Mailman 3 March 2014 - Mailman-Users

Configuration of New Mailman Instance
by Paul Crown 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

Greetings, This is my first experience with installing and setting up Mailman. My servers are all Ubuntu 12.04. Mailman was install to install from repositories. I could use some pointers to where on Wiki, Docs or Archives describing configuring Mailman. Most of the help I am reading is for Mailman, Apache2 and Postfix to all be running on the same server. My scenerio: Server W is running Apache2, and my initial config has http://lists.mydomain.com letting me login as admin and create new lists. Server P is running Postfix Server R is my mail-relay for outbound SMTP traffic unique to this domain No messages are being sent out through R or any other server for that matter. No messages are being received by P. (5.1.1 list-email address rejected: user unknown in relay recipient table. Any pointers appreciated. Paul

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'Dynamic' footer
by Rodti MacLeary 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

Hi there, I've trawled the archives and found a variety of questions asking how dynamic content might be added to Mailman message footers, but no real answers. While I appreciate that the Mailman tags available to the footer can be useful for adding list admin info etc into the footer, it would be nice to be able to inject scripted or dynamic content in there. Even if the footer could be persuaded to read a text file (like the other template files) then that text file could be updated. If there's no current solution or workaround to this is it something that could be considered for Mailman 3? Many thanks! r.

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Notifications sent to main server domain instead of site domain
by Chad Crowell 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

I have some mailing lists running on a site hosted at Liquidweb. We are on a CentOS VPS with WHM, cPanel and Mailman. The lists are working fine other than the messages that should be sent to the list owner and moderator aren’t going to the right address according to the WHM email logs. The hostname for the server is www.cfwebserver.com. This is just used for DNS, nameservers, etc. The site where the mailing lists are located is pack186.com. I have the list administrator and moderator fields populated with my email address. I have the “Host name this list prefers for email” set to pack186.com. People post to the list which are listname(a)pack186.com and it works. However when something is moderated, the sender is mailman-bounces(a)www.cfwebserver.com and the recipient is mailman-owner(a)www.cfwebserver.com. Is there a setting somewhere that I am missing that would set this correctly in mailman? Is this more likely a server email config setting? -- Chad

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Unsubscribed members still getting emails.
by Colin 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

I have got a problem that has suddenly arisen. Three members left my mailing list over a year ago and they stopped getting messages. Suddenly last week all 3 started getting emails again. Their email addresses are not in the membership list. I have not made any changes to the list. Any suggestions? I can't find anything in the FAQ or on Google about something like this. -- Regards Colin

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add mailto: link to the bottom of each posting
by Steve Nospam 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Because each email client deals with mime differently, I would like to add a link to the bottom of each posting that would allow the recipient to click and replay to the posting. This will allow digest recipients to reply more easily and hopefully avoid replies with the entire digest being sent back. mailto: listname(a)my.domain subject=subject of the message being read In my experiments, I see that gmail interprets the digest as a single email with all the postings strung together and no ability to reply to a particular message. Outlook creates a separate attachment for each posting in the digest. With a handler like above, digests would become much more useful for my lists. I've done lots of searching the archives and have not found this capability.

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Direct message to archive only?
by Keith Bierman 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

The closest thing I can find in previous threads was entitled "Archive a message without send email" (sic) Similar to that posting, I find myself needing to "replay" off list discussions for the record. With mailman, controlled by cPanel is there any way to accomplish this without actually posting to the list itself? Keith Bierman khbkhb(a)gmail.com

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Messages addressed to Mailman lists are systematically diverted to predefined default email account
by Jacques Setton 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

