Mailman 3 February 2020 - Mailman-Users

Possible Backup Issue
by Dennis Putnam 27 Feb '20

27 Feb '20

I'm not sure why I am getting these errors but it seems to be associated with backups. Is there a backup cronjob that didn't run, fail or is something else wrong? The directories do exist but not the indicated pck files. TIA Feb 25 12:02:06 2020 (14100) Uncaught runner exception: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Feb 25 12:02:06 2020 (5133) Uncaught runner exception: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/spool/mailman/out/1582657325.390982+504a3666a91ef8722e1af700669bf0190e00417d.pck' Feb 25 12:02:06 2020 (5133) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 99, in _oneloop msg, msgdata = self._switchboard.dequeue(filebase) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 154, in dequeue fp = open(filename) IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/spool/mailman/out/1582657325.390982+504a3666a91ef8722e1af700669bf0190e00417d.pck' Feb 25 12:02:06 2020 (5133) Skipping and preserving unparseable message: 1582657325.390982+504a3666a91ef8722e1af700669bf0190e00417d Feb 25 12:02:06 2020 (14100) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 99, in _oneloop msg, msgdata = self._switchboard.dequeue(filebase) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 158, in dequeue os.rename(filename, backfile) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Feb 25 12:02:06 2020 (14100) Skipping and preserving unparseable message: 1582657325.390982+30007f7a3ce65a426ba60c1ab46d996c33d2bb9a Feb 25 12:02:06 2020 (14102) Failed to unlink/preserve backup file: /var/spool/mailman/out/1582657325.390982+504a3666a91ef8722e1af700669bf0190e00417d.bak Feb 25 12:02:07 2020 (5128) Failed to unlink/preserve backup file: /var/spool/mailman/archive/1582657325.390982+30007f7a3ce65a426ba60c1ab46d996c33d2bb9a.bak Feb 25 12:07:35 2020 (5134) Uncaught runner exception: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/spool/mailman/virgin/1582657654.150712+53c19a1ee899509786cc9beb40990d4c631f65d4.pck' Feb 25 12:07:35 2020 (5134) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 99, in _oneloop msg, msgdata = self._switchboard.dequeue(filebase) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 154, in dequeue fp = open(filename) IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/spool/mailman/virgin/1582657654.150712+53c19a1ee899509786cc9beb40990d4c631f65d4.pck' Feb 25 12:07:35 2020 (5134) Skipping and preserving unparseable message: 1582657654.150712+53c19a1ee899509786cc9beb40990d4c631f65d4 Feb 25 12:07:35 2020 (14098) Failed to unlink/preserve backup file: /var/spool/mailman/virgin/1582657654.150712+53c19a1ee899509786cc9beb40990d4c631f65d4.bak Feb 25 12:29:07 2020 (14099) Uncaught runner exception: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Feb 25 12:29:07 2020 (14099) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 99, in _oneloop msg, msgdata = self._switchboard.dequeue(filebase) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 158, in dequeue os.rename(filename, backfile) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Feb 25 12:29:07 2020 (14099) Skipping and preserving unparseable message: 1582658947.082654+30ee2b8943fe331a15218871760c1c8d3a5d8a90 Feb 25 12:29:07 2020 (5131) Failed to unlink/preserve backup file: /var/spool/mailman/in/1582658947.082654+30ee2b8943fe331a15218871760c1c8d3a5d8a90.bak Feb 25 13:04:00 2020 (14099) Uncaught runner exception: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Feb 25 13:04:00 2020 (14099) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 99, in _oneloop msg, msgdata = self._switchboard.dequeue(filebase) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 158, in dequeue os.rename(filename, backfile) OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Feb 25 13:04:00 2020 (14099) Skipping and preserving unparseable message: 1582661039.25433+fcd57e8ec68cce26d6ec44748d97987a885b8f3c Feb 25 13:04:00 2020 (5131) Failed to unlink/preserve backup file: /var/spool/mailman/in/1582661039.25433+fcd57e8ec68cce26d6ec44748d97987a885b8f3c.bak Feb 25 13:04:01 2020 (14104) Uncaught runner exception: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/spool/mailman/bounces/1582661040.887134+c53e72b90df57867b3447d0e85584d819d2f14b4.pck' Feb 25 13:04:01 2020 (14104) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Runner.py", line 99, in _oneloop msg, msgdata = self._switchboard.dequeue(filebase) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Queue/Switchboard.py", line 154, in dequeue fp = open(filename) IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/spool/mailman/bounces/1582661040.887134+c53e72b90df57867b3447d0e85584d819d2f14b4.pck' Feb 25 13:04:01 2020 (14104) Skipping and preserving unparseable message: 1582661040.887134+c53e72b90df57867b3447d0e85584d819d2f14b4 Feb 25 13:04:01 2020 (5129) Failed to unlink/preserve backup file: /var/spool/mailman/bounces/1582661040.887134+c53e72b90df57867b3447d0e85584d819d2f14b4.bak

