Mailman-Users October 2015

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33 discussions

Using cronjob to remove and add members to a mailing list
by Jerry Barnabee 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

I want to be able to run a cronjob on my server that uses a php script to add new users and/or remove users from a mailing list. Not having any luck finding any simple examples. My thought is that the php script would get email addresses from a database (which I can do) and then feed them to a mailman command line to either add or remove a user. The cronjob is entered via Cpanel. Have several cronjobs that modify databases but have never tried something that would actually execute a unix command. Thanks, Pineyscripter

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Add "sender's name/email" to BODY of mail as header?
by Mal 17 Feb '21

17 Feb '21

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 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

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 in your syslog: Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the CGI wrapper script to be executed as group "nobody", but the system's web server executed the CGI script as group "apache". Try tweaking the web server to run the script as group "nobody", or re-run configure, providing the command line option `--with-cgi-gid=apache'." Thanks Mary

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changing domains on Mailman implementation
by Keith Seyffarth 20 Sep '18

20 Sep '18

Is there an efficient way to change the domain name that mailman is affiliated with? I have two mailing lists that were created for an organization before that organization had their own domain. At the time the organization was sure they did not want their own domain and would not be getting a domain. Since then, they have chosen to get a domain and set up a web site. I would like to move their mailing lists onto their domain. It looks like the process for this is: 1) get the list of subscribers 2) delete the mailing list from the one domain (losing the archives) 3) create the mailing list on the new domain 4) subscribe the list of subscribers This process doesn't seem too difficult, but I would prefer to keep the archives, if possible. Both domains are on the same server, running CentOS7 and PLESK 12.5, if that makes a difference. Thanks, Keith

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DMARC hack
by Allan Hansen 10 Apr '16

10 Apr '16

Hi, I have waited almost a year for AOL and Yahoo to admit that they messed up and to remove their DMARC policy. My AOL and Yahoo subscribers are pretty upset at me because I won’t let them post. A number now have two subscriptions, one for posting (from GMail) and another for receiving the messages. So against my better judgement, I included this hack in Cleanse.py; 22c22 < from email.Utils import formataddr, parseaddr — >from email.Utils import formataddr 69,74d68 < < # Added to deal with DMARC issuej < name, addrs = parseaddr(msg.get('from')) < addrs += '.invalid' < del msg['from'] < msg['from'] = formataddr((name, addrs)) \ No newline at end of file I found it in the discussion list. I don’t get compile errors, but Cleanse.pyc is not being updated. I have stopped and restarted Mailman and I have also rebooted, but same non-action. I have not tried ‘compileall’ and am not eager to, either (permissions, where to invoke, etc). Any suggestions? The host OS is Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 with Mailman 2.1.14 Yours, Allan

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restrict subscription, unsubscription and send mails in mailman list
by Amaury Viera Hernández 01 Nov '15

01 Nov '15

Hi everyone: I just arrived to this list and I'm needing your help. I have a mailman list and I need 3 things (I couldn't find this in google and in http://wiki.list.org/DOC/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions): 1- I need that the users couldn't subscribe to the list 2- I need that the subscribed users can't unsubscribe 3- I need that just some users can send mails to the list Regards and Thanks in advance, Amaury. Noviembre 13-14: Final Caribeña 2015 del Concurso de Programación ACM-ICPC https://icpc.baylor.edu/regionals/finder/cf-2015

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Mailman and qmail problem
by Abdallah Dhaou 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

