Mailman 3 February 2014 - Mailman-Users

missing mailman archive
by Dave Stevens 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

I've got a Centos install and used virtualmin to set up the mailman service - it was included in the default install and worked fine. The server hosts about ten domains, providing web pages and mail, including lists with mailman. For one domain only the mail isn't being archived. Attachments to mails are. I find this pretty weird and have looked around but to no avail - clicking through on the usual footer link on list mails leads correctly to a folder for attachments but no mail bodies. As far as I can see the options are specified correctly to archive mail, but it isn't happening. I don't know where to look. Ideas? Dave -- Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket - George Orwell

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Help needed Mailman, Postfix with MySQL and Virtual Domain Lists
by Mark Sapiro 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

On 02/08/2014 05:24 PM, George Kasica wrote: > Here you go sent to mailtest(a)netwrx1.org gets me > > Feb 8 19:11:41 eagle postfix/pipe[25088]: 30CEE121CDE: > to=<mailtest(a)lists.netwrx1.org>, relay=mailman, delay=0.51, > delays=0.15/0.01/0/0.35, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via mailman > service) > > > And a short time later I have a message in my inbox (and 4 other users test > IDs do as well) So the 'mailman' service can deliver to mailtest(a)lists.netwrx1.org, but not to skunk-works(a)lists.netwrx1.org. If this service is postfix_to_mailman.py (You never confirmed that it was or wasn't), the only way this can happen is if the $var-prefix/lists/skunk-works/ directory doesn't exist, but then postfix_to_mailman should fail with an error message the would be in the Postfix log message. Therefore, it appears that the problem is not in the delivery of posts to skunk-works(a)lists.netwrx1.org, but rather in the processing/delivery of the post by Mailman. Check Mailman's logs. Also, are there any list members that would receive the post (Mailman's 'bin/list_members --regular --nomail=enabled skunk-works' will tell you). If the only eligible recipient is you, is your 'not metoo' setting off? > From what I'm reading in the FAQ this is not a supported method by Mailman > but I'm not seeing where its pointing me to any help in getting this > working. Would I be better off with the official Postfix -> Mailman > integration mentioned and if so how would I do this in the current MySQL > environment or would I need to start over? Starting from zero concerns me a > bit as this is currently handing mail traffic just not lists. > > Currently the Postfix/Mailman setup is set for MySQL simply because that's > the FAQ I followed but this is a VERY small environment...would I be better > served to go the route of hash.db tables and rebuild this to work that way? If you want help from this list, we are best able to help you if you configure Postfix to use hashes for Postfix's alias_maps and virtual_alias_maps for Mailman list addresses as discussed at <http://www.list.org/mailman-install/postfix-integration.html> and <http://www.list.org/mailman-install/postfix-virtual.html>. I don't think this is necessarily incompatible with using MySQL for other addresses. > (I'm not a huge MySQL fan personally for this it seems like overkill) We're > talking 10 lists with maybe 1000 users total between them and about the same > number of virtual domains to handle mail. -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

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Consultant for hire with Mailman and OS X Server experience.
by Joe 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

Hello, everyone. I am in need of a consultant to help me with my server. I need someone with knowledge of both Mailman and OS X Server to connect remotely in order to install and configure Mailman on my system. Anyone interested please contact me off list. Thank you in advance. Joe.

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Question about administrative panel.
by Joe 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

Hello, everyone. I am having problems accessing the the Mass Subscription panel in Mailman's administrative interface. I currently host 8 lists but this is only happening to one of them. As I try to access the Mass Subscription window or panel at www.domain.com/mailman/admin/list1/members/add my browser states it can't find the server. It does work for all other 7 lists I host. Any idea why this is happening and how I can fix it ? Thank you in advance. Joe.

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what happens when you duplicate a name in Mailman?
by David Holden 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

Looked through for an answer to this and couldn't find it elsewhere. If I add an email address to Mailman that's already on the list, will Mailman duplicate it, or will it do something else? joe@domain is already on the list joe@domain is added by me (but is already on the list, remember?) Does "joe" now get two messages from the list, or will the list just send me an error message saying, 'hey dummy, that's a duplicate'. I've been tasked with adding a bulk of addresses to the list but it would be easier not to sort my list of people already on it. I would like to take and just add everyone, including some who are probably already on it. From a data entry perspective, it will be time consuming to sift and sort those already on it. Clear as mud? -- Cheers, David M. Holden

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Help needed Mailman, Postfix with MySQL and Virtual Domain Lists
by George Kasica 08 Feb '14

