Mailman 3 April 2014 - Mailman-Users

Editing Mailman's text files
by Pete Bell May 8, 2024

May 8, 2024

Hi. I'm a new member of this group but have been running an email list with Mailman for a long time. I am now setting a list up again and want to give a "look and feel" to the list which has more branding of my user group as a whole, and less of a Mailman-feel. I seem to remember that besides editing the public HTML pages, it is possible to edit the text files which Mailman automatically sends out for certain needs (such as 'approve.txt', 'adminsubscribeack.txt', 'invite.txt', and so on). A.… [View More]

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Running two list with same email prefix
by Andrea Cappelli Feb. 27, 2024

Feb. 27, 2024

Hi all, I'm running a mail server with Debian Lenny, MTA is Postfix and i will use postfix-to-mailma.py script to run list I would set up Mailman for running mailing list with same email prefix on different domains, obvious with different list names For example we have ml.domain1.com and ml.domain2.net, i would like to have LISTADDRESS LISTNAME tech(a)ml.domain1.com tech-ml.domain1.com tech(a)ml.domain.2.net tech-ml.domain2.net In this way i can have the same address on differente … [View More]

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Hide list address?
by Ricardo Kleemann Nov. 16, 2023

Nov. 16, 2023

Hi, Is there any way to configure Mailman such that, for an announcement-only type list, when a message is sent to the list, the To: shows the member's address, rather than the list address? Some list software allows the ability to hide the list address itself, so that address is not advertised. I couldn't find any configuration specific to that.

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Add "sender's name/email" to BODY of mail as header?
by Mal Feb. 16, 2021

Feb. 16, 2021

I want all mails sent to the list to come from the list's email address... But, in this case, if the user forgets to sign their name at the bottom of their mail body, effectively the mail to the list is anonymous...! Is there a way to add the user name (or email address) to the top of each mail so that the mails have the name of the sender, while the mail itself comes from the list address? I have looked high and low for an answer, but noone seems to have the solution. Thank you! Mal

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Mailman CGI Error-Group mismatch error
by Wang, Mary Y Sept. 9, 2020

Sept. 9, 2020

Hi, I received the following error this morning. So I rerun configure again with the following command: ./configure --with-cgi-id=apache --prefix=/var/mailman. I'm still getting the same error. Is there any place that I can look for so that I can debug this problem better? Perhaps, looking at the config history file or something. Any other places that I can check the cause of this error? "Mailman CGI error!!! The Mailman CGI wrapper encountered a fatal error. This entry is being stored … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Is there tool convert archived files/directories into a mbox file?
by Mark Sapiro March 2, 2015

March 2, 2015

On 05/10/2013 06:35 AM, Xie, Wei wrote: > > Here we have one customer to request migrating all old archived files of > mailing list ‘kinejapan’ under directory > /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/kinejapan prior to 2009 (as attached > file) to Yale university. Yale university IT guys needs us to create a > mbox file for these old archived file to be easy for them to run > command ‘archdo migration. > > > > I check there is no file kinejapan.mbox under … [View More]

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Making a Mailman legacy archive searchable?
by David Roth May 23, 2014

May 23, 2014

Is there anything open-source to make a Mailman legacy archive searchable? What would be useful is a way for visitors to a website to be able to search the Mailman archives using a keyword and have it display those mail messages. I'm also thinking of having a tag cloud made up of the most commonly used words from the given Mailman archive. So when one of those tag cloud words is clicked on it lists as an index those messages. Any suggestions? Thanks! David Roth

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MM-2.1.15: Small bug regarding the "request forgery check"
by Ralf Hildebrandt May 12, 2014

May 12, 2014

Today I check the subscribers list ("Membership Management... Section") on one of our lists and called up the legend using "Click here to include the legend for this table." After clicking on that link, the page did indeed display the legend, but the page now starts with: Error: The form lifetime has expired. (request forgery check) -- Ralf Hildebrandt Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin ralf.hildebrandt(a)charite.de Campus Benjamin Franklin http://www.charite.de … [View More]

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Mirror mailing list with web forum
by Jon 1234 May 7, 2014

May 7, 2014

I'd be interested in how others have implemented this. Here are the options I've identified so far, with some questions. * FUDforum - http://www.fudforum.org/forum/ This is a forum with a 'mailing list manager' admin page. For me, the script to send list emails to the web forum only works from the command line, and I can't get postfix to pipe emails to that script (or, at least, I can't get the script to do anything). Has anyone got over that problem? I've asked on their own forum but no … [View More]

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accessing relay mailman server from its own network
by Anne Wainwright May 4, 2014

