Mailman 3 November 2014 - Mailman-Users

OS X Question --- yes I know <sigh>
by David Dodell Dec. 9, 2014

Dec. 9, 2014

Hi, I know from past experience that the OS X version of Mailman is met with some contempt because of what Apple did with it .. but I have it working well for several years on a 10.7.5 Lion Server, and it has been very stable. However, I want to explore hosting some of the virtual domains I have setup on my server. Hosting multiple virtual domains without any issues, however want to start using mailman with some of those virtual domains. I saw this support article at: Mac OS X Server v10.6: Configuring the Mail service so Mailman can support virtual domains - Apple Support <http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT3878> but this is for 10.6 ... looks like it "might" work for 10.7 ... Paths look the same ... anyone have any ideas? If it does work, will mail from that mailing list show originated from the virtual, versus "real" domain? Thanks David

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Custom contact address, not site admin
by Henrik Rasmussen Dec. 4, 2014

Dec. 4, 2014

I found this, so it seems that there is no single way to change the site admin contact address, as messages seems to be associate with the list admin, according to the %(owneraddr)s in the bounce.txt [2] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2012-September/074141.html Henrik Rasmussen Fra: Henrik Rasmussen Sendt: 28. november 2014 12:55 Til: mailman-users(a)python.org Emne: Custom contact address, not site admin Some standard mails from Mailman, like "bounce action notice", urges the user to contact the Mailman site-list address*). While I still want system mails, meant for the site admin, to go to the site admin address, I would like to customize the contact address displayed in mails and on the web GUI, to show our helpdesk e-mail address instead. Normally I would edit the file /usr/lib/mailman/messages/uk/LC_MESSAGES/mailman.po and run /usr/lib/mailman/bin/msgfmt.py /usr/lib/mailman/messages/da/LC_MESSAGES/mailman.po, but not all messages can be customized this way. What is the best way to customize the site admin contact address in each e-mail and web-gui page, to display our helpdesk contact address? *) Example of standard mail from Mailman: "Questions? Contact the Mailman site administrator at mailman(a)list.example.com<mailto:mailman@list.example.com>." Henrik Rasmussen

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Upgrading and using with multiple domains
by Jon 1234 Dec. 1, 2014

Dec. 1, 2014

I currently have Mailman 2.1.14 installed in the website directory of a.com I would like to: 1. Upgrade it to 2.1.18-1.2. Have it outside the website directory.3. Use it not only for a.com but also b.com (I will not need to have the same list names for both domains). If I were to install from scratch outside the websites' directories, I imagine it would be simple enough to get it to work for b.com. But what would I need to do to get the a.com mailing list to start using the new Mailman installation? (Would I just be able to move certain files across to reproduce the archive, etc?) I am sorry for asking such a basic question, and would be happy to be directed to the right FAQs on the subject(s). Best wishes and thanks Jon

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Seting-up pipermail archiver
by Jacques Lav!gnotte. Nov. 28, 2014

Nov. 28, 2014

Hello, I am a MMan site admin for years and never had to cope with pipermail archives. Now a list owner asks me to activate archiver for one list. List parameters shows archiving is activated but when I try to visit the archive I get : The requested URL /pipermail/sys-admin/ was not found on this server. I am probably missing some important thing :( Can anyone point me to the right documentation. Thanks, Jacques -- GnuPg : C8F5B1E3 WeUsePGP Because privacy matters http://weusepgp.info/

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Custom contact address, not site admin
by Henrik Rasmussen Nov. 28, 2014

Nov. 28, 2014

Some standard mails from Mailman, like "bounce action notice", urges the user to contact the Mailman site-list address*). While I still want system mails, meant for the site admin, to go to the site admin address, I would like to customize the contact address displayed in mails and on the web GUI, to show our helpdesk e-mail address instead. Normally I would edit the file /usr/lib/mailman/messages/uk/LC_MESSAGES/mailman.po and run /usr/lib/mailman/bin/msgfmt.py /usr/lib/mailman/messages/da/LC_MESSAGES/mailman.po, but not all messages can be customized this way. What is the best way to customize the site admin contact address in each e-mail and web-gui page, to display our helpdesk contact address? *) Example of standard mail from Mailman: "Questions? Contact the Mailman site administrator at mailman(a)list.example.com<mailto:mailman@list.example.com>." Henrik Rasmussen

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UnicodeDecodeError accessing into web admin interface
by Ferriol Nov. 27, 2014

