Mailman 3 June 2014 - Mailman-Users

Yahoo - what chance of change now?
by Peter Shute 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

It's now about 2 months since Yahoo introduced their DMARC reject policy. I'm taking this as a sign that it's unlikely that they'll ever reverse the decision Has anyone heard anything that might indicate otherwise? Or that any mailbox providers other than Yahoo and AOL have started doing it, or have indicated that they ever/never will? Peter Shute

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 124, Issue 8
by EyeLand 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

2014-06-09 13:00 GMT+03:00 <mailman-users-request(a)python.org>: > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 16:40:35 -0400 > From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk(a)gsp.org> > To: mailman-users(a)python.org > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Export all subsribers > Message-ID: <20140608204035.GA29177(a)gsp.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Sun, Jun 08, 2014 at 08:11:54PM +0300, EyeLand wrote: >> Hello, on mailing list I have many emails on "Membership Management... >> - [Membership List]", how I can export all on txt file? Thank you. > > >From the shell: > > ~mailman/bin/list_members name-of-mailing-list > > will put the list on stdout, so you could redirect it to a file > if you wish: > > ~mailman/bin/list_members name-of-mailing-list > roster > > If you have a number of mailing lists and want to dump them all, you > could use something along the lines of: > > #!/bin/csh > > set filelist = `~mailman/bin/list_lists -b` > > foreach i ($filelist) > ~mailman/bin/list_members $i > $i.roster > end > > which will create a series of files whose names consist of the > name of each mailing list suffixed with ".roster". > > ---rsk root@vps1:~# ~mailman/bin/list_members mailman -bash: ~mailman/bin/list_members: No such file or directory OR root@vps1:~# ~mailman/bin/list_members mailman@host -bash: ~mailman/bin/list_members: No such file or directory where I can read right name of my mailing list?

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 124, Issue 8
by EyeLand 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

2014-06-09 21:42 GMT+03:00 Gerry Grieve <grieve(a)phas.ubc.ca>: > This complaint is NOT about the list name but about the > program name “~mailman/bin/list_members mailman”, ie the > shell did not find list_memebers with this path. > > Use the “locate” command to find your your mailmain/bin directory. > > ie >>gt; locate list_members > > > ttfn > > -- > Gerry R. Grieve ph: 604-822-4320 > Systems Manager, fax: 604-822-5324 > Physics& Astronomy, UBC > 6224 Agricultural Rd. > Vancouver, BC, Canada > V6T 1Z1 root@vps1:~# locate list_members /usr/lib/mailman/bin/list_members /usr/sbin/list_members /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/list_members /usr/share/man/man8/list_members.8.gz

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Re: [Mailman-Users] postfix MTA - getting smtpd...mailman/data/aliases.db: Permission denied (doh!)
by J Davis 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

In one word - selinux. Disable it now. Get to work. It is about risk vs. reward. Don old UNIX cap and IMHO - it may someday it may not be so much of a philosophy and usable by the masses - or it may end up like emacs and remain one. Jim Davis

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Export all subsribers
by EyeLand 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

Hello, on mailing list I have many emails on "Membership Management... - [Membership List]", how I can export all on txt file? Thank you.

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postfix MTA - getting smtpd...mailman/data/aliases.db: Permission denied
by J Davis 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Fresh source install of mailman 2.1.18 on centos with current centos postifx 2.6.6. This combo worked on my Solaris box and I moved mailman to centos for an upgrade. I've copied my basic postfix main.cf to the linux box - no changes needed. Mail tests in and out of the box work OK. genaliases makes the db OK. Check_perms runs OK. If I delete the aliases.db file then postfix complains it can't find the file - as expected. I've been starring at this all day and I'm blank. main.cf snippit: alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/export/home/mailman/data/aliases Mailman's aliases files: -rw-rw----. 1 mailman mailman 10317 Jun 5 12:43 mailman/data/aliases -rw-r-----. 1 mailman mailman 24576 Jun 5 12:43 mailman/data/aliases.db Mailman comes up and I can access the web OK and see all my migrated lists, members, archives, etc. Anyone have an idea what to look at next? I've followed the steps in the install guide but I'm thinking that there is something with the centos postfix that is mucking me up. Typical maillog error: Jun 5 13:10:08 mailman postfix/local[10075]: fatal: open database /export/home/mailman/data/aliases.db: Permission denied Mailman made with: ./configure --prefix=/export/home/mailman --with-python=/opt/local/bin/python \ --with-cgi-gid=daemon \ --with-mailhost=mailman.mydom --with-urlhost=mailman.mydom \ --with-var-prefix=/export/home/mailman Jim Davis

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Moving Configurations and Lists to a New Server
by Steve Matzura 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Thanks to Steve Turnbull's help and some intelligent manual-reading, I have successfully built and installed version 2.1.18-1 on a Debian 7 (Wheezy) system. check_perms reports no problems, `version' reports the right version number, I'm ready for the next step, which is to move an entire configuration and mail spool from an old Debian 5+Mailman 2.1.11 server. I imagine the spool (/var) files can just be tar'd and moved en masse. But what about mailman configuration files--mailing list info, that sort of thing? What should be moved, what should be re-created, etc.?

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Setting uo a "closed list"
by BONNET, Frank 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Hello I need to setup a "closed" list. That is a list where only members can post AND cannot unsubscribe , this would be an emergency list so it is really important that users do not unsubscribe ! Thank you for any infos / useful links

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Install from repository, or build from source?
by Steve Matzura 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

I am a site admin for a system built on Debian version 7 (Wheezy). The current available mailman package distribution version is 2.1.15 but I want to use 2.1.18-1, which means, unless I miss my guess, it's got to be built from source. If this isn't so, I'd greatly appreciate knowing where and how to obtain the installable package. I've tried including the version number, etc., in apt-get, but as of right now,k no go. Thanks in advance.

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emails with extension .se rejected
by M Winther 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Pipermail 0.09 (Mailman edition). If I use any of my my Swedish email addresses (.se) my messages keep bouncing on account of "iajsdiscussionlist.org: DNS server failure." Yahoo groups intermittently has the same problem. However, in this case the messages just disappear. So I must use my google email address. I have always had this problem with my ".se" emails. Sometimes when posting to a journal, for instance, my message is regarded as spam. I suppose it has to do with the fact that ".se" is not a known American state. I have also observed that messages from other contributors never arrive in my inbox, although they appear in the archive. But this occurs more rarely. The list software also tends to corrupt messages in the archive by inserting digits instead of characters (for citation characters, etc.), when the user is *not* using plain text with "dumb" citation signs, etc. I suppose this has to do with the moderator copying a big message for the sake of reviewing, and then posting it without regard to the format. In messages of mine, citation characters (right arrow) are sometimes randomly inserted. I use plain text that is line wrapped. Moreover, a drawback is that messages cannot be removed afterwards. I don't know how professors, concerned about their professional reputation, can tolerate this. After all, when partaking in discussion lists, we sometimes say things which we later regret, on account of changed views, for instance. M. Winther

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