr/lib/mailman/bin/withlist", line 270, in main __import__(module) ImportError: No module named get_bounce_info Null message body; hope that's ok What may have caused that module to disappear and could this be why bad addresses are not being removed? Thanks.

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