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Archives Permission Denied
by Dennis Putnam 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

I am in the process of migrating mailman to a new server. It seems to have been done correctly but mailman is unable to write to the archive files. IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/mailman/archives/private/rushtalk/2020-February.txt' I ran check_perms and it found no issues. However, when I look at the ownership of the archives I get this: -rw-r--r--. 1 root mailman 72404 Feb 16 14:26 2020-February.txt Shouldn't either the owner be mailman or permissions be -rw-rw-r--? TIA.

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Membership List Include Legend Link Wrong
by Dennis Putnam 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

The link to include legend on the membership management page is: http://localhost.localdomain/mailman/admin/rushtalk/members/list?legend=yes Why is that not defaulting to the real host and how do I fix it? TIA.

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Mailman 2.1.30rc1 released
by Mark Sapiro 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

I am pleased to announce the release of Mailman 2.1.30rc1. Python 2.6 is the minimum supported, but Python 2.7 is strongly recommended. This is a routine bug fix release with a few new features. See the attached README.txt for details. Mailman 2.1.30 will be the last release of the Mailman 2.1 branch from the GNU Mailman project. It contains some new strings which are untranslated in most of the i18n translations. If you can help update any of the translations, please contribute your changes. Changes can be submitted via a bzr merge proposal on Launchpad or by sending an updated mailman.po file and or templates directly to me. This will be the last chance to get i18n updates into a release. 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 https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman http://mailman.sourceforge.net/ Mailman 2.1.30rc1 can be downloaded from https://launchpad.net/mailman/2.1/ https://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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mailman 2.1.18 for RHEL 5
by Dennis Putnam 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

Since migrating to mailman 3 on the latest RHEL is going to take some time, I need an interim solution to DMARC mitigation. I understand version 2.1.18 will do what I need, at least until I can finish the migration. However, I have been unable to find a repository or rpm for that version for RHEL 5. Can someone help me out with that?

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Server Configuration 2.1.12
by Dennis Putnam 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

I have mailman 2.1.12 installed on RHEL 7 (that is the latest version available in the RHEL 7 repository). When I try to access the mailman web pages (apache 2.4) I get the error: [Mon Feb 17 03:43:04.099892 2020] [authz_core:error] [pid 30156] [client 162.230.29.192:49655] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: /usr/lib/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo Here is my mailman.conf file: # # httpd configuration settings for use with mailman. # ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/lib/mailman/cgi-bin/ <Directory /usr/lib/mailman/cgi-bin/> AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> Alias /pipermail/ /usr/lib/mailman/archives/public/ <Directory /usr/lib/mailman/archives/public> Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> # Uncomment the following line, replacing www.example.com with your server's # name, to redirect queries to /mailman to the listinfo page (recommended). RedirectMatch ^/$ http://galene.csd.net/mailman/listinfo/rushtalk Since it looks correct to me, perhaps some new eyes can see what I am missing. TIA.

