mailman-users@python.org discussions for December 2005

19	[Mailman-Users] Mailman under Cygwin - won't add list

Hi folks, Aside from the Apache problem, I can't seem to get Mailman to create a list. This is on Cygwin. I give the command: $ newlist friends Enter the email of the person running the list: ben at ...

Ben
Dec 21, 2005 at 6:26 am
Dec 23, 2005 at 3:08 pm

16	[Mailman-Users] Archives

I've searched the FAQ and cannot find the answer to a problem I'm having. I have Mailman 2.1.5 installed on a server running Debian Sarge. All the lists work wonderfully, except for archives, or more ...

Raquel Rice
Dec 21, 2005 at 6:04 pm
Dec 22, 2005 at 1:10 am

14	[Mailman-Users] Released: Mailman 2.1.7b1

Hi all, I've just released Mailman 2.1.7b1 for beta test and i18n translations. I'm tempted to jump into RC because the 2.1-maint branch is so stable and 2.1.7 is mainly for bug fixes, but we need ...

Tokio Kikuchi
Dec 20, 2005 at 3:27 am
Dec 30, 2005 at 8:51 am

12	[Mailman-Users] falling back to login screen

Hello, I am running mailman on a RH9 sever, which has qmail and apache. Everything was very fine since I installed mailman (it's been about 6 months). but lately, I can not make any changes using ...

M. Onur ERGiN
Dec 30, 2005 at 10:04 pm
Jan 9, 2006 at 10:23 pm

9	[Mailman-Users] Large mailing lists

Hello everyone, I've got some questions on a mailman server that's currently performing non-optimally. The server has four lists of about 200,000 recipients each. They are announce-only subscription ...

Ross Vandegrift
Dec 21, 2005 at 10:40 pm
Dec 22, 2005 at 9:35 pm

9	[Mailman-Users] Error when accessing Mailman CGI web interface

Hi everyone, I'm trying to install a fresh copy of mailman 2.1.6 on a FC3 machine with SELinux disabled, and running into a problem trying to access the web interface. My configure statement looks ...

Mark Cave-Ayland
Dec 20, 2005 at 3:03 pm
Dec 21, 2005 at 10:00 am

8	[Mailman-Users] High usage -- making Mailman "nice"

Morning, We're running MM v2.1.4-4, we're experiencing such high usage on our dual xeon server when mailman sends to 4000 users that port 25 becomes unresponsive. is there a way to "nice" the mailman ...

Caylan Van Larson
Dec 8, 2005 at 5:10 pm
Dec 10, 2005 at 4:51 am

7	[Mailman-Users] confusing permission errors, help please

I might need to do several instances of mailman before the new year, sailed right through my first install, but got stuck on the second one. I'm seeking advice on how to build this. Apparently I will ...

Hugh Esco
Dec 20, 2005 at 6:23 am
Dec 21, 2005 at 6:50 am

7	[Mailman-Users] Permissions problem accessing commands via php

I am trying to create some php forms that use the shell_exec function to run some of the Mailman command line commands. i.e. I have a script that lets an admin user enter an email address and then ...

Dave B
Dec 9, 2005 at 6:46 pm
Dec 12, 2005 at 6:02 pm

7	[Mailman-Users] remove_members --fromall -f

We need to clean up list subscripbers each semester when students graduate. I am having trouble with remove_members -h shows that: --file=file -f file Remove member addresses found in the given file. ...

Xiaoyan Ma
Dec 1, 2005 at 6:08 pm
Dec 1, 2005 at 11:12 pm

6	[Mailman-Users] RELEASED Mailman 2.1.7

I'm pleased to announce the release of GNU Mailman 2.1.7. This is a significant release, which includes security enhancement fixes, a new language (ia: Interlingua) support, a couple of new features, ...

Tokio Kikuchi
Dec 31, 2005 at 1:02 pm
Jan 2, 2006 at 11:41 am

6	[Mailman-Users] mailman error

friend's i have a new situation for you, i have installed a new mailman, and when i try to see my list over the web, i receiving the same error," No such list admins-list", when i try [root at mail ...

Hermidio A. Rodriguez Chavez
Dec 6, 2005 at 12:23 pm
Dec 24, 2005 at 4:35 pm

6	[Mailman-Users] Archive browsing question

Is this a correct statement? For example, if I am NOT a member of mail-list, I can still go to http://mailman/pipermail/mail-list and browse the archives. Now, there must be a way to block ...

Elvis Fernandes
Dec 19, 2005 at 7:47 pm
Dec 19, 2005 at 9:09 pm

6	[Mailman-Users] Errors with fcron jobs

Hi, I'm using fcron to schedule the mailman jobs. I configured fcron to run the mailman jobs as the mailman user (fcrontab -u mailman...). I also created the mailman user with no login shell ...

Hugo Villeneuve
Dec 18, 2005 at 7:17 pm
Dec 19, 2005 at 3:27 am

6	[Mailman-Users] Mailman install problems

Hello, I have been strugging all day to install mailman-2.1.6 on solaris8. The configure goes thru successfully. The make goes thru successfully. When I do make install, it does a bunch of things and ...

