Mailman 3 February 2014 - Mailman-Users

Why does iOS's Safari log out the moderator web page?
by Peter Shute March 8, 2014

March 8, 2014

I use the moderator web page with Firefox, and it stays logged in for as long as I keep the browser open. But with Safari on iPhone and iPad, I often have to log in again when I return to it. Same for every other browser I've tried under iOS. Can anyone tell me why? Peter Shute

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mailman list questions about password and bounces-back for invalid emails
by s7r March 1, 2014

March 1, 2014

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have 2 simple questions about mailman mail lists: 1). I can see there is an option to receive monthly reminder of password, and the password is sent in plain text. Is the password in plain text visible to the mail list owner / administrator? Or mailman stores a secure hash of the password like sha-256 or ripemd-160? If the password is stored in hash format, how come I can receive it monthly in plain text? 2). If an email address works for some time but becomes suddenly invalid (e.g. server down, domain cancelled, etc.) and when messages are being sent to that address they bounce back with permanent failure, will mailman remove these email addresses automatically? If yes, after how many attempts of sending? What if the email address server is just down for a day or something. Thank you! - -- s7r(a)sky-ip.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTD4uhAAoJEIN/pSyBJlsRsKQH/ROdvGA5V8lL723yC+sP4ZZB w/DEalwQ0Em7JFnfgjG+Pzic5g+65+3vXEmG5SNXGk3IFjuo5Nlpd5N5Jdiw+62A kEr4YRTRl8jb1JxDidmiksV/Czu31kTsJmKB3YcXHCu6e3jQrXVCTJF0CD3b+yoR zWfv8RUtpY9XhEkmSk0pBJXXd2nFyLEuipkYL09VB6TGQWPMam+BWkoW+YFM6tCQ 8h8kzhvzZRSTVf7VIZ8GFYwK2T/rBZb43aXSWKSh7YKqvDxoa8RxdzGA83UK/oXQ zVpY/CiJU+hX344F1m6A5knTFcepJY8aRgXpvhOKkAuCs5Fy8m4FujIA9xIsJTM= =s8Lp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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subscribe w/o confirmation?
by Michael Young Feb. 28, 2014

Feb. 28, 2014

(Context: running MM 2.1.12, works great...) I know why allowing subscriptions without either a confirmation email or a moderator approval is a Dangerous Thing, but is there a way to get MM to allow it? Our list subscriptions are mostly generated by our lab/tool management software in response to a user getting qualified to use a piece of equipment, and I don't want users to have a choice in this case - they get subscribed, period. (They can later unsubscribe of course, but that means they have to actually do something :) Does this make any sense? Thanks... -- Michael P. Young (574) 631-3268 (office) Nanofabrication Specialist (574) 631-4393 (fax) Department of Electrical Engineering (765) 412-6728 (cell) University of Notre Dame mike.young(a)nd.edu<mailto:mike.young@nd.edu> B-38 Stinson-Remick Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-5637

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MM3 Test "" Hangs
by Tom Browder Feb. 26, 2014

Feb. 26, 2014

i have started investigating MM3 for my new, remote server and branched from lp:mailman, lp:postorius, and lp:hyperkitty. I started in the MM3 branch directory and followed instructions in src/mailman/docs/START.rst. I got the virtualenv ready to go and, in the local mailman branch directory, I executed: $ node2 -v All tests chug along nicely until: /usr/local/src/0-mailman3/src/mailman/rest/docs/membership.rst ... and it hangs longer than I think it should. After a <ctl-C> the last few trace-back lines are: File "/home/virtualenvs/mm3/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/storm-0.20-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/storm/database.py", line 374, in raw_execute self._run_execution(raw_cursor, args, params, statement) File "/home/virtualenvs/mm3/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/storm-0.20-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/storm/database.py", line 388, in _run_execution self._check_disconnect(raw_cursor.execute, *args) File "/home/virtualenvs/mm3/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/storm-0.20-py2.7-linux-i686.egg/storm/database.py", line 454, in _check_disconnect return function(*args, **kwargs) sqlite3.OperationalError: database is locked Note I am running the MM3 installation, via ssh, on a remote host running Debian 7, 32-bit. (Note also postfix is running.) I have no idea what to do next, and help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, -Tom