I have a problem configuring mailman 2.1.18 with qmail on Debian . Short version : The package is installed, users could subscribe to the list, unsubscribe ... everything work fine, but it always fail to send an email to all members. Long version : The package is installed, users could subscribe to the list, unsubscribe ... everything work fine. Once I access to the email of the list's administartor and try to send an email to all members, it always fail. This is what I have in the log //////////////////////// start copy //////////////////////////////////// @40000000563118d016611294 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20 @40000000563118fa225c516c new msg 394714 @40000000563118fa225c610c info msg 394714: bytes 1519 from <souma(a)domain41.com> qp 30138 uid 901 @40000000563118fa229d1774 starting delivery 1: msg 394714 to local log(a)ipb-srv41.domain41.com @40000000563118fa229d1f44 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 @40000000563118fa229d232c starting delivery 2: msg 394714 to local list-listsouma(a)lists.ipb-srv41.domain41.com @40000000563118fa229d2714 status: local 2/10 remote 0/20 @40000000563118fa255f583c delivery 2: failure: Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that_name._(#5.1.1)/ @40000000563118fa255f67dc status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 @40000000563118fa29c93654 delivery 1: success: October_28,_2015,_6:50_pm_-_30142_-_DIR:/tmp/emails/mail1446058224.65219600/_Fim/did_0+0+1/ @40000000563118fa29c949dc status: local 0/10 remote 0/20 @40000000563118fa2b23730c bounce msg 394714 qp 30153 @40000000563118fa2b237ec4 end msg 394714 @40000000563118fa2b2ac9f4 new msg 394975 @40000000563118fa2b2acddc info msg 394975: bytes 2092 from <> qp 30153 uid 906 @40000000563118fa2b5e64e4 starting delivery 3: msg 394975 to local log(a)ipb-srv41.domain41.com @40000000563118fa2b5e6cb4 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 @40000000563118fa2b5e6cb4 starting delivery 4: msg 394975 to local souma(a)domain41.com @40000000563118fa2b5e709c status: local 2/10 remote 0/20 //////////////////////// End copy //////////////////////////////////// While I create a list from the command line --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ipb-srv41:/var/qmail# newlist list1 Enter the email of the person running the list: administrator(a)domain41.com Initial list1 password: To finish creating your mailing list, you must edit your /etc/aliases (or equivalent) file by adding the following lines, and possibly running the `newaliases' program: ## list1 mailing list list1: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post list1" list1-admin: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin list1" list1-bounces: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces list1" list1-confirm: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm list1" list1-join: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join list1" list1-leave: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave list1" list1-owner: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner list1" list1-request: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request list1" list1-subscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe list1" list1-unsubscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe list1" Hit enter to notify list1 owner... ipb-srv41:/var/qmail# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My questions are the following: 1- where those alias are stored ? 2- is there an addional config to do with qmail ? 3- why the user receive email to subscribe/unsubscribe , but the admin couldn't sedn email to the list ?

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duplicates
by Marco Stoecker 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have Mailman up and running. I just sent an e-mail to 5 lists and the e-mail came duplicated to the recipients. I checked the header and the only difference is the following: 1. Header: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 2. Header: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 How can a avoid duplicates in future? What is the reason? BR Marco -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVCfIsAAoJEC1y3OsA+e10t2MP/0lS3W8F000CYn4MQ1M7Zfqj lzJskw5ysngsspQOCZ9kjBuHmh/TGHusZB90wkapMdAwlbuAypQKB6T7L6nwhKy4 xRkCxKJ6hZybb8g5pvatPnODbFfJE96kOAD9d6B1r5hv56FTE+/TG/50/kCQC4do 9AxsoBUD0hNcSwwTjazMGwGZ4NqDDVLXsrauCR02jB+VdqiZgGrGVnQUS6KRHKB+ fOc3VDxh/jbizRCkh8NFQfwW039QnLQyo+HM/pnYQyDcmsfyPg80/TMoyZLhR6PN NK3AZi+BykM8l7SfyWjmkltHERxYe3ouupQ0wPbWbOY/RCQ0gUUWb28CGZ3HChV6 eypbvPwnXk45WXvQuyhFsU7/KvWVBcb3MNezEm6Q/h5gQyI9FVmEABzjzsvkXxBg j9WhfiatL3ZN1cpCvb1RPxkP4hZ5YHf1fy9QqgXahLl+nuXSQu7IyKR0vJOXdq00 riB3Su7BWPV/lhaXXV6N9PA2TjjJ69tQ8oOfuB4UTJ19Wme1Zwo6J1pWkjY/xZsL izz9BrJeMZas2WqyBwHy2/mibyBMmG6nOW1F+FfqXSb/G/GZSA/yMg/5hb0GMgEc Fbihuiq2TW/TgkPkF+Bx6o+XtKAMA8yVAxrkOEo6YLbD28aga9uAKlai2ypiFQll 6aCeU5gwScRf5mlvnaay =Fkgv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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undo auto-discard
by Julia Lawall 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

I accidentally set someone to auto-discard. How do I undo that? julia

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Confirmation by reply not working
by Keith Seyffarth 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

Hello, I'm having problems with the confirmation by reply working. When a user is invited to the list, or when a user subscribes on the web for, or when a user subscribes by emailing -join@, they are sent the confirmation email. If they replay to the email or create a new message and send ONLY the confirmation code as instructed, nothing happens. However, if they try again with the same confirmation code, they will get a response back that the confirmation code is no loger valid. This appears to indicate that mailman is receiving the email and processing it, but not actually subscribing them to the list. This is happening after moving to CentOS 7 using PLESK 12.5... Any ideas on what could be going on?

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