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UTF-8 From and Reply-to addresses not getting properly processed.
by Lindsay Haisley 16 Feb '20

16 Feb '20

We're running Mailman 2.1.18-1 and have a list which is having a porn spam problem. The list is set to discard posts from non-members, and the list moderator has set various filters to try to filter on words which contain "f***", as many do, however the Subject, From and Reply- to addresses are all UTF-8 strings, and are apparently confusing Mailman's decision-making functions, and these posts are ending up in the administrative requests list. Here's a sample set of headers: Return-Path: <Abia(a)multi.net.pk> Delivered-To: cyberpluckers(a)autoharp.org Received: from 202-142-178-114.multi.net.pk ([::ffff:202.142.178.114]) by linode.fmp.com with ESMTP; Sat, 15 Feb 2020 09:11:38 -0600 id 000000000025B215.000000005E480A2B.00002589 Received: from unknown (103.65.14.20) by mail.naihautsui.co.kr with SMTP; Sat, 15 Feb 2020 15:02:48 -0800 Received: from asx121.turbo-inline.com ([41.36.184.152]) by qrx.quickslick.com with LOCAL; Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:51:47 -0800 Received: from unknown (HELO snmp.otwaloow.com) (Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:48:41 -0800) by rly04.hottestmile.com with QMQP; Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:48:41 -0800 Received: from unknown (137.251.39.90) by mail.naihautsui.co.kr with ASMTP; Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:48:03 -0800 Received: from mail.gimmicc.net [12.159.103.230] by smtp.endend.nl with ESMTP; Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:40:00 -0800 Message-ID: <455601d5e40d$cd381490$538b0ca1@Abia> Reply-To: =?utf-8?B?IkFiaWEiIDxBYmlhQG11bHRpLm5ldC5waz4=?= From: =?utf-8?B?IkFiaWEiIDxBYmlhQG11bHRpLm5ldC5waz4=?= To: cyberpluckers(a)autoharp.org, cyberpluckers-owner(a)autoharp.org Subject: =?utf-8?B?SSBJbnN0YUZ1Y2sgUmVxdWVzdCBpcyBQZW5kaW5n?= Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:40:00 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_linode-9609-1581779501-0001-2" X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 5.01 (1630) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.01 MM is properly decoding the Subject in the message detail headers, but not the From address. Is there any way to get these get Mailman to properly handle these? -- Lindsay Haisley | "The arc of history is long, but FMP Computer Services | it bends toward Justice" 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com | - Barack Obama

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genalises - no aliases for one od the ists
by Jutta Wrage 15 Feb '20

15 Feb '20

Hello! We are using Mailman 2.1.26 Now I discovered a problem: genaliases creates 2 files and in one of them there is one mailing lists missing. aliases has 11 lists virtual-mailman has 10 lists Is it possible to debug this somehow? Exim does not accept mail for the missing list: 550 Unrouteable address /usr/bin/python points to Python 2.7.17 I could add the missing lines in virtual-mailman manually, but once genaliases is run again the additional entries will be up and away again. Any suggestions? Jutta

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Server Migration
by Dennis Putnam 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

I've been reading up on migrating to a new server but I'm not sure I am reading the right instructions. It seems that copying the lists to the new server is one thing but it appears that the end result means the users will have to use a new list server. That is, if users were emailing listname(a)oldserver.domain.com they will now have to email listname(a)newserver.domain.com. That is not what I want. After migrating to the new server I want users to still email listname(a)oldserver.domain.com. I expect to simply rename the new server to the old hostname and change its IP address. Can someone point me to some documentation that does that type migration? TIA.

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Upgrading Mailman from Centos package...
by Bruce Johnson 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Probably a dumb question, but, this should also be the process to update MM from a RHEL/CentOS package to a later version from source? https://wiki.list.org/DOC/4.80%20How%20do%20I%20upgrade%20from%20Mailman%20… I've checked this: https://wiki.list.org/DOC/RHEL%20file%20changes%20after%20version%202.1.5-20 -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

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