Hi, I have been able to get the Mailman web interface to fully operate satisfactorily. This includes lists consultation, subscription / un-subscription, setup and management. But I am not yet able to get mailing to any list accounts (ex. mylist(a)domain.tld, mylist-request(a)domain.tld, etc. ) to correctly operate. Every time a mail is sent to one of these accounts, the sender's mail gets systematically diverted to a predefined default email account. This indicates that the above email addresses are not recognized by Postfix as Mailman related lists to be processed accordingly. For example, in the below maillog trace we see that the memo initially addressed to myslist(a)domain.net by admin-europe(a)waycast.eu is finally delivered to the default account admin(a)domain.net instead of being processed by '/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mylist' as it should normally be the case : - - - [root@vps12345 ~]# more /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog | grep 1A52911616E Mar 11 23:12:27 vps12345 postfix/smtpd[19763]: 1A52911616E: client=relay6-d.mail.gandi.net[217.70.183.198] Mar 11 23:12:27 vps12345 postfix/cleanup[19767]: 1A52911616E: message-id=<!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAHqVdj4TMlNNnKyTMxcTrDTCgAAAEAAAABDlMhHAh X9PqvkRNi1Uq10BAAAAAA==(a)waycast.eu> Mar 11 23:12:27 vps12345 postfix/qmgr[19671]: 1A52911616E: from=<admin-europe(a)waycast.eu>, size=17420, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 11 23:14:57 vps129345 postfix/smtp[19770]: 1A52911616E: to=<admin(a)domain.fr>, orig_to=<mylist(a)domain.net>, relay=mx1.ovh.net[213.186.33.29]:25, delay=150, delays=0.1/0.01/60/90, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 ok 1394576096 qp 28763) Mar 11 23:14:57 vps12345 postfix/qmgr[19671]: 1A52911616E: removed [root@vps12345 ~]# - - - Despite skimming through this Mailman-Users list and many other source publications, I haven't yet been able to figure out the exact origin of this abnormal behavior. Though I suspect a poorly defined Postfix 'transport' specification (see item 7 further below), but this remains to be confirmed. Please note that I am using a hosted VPS running CentOS with, among other things, Plesk, Postfix and Mailman. All software versions and configuration details are communicated below. Another piece of useful information : the 'admin(a)domain.fr' default account has been specified at Plesk's web admin interface level. I'd therefore welcome any help on this issue. Many thanks in advance ! Regards, Jacques __________________________ Mailman System Configuration and Related Relevant Data In the below listings : - The server machine name is labeled 'vps12345' - The server full hostname is labeled 'vps12345.ovh.net' - The attached virtual domain is labeled 'domain.net' 1. Host server software components & revision details : linux CentOS 6.4 (Final) awstats 7.1.1-13052215.parallels bind 9.8.2-0.17.rc1.el6_4.5 courier-imap 4.12.0-cos6.build115130710.20 drweb 6.0.2.1-1211092005pleskel5 httpd 2.2.15-29.el6.centos mailman 2.1.12-18.el6 mod_perl 2.0.4-10.el6 mod_python 3.3.1-14.el6.1 mysql 5.1.73-3.el6_5 nginx 1.5.0-1.13060711.centos6 php 5.3.3-27.el6_5 postfix 2.8.14-13040119 PPSitebuilder 11.5.10-42107.13120413 psa 11.5.30-cos6.build115130819.13 psa-api-rpc 11.5.30-cos6.build115130819.13 psa-autoinstaller 3.15.15-130814.09 psa-backup-manager 11.5.30-cos6.build115130819.13 psa-drweb-configurator 11.5.30-cos6.build115130819.13 psa-horde 5.1.5-cos6.build115131216.11 psa-imp 6.1.6-cos6.build115131216.11 psa-logrotate 3.8.2-cos6.build115130211.11 psa-mod-fcgid-configurator 2.3.9-14012811 psa-proftpd 1.3.4c-cos6.build115130528.15 psa-turba 4.1.3-cos6.build115131216.11 roundcube 0.9.5-cos6.build115131112.14 webalizer 2.21_02-3.3.el6 2. Mailman Configuration File relevant excerpts (mm_cfg.py located in /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/) { . } DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'lists.vps12345.ovh.net' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'vps12345.ovh.net' MTA = 'Postfix' VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear() add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) add_virtualhost('lists.domain.net', domain.net') POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['domain.net'] VIRTUAL_MAILMAN_LOCAL_DOMAIN = 'localhost' { .} 3. Mailman aliases set-up for sample list named 'mylist' (aliases and aliases.db located in /etc/mailman/) # The ultimate loop stopper address mailman-loop: /var/lib/mailman/data/owner-bounces.mbox { .} # STANZA START: mylist # CREATED: Mon Feb 24 21:00:44 2014 mylist: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mylist" mylist-admin: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mylist" mylist-bounces: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mylist" mylist-confirm: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mylist" mylist-join: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mylist" mylist-leave: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mylist" mylist-owner: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mylist" mylist-request: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mylist" mylist-subscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mylist" mylist-unsubscribe: "|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mylist" # STANZA END: mylist { .} 4. Mailman virtual aliases set-up for sample list named 'mylist' (virtual-mailman and virtual-mailman.db located in /etc/mailman/) # LOOP ADDRESSES START mailman-loop(a)domain.net mailman-loop # LOOP ADDRESSES END { .