Mailman 3 March 2014 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] Suspending Requests for Subscription
by Mark Sapiro 10 Mar '14

10 Mar '14

On 03/10/2014 03:26 AM, certuspersonality wrote: > Mailman is installed on the Linux server that I am subscribed to. > I can only make changes by going into cpanel, Mailing Lists, choosing > the list in question ..., General Options > Section. > In which section should I change a setting? None of the things I suggested can be done from the Mailman list admin web UI. They all require direct access to the Mailman installalation on the server which users of a cPanel hosted Mailman typically don't have. See the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/display/DOC/Mailman+and+CPanel>. > The following is a typical email requesting a list subscription: That email is the notice from Mailman to the list owner of a pending subscription. It doesn't say how the subscription request arrived to Mailman. The bottom line is in a cPanel hosted Mailman installation, there is probably nothing more you can do beyond what you've been doing. -- 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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Suspending Requests for Subscription
by certuspersonality 09 Mar '14

09 Mar '14

Some scammer has discovered the possibility to subscribe to my Mailman subscriber list and is now inundating me with requests for subscription. So far, I have dealt with the requests by rejecting them through Mailman, but the next day there are new ones with different email addresses. Is there a way of suspending requests for subscription temporarily? Regards, Herward

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Why does iOS's Safari log out the moderator web page?
by Peter Shute 08 Mar '14

08 Mar '14

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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Re: [Mailman-Users] control delivery processes
by DongInn Kim 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Can anyone please help me to debug the syntax error in mm_cfg.py? ompi_list = [ 'test-crest', 'osl-test' ] if listname in ompi_list: archive_url = ("http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/%s/date.php" % (time.strftime("%Y/%m"))) DEFAULT_MSG_FOOTER = """_______________________________________________ %(real_name)s mailing list %(real_name)s@%(host_name)s subscribe: %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s searchable archives: %(archive_url)s """ % { 'archive_url' : archive_url } What I wanted here is to apply the new DEFAULT_MSG_FOOTER only for the specific mailing lists. Is there something wrong here? Regards, -- - DongInn On Mar 3, 2014, at 4:59 PM, DongInn Kim <dikim(a)cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Hi Barry, > > Yes, that is the normal case. We have used it that way so far. > Lately we found that it could be useful if a new mail has a link of the new archive at the bottom of message and it seems to be tricky to implement it because the process order is the opposite. > > Don’t you see any benefits of doing this? > > Regards, > > -- > - DongInn > > > > On Mar 3, 2014, at 4:51 PM, Barry S. Finkel <bsfinkel(a)att.net> wrote: > >> On 3/3/2014 3:25 PM, DongInn Kim wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is there a way to send a mail after it is archived and then add the archive link to the new mail? >>> >>> Currently it seems to be pretty difficult to implement this because all the new mails are delivered first and then mail archives are generated. >>> >>> As long as I know how mailman sends a mail, I think I can play a little bit further. >>> >>> Can anyone please help me out? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -- >>> - DongInn >> >> >> It is unclear to me exactly what you want to do. If the list has >> an archive, then after the posting is processed, that posting >> appears in the archives, where people can search and view the >> posting (assuming that they present the correct credentials, >> if required). >> >> Once a mail message has been sent and it is in the archives, then >> any subsequent mail message can include the URL to the archived >> message as a reference. >> >> --Barry Finkel >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users(a)python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users >> Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 >> Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 >> Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ >> Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/dikim%40cs.indiana.edu >

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Can discarded message be restored and reposted to mailing list ?
by Joe 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Hi, everyone. I accidentally discarded a message that was held for moderation and I meant to accept it. Is there a way to restore this message (perhaps from archives) ? Thank you in advance, Joe.

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control delivery processes
by DongInn Kim 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Hi, Is there a way to send a mail after it is archived and then add the archive link to the new mail? Currently it seems to be pretty difficult to implement this because all the new mails are delivered first and then mail archives are generated. As long as I know how mailman sends a mail, I think I can play a little bit further. Can anyone please help me out? Regards, -- - DongInn

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Mailman on OS X, launchctl
by Jim Wright 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

I've been lurking on this list for a few years now, and have been running Mailman 2.1.14 for a few years here. I have no idea what install tips I may have followed originally, but Mailman is generally working fine. The issue I'm running into is that Mailman needs to be restarted periodically, usually where I notice this is that at the beginning of the month Mailman doesn't send out it's usual monthly reminder. I only have 1 very low volume mailing list, so this is usually the first clue that it has stopped. I have several LaunchDaemons set up to perform various functions at various intervals, but like I said I'm not sure what steps I originally followed when setting this up, if I created these from scratch, etc. So, basically, I'm looking for help from any other OS X users that might have a working set of launchctl files that I could leverage, I'm currently running OS X 10.7.5 (non-Server) on the mail server. Thanks!

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mailman list questions about password and bounces-back for invalid emails
by s7r 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

-----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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