Mailman 3 August 2022 - Mailman-Users

Setting Up a List Via Command Line?
by Jerry Barnabee 10 Aug '22

10 Aug '22

Is there a way to set the moderation bit to on/off when I create a user by command line centos 7, mailman 2.x e.g. create user mailinglist: "mymailinglist" username: "User Namer' emailaddress: "usernameemailladdres(a)somewhere.com <mailto:usernameemailladdres@somewhere.com>" moderation: true

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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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HTTPD
by Software Info 06 Aug '22

06 Aug '22

HI All, I have been trying to get the mailman web interface working with OpenBSD’s httpd. I found and used the information at https://www.quernus.co.uk/2015/09/28/running-mailman-on-openbsd/ <https://www.quernus.co.uk/2015/09/28/running-mailman-on-openbsd/> Strangely, I am still getting error 500. Internal Server Error. Has anyone gotten this pair working together? Any help would be appreciated.

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Flooded with signup requests
by Max 03 Aug '22

03 Aug '22

Hi, I'm admin for multiple lists and I am getting flooded with fake signup requests. I have already set signup to "confirm and allow". I've also added a lot of domais to the ban list (see below), still I get tons of gmail and yahoo signups which I can't blanket ban since some legitimate users use these mail providers. What else can I do? It also seems that the same address is trying to sign up multiple times and this results in multiple mails to the admins/moderators. How can I at least stop the bots from repeated signups with the same email? ^.*(a)zenithhomes.com.au$ ^.*(a)aol.com$ ^.*(a)qq.com ^.*(a)yandex.ru$ ^.*(a)mail.ru$ ^.*(a)narod.ru$ ^.*(a)customs.gov.ua$ ^.*(a)womclub.com$ ^.*(a)cox.net$ ^.*(a)naiau.kiev.ua$ ^.*(a)dostavkadobra.com.ua$ ^.*(a)mfa.gov.ua$ ^.*(a)i.ua$ ^.*(a)vng.com.vn$ ^.*(a)contactplatinum.com$ ^.*(a)ukr.net$ ^.*(a)aga.org$ ^.*(a)sbcglobal.net$ ^.*(a)msn.com$ ^.*(a)163.com$ ^.*(a)verizon.net$ ^.*(a)comcast.net$ ^.*(a)earthlink.net$ ^.*(a)tmomail.net$ ^.*(a)dvdevgroup.com$ ^.*(a)hqsec.com$ ^.*(a)centurylink.net$ ^.*(a)gmai.com$ ^.*(a)nijel.ca$ ^.*(a)globals-globals.com$ ^.*(a)omnicell.com$

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Change in email routing
by Francis Jayakanth 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Hi, I'm administering and moderating a list with Mailman version 2.1.20. I need to make the following changes with immediate effect: 1. Switch to the Postfix email router from Sendmail, 2. Use Office 365 with authentication as the relay host I have stopped the Sendmail service and configured Postfix for email transactions. Things are not working as they used to while using Sendmail. I have specifically noticed that the following Mailman functions are not working after the change over: 1. Online membership registrations are not receiving email communication about the membership being held for approval. 2. The moderator does not receive communication about new online registrations. So, new online registrations are not happening. 3. Adding new subscriptions through the command line works, but neither the subscriber nor the moderator receives any communication. Ex. ./add_members -r new -w y -a y listname 4. No confirmation email is received after posting a message by a subscribed member. 5. The <from> email address of the approved messages is changing to the authentication email id, but the name remains that of the member making the post. Could someone guide me to resolve the above issues, please? Thanking you, - Francis

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Managing Lists Remotely
by Daniel Krause 01 Aug '22

01 Aug '22

We're looking at options to manage our mailman3 lists programmatically from a saas platform we offer. The rest api seems like the way to go, but almost everything I read about it says do not expose this publicly. Does anyone have an alternative option to be able to do this? We use a managed mailman installation, so we do not have carte blanche on the server Regards *Daniel Krause* *Head of IT* *Office: **+27 87 238 4238* <0872384238> *Mobile : **+971 55 418 4733* <0971554184733> *Email: **daniel(a)noldor.co.za* <daniel(a)noldor.co.za> *Web: **www.noldor.co.za* <http://www.noldor.co.za/>

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