Mailman 3 February 2016 - Mailman-Users

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 16 Feb '21

16 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 09 Sep '20

09 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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Rejecting emails with certain types of attachments
by Titus von der Malsburg 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Hi list, is it possible to automatically reject emails that have attachments with certain MIME types (e.g., application/msword, …)? Since there are so many types of files that are unsafe, I also wonder whether it is possible to specify a white list of safe MIME types (e.g., application/PDF) and to reject everything else. Is that possible? I did some searching but only found solutions for automatically stripping attachments, which is not what I want. Thank you, Titus

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Mailman 2.1.21 Final Release
by Mark Sapiro 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Please ignore the spurious, fumble fingered post of a few minutes ago. I am pleased to announce the release of Mailman 2.1.21. Python 2.4 is the minimum supported, but Python 2.7 is strongly recommended. This release includes a few new features and several bug fixes. Most of the changes since the second release candidate are i18n updates, but there are a few more bug fixes. See the attached README for details. Mailman is free software for managing email mailing lists and e-newsletters. Mailman is used for all the python.org and SourceForge.net mailing lists, as well as at hundreds of other sites. For more information, please see our web site at one of: http://www.list.org http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman http://mailman.sourceforge.net/ http://mirror.list.org/ Mailman 2.1.21 can be downloaded from https://launchpad.net/mailman/2.1/ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailman/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/mailman/ -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

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speed up mailman
by Ruben Safir 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Hello How do I speed up mailman so that it works instantaneously and stops storing messages. Ruben -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013

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IT Services Awareness Alert] Another Phishing Email Circulating
by Bruce Harrison 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Campus Community: There is another interesting Phishing Email circulating on campus. I have included the email below. Please notice the "From:" address as it is not from the UT Martin Helpdesk or anyone on our campus. Please just delete the email and don't click where it says "Click Here". (I have removed the hyperlinks from the message below) If you received the email and clicked on the link, please give the helpdesk a call at 7900 as soon as you can - and remember, the UT Martin Helpdesk will never ask you to send your password over email. Thanks! Information Technology Services

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Modifying Privacy.py
by ListGnome ProtonMail 28 Feb '16

28 Feb '16

Hi All, I'm attempting to modify the subscription options in the Admin section under "Privacy options: What steps are required for subscription?". There are currently three option and I'm trying to remove "Confirm" so that the only two options remain - "Require approval" and "Confirm and approve". In the file "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Gui/Privacy.py" I've tried removing the lines that relate to "Confirm" - and as expected the Admin page looks okay with only the two desired options showing. However, what happens when someone subscribs is they actually get the "Confirm" process - rather than the expected "Requires approval". Is there another file I need to be looking at also? Or am I most likely just screwing up the "Privacy.py" file? Thanks, Mark

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