May 4, 2014

Hello, My mailing lists run on a relay server installed as per FAQ 4.88 Accessing the web interface across the internet works fine but accessing while on the host network is not so fine. Instead of the DSL (dyndns) address I use the server name or IP address and all goes fine unless I query the mailing list addresses. Then i am returned to login again and so on ad infinitum. Same if I try to list them. I note that when I mouse-over the menu options the browser bottom line shows the server … [View More]

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2.1.18 internal documentation suggestions
by Lindsay Haisley May 3, 2014

May 3, 2014

The internal documentation in the admin screens for 2.1.18 is a bit confusing with regard to Reply-To munging. In the doc for the from_is_list option we have "It replaces the poster's address in the From: header with the list address and adds the poster to the Reply-To: header, but the anonymous_list and Reply-To: header munging settings below take priority." Which Reply-To: header munging settings take priority, and how should one set them so that they don't override from_is_list? If … [View More]

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Issue approving subscription requests
by Murray S. Kucherawy May 2, 2014

May 2, 2014

For a list I recently migrated from 2.1.14 on one machine to 2.1.17 on another, I'm unable to approve pending subscription requests. After making my choices and clicking "Submit all data", the radio buttons simply reset themselves with no changes made to the subscriber records. "check_perms -f" and "check_db" make no complaints about my configuration. Is this a bug? Could something have gotten botched in the migration? The lists seem to be operating fine otherwise. -MSK

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Mailman error (2.1.16): "low level unrecoverable exception"
by Robert Heller May 1, 2014

May 1, 2014

What does this error message mean? "low level unrecoverable exception" I just installed my own build of mailman 2.1.16 (built under CentOS 5 x84_64) as an upgrade over the stock 2.1.9 that comes with CentOS 5 and I am getting this error. What should I be looking for? -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller(a)deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments

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Private mailing list reply watcher
by Tomas Babej May 1, 2014

May 1, 2014

Hi, for our organization, we do host several mailing lists that serve two purposes: * for our internal communication * for people outside our organization to contact us However, it sometimes happens that a person that is not a member (and thus not subscribed to the list) writes us an email and we do reply, but to the list only (by mistake), not delivering the message to the intended participant. I plan to write a script that will handle such cases in a generic way, however, I don't like … [View More]

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Excessive bounces to list members on my list
by Gregori Kurtzman, DDS April 30, 2014

April 30, 2014

Need some insight and help. I have recently taken over a list that is using mailman v 2.1.14. And we are getting a lot of bounce notices regarding members and de-activation's of their subscriptions due to this. In the bounce notices I get as list manager I see the following 'This message failed DMARC Evaluation" Also members are complaining they see no messages coming from the list or even their own posts. Can any one guide me on this? Greg Gregori M. Kurtzman, DDS, MAGD, FPFA, FACD, … [View More]

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Mailman 2.1.16: where is the from_is_list option?
by Robert Heller April 30, 2014

April 30, 2014

I can't seem to find this option! I have mailman 2.1.16 setup on a test server, but I cannot find the from_is_list option. Is there some special config magic that is needed for this? -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / heller(a)deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments

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Disappearing messages
by sherwin April 30, 2014

April 30, 2014

Hi, I run a forum on Ibiblio and am seeing a strange phenomenon lately. Messages are dropping off for certain users like AT&T, sbcglobal, etc. Gmail users are seeing these messages as Spam, but others are seeing nothing. Strangely, these messages do appear in the Archives of Ibiblio. Many of these messages are sent from AOL subscribers and Yahoo. I am being told that AOL and Yahoo are appending certain things to their headers which makes them incompatible with standard practices. … [View More]

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'Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender' error when using an e-mail from a domain co-hosted with the one used for Mailman lists
by Jacques Setton April 30, 2014

