mailman-users@python.org discussions for June 2005

25	[Mailman-Users] 2.1.5 fedora core 3 prevent mailbody problem

Using 2.1.5 on fedora cors 3. Run an old mailman for years but just setting this one up afresh. Two probs - some regexes and preventing spams going to moderators while holding them back: 1. regex ...

Andy Heath
Jun 13, 2005 at 9:10 am
Jun 17, 2005 at 10:20 am

13	[Mailman-Users] First-time poster...

Hello list members! I have setup a list server running on Fedora Core 2, with Postfix 2.2.3, Mailman 2.1.5, and Python 2.3.4. I think I followed the Mailman setup and configuration guidelines ...

Bill Landry
Jun 6, 2005 at 4:58 pm
Jun 7, 2005 at 2:47 pm

12	[Mailman-Users] aliases assistant

Hi All, I am a novince to Mailman. I followed the steps to install Mailman 2.1.5 in RH Linux 9. It works pretty well except I have to add a bunch of aliases for a list to /etc/aliases. I tried David ...

Diana Huang
Jun 15, 2005 at 3:46 am
Jun 17, 2005 at 1:33 am

10	[Mailman-Users] short question, probably an FAQ that I've overlooked.

When I send a message to a Mailman list with 100 members, does Mailman inject one message with 100 addresses BCC'd, or 100 messages with one address BCC'd? Thanks, --joshua. -- ...

Joshua Nichols
Jun 2, 2005 at 6:56 pm
Jun 3, 2005 at 1:53 am

10	[Mailman-Users] (re-post) smtp failures, please help

Hi... I posted this yesterday but I have received no replies... can someone help me out? Thanks Ricardo http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp

Ricardo Kleemann
Jun 1, 2005 at 1:44 pm
Jun 2, 2005 at 2:53 pm

9	[Mailman-Users] SMTPDirect issues (Name or service not known)

Hello all, I'm currently in the process of setting up a mailinglist with mailman. The installation process worked fine, mails are correctly delivered to mailman by exim: mainlog.1:2005-06-09 22:00:38 ...

Meike Aulbach
Jun 10, 2005 at 8:17 am
Jun 12, 2005 at 7:59 pm

9	[Mailman-Users] Mailmain Error - senddigests

Can someone direct me to where I should be looking for the cause of this error message? Thanks, David Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/mailman/cron/senddigests", line 94, in ? main() ...

David Hwang
Jun 5, 2005 at 12:46 am
Jun 7, 2005 at 7:13 am

8	[Mailman-Users] Multiple subscription requests and reminders

Hi! I have a mailman 2.1.5 installation on a FC1 Plesk-administrated server. The problem I'm having is that subscription confirmation e-mails arrive in duplicate or quadruplicate (!!!!). Plus, ...

Bruno Ferreira
Jun 17, 2005 at 3:45 pm
Jul 3, 2005 at 4:11 pm

8	[Mailman-Users] Message unparsable

I am having a problem with some message not being distributed. When I look at the error file I can see this: Jun 23 11:34:34 2005 (3512) message is unparsable: ...

Dennis Putnam
Jun 23, 2005 at 3:46 pm
Jun 28, 2005 at 2:29 am

6	[Mailman-Users] NNTP gatewaying

I just set up Mailman 2.1.5 with the intention of utilizing the NNTP/Mailman gatewaying process. using on the other side is Typhoon, and I've asked if it can just permit the IP; however, I'd just ...

Forrest Aldrich
Jun 29, 2005 at 6:53 pm
Jul 4, 2005 at 12:56 am

6	[Mailman-Users] postfix and mailman issues

Greetings, I have been trying to integrate Mailman 2.1.6 with Postfix 2.2.4 with no luck. I have followed the instructions on the Mailman website for Postfix, and I have installed Postfix-style ...

Michael GIbbs
Jun 30, 2005 at 2:49 pm
Jul 1, 2005 at 7:05 pm

6	[Mailman-Users] Need assistance trouble shooting problem after moving Mailman from one box to another

I posted last week before moving our distribution lists from a Panther Server (Mailman 2.1.3) to Tiger Server (Mailman 2.1.5). Instructioins, esp those from Mark Sapiro were very helpful. I was able ...

