Mailman 3 September 2020 - Mailman-Users

Virtualhosts in mailman 3 / postorius
by Johannes Rohr 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

Dear all, I am now playing around with Mailman 3, considering to migrate eventually. Reading the documentation, I haven't understood whether there is still a possibility to configure virtual hosts within mailman. My goal is to ensure that visitors of https://lists.domain1.org only see the lists @lists.domain1.org and not the others, just as the setting VIRTUAL_HOST_OVERVIEW = 1 in /etc/mailman/mm_cfg.py does. I would assume that one can have a similar behaviour in mailman3, can't one? Thanks a lot in advance! Johannes

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Re: Problem with outlook.com
by nikos 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

>> Remote Server returned '550 5.6.0 CAT.InvalidContent.Exception: >> ExchangeDataException, Decoding of header Subject failed+ADs- raw value: >> +AFs-Ps+AF0- >> +AD0-?iso8859-7?b?wer98fnz5yDF8OX05enh6t7yIOXq5N7r+-fPn8iDz9Oft?+AD0-; >> cannot handle content of message > It looks like the Subject: header of the message is in Greek and is > RFC2047 encoded in the iso-8859-7 character set. > > For some reason, Hotmail doesn't accept this. > > >> That happened since September 10th this year. Before, all received >> without problem. > This is a Hotmail (Microsoft) issue. I don't know if communicating with > them would help or not. > > You could change Mailman's encoding for Greek from iso-8859-7 to utf-8, > but this is an involved process. You have to recode Mailman's > messages/el/LC_MESSAGES/mailman.po and templates/el/* and any custom > templates from iso-8859-7 to utf-8, run msgfmt to recompile > messages/el/LC_MESSAGES/mailman.mo and also recode any Greek strings in > the list configurations. There is a script at > <https://www.msapiro.net/scripts/recode_list> (mirrored at > <http://fog.ccsf.edu/~msapiro/scripts/recode_list>) that can help with > this last step. > > I also don't know that changing the encoding from iso-8859-7 to utf-8 > will help with this Hotmail issue or not, but it might be worth a try. OK, I'll try it. Thank you for your answer. Nikos.

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Reply-To: Poster via archive?
by Thomas Gramstad 24 Sep '20

24 Sep '20

A subscriber to a list I have with a public archive, has NOMAIL set and only reads and responds via the archive. But even though the list is set up with Reply-To: Sender as default, this subscriber, even when he is logged in, gets Reply-To list instead of Reply-To to poster when he replies via the archive. Is there a way to reply to poster when reading and replying via the official list archive? -- Thomas Gramstad thomas(a)gramstad.no

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Removed archive messages won't die
by Thomas Gramstad 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

I'm trying to get rid of some test messages, unsubscribe messages, and a misdirected personal message from a public list archive (Mailman 2.1.29). The problem is that the archived messages keep resurrecting themselves in the date.html file, even if the actual message files have been deleted, after I edit them away from the date.html file. How can I prevent this behavior, so that only actually existing archive messages show up in the archive index file date.html? -- Thomas Gramstad thomas(a)gramstad.no

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Post log not being written
by Mark Dale 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

Hi, I've just noticed that the mailman/post log isn't being written to. Mail is being delivered to the lists okay and the other log files (bounce, subscribe, etc) are being written okay. The permissions and ownership look fine. -rw-rw-r-- 1 list list 4297 Sep 19 09:00 bounce -rw-rw-r-- 1 list list 6731 Sep 19 19:19 subscribe -rw-rw-r-- 1 list list 0 Sep 19 00:00 post Mailman 2.1.34 (installed from source) on Debian 10/Postfix. Any pointers on where I should be looking to fix this greatly appreciated. /Mark

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Subscribers receive some messages, not all messages
by Thomas Gramstad 22 Sep '20

22 Sep '20

On a new list I have created, some subscribers seem to receive only some of the postings to the list, not all the postings, in a seemingly random way. The missing posts are not in the recipients' spam filters. I suspect this may be related to complications related to the newer anti-spam methods SPF, DMARC, DKIM. I don't know how those things work, and I have the default settings (in Mailman 2.1.29) for them. What can I do to improve message delivery? Thomas Gramstad

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extracting a lists's setting to move the list to a new domain
by Steven Jones 22 Sep '20

22 Sep '20

Hi, I cant find anything on extracting a list's settings, owners etc and then using those to create a new list on a new domain. Is there a simple operational command to extract and inject? regards Steven

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mailman v2.x
by Jim Popovitch 21 Sep '20

21 Sep '20

Hi Folks, A couple of days ago, over on the MAILOP mailinglist, there was a long thread titled 'Mailman confirmation email denial of service'. This detailed some of the problems we've all seen with Mailman subscription spam. The Mailman team has addressed a lot of these problems with ReCAPTCHA support and additional configuration options. Arguably the best solution has been the ReCAPTCHA integration. BUT, a lot of people don't like the Google tie-ins that come with ReCAPTCHA. Recently, a kind person submitted a patch [1] to Mailman for hCAPTCHA an alternative to ReCAPTCHA. In the discussion of that patch, Mark has stated that he is not interested in any more features for Mailman 2.x. I think that is fine, Mark has given decades of this time to Mailman and I think it's perfectly natural for him to want to move on. He deserves a lot of credit for Mailman's success, both the 2.x and 3.x branches. So, I have volunteered to spearhead an effort to add one or two more people to the Mailman Coders group[2] in order to vet and approve new features that continue the long tradition of providing value to Mailman 2.x. Who's with me on this? 1. https://code.launchpad.net/~jks/mailman/hcaptcha/+merge/389691 2. https://launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/+members#active

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delete a message out of a pending digest?
by Bryan Teague 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Hello, I was contacted by the member of one of my mailing lists asking if it was possible to delete a message before it was sent out in a digest. I searched, but did not find anything to indicate this was possible. Is it possible? and if so, where can I find the documentation on this procedure? Thanks, Bryan Bryan Teague Senior Web Administrator, Library and Web Services Information Technology Services Maher Hall 196 5998 Alcalá Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 Work: 619.260.7842 Cell: 619.321.7288 bryant(a)sandiego.edu <mailto:bryant@sandiego.edu>

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Archive Issue
by Dennis Putnam 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

For some reason, messages are not being archived. I see no error in the logs and check_perms says no problems found. Any suggestions on how to get archive working? Thanks.

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