Mailman 3 September 2015 - Mailman-Users

UnicodeDecodeError with Mailman 2.1 and Python 2.6
by David Magda Sept. 2, 2015

Sept. 2, 2015

[Not sure if my first attempt made it out.] Hello, We recently upgrade from Debian 5 to 6, and are now having issues with Mailman. Messages are still flowing properly, but the web archives are not being generated since the upgrade. When I run 'bin/arch mylistname' I get the following: [...] figuring article archives 2005-October /usr/local/mailman-2.1.20/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py:176: UnicodeWarning: Unicode equal comparison failed to convert both arguments to Unicode - interpreting them as being unequal self.dict = marshal.load(fp) /usr/local/mailman-2.1.20/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py:74: UnicodeWarning: Unicode equal comparison failed to convert both arguments to Unicode - interpreting them as being unequal self.sorted.sort() Updating index files for archive [2004-December] [...] Updating HTML for article 214 Pickling archive state into /usr/local/mailman-2.1.20/archives/private/mylistname/pipermail.pck Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/arch", line 201, in <module> main() File "bin/arch", line 189, in main archiver.processUnixMailbox(fp, start, end) File "/usr/local/mailman-2.1.20/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 586, in processUnixMailbox self.add_article(a) File "/usr/local/mailman-2.1.20/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 638, in add_article article.parentID = parentID = self.get_parent_info(arch, article) File "/usr/local/mailman-2.1.20/Mailman/Archiver/pipermail.py", line 658, in get_parent_info if self.database.hasArticle(archive, article.in_reply_to): File "/usr/local/mailman-2.1.20/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 279, in hasArticle self.__openIndices(archive) File "/usr/local/mailman-2.1.20/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 257, in __openIndices t = DumbBTree(os.path.join(arcdir, archive + '-' + i)) File "/usr/local/mailman-2.1.20/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 66, in __init__ self.load() File "/usr/local/mailman-2.1.20/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 185, in load self.__sort(dirty=1) File "/usr/local/mailman-2.1.20/Mailman/Archiver/HyperDatabase.py", line 74, in __sort self.sorted.sort() UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xea in position 3: ordinal not in range(128) We're running 2.1.13, but as you can see, the problem persists even with the latest release. We're using the stock Debian Python (2.6.6), but Mailman for tarballs. Thanks for any info. Regards, David

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high amount of spam subscriptions
by Benjamin Copeland Sept. 2, 2015

Sept. 2, 2015

Hello all, I have a issue where I am getting a high amount of subscriptions on mailman using the web form. I found that a option had been added to mailman (SUBSCRIBE_FORM_SECRET). I have added this to my configuration but am still getting large amount of spam subscriptions. The addresses all tend to be in similar format, user+alias(a)gmail.com (e.g. knuckles9048+51770730(a)gmail.com). For experiment, I blocked email subscriptions to a mailing, to see if the requests are coming from mail or web form. knuckles9048+51770730(a)gmail.com Tue Sep 1 14:14:50 2015 knuckles9048+14145395(a)gmail.com Tue Sep 1 23:06:45 2015 Also 2 for another list (different users). So, now we know that web form is the attack vector. What can I do to get this under control? I am running postfix + spamd. Thanks! Ben

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at Slayter 7pm TOMORROW Wed., FREE Beginner lesson, Live Band
by Ryan Anderson Sept. 2, 2015