Nov. 27, 2014

Hi, I'm trying to access to the web admin interface and I can't After authentication says "Bug in Mailman version 2.1.13" I looked to the mailman error and read: admin(14653): [----- Mailman Version: 2.1.13 -----] admin(14653): [----- Traceback ------] admin(14653): Traceback (most recent call last): admin(14653): File "/var/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 112, in run_main admin(14653): main() admin(14653): File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 197, in main admin(14653): print doc.Format() admin(14653): File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/htmlformat.py", line 336, in Format admin(14653): output.append(Container.Format(self, indent)) admin(14653): File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/htmlformat.py", line 265, in Format admin(14653): output.append(HTMLFormatObject(item, indent)) admin(14653): File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/htmlformat.py", line 51, in HTMLFormatObject admin(14653): return item.Format(indent) admin(14653): File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/htmlformat.py", line 422, in Format admin(14653): output = output + Container.Format(self, indent+2) admin(14653): File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/htmlformat.py", line 265, in Format admin(14653): output.append(HTMLFormatObject(item, indent)) admin(14653): File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/htmlformat.py", line 51, in HTMLFormatObject admin(14653): return item.Format(indent) admin(14653): File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/htmlformat.py", line 201, in Format admin(14653): output = output + self.FormatRow(i, indent + 2) admin(14653): File "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/htmlformat.py", line 189, in FormatRow admin(14653): output = output + self.FormatCell(row, i, indent + 2) admin(14653): UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 71: ordinal not in range(128) If I tried access directly to the subscribers list, it works: https://server_name/admin/list_name/members If I access https://server_name/admin/list_name/ crash Crashes too in https://server_name/admin/list_name/nondigest https://server_name/admin/list_name/topics All other pages of the web admin interface works I tried to look the configuration in command line executing: config_list -o file list_name But also raises UnicodeDecodeError I don't know how can I find which configuration value is the problem ? And when I'll find I don't know how can I fix it... Please, any Idea ? Thanks in advance !!!

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You gave the wrong password - how to solve this?
by Ulf Dunkel Nov. 27, 2014

Nov. 27, 2014

I run various Mailman mailing lists on my servers since - well - decades ;-). Subscribers usually won't see the original Mailman interface web pages, but I have prepared own pages accordingly. Users can subscribe and unsubscribe from these forms. Example: http://www.dsd.net/news/news_abo.php?lan=en I handle the subscribe and unsubscribe commands of-the-web page in a PHP server-script which then sends emails to the relevant mailing lists. This works fine with subscriptions. But when a user wants to unsubscribe, chances are that I receive a message from the list with the "You gave the wrong password" result. When my script sends an unsubscribe email to the relevant list, it has this general format: ----- snip ----- From: <my-mailinglist-admin-email-address> To: <mailinglist>-request@lists.<mydomain>.net Ref: unsubscribe <myadminpassword> address=<user-email-address> ----- snap ----- What am I doing wrong? Is it possible that there is a conflict between the <myadminpassword> and a maybe user-defined <userpassword> when I try to unsubscribe the user with my <myadminpassword>? ---Ulf Dunkel

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banning not consistent
by paul＠nangoku-jiyu-jin.net Nov. 26, 2014

Nov. 26, 2014

I have a list on mailman. recently two messages from non members came. BUT only one of those messages comes with the following option: Ban urxwwksbh(a)yahoo.com from ever subscribing to this mailing list The other message doesn’t come with that option. Both messages come with Action to take on all these held messages: Defer Accept Reject Discard Preserve messages for the site administrator Forward messages (individually) to: Add larry(a)coldriversoapworks.com to one of these sender filters: Accepts Holds Rejects Discards Can anyone explain why i do not get the ban option with both. Also, is there a way to ban people other than in Administrative tasks? Thank you! Paul Arenson TokyoProgressive

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How to set up equivalent domains
by Alain Williams Nov. 26, 2014

Nov. 26, 2014

Hi, I have some lists that wish to appear in 2 different domains. For various reasons the organisation has 2 names which is reflected in 2 different domain names. Eg so that mail sent to either of these addresses go to the same list: chat(a)domain_1.org chat(a)domain_2.org I am not really worried that the From: address be one or the other as long as mailman will accept the 2 as being the same. If mailman can't do it I could probably get exim to do some rewriting. Thanks in advance -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php #include <std_disclaimer.h>

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Regexp in accept_these_nonmembers
by Olivier Nicole Nov. 24, 2014

Nov. 24, 2014

Hi, I have a problem with a regular expression in accept_these_nonmembers filter: I have the regexp: ^root\@.*bknix\.co\.th$ That should read: accept any message sent by root(a)anything.bknix.co.th But a message sent by root(a)web.bknix.co.th is not being accepted automatically. I need some help to see why. mailman is version 2.1.15 Best regards, Olivier --

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