Mailman-Users September 2015

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53 discussions

Regexp for blocking addresses
by Matthew Saltzman 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

I am trying to block variants of ceertain gmail addresses but I'm having trouble concocting the right rexexp to accomplish the task. Gmail addresses can contain embedded periods and can be followed by a '+' and an arbitrary suffix. So all the following are the same address: * joebloe(a)gmail.com * joe.blow(a)gmail.com * j.o.e.blow(a)gmail.com * joe.blow+abcd(a)gmail.com And so on. I've tried various regexps, but none have worked so far. 1. Could someone show me the right syntax to catch all embedded dots in the part before the '+'? 2. Is there a way to script removing all my experimentation from the ban lists on multiple mailing lists? Things are looking pretty cluttered by now on the privacy admin pages. Thanks very much in advance. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu

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Reenabling users disabled due to bounces
by Matthew Saltzman 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

We had an issue with outgoing mail last week that caused a number of users on multiple lists to be disabled due to bounces. I'd like to clear all those flags and reenable those users. Is there an easy way to take care of that en masse? Or at least to locate all those users without paging through membership lists on the Web? TIA. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu

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1-click unsubscribe and Google gmail
by Hung Phan 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

Hello, We notice that our 1-click unsubscribe option %(user_optionsurl)s?password=%(user_password)s&unsub=1&unsubconfirm=1 doesn't get interpreted correctly by gmail. The whole text get displayed as is while other email systems like yahoo translates it into a clickable link. Anyone has a solution or workaround? Thank you!

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How to link two lists?
by George Mager 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

I have two mailing lists. One is a complete list for all the members of my community association, and the other is for the board of directors of the community association. I would like to be able to link the two lists so that residents could send emails to the board list without moderation. I know I could embed the residents list in the board list as a full list of emails, but it would be much more efficient to be able to just link to the residents list. Is there a way to do that? Lee Mager lee.mager(a)gmail.com

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Fw: Mailman not delivering e-mails sent from Yahoo
by The Knight 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

Hello everyone, We are using Mailman Version 2.1.9 the problem we are facing is when we use a Yahoo e-mail ID to send an e-mail to a mailing list it reaches mailman but when i Accept it as a moderator it's not delivered to subscribers of the list. I tried with Gmail and MSN everything works fine but this only happens when sent from Yahoo. If anyone has had a similar problem please let me know what solution did you apply ? Thank you

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MM 3 : permit users to manage subscription
by Camille Ollié 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Hi, i have created a ML. I have added users. But they can't access to any account... Any idea ? -- Camille Ollié www.forum-pc.net / www.scoot-boost.com LinkedIn : http://lnkd.in/_K65k5

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what's the easiest way to export/import a large list?
by Ricardo Kleemann 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

I have a list with around 50k users and I wanted to move from one server to another. Does copying the the specific list's directory (e.g. under /var/lib/mailman/lists) from one server to another work? Or, alternatively, does config_list output sufficient information of all the settings and characteristics such that I can then input on the other server? thanks Ricardo

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How to get the senders email address in the custom footer?
by Arlen Raasch 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

I have recently acquired the responsibility of maintaining a small listserver with about 1000 users. We are using version 2.1.16 of Mailman. The emails that currently are sent out via the listserv server have headers that include the original sender's email address as the "From:" address. Yahoo's and Aol's DMARC policy causes these to bounce as our server is not one they recognize. I have seen many posts regarding this problem, but no actual solutions that told me what I should do. This is not my area of expertise, just something that dropped in my lap. A strategy that makes some sense to me is to take ownership of the emails by identifying the listserv as the From and Reply-To addresses, but including a custom footer in the email that exposes the actual sender's email address. This should avoid Yahoo and Aol rejecting the email due to DMARC, as Yahoo and Aol will not be asked for their opinion as to what should or should not be done with this email. I set the annonomous_list setting to yes under general options, and sent a test email. The email went out fine, but nothing in the default email footer allowed others to know who actually sent the email out. I attempted to change the default non-digest footer to include the sender's address, but did not succeed. It appears that this info is regarding the recipient,not the sender's info. I.E. user xxx(a)mydomain.com sends to yyy(a)listserver.com, zzz(a)hisdomain.com is also a member of the listserv and receives an email, but the footer to the email does not show xxx@mydomain, just info about zzz(a)hisdomain.com. I tried the user_address, user_delivered_to, and user_name variables but none contained info regarding the sender. So, the question is how to get the sender's email address in the footer. Thanks in advance, -Arlen Raasch

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Increasing volume of distributed subscription attacks (was Blocking or holding subscribe requests when email address contains "+")
by Robert Sparks 18 Sep '15

18 Sep '15

David Gibbs wrote: > I've been getting a lot of subscribe requests from bogus email addresses that look like: adfslij+32987234 at gmail.com. You're not alone. The subscriptions have also moved on to include addresses at SMS gateways after we added filters similar to what the thread suggested. In case others are also dealing with this at volume, some background on what the IETF mailman admin is doing: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tools-development/p4iI5kxO-J1LZR5CQLe… and https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tools-development/P9mDSeRrvgUAD_tFzYq… If anyone has a mitigation strategy that's working well, please let me know. RjS

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Is there a way to create multiple lists at once via mailman script?
by Montanez, Victor 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

Hello, I am wondering if there is a way to have several mailman lists created at once via command line. I am talking about 100 lists or so. Otherwise creating them through the GUI would take forever. Maybe creating a file with list name, password,etc and passing that file to the create binary? Anyone have any experience with that? Thanks in advance Victor Montañez

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