Sept. 2, 2015

Why won't this message send to my group? I have sent things before, including a message that said "help" as the subject. I tried using "help" as a subject but it didn't go. What do you all see? Ryan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ryan Anderson <ryanadanderson(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:02 PM Subject: Swing at Slayter 7pm TOMORROW Wed., FREE Beginner lesson, Live Band To: "One List, Mass e-mail" <nighttrain_onelist(a)lists.purdue.edu> <http://app.emlflash.com/click?id=ZjBlYjUwNzUtMzk1My00YzhiLWE3MTEtZDA2ZDQ1ZD…> *Purdue Night Train Weekly Update* Sorry for the email issue. There was a gremlin. It left. Everything is okay. Did you know the "help" command doesn't go in the subject of our group email system? Neither did Ryan. Whoops! CALLOUT TOMORROW! Wed. @ Slayter Hill 7pm <https://www.facebook.com/events/1460028190990401/> Beginner Lesson Live Band Free FUN! Just try it. Bring a water bottle. Stay fresh. No experience, partner, or coordination required. *One day 20% off SALE! * *Unlimited lessons (Only $20) *That's about 5 pages of that textbook you just purchased. It'd say it's worth it. Questions? Ask them! *swingpurdue(a)gmail.com* <swingpurdue(a)gmail.com> If you miss the callout, don't worry. You can join us in lessons. --------------------------------------------------------------------- You should check the newspaper on Wednesday. No reason. None. --------------------------------------------------------------------- *LAST CALL, teachers!* Click here <http://goo.gl/forms/x9h0uo1RnH> to show your interest. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Funto, Ashley, Sierra, and Ryan for helping advertise on Sunday. They put in over 20 hours of labor! If you want to help advertise, join us tonight <https://www.facebook.com/events/460366840791783/> at 5pm in Stew G6 for more flyer/chalking fun. [image: Inline image 1] Events this Week The Last Big <https://www.facebook.com/events/460366840791783/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter…> Chalking/Flyer-ing <https://www.facebook.com/events/460366840791783/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter…> STEW G6 - 5 pm Help get more people in to the callout! Click the link above to join the event. *Lindy Bomb!** Wed. 5:10pm at the Engineering Fountain. [set up helpers (anyone who wants to help) meet at 4:45pm in Stew G6] Check the facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/PurdueNightTrainLevel2/>for more info. Drake will be heading it up. **Lindy Bomb - To swing dance as a group in a place where it is not normally done.* *Lesson/Callout* Slayter Hill - Wed. 7PM Try to arrive early. We're expecting a great turnout! Bring a bottle of water! P.S. Sorry if you receive this message more than once! The system has been super glitchy.

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Pluggable authentication for Mailman web interface?
by Waldbieser, Carl Sept. 2, 2015

Sept. 2, 2015

Are there any guidelines for adding authentication and /or authorization mechanisms to the Mailman web user interface? Specifically, I was wondering if there is any kind of guidance for authenticating the user via an HTTP header (e.g. HTTP_REMOTE_USER) so that an authenticating reverse proxy could be placed in front of the Mailman web interface. If there is no such built-in mechanism or pluggable mechanism, is there any kind of guidance on how the existing authentication mechanism might be replaced from a technical standpoint? Thanks, Carl Waldbieser ITS Systems Programmer Lafayette College

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cron log looks odd
by Steve Matzura Sept. 1, 2015

Sept. 1, 2015

I get Mailman job logs that look like this: Sep 1 08:00:01 {my_node} CROND[29280]: (mailman) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/mailman/cron/checkdbs^M) Sep 1 09:00:01 {my_node} CROND[30120]: (mailman) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/mailman/cron/disabled^M) Sep 1 12:00:01 {my_node} atronus CROND[32514]: (mailman) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/mailman/cron/senddigests^M) Sep 1 05:00:01 {my-node} CROND[2654]: (mailman) CMD (/usr/bin/python -S /usr/local/mailman/cron/mailpasswds^M) Where does the '^M' come from, and is it bad that it's there?

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Archive looping
by Joseph Brennan Sept. 1, 2015

Sept. 1, 2015

We have a list with a very large archive, over 137,000 messages in a month. It catches system alerts. This might just be a bad idea. Maybe we should archive by day. But it's been all right for many months up to now. I'm looking for ideas on how to solve a problem with the archives. Yesterday the archive got into a weird state that I could not break by a shutdown and fresh start. For each incoming message, it rewrites all of the old messages with one extra newline. This useless activity takes quite a while and has caused mail to accumulate in the in/ directory. Inspection of a sample message in a backup from about 24 hours ago shows hundreds of newlines added to the message in that time. The newlines are always added at the same place, between this:---

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(no subject)
by Nestor Praslin Sept. 1, 2015

Sept. 1, 2015

Hi dear, how are you doing, I have a question?can anybody help me install mailman and make it run? I like to get in touch with you if so so that maybe ca help me installl it in my server because I have installed via webmin once but didn`t get it to run. -- Nestor Praslin International sihay.com USA 239 603 7693 PMA 507 399 4843

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