08 Feb '14

Hello: Currently I've got Postfix running with virtual domains with a MySQL database and am trying to get Mailman to do so as well. I can get one domain to work mailtest(a)netwrx1.org but anything else is failing as below. Can someone assist? I've loaded the aliases as shown in to mysql and the snip of the mm_cfg.py is below as well. I've looked at varius on line FAQs and other references but am still stuck - have bounced all the relevant iitems postfix and mailman. Thanks in advance, I'm sure its something simple I'm missing. George Error: ===== Feb 7 15:09:29 eagle postfix/smtpd[5953]: Anonymous TLS connection established from mail-by2lp0235.outbound.protection.outlook.com[207.46.163.235]: TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits) Feb 7 15:09:55 eagle magicspam-postfix[5957]: Checking exemption lists... Feb 7 15:09:56 eagle magicspam-postfix[5958]: Checking exemption lists... Feb 7 15:09:56 eagle postgrey[16312]: action=pass, reason=triplet found, client_name=mail-by2lp0235.outbound.protection.outlook.com, client_address=207.46.163.235, sender=gkasica(a)netwrx1.com, recipient=skunk-works(a)netwrx1.org Feb 7 15:09:56 eagle postgrey[16312]: action=pass, reason=triplet found, client_name=mail-by2lp0235.outbound.protection.outlook.com, client_address=207.46.163.235, sender=gkasica(a)netwrx1.com, recipient=skunk-works(a)netwrx1.org Feb 7 15:09:56 eagle postfix/smtpd[5953]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail-by2lp0235.outbound.protection.outlook.com[207.46.163.235]: 550 5.1.1 <skunk-works(a)netwrx1.org>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table; from=<gkasica(a)netwrx1.com> to=<skunk-works(a)netwrx1.org> proto=ESMTP helo=<na01-by2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com> Feb 7 15:09:56 eagle postfix/smtpd[5953]: disconnect from mail-by2lp0235.outbound.protection.outlook.com[207.46.163.235] Aliases ====== INSERT INTO aliases (mail,destination) VALUES ('skunkworks(a)netwrx1.org','skunkworks(a)lists.netwrx1.org'), ('skunkworks-admin(a)netwrx1.org','skunkworks-admin(a)lists.netwrx1.org'), ('skunkworks-bounces(a)netwrx1.org','skunkworks-bounces(a)lists.netwrx1.org'), ('skunkworks-confirm(a)netwrx1.org','skunkworks-confirm(a)lists.netwrx1.org'), ('skunkworks-join(a)netwrx1.org','skunkworks-join(a)lists.netwrx1.org'), ('skunkworks-leave(a)netwrx1.org','skunkworks-leave(a)lists.netwrx1.org'), ('skunkworks-owner(a)netwrx1.org','skunkworks-owner(a)lists.netwrx1.org'), ('skunkworks-request(a)netwrx1.org','skunkworks-request(a)lists.netwrx1.org'), ('skunkworks-subscribe(a)netwrx1.org','skunkworks-subscribe(a)lists.netwrx1.org' ), ('skunkworks-unsubscribe(a)netwrx1.org','skunkworks-unsubscribe(a)lists.netwrx1. org'); /etc/mm_cfg.py ============= #------------------------------------------------------------- # Default domain for email addresses of newly created MLs DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'netwrx1.org' #------------------------------------------------------------- # Default host for web interface of newly created MLs DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'eagle.netwrx1.org' #------------------------------------------------------------- VIRTUAL_HOSTS = {'netwrx1.com','netwrx1.net','netwrx1.org','mke-skywarn.org','petdiabetes.ne t','skywarn.biz','skywarn.tv','skywarn.us','twmbfelinerescue.org'} # Required when setting any of its arguments. #add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) add_virtualhost('www.netwrx1.com','netwrx1.com') add_virtualhost('www.netwrx1.net','netwrx1.net') add_virtualhost('www.netwrx1.org','netwrx1.org') add_virtualhost('www.mke-skywarn.org','mke-skywarn.org') add_virtualhost('www.petdiabetes.net','petdiabetes.net') add_virtualhost('www.skywarn.biz','skywarn.biz') add_virtualhost('www.skywarn.tv','skywarn.tv') add_virtualhost('www.skywarn.us','skywarn.us') add_virtualhost('www.twmbfelinerescue.org','twmbfelinerescue.org') POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['netwrx1.com','netwrx1.net','netwrx1.org','mke-skywarn.org','petdiabetes.ne t','skywarn.biz','skywarn.tv','skywarn.us','twmbfelinerescue.org'] --- ===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 677 0766 georgek(a)netwrx1.com +1 206 374 6482 FAX http://www.netwrx1.com/georgek Jackson, WI USA gkasica(a)netwrx1.com ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-'

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Question about web and mail hosting in Mailman.
by Joe 08 Feb '14

08 Feb '14

Hello, everyone. I am transferred the website of my Mailman related domain to a third party hosting service but plant to host the Mailman list itself with a different service. I have been told that Mailman can not reside in one server while the website associated with the domain it uses resides in another. In my case the domain.com website is hosted by one service while the Mailman list and a few e-mail associated with the domain (info(a)domain.com and admin(a)domain.com) are hosted by another service (by service I mean different servers in different geographical locations). I have been told that this solution is not possible as I will not be able to access Mailman administrative interface through my browser (as in www.domain.com/mailman/admin) since the website will be in a different server and not the one where Mailman is located. Is this true or is possible to have this type of configuration with mailman lists and website hosted by different servers ? Thank you in advance, Joe.

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Mail list statistics
by Alain Williams 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

I sometimes get asked how many messages are sent out to a mail list. So I wrote a script to tell me. This works under ksh or bash. The script is attached and I am happy for this to become part of mailman or put into an associated library. You need to run it in the list's archive directory. Regards -- 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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Changing existing real_name & host_name
by dsl225＠gmail.com 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

Hello, I'm running a List for a client since a couple of years without problem, but my client decided to change his company's brand name... I already edited most instances of previous brand name and what is left are the real_name & host_name entries. Is there a guided howto for doing so or is it simpler than it appears? Thanks for any help! John

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Question about Mailman hosting.
by Joe 07 Feb '14

07 Feb '14

Hello, everyone. A while ago I posted a question to this group about some problems I had been experiencing with my server and was recommended several Mailman hosting services by some of the members who replied to my original post either here or privately. I have decided to follow this advice in order to save the time and effort it has become for me to maintain my server and the Mailman software up-to-date. What has been your experience with hosting services ? Have you had any problems and what should I watch out for ? Are there any hosting services you would recommend ? Thank you in advance for your responses. Joe.

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