Mailman 3 May 2016 - Mailman-Users

Order of operation - config files
by Beu, Ed (DOA) May 4, 2016

May 4, 2016

Hello, We have a test installation of Mailman 2.1.20 (CSW) running on Solaris 10. Production version will be running on CentOS. Since most of our lists are 'Announcement' type lists, I have put the following in the mm_cfg.py file: DEFAULT_DEFAULT_MEMBER_MODERATION = Yes For the occasional 'discussion' list I have created a config file (discuss.config) to import into the new list to change 'Member Moderation' to No, but it does not take effect. For example, I'm using this command: .../bin> ./newlist -q testdiscuss ed.beu(a)alaska.gov 12345678;./config_list -i discuss.config testdiscuss Is it not possible to override the mm_cfg.py file entries with a config_list -i command? Thanks in advance for any assistance! ~Ed Ed Beu , Systems Programmer Enterprise Technology Services Department of Administration 619 E Shipcreek Ave., Ste 232 Anchorage, AK 99501-1677 [ETSLogo]---------------------------------------- *Desk:(907)269-6790 ?Fax: (907)269-6719 * ed.beu(a)alaska.gov<mailto:ed.beu@alaska.gov> " http://www.doa.alaska.gov/ets/ ----------------------------------------

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Can users still receive digests when they are turned off?
by Danny Schmarsel May 4, 2016

May 4, 2016

Hello guys, I'm running a mailing list without digests to keep the replies clean. On the "Membership Management" page I can still enable digests for specific users even with digestable turned off. The question: Will these users still receive digests or does digestable override user-specific settings? Thanks, -Danny

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Stop Backlogged Messages From Going Out
by Craig Pettersen May 4, 2016

May 4, 2016

Hello, I inherited a server that has a couple mailman lists that interface with postfix and was alerted that daily messages from the list haven't been going out for almost 3 weeks now. I fixed the problem in postfix, and before fixing it I checked queues and files in /var/spool/postfix and in /home/mailman to see if any backlogged messages were set to go out and didn't find any. However after things went back up I've received two messages from the list and I have no idea where they've been hiding. Since I can't have people upset with 20 emails from the list showing up in their inboxes I shut postfix and mailman down. Now I need some help figuring out how to find and stop any old messages from going out and delete them. Can anyone help me understand how to do that? Thanks, Craig

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Problems with getting httpd to play well with new Mailman install
by Christopher Adams May 3, 2016

May 3, 2016

Hello all, I recently had a server fail and I am rebuilding a new server (CentOS 7 ) for Mailman. I have the server and OS working and Mailman installed. I have installed Mailman a number of times, so kind of know the routine. I have Apache running and verified that it is by browsing to the root of the web server. I created a new mailing list and then tried to navigate to the admin and listinfo page. The result was '403 Forbidden'. Looking in the httpd error log, I find this: "client denied by server configuration: /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo". I added a block in the httpd.conf file to allow access to the cgi-bin directory and restarted httpd. Still, I am being forbidden. Files and directories are owned by mailman.mailman and they seem like they have proper permissions. I am assuming that it is <Directory "/usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/"> Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> I then commented out the directory block that limited access to the entire file system. I restarted httpd. Now, I get this : Bug in Mailman version 2.1.22 We're sorry, we hit a bug! -- Christopher Adams adamsca(a)gmail.com

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Seeking Information re: mailman admin page bug
by Holly Hart May 1, 2016

May 1, 2016

Hello, I work for an organization that uses several Mailman email lists which I administer. Starting a couple weeks ago (apparently), the admin request page commands have ceased to function: messages held in the queue remain stuck there, regardless of attempts to discard, reject or accept. The source of the issue is apparently on Python's end. Unfortunately,there is no way to receive a timely response to what should be a basic inquiry (and probably something easy to fix). Have others experienced this bug? Does anyone here know how to fix this? -- Holly Hart Program Coordinator, Iowa Shares www.iowashares.org 319.338.1446 (office) 319.331.91616 (cell)

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