} # STANZA START: mylist # CREATED: Mon Feb 24 21:00:44 2014 mylist(a)domain.net mylist mylist-admin(a)domain.net mylist-admin mylist-bounces@ domain.net mylist-bounces mylist-confirm@ domain.net mylist-confirm mylist-join@ domain.net mylist-join mylist-leave@ domain.net mylist-leave mylist-owner@ domain.net mylist-owner mylist-request@ domain.net mylist-request mylist-subscribe@ domain.net mylist-subscribe mylist-unsubscribe@ domain.net mylist-unsubscribe # STANZA END: mylist { .} 5. Postfix Configuration File customized parameters (main.cf located in /etc/postfix/) { .} # *** Added $mydomain and '$myorigin' to 'mydestination' parameter list mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost.localdomain, localhost, $mydomain, $myorigin # *** Redefine 'local_recipient_maps' parameter values local_recipient_maps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname $alias_maps $virtual_alias_maps # *** Added Mailman 'aliases' reference in 'alias_maps' alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/spool/postfix/plesk/aliases, hash:/etc/mailman/aliases # *** Uncommented 'recipient_delimiter' parameter setting recipient_delimiter = + # *** Added 'virtual-mailman' reference in 'virtual_alias_maps' virtual_alias_maps = $virtual_maps, hash:/var/spool/postfix/plesk/virtual, hash:/etc/mailman/virtual-mailman virtual_mailbox_domains = $virtual_mailbox_maps, hash:/var/spool/postfix/plesk/virtual_domains virtual_mailbox_maps = , hash:/var/spool/postfix/plesk/vmailbox # *** Added Postfix Transport location to 'transport_maps' parameter transport_maps = , hash:/var/spool/postfix/plesk/transport, hash:/etc/postfix/transport # *** Remainder of customized parameters follows below. smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc./postfix/postfix_default.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = $smtpd_tls_cert_file smtpd_tls_security_level = may smtpd_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_security_level = may smtp_use_tls = no smtpd_timeout = 3600s smtpd_proxy_timeout = 3600s disable_vrfy_command = yes mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::1]/128 37.187.87.139/32, hash:/var/spool/postfix/plesk-pop/poplock smtpd_sender_restrictions = check_sender_access hash:/var/spool/postfix/plesk/blacklists, permit_sasl_authenticated, check_client_access pcre:/var/spool/postfix/plesk/non_auth.re smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated smtp_send_xforward_command = yes smtpd_authorized_xforward_hosts = 127.0.0.0/8 [::1]/128 smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, check_client_access pcre:/var/spool/postfix/plesk/no_relay.re, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination virtual_mailbox_base = /var/qmail/mailnames virtual_uid_maps = static:30 virtual_gid_maps = static:31 smtpd_milters = , inet:127.0.0.1:12768 non_smtpd_milters = , inet:127.0.0.1:12768 sender_dependent_default_transport_maps = hash:/var/spool/postfix/plesk/sdd_transport_maps virtual_transport = plesk_virtual plesk_virtual_destination_recipient_limit = 1 mailman_destination_recipient_limit = 1 mailbox_size_limit = 0 virtual_mailbox_limit = 0 myhostname = vps12345.ovh.net message_size_limit = 10240000 6. Postfix Master Process Configuration File - Only uncommented lines are shown (master.conf located in /etc/postfix) # ========================================================================== # service type private unpriv chroot wakeup maxproc command + args # (yes) (yes) (yes) (never) (100) # ========================================================================== smtp inet n - n - - smtpd pickup fifo n - n 60 1 pickup cleanup unix n - n - 0 cleanup qmgr fifo n - n 1 1 qmgr tlsmgr unix - - n 1000? 1 tlsmgr rewrite unix - - n - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - n - 0 bounce defer unix - - n - 0 bounce trace unix - - n - 0 bounce verify unix - - n - 1 verify flush unix n - n 1000? 0 flush proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap smtp unix - - n - - smtp relay unix - - n - - smtp -o smtp_fallback_relay= showq unix n - n - - showq error unix - - n - - error retry unix - - n - - error discard unix - - n - - discard local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - n - - lmtp anvil unix - - n - 1 anvil scache unix - - n - 1 scache plesk_virtual unix - n n - - pipe flags=DORhu user=popuser:popuser argv=/usr/lib64/plesk-9.0/postfix-local -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} -p /var/qmail/mailnames mailman unix - n n - - pipe flags=R user=mailman:mailman argv=/usr/lib64/plesk-9.0/postfix-mailman ${nexthop} ${user} ${recipient} plesk_saslauthd unix y y n - 1 plesk_saslauthd status=5 listen=6 dbpath=/var/spool/postfix/plesk/passwd.db smtps inet n - n - - smtpd -o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes submission inet n - n - - smtpd -o smtpd_enforce_tls=yes -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject -o smtpd_sender_restrictions= -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=permit_mynetworks,permit_sasl_authenticated,rej ect_unauth_destination 37.187.87.139- unix - n n - - smtp -o smtp_bind_address=37.187.87.139 -o smtp_bind_address6= -o smtp_address_preference=ipv4 Note : The 'postfix_to_mailman.py' scheme is NOT USED as the related lines stayed commented out. 7. Postfix Added Transport Table scheme (transport and transport.db located in /etc/postfix/) The below-specified transports remained commented out because they cause a transport failure when uncommented. It seems that the specifications used are probably invalid. These will need to be reworked and we'd welcome suggestions as to what to specify instead... { .} # *** ADDED TRANSPORT(5) # vps12345.ovh.net mailman: # domain.net mailman: # ________________________________________________