Thomas Waters
Jun 21, 2005 at 4:47 pm
Jun 23, 2005 at 11:58 am

6	[Mailman-Users] No admin/moderator emails being sent

I am experiencing a problem where the moderators and/or the list admins are not getting notifications regarding things like mail being held and I am wondering what I am doing wrong. If I send mail to ...

Kris Vassallo
Jun 14, 2005 at 11:25 pm
Jun 15, 2005 at 2:56 am

5	[Mailman-Users] Mailman was working, then stopped

Hi, my Mailman lists (Mailman 2.1.5 on Red Hat) were working fine for over a year. Then, about a month ago, they stopped working. (My last administrator email came May 30.) I don't know why. When I ...

Doug Lipman
Jun 25, 2005 at 10:49 pm
Jun 26, 2005 at 1:44 pm

5	[Mailman-Users] pipermail+archives

Hi all On what is pipermail based on to make the coherence with the representation of the archives ? i-e in order to know witch mail is a answer to another mail for the html representation for having ...

Jean-Philippe GIOLA
Jun 16, 2005 at 9:49 am
Jun 25, 2005 at 6:43 pm

5	[Mailman-Users] txt files and database

Hi all! nobody has answered me so I ask my question an another time...! I want to know why the mailman's developpers have choosen to store mail for the archives in txt files and not in a database ...

Jean-Philippe GIOLA
Jun 22, 2005 at 8:38 am
Jun 23, 2005 at 6:16 pm

5	[Mailman-Users] Messages not delivered

I've been doing some testing and here is what I've found in addition to what's below: I sent a message to 6 lists titled test, testtwo, test3, test_4, test_5, and test_6. On a consistent basis it ...

Robert Haack
Jun 3, 2005 at 4:07 pm
Jun 14, 2005 at 6:35 am

5	[Mailman-Users] Migration from Linux to MacOSX

I need to do the migration from Linux to MacOSX, can anyone point me to some document of how to do this?

Carfield Yim
Jun 5, 2005 at 6:08 pm
Jun 8, 2005 at 12:38 am

5	[Mailman-Users] how can moderators automatically subscribe users?

Hi, I know that via the web interface this is quite easy. However, I have a need to be able to subscribe users via email commands, without the user being subscribed getting a confirmation email. In ...

Ricardo Kleemann
Jun 2, 2005 at 7:25 pm
Jun 3, 2005 at 6:26 pm

5	[Mailman-Users] What Happened To The Message?

Hello. I am running 2.1.5 on RHEL3 w/ Postfix. I posted to one of my lists. This list contains 265,000 members. It is an announce only list. I can see the mail server got the post: Jun 2 22:43:55 ...

Hunter Hillegas
Jun 3, 2005 at 4:23 am
Jun 3, 2005 at 3:16 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] Error on email confirmations on 2.1.5

Jun 29 23:28:45 caduceus postfix/pipe[36446]: 9FC4F1F4409: to=<listname-confirm+blahblahblah at lists.wingfoot.org , relay=mailman, delay=0, status=bounced (Command died with status 1: ...

Glenn Sieb
Jun 30, 2005 at 4:11 am
Jul 1, 2005 at 9:10 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] Welcome to the "Mailman-Users" mailing list

In message <mailman.1896.1119496649.10510.mailman-users at python.org , mailman-us ers-request at python.org writes: Howdy, all! I have a mysterious mailman migration muddle. Platform: NetBSD 2.0.2, ...

Peter Seebach
Jun 23, 2005 at 3:25 am
Jun 28, 2005 at 7:07 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] Bug report

Hi. I have just gone live with my email list, and this is the first time anyone has reported a problem to me, so here it is for your comments. (First let me remind you that I do *not* have access to ...

PeteBell
Jun 3, 2005 at 10:31 am
Jun 4, 2005 at 2:43 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] mailman + database

Hi all! Is there an option in mailman in order to fill in a database with mail when they are sent ? Or I have to write a php script witch will parse a mbox file for fill in my database...! reguards ...

Jean-Philippe GIOLA
Jun 1, 2005 at 1:16 pm
Jun 2, 2005 at 2:50 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] How to specify alternate port in ./configure --mailhost= ?