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Re: [Mailman-Users] [Mailman-Developers] MM3 Test "" Hangs
by Tom Browder Feb. 26, 2014

Feb. 26, 2014

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:13 AM, Nicolas Karageuzian <nicolas(a)karageuzian.com> wrote: > I encountered db lock using sqlite with mailman3 and tools. > Switching to postgres avoid the db locking states. > Maybe you should explore that way. I'll try that. > Hyperkitty moved to github so the lp ref is quite out of date for this > resource. I thought so--that't why I was asking for definitive, easy-to-find links on the wiki. Thanks, Nicolas. -Tom

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Message order on the moderation page
by Peter Shute Feb. 25, 2014

Feb. 25, 2014

Messages held for moderation are listed in sender order rather than chronological order. Can that be changed? Peter Shute Sent from my iPad

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GNU Mailman sprinting at Pycon 2014
by Barry Warsaw Feb. 24, 2014

Feb. 24, 2014

Hello sprinters! Once again, the GNU Mailman project will be sprinting at Pycon, this time the 2014 conference in Montreal. I've created a placeholder page for adding ideas about what you would like to work on, as well as our priorities. We'll be filling out details over the next few weeks, but feel free to start discussing ideas here. http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/PyCon+2014+Sprint Cheers, -Barry

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MM 3 and OSCON 2014
by Tom Browder Feb. 22, 2014

Feb. 22, 2014

Two questions: 1. What is the definitive link for the MM 3 branch for wannabe users (I haven't been able to find such on the wiki yet, but I know it's there)? 2. Is MM going to have a presence at O'reilly's OSCON 2014 in July? Thanks. Best regards, -Tom

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Kernel update breaks Mailman!!
by Lindsay Haisley Feb. 21, 2014

Feb. 21, 2014

I'm running Mailman 2.1.15 on a Ubuntu server, feeding into Courier MTA, running Python 2.7.3. I track security updates and install them promptly when they're issued by Ubuntu. Yesterday I updated the Linux kernel from 3.2.0-58-generic (x86_64) to 3.2.0-59-generic and Mailman quit working. List posts made it through to the archives, and were apparently queued within Mailman, but wouldn't go out. The mail server was working OK for non-list email. Today I backed out the kernel update and posts to lists sent yesterday and today are going out without problems. I can find nothing in the Mailman logs, or in the mail server logs, indicating a problem. This is the first time I've ever had a problem with a server kernel update breaking something related to mail. Has anyone else seen this problem? Does anyone have any insight into how to address it? -- Lindsay Haisley | "Everything works if you let it" FMP Computer Services | 512-259-1190 | --- The Roadie http://www.fmp.com |

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Problem with messages held in Moderator Queue
by Andy Jeffries Feb. 21, 2014

Feb. 21, 2014

I run a mailman (2.1.14-3ubuntu0.1) mailing list for a client. There are currently 14 emails stuck in the moderator queue. We've tried over and over again to choose to Discard them and click on Submit. Every time, the HTTP request POSTs to /cgi-bin/mailman/admindb/mailing-list-name-here, which 301 redirects to the same URL and the GET request loads exactly the same as before (i.e. it didn't remove any of the stuck emails). I've had a look at the filesystem and the /var/lib/mailman/lists/mailing-list-name-here/request.pck file's timestamp gets updated. That file (and the ones named /var/lib/mailman/data/heldmsg-mailing-list-name-here-10.pck) are owned by the "list" group which has "www-data" as a member (Nginx operates as www-data). Can anyone suggest what I should try next to get the web interface working? I know they can be deleted via a command line script, but I'm assuming if I do that, I'm going to be always doing this and I want the client to be able to do it themselves via the web interface. Many thanks, Andy

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