Mailman 3 May 2015 - Mailman-Users

Mailman crash/error question
by Robert Heller May 31, 2015

May 31, 2015

Recently the moderator of a mailing list I host got a Mailman error. And this is what was in Mailman's error log: May 29 21:55:21 2015 admin(16001): @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ admin(16001): [----- Mailman Version: 2.1.16 -----] admin(16001): [----- Traceback ------] admin(16001): Traceback (most recent call last): admin(16001): File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/driver", line 117, in run_main admin(16001): main() admin(16001): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py", line 203, in main admin(16001): process_form(mlist, doc, cgidata) admin(16001): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py", line 785, in process_form admin(16001): if id not in senderactions[sender]['message_ids']: admin(16001): KeyError: 'message_ids' admin(16001): [----- Python Information -----] admin(16001): sys.version = 2.4.3 (#1, Jan 9 2013, 06:47:03) [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-54)] admin(16001): sys.executable = /usr/bin/python admin(16001): sys.prefix = /usr admin(16001): sys.exec_prefix = /usr admin(16001): sys.path = ['/usr/lib/mailman/pythonlib', '/usr/lib/mailman', '/usr/lib/mailman/scripts', '/usr/lib/mailman', '/usr/lib64/python24.zip', '/usr/lib64/python2.4/', '/usr/lib64/python2.4/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib64/python2.4/lib-tk', '/usr/lib64/python2.4/lib-dynload', '/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages'] admin(16001): sys.platform = linux2 admin(16001): [----- Environment Variables -----] admin(16001): HTTP_COOKIE: wendell-townsfolk+moderator=28020000006976186955732800000037663266333937633233343834636466636163626230326138666637653834613966616561613230 This is on a CentOS 5.11 system (64bit), with Mailman 2.1.16 that I built as an RPM from the sources. Is this something I need to worry about? Or is it likely to have been caused by an illformed spam message? -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services heller(a)deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services

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Mailman: postfix and/or apache on remote machines?
by Marek Kozlowski May 31, 2015

May 31, 2015

:-) I'm afraid documentation doesn't say it clearly: I'm thinking of running web server and mail server on separate virtual machines (separate hosts). I'd like to install mailman on one of those hosts or on a separate VM. Does mailman require postfix and apache on the same host (as mailman)? Can it use a remote mail or a remote web server? Configuration doesn't provide such examples but doesn't say clearly it is impossible... Best regards, Marek

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jessie, apache2.4 solved
by Mustafa Akgul May 30, 2015

May 30, 2015

I had problem in web interface of mailman, error was "cgi-bin/mailman/admindb/listname was undefined" it turned out that mod.cgi was not loaded. adding mod.cgi yo mods-enabled solved the problem. Regards Mustafa Akgul

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X-Spam-Score: 22.4 and still sent out to the list...
by James Nightly May 30, 2015

May 30, 2015

How can I configure mailman on Debian to reject messages with X-Spam-Score over 8? We are getting bombarded with spam, messages are tagged by Spamassasin, but for some reason Exim4 still sends these to Mailman. Debian 8 (Jessie) Exim version 4.84 Mailman 1:2.1.18-2 SpamAssassin version 3.4.0, running on Perl version 5.20.2

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Mailman 3: Uncaught runner exception: 'ascii' codec can't encode character
by casi.pw May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

Hello, I'm trying to run mailman 3 in production on a shared server. Mailman gets its mail from exim via LMTP. First it appeared to work fine, but I got a problem: According to my mailman.log, mails with special characters (in this case "€", but also Germanic umlauts as "ö") in their bodies are shunted and not delivered. (Mails with special characters only in their subjects but not in their bodies are not affected by this error.) ---- May 29 01:17:26 2015 (2332) ACCEPT: <5567XXXX.5040XXX(a)XXXX.net> May 29 01:17:27 2015 (2317) Uncaught runner exception: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\u20ac' in position 1: ordinal not in range(128) May 29 01:17:27 2015 (2317) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/casi/mailman3/mailman-bundler/venv-3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/mailman/core/runner.py", line 165, in _one_iteration self._process_one_file(msg, msgdata) File "/home/casi/mailman3/mailman-bundler/venv-3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/mailman/core/runner.py", line 258, in _process_one_file keepqueued = self._dispose(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/casi/mailman3/mailman-bundler/venv-3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/mailman/runners/pipeline.py", line 41, in _dispose process(mlist, msg, msgdata, pipeline) File "/home/casi/mailman3/mailman-bundler/venv-3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/mailman/core/pipelines.py", line 62, in process handler.process(mlist, msg, msgdata) File "/home/casi/mailman3/mailman-bundler/venv-3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/mailman/handlers/to_digest.py", line 54, in process mbox.add(msg) File "/package/host/localhost/python-3.4/lib/python3.4/mailbox.py", line 601, in add self._toc[self._next_key] = self._append_message(message) File "/package/host/localhost/python-3.4/lib/python3.4/mailbox.py", line 752, in _append_message offsets = self._install_message(message) File "/package/host/localhost/python-3.4/lib/python3.4/mailbox.py", line 824, in _install_message self._dump_message(message, self._file, self._mangle_from_) File "/package/host/localhost/python-3.4/lib/python3.4/mailbox.py", line 214, in _dump_message gen.flatten(message) File "/package/host/localhost/python-3.4/lib/python3.4/email/generator.py", line 112, in flatten self._write(msg) File "/package/host/localhost/python-3.4/lib/python3.4/email/generator.py", line 178, in _write self._dispatch(msg) File "/package/host/localhost/python-3.4/lib/python3.4/email/generator.py", line 211, in _dispatch meth(msg) File "/package/host/localhost/python-3.4/lib/python3.4/email/generator.py", line 433, in _handle_text super(BytesGenerator,self)._handle_text(msg) File "/package/host/localhost/python-3.4/lib/python3.4/email/generator.py", line 246, in _handle_text self._write_lines(payload) File "/package/host/localhost/python-3.4/lib/python3.4/email/generator.py", line 158, in _write_lines self.write(laststripped) File "/package/host/localhost/python-3.4/lib/python3.4/email/generator.py", line 407, in write self._fp.write(s.encode('ascii', 'surrogateescape')) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\u20ac' in position 1: ordinal not in range(128) May 29 01:17:27 2015 (2317) SHUNTING: 1432855047.4798193+1fe1f94488b77c19d5521cb8cbcda48f52828752 ---- Deleting the list's digest.mmdf file had no effect. "mailman unshunt" created a new, empty digest.mmdf file, but the mails where shunted again. Is there any solution for this issue? Best regards, casi