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Add a footer to each digest entry that will allow a reply
by Steve Nospam 13 Mar '14

13 Mar '14

I would like to add a footer to each message in the digest that will allow the recipient to click and post a reply with the correct subject, etc. Is this possible? My searches haven't produced any useful hits. I have subscribers who only want to get a single email each day but they would like to answer some of the postings. Thanks!

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Changing Archive Frequency
by Sajan Parikh 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Sorry. Just realized there was a arch file in the bin directory. ./arch --wipe [listname] did the trick. Sajan Parikh On 03/12/2014 04:34 PM, Sajan Parikh wrote: > I'm running Mailman 2.1-3 on Ubuntu, installed from the repositories. > > I changed the archive frequency on my list from daily to monthly and > noticed that the actual archive web page has not updated. It still > shows the previous messages by day. > > Assuming that it will be monthly from here on out, is there any way I > can regenerate the previous archives and have them show monthly as well? > > Thanks.

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permissions error
by Con Wieland 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

Hello, Does anyone have any ideas why I am receiving this error. The permissions look the same as the other archives and I have run check_perms -f Your "cron" job on maillists.nac.uci.edu /opt/csw/bin/python -S /opt/nsp/mailman/cron/nightly_gzip produced the following output: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/nsp/mailman/cron/nightly_gzip", line 154, in <module> main() File "/opt/nsp/mailman/cron/nightly_gzip", line 140, in main compress(f) File "/opt/nsp/mailman/cron/nightly_gzip", line 81, in compress outfp = gzip.open(txtfile+'.gz', 'wb', 6) File "/opt/csw/lib/python/gzip.py", line 33, in open return GzipFile(filename, mode, compresslevel) File "/opt/csw/lib/python/gzip.py", line 79, in __init__ fileobj = self.myfileobj = __builtin__.open(filename, mode or 'rb') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/opt/nsp/mailman/archives/private/mph/2009-October.txt.gz' Con Wieland Office of Information Technology

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