We're running a special MTA on a different port, and I would like to point the mailman instance to that. Is it possible to specify this in the ./configure options or does it need to be input into ...

Forrest Aldrich
Jun 28, 2005 at 9:19 pm
Jun 29, 2005 at 12:13 am

3	[Mailman-Users] Subscribe not functioning

External subscribing is not working thru either the web interface or the list-subscribe at hostname.org method. There is no confirmation message being sent... I can subscribe locally thru email, can ...

Rdembski
Jun 24, 2005 at 5:14 am
Jun 28, 2005 at 6:33 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.1.6b4 issues

Hello, I am new to the list so if I miss something or is improper protocol, please let me know. Recently, we upgraded our mailman software from 2.0.13 to 2.1.6b4 and moved from a Solaris to Linux ...

Darren G Pifer
Jun 28, 2005 at 3:24 pm
Jun 28, 2005 at 5:25 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] privacy alert

I was unable to find a template for the privacy alerts that Mailman sends out when an attempt is made to subscribe an address that is already subscribe to the list. Where is text that Mailman uses to ...

Sean
Jun 15, 2005 at 4:32 pm
Jun 28, 2005 at 4:00 am

3	[Mailman-Users] How to get mailman to ignore the reply-to address?

Mailman 2.1.3 Sun Sparc Solaris 9 I have a one-way announcements list with subscribers having their moderation bit set. The reply-to address of the sent email is changed to the email address of the ...

Paul Key
Jun 22, 2005 at 8:33 am
Jun 27, 2005 at 2:36 am

3	[Mailman-Users] Privacy options

hi all... i just upgraded to 2.1.5... in the 2.0.... version i had before in the Privacy options there was a setting for every single message to be approved - doesn't matter if the member was new or ...

Kalin mintchev
Jun 21, 2005 at 8:59 pm
Jun 21, 2005 at 9:31 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] PRIVATE/PUBLIC EXTERNAL ARCHIVER

Hi all! I want to use an another archiver for mailman like monharc or pipermail (or one that i 'm developping) and i want to know if , when a mail is sent to a list, the external archiver will treat ...

Jean-Philippe GIOLA
Jun 14, 2005 at 7:43 am
Jun 15, 2005 at 2:46 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Insert character to footer

Hi all, I'm not really having any problems as such with Mailman currently, but I do have a minor question that some searching has not revealed an easy answer to. I wish to insert an ampersand (&) ...

Terry Allen
Jun 11, 2005 at 10:39 pm
Jun 12, 2005 at 10:40 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Auto discard non-members messages

I'm starting to see a lot of spam sent to my two lists. Both are members only. I'd like mailman to automatically discard any messages sent to the list from non-members. However, I would like to ...

Daevid Vincent
Jun 9, 2005 at 6:53 pm
Jun 10, 2005 at 3:59 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] subject_prefix is missing

I have a list with subject_prefix=[dept-linux/pedago] , but since a few hours, this prefix is not added to the subject of mails of this list. Is there an options to allow/deny the subject_prefix ? ...

Julien Francoz CoCoZ
Jun 9, 2005 at 2:39 pm
Jun 10, 2005 at 1:06 am

3	[Mailman-Users] Uncaught runner exception

I have a problem with one of my lists. I have 4 lists, and 3 seem to be working fine. The fourth one worked fine for the first couple of weeks, but then started having problems. No changes were made ...

Salada, Duncan S.
Jun 6, 2005 at 7:26 pm
Jun 8, 2005 at 8:40 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Finding abandoned lists and most recent activity

I'm the admin of a Mailman system with several hundred lists. I'm trying to write some scripts that will scan the mailman directory tree and find lists that are abandoned, never used, etc. The main ...

Mike Alberghini
Jun 8, 2005 at 7:08 pm
Jun 8, 2005 at 7:57 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Customizing Rejection notice with 2.1.6?

I just upgraded to 2.1.6 and tried to customize the non-member rejection notice by editing the 'nonmember_rejection_notice' value. However, when a non-member posts and I reject it, the old ...