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Conceal the member's address
by EyeLand May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

Hello, on ”General Options - Default options for new members joining this list. - Conceal the member's address” http://i11.pixs.ru:/storage/9/6/1/1JPG_2435911_17190961.jpg I deactivate check box, but on letter I not see the subscriber email http://i11.pixs.ru:/storage/9/6/2/2JPG_7009327_17190962.jpg, can you consult? Thank you.

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Question about confirming each email for one subscriber
by Nancy C May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

Hi We have a member who is very computer / email illiterate & continually sends emails that should not get through to the group as a whole. Is there a setting that could be made so her emails always come to the listkeepers first? Thank you for any help :) Nancy

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Conceal the member's address
by Laura Creighton May 28, 2015

May 28, 2015

Did you remember to restart mailman after you made these changes? You need to restart qrunner for the change to actually take effect. Laura

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One way umbrella list question
by Rob Dover May 27, 2015

May 27, 2015

Greetings. I have an installation (2.1.20) that we use for club communications. All club members are explicitly subscribed to the main [members] list. There are also a couple of smaller lists that we use for executive and committee discussions. I would like all members of the master [members] list to have posting privileges to the smaller lists but limit the emails that mailman sends for the smaller lists to only the smaller lists. In other words if a member of the exec list posts to the exec list, all members of the executive receive a copy but a regular member would be allowed to post to the executive list but ONLY the executive members would get a copy. As I understand an umbrella list all umbrella members would see all postings. Correct? Can this be done? Thanks -Rob

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Some pages are only partially translated - most still show part of page in English
by Michael Lake May 27, 2015

May 27, 2015

Hi all I have setup Mailman via a Debian package. It's Mailman version 2.1.15 from Debian 1:2.1.15-1+deb7u1 On the listinfo page if I select from the languages only part of the page is translated. An example below is for Spanish. I thought it might be due to customization of the files in mailman/lists/XXX-announce/en/ but I have removed those and restarted mailman (to clear any caching) and still the pages are only partially translated. I have installed a second mailman on another machine and a clean install with no customization of templates still shows "standard mailman text" as English. /var/lib/mailman/messages/ shows all the .mo and .po files are present. Of course my List Name & Description will only be in English but the standard text should all be translated. The options login page is fully translated. But once logged in the mailing list membership configuration page is also only partially translated. Example for Spanish below. The first line under "Subscribing to XX" is in English, then just one paragraph translated. The "XXX-announce Subscribers" section is translated. Subscribing to XXX-announce --------------------------- Subscribe to XXX-announce by filling out the following form. Se le mandará un mensaje de correo electrónico pidiendole una confirmación, para prevenir que otras personas le suscriban sin que usted lo sepa. Esta lista es oculta, lo que singinifica que los suscriptores de la lista solo están disponibles para el administrador de la lista. Your email address: Your name (optional): You may enter a privacy password below. This provides only mild security, but should prevent others from messing with your subscription. Do not use a valuable password as it will occasionally be emailed back to you in cleartext. If you choose not to enter a password, one will be automatically generated for you, and it will be sent to you once you've confirmed your subscription. You can always request a mail-back of your password when you edit your personal options. Pick a password: Reenter password to confirm: Which language do you prefer to display your messages? XXX-announce Subscribers ------------------------ Para anular su suscripción de XXX-announce, consiga un recordatorio de su clave o cambie sus opciones de suscripción indique su dirección de correo electrónico con el que está suscrito: Mike Lake UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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