April 30, 2014

Hi, After completely abandoning the use of a Plesk based Linux package (see previous discussions <https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg63856.html> ), I have been able to successfully deploy Mailman lists on a Webmin/Postfix/Dovecot Linux package. All mailman lists functions & features work well on the later system except in one specific case. When I try to subscribe to a list (say Mailman) using an e-mail address based on a virtual domain (say domain.net… [View More]) which is co-hosted with the default virtual domain used for Mailman lists (say domain.org), I immediately get an Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender error as depicted below : -------------------------------------------------------------------- De : Jacques Setton [mailto:jsetton@domain.net] Envoyé : lundi 21 avril 2014 8:00 À : 'mailman-request(a)domain.org' Objet : RE: confirm c36ad7639824b608c00b962a9afa76e2ccf006d1 De : MAILER-DAEMON (Mail Delivery System) [mailto:MAILER-DAEMON (Mail Delivery System)] Envoyé : lundi 21 avril 2014 8:00 À : jsetton(a)domain.net Objet : Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender This is the mail system at host vps12345.ovh.net. I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster. If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message. The mail system <mailman-request(a)domain.org>: user unknown Attached error file details Reporting-MTA: dns; vps12345.ovh.net X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 9F72D11C00A X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; jsetton(a)domain.net Arrival-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:00:16 +0200 (CEST) Final-Recipient: rfc822; mailman-request(a)domain.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;mailman-request(a)domain.org Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: x-unix; user unknown --------------------------------------------------------------------- The 1st mail was sent to confirm the subscription to a list. The second mail is the response received in return, indicating that the mailman specified address was unknown. The attached error report follow thereafter. The collocated virtual domains labeled domain.org and domain.net are hosted on the same physical server vps12345@ovh.net, sharing a common IP address. Would such behavior be related to a bad or incomplete definition of the mydestination / myorigin parameters in the Postfix main.cf file ? Here is an excerpt of the related values produced by the postconf n command line : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [ ] mydestination = localhost.$mydomain, localhost, localhost.localdomain mydomain = localdomain myhostname = vps12345.ovh.net mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 myorigin = $mydomain [ ] unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 [ ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If not, what else could cause such failure ? Thanks for any feedback / help on this issue - - - Jacques Setton jsetton(a)waycast.com [View Less]

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Q : Is there a possibility to localize / customize the standard Mailman lists home page / UI look ?
by Jacques Setton April 30, 2014

April 30, 2014

Currently, when choosing a specific local language (French in our case) for Mailman' lists user interface, I have noticed that the standard home page (for example the one depicted by 'lists.domain.org/mailman/listinfo') remains in the English language. Would there be a possibility to localize that page as well ? While being on this topic, I'd like also to know if it is possible to customize the general look & feel of the display UI say, at the minimum, eventually replace or add a … [View More]

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moving mailman
by jdd April 30, 2014

April 30, 2014

Hello, I hate disturbing you :-(, but I can't manage it myself :-( my original mailman server broke. I had a backup. I loan a new hosted server, mailman is here: http://culte.org/mailman/listinfo the list "test" should be open. I followed all the infos to move mailman from here: http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030682, but only mostly, because the infos are old and my distribution is openSUSE, so some minor changes (for example wwwrun:mailman as owner) I try to … [View More]

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email to specific account
by Robert P. Schwartz April 29, 2014

April 29, 2014

I am a member of multiple email lists from different sources and I have multiple email addresses set up. It appears that emails from my yahoo.com account are not receiving messages. I have checked with other and it appears that if they use yahoo, they are not getting the email either. It happens with multiple email lists from totally different sources. There is one source I know of the their yahoo users are getting the emails. It there a setting I can check or somewhere else I can look at? … [View More]

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Newsreader access.
by Joe April 28, 2014

April 28, 2014

Hi, everyone. Can Mailman be set-up for newsreader access ? I would like to allow users to access the mailing lists I host using a newsreader instead of the conventional e-mail method. How complicated is it to set-up Mailman so that users can access it this way ? Will I need to configure my server for this or is the configuration restricted to the Mailman administrative interface ? Thank you in advance of your help and replies. Joe.

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Mailman, DMARC and OpenDKIM
by Lindsay Haisley April 27, 2014

April 27, 2014

My understanding is that DMARC alignment depends on both SPF and DKIM and that if a test using either protocol passes, then a DMARC will pass. This is probably an oversimplification, but I'm exploring the idea of whether it might be possible to interpose a milter using OpenDKIM (perhaps zdkimfilter) between Mailman and the outgoing SMTP server (courier-MTA) so that outgoing list posts are appropriately signed. I know next to nothing about DKIM, but there was a time when I knew next to nothing … [View More]

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How to re-send list traffic from archives?
by Dan Mahoney, System Admin April 26, 2014

April 26, 2014

Hey there all, Due to a VERP misconfig on one of our systems, we had a number of outbound posts bounce with a 500-series error. What we'd like to do is go through the archives for the period of time we missed, and re-send those messages. Is this something anyone's had to do in the past and could maybe provide pointers? Failing that, can someone tell me why it might be a really bad idea? -Dan Mahoney -- --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet … [View More]

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aol fyi
by Al Black April 26, 2014

April 26, 2014

Hey gang, For all those keeping track on DMARC aol has changed its DMARC settings to reject: http://postmaster-blog.aol.com/2014/04/22/aol-mail-updates-dmarc-policy-to-… al

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