Elvis Fernandes
Dec 5, 2005 at 10:48 pm
Dec 7, 2005 at 1:09 am

6	[Mailman-Users] downloading my entire members list

Can someone tell me how to download my entire members list? I read the FAQ 's and found nothing useful. Of course, I may have missed it as well but I am confident that the mailman experts here will ...

Your Name
Dec 5, 2005 at 10:29 pm
Dec 7, 2005 at 1:01 am

5	[Mailman-Users] merge archives

Hi, Wondering if have any script to merge archives. We saved one of the accounts archives and then deleted and re-created the mailing list, were running for a week, now we need merge the saved ...

ArteryPlanet.Net :: Manuel Kissoyan
Dec 27, 2005 at 9:43 pm
Jan 23, 2006 at 10:35 pm

5	[Mailman-Users] Bounces are going to my old mail server

I've created a mailing list called bentest. My bounce messages are going to bentest-bounces at snoopy.tblc.org, but I don't remember telling this new mailman server about a host named "snoopy". I did ...

Ben Ostrowsky
Dec 19, 2005 at 7:38 pm
Dec 19, 2005 at 9:10 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] filename too long error - stopping list

I have a list that was sent a file with an attachement with too long a name. (See error below) now all mail to the list is being shunted. the filename listed does not exist on my system. There is no ...

Michael Rasmussen
Dec 22, 2005 at 2:26 pm
Dec 23, 2005 at 11:47 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] "There are no pending requests"

As you may remember from our last thrilling episode, I've upgraded from 2.1.4 to 2.1.5. Our users are trying to send messages that are being held for review, which is fine. But when we try to release ...

Ben Ostrowsky
Dec 16, 2005 at 3:25 pm
Dec 19, 2005 at 5:45 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] How long does an invite last?

When an invitation is sent out from a mailing list for someone to join, how long is it before it expires? -- John

John Poltorak
Dec 16, 2005 at 11:21 am
Dec 18, 2005 at 3:00 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] Confused about data/aliases* permissions

I'm trying to install Mailman on a GNU/Linux box with Postfix. Following the instructions in the installation manual a chown'd data/ aliases* to mailman:mailman. However when I try to create a group ...

Peter Seibel
Dec 11, 2005 at 4:46 pm
Dec 11, 2005 at 6:45 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] Mailman complie errors again

I am compiling mailman-2.1.5 on Solaris10 (SPARC) with gcc 3.3.2 When I do make install, I get the following fatal error: /usr/include/sys/siginfo.h:432: error: parse error before "k_siginfo_t" ...

Elvis Fernandes
Dec 9, 2005 at 5:41 am
Dec 10, 2005 at 5:23 am

4	[Mailman-Users] mailman-bounces error

Hi, all: I installed mailman2.1.6 with sendmail8.13 on fedora core3 box. I saw in the root mail some messages like this: The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <nui at abc.org ...

Andy Gao
Dec 2, 2005 at 4:13 pm
Dec 4, 2005 at 5:14 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Help sending to multiple lists

I am working with a community radio station which has multiple lists in Mailman that are used to contact volunteers. A volunteer can be on several of the lists. We frequently want to send to all ...

Andy Bardwell
Dec 30, 2005 at 2:56 pm
Jan 5, 2006 at 5:50 am

3	[Mailman-Users] mailman watchdog - status report

Hello, I recently had some (more) problem's that Mark Shapiro helped me out with. In that exchange I asked about a watchdog type program to help in early problem detection. Mark pointed me to: Brad's ...

Con Wieland
Dec 21, 2005 at 9:02 pm
Dec 22, 2005 at 9:19 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] How to silently, automatically reject ALL"implicit destination" messages?

We get a large amount of spam to our unmoderated lists and as moderator I am getting tired of rejecting "implicit destination" messages. They are always spam - no sensible poster BCC's and all list ...

Alex Schuilenburg
Dec 12, 2005 at 10:53 am
Dec 21, 2005 at 7:01 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] bounce disable messages even when getting mail

I keep getting messages that my account has been disabled due to excessive bounces even though I am getting the email. I am both a user on the list and the administrator. Mailman is running on a Mac ...

Dave B
Dec 20, 2005 at 12:57 am
Dec 21, 2005 at 3:54 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Mailman vs. Apache - please help

Hi folks, I have the latest versions of Apache and Cygwin installed on my WinXP machine. Under Cygwin, I have Exim installed (and working), and Mailman (build and installed). I cannot get Mailman to ...

Ben
Dec 21, 2005 at 1:02 am
Dec 21, 2005 at 3:08 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Doubt with python and mailman

Helo! What happens if... you kill python after 'theorically' shutting down the mailman correctly? That is you execute the script '/etc/init.d/mailman stop' wait half an hour and then kill the python ...

Xabier Guitián
Dec 16, 2005 at 5:07 pm
Dec 21, 2005 at 9:51 am

3	[Mailman-Users] removing a post before digest

Hi. is there a simple method that I can remove a post before a digest is triggered and not having it appear on the archives? Can this be done from the admin interface? also, is there a way to stop a ...