David Gibbs
Jun 7, 2005 at 12:07 am
Jun 7, 2005 at 7:40 am

3	[Mailman-Users] Missing pending requests

Hi all Ever since we had a screwed up mailman list and corrected it, we have been getting the message below. We've deleted the xxx mailing list and recreated it but still get the same message every ...

Nigel Allen
Jun 6, 2005 at 12:38 am
Jun 6, 2005 at 1:40 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Mailman Virtual Domains - Multiple Installs

Hi List, is there be any how-to for a multiple installs mm server. I need listnames which are same for multiple domains. I decided to give every costumer a lists.domain.tld entry with MX Record. The ...

Michael Reck [Netdiscounter GmbH]
Jun 30, 2005 at 1:59 pm
Jul 1, 2005 at 11:01 am

2	[Mailman-Users] virtual domain lists

Hi list, i am running mailman 2.1.5 with the mailman-virtual patch for some virtual domains. Because of the usage of suexec on my Webserver i have every vhost running its CGI's with another UID on ...

Christian Anton
Jun 22, 2005 at 10:46 am
Jun 28, 2005 at 5:30 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] problems with permissions?

I have mailman 2.1.4 on a mandrake 10.0 and have upgraded msec to version msec-0.44.2-1mdk but I still get a bug error when I try to confirm a subscription to a list. I runned check_permissions -f ...

Eduardo Jaime Quiros Batres
Jun 23, 2005 at 11:07 pm
Jun 28, 2005 at 2:14 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Bouncing

Hi. I am running a Mailman email list, but do NOT have access to the installation of Mailman, as it is shared server-wide where I am hosted. I know all about the system of "bounce scores" and ...

PeteBell
Jun 21, 2005 at 1:37 pm
Jun 26, 2005 at 4:59 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Getting a single list of all members?

Greetings. I didn't see this in the FAQ, although I'm surprised it isn't more frequently asked. Under 2.1.5, is there a way to see the whole list of users at once, instead of by first letter of their ...

Paul Hoffman
Jun 22, 2005 at 3:36 pm
Jun 22, 2005 at 5:00 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Two questions about Mailman

Testing out Mailman to replace our old Majordomo lists. 1. When sending out digests it places all the messages into attachments instead of in the body of the message. Is this my email system or is it ...

Michael Linval
Jun 22, 2005 at 3:19 pm
Jun 22, 2005 at 3:30 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Postfix, Amavis and mailhost

Hello, I'm using Mailman and Postfix with Amavis and it works quite good. But I have one performance problem: If a message arrives at my server, it is checked by amavis. If the recipient is the list, ...

Jan Kohnert
Jun 21, 2005 at 11:41 pm
Jun 22, 2005 at 7:50 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Still installation woes

I can't believe this is giving me so much trouble. mailman 2.1.6, solaris9 UltraSPARC 64bit Some basic questions I am running postfix as group "postfix" although mailman *without* ...

Rob Shepherd
Jun 19, 2005 at 8:54 pm
Jun 20, 2005 at 4:30 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Old config data

Dear Mailman'ers Is there any way I can extract the config variables --with-mail-gid and --with-cgi-gid from my setup. anything, nums or strings... I lost my old building script for 2.1.5 2.1.5 ...

Rob Shepherd
Jun 19, 2005 at 3:39 pm
Jun 20, 2005 at 3:26 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Large list problem

Hello, I am running Mailman 2.1.5 on a Solaris 2.8 SUN 280R (fully loaded). I have a number of lists but 1 in particular is giving me problems. The list currently has about 14000 members of which ...

Chance Eppinette
Jun 16, 2005 at 12:46 pm
Jun 17, 2005 at 1:57 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Problem with a new install...

I'm installing Mailman 2.1.6 on a RHEL 4.0 server... I was having trouble with the smrsh, but worked that out... Now however, when I post to a test list I get the following... Any ideas? Thanks for ...

Michael D. Smith
Jun 15, 2005 at 6:33 pm
Jun 15, 2005 at 7:12 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Read-Only list but no one can post without approval (even non moderated users)

Dear Members, I have to set a read-only/announcement list for which I follow the steps described in the FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show ...

Lucian Constantin
Jun 15, 2005 at 7:23 am
Jun 15, 2005 at 3:01 pm

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