Mister Time
Dec 20, 2005 at 4:01 pm
Dec 21, 2005 at 12:56 am

3	[Mailman-Users] Pipermail question

Hello, Thanks to all the responses from this mail list. I was able to successfully setup mailman, and have migrated one list already. There is one feature that I would like to have on the Pipermail. ...

Elvis Fernandes
Dec 15, 2005 at 8:24 pm
Dec 16, 2005 at 3:12 am

3	[Mailman-Users] All my lists are unadvertised, even after fix_url

Hmm. I tried running bin/withlist -l -r fix_url suntalk, and it's still not showing up Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I know I'm close to being finished with this setup, I can feel it! Ben

Ben Ostrowsky
Dec 15, 2005 at 7:03 pm
Dec 15, 2005 at 7:28 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Withlist Errors

I'm working on a procedure to change the number of recipients in lists. Following a sample Mark Sapiro (Thank You Mark) I created the below procedure. When I run it though I a bunch of errors. Being ...

Robert Haack
Dec 14, 2005 at 10:53 pm
Dec 15, 2005 at 3:50 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Authorisation for creating new list

I'm trying to create a new list via the admin web interface but am told that I'm not authorised. How does Mailman identify who is authorised? -- John

John Poltorak
Dec 12, 2005 at 12:45 am
Dec 12, 2005 at 5:31 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Unable to create new mail list from browser.

I am trying to create a new mail list thru the web browser interface. The list contents are the same as the mailman list, only this list name is different. I get the following msg on the web browser: ...

Elvis Fernandes
Dec 8, 2005 at 10:14 pm
Dec 10, 2005 at 4:15 am

3	[Mailman-Users] Importing data

I have mailman version 2.1.5-33 installed on a RedHat Linux ES4.0 server. I am running Apache version 2.0.52-9. I am trying to figure out the correct procedure for importing data, from L-Soft ...

Moss, Patricia
Dec 5, 2005 at 12:19 pm
Dec 5, 2005 at 4:37 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Does mailman send one message at a time, or all at once?

I'm considering getting this MailHop Outbound service, however one of the restrictions they have is in this FAQ: http://www.dyndns.com/services/mailhop/faq.html#q114 Q: What is the maximum number of ...

Daevid Vincent
Dec 3, 2005 at 2:06 am
Dec 4, 2005 at 1:43 am

3	[Mailman-Users] Blocking a list on the server

Hi is there a way to block a list on the server being Server Administrator, not list owner? Maybe there is a switch to block/unblock list from functioning, which overrides list owners rights? Ivan

Коваленко Иван
Dec 2, 2005 at 6:22 pm
Dec 3, 2005 at 2:37 am

3	[Mailman-Users] List create CGI

Looking to farm out our Mailman list management (add & remove) to our helpdesk. Anyone seen/have a CGI based Mailman list creation/removal tool? ...

Young, Darren
Dec 2, 2005 at 3:05 pm
Dec 2, 2005 at 6:50 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] nodupes flag

What / how exactly does the 'nodupes' flag do? That page says it 'tries' to filter out duplicate messages to users, how does it determine that 2 addresses are in fact the same person? And on that, if ...

Young, Darren
Dec 2, 2005 at 12:25 am
Dec 2, 2005 at 5:58 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Exchange and attachment

I saw this thread from a 2003 email, but there was no follow-up to it. We are having similar problem with mailman 2.1.6 version. Exchange users receive their email "body as attachment". Other email ...

Susan Feng
Dec 16, 2005 at 2:18 am
Feb 4, 2006 at 11:52 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Newbie - Help

I am new to this list and to mailman My inslation came preinstalled on a server from 1 and 1 using redhat and apache but NOT python...they have it worked around they claim....anyway... I can set up ...

Tom
Dec 28, 2005 at 8:12 pm
Jan 4, 2006 at 5:03 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Any problem in listening to localhost for an announcement mailing list instead of my ip.ad.re.ss?

Hi Sir, This is the first time I install a mailing list so I am not sure whether what I am doing is correct or had some side effects. I installed mailman in my lists.mydomain.com where ...

Munzir Taha
Dec 21, 2005 at 8:39 am
Dec 25, 2005 at 3:05 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Create mail list which user cannot un-subscribe

Hello, I am trying to create a mail list where users DO NOT have the choice to un-subscribe. Is there a way that this can be accomplished in mailman? Any help is appreciated. Regards Elvis

Elvis Fernandes
Dec 21, 2005 at 11:54 pm
Dec 22, 2005 at 11:49 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Using mailman for one-time use special demographic lists...

Dear mailman Folks, We're planning on moving off our our creaky old ListProc MLM and moving to something with a web interface and an active community. I'm seriously looking at mailman as future MLM ...

Bill Costa
Dec 21, 2005 at 5:48 pm
Dec 22, 2005 at 7:16 am

2	[Mailman-Users] help: web interface broken "Mailman Administrative Database Error"

Hello All, This is my first post and I'm new to the list; apologies if this has been addressed already, though I didn't find any references in the archives or via google. Here's the issue. I'm ...

Kevin Callahan
Dec 21, 2005 at 8:52 pm
Dec 21, 2005 at 10:25 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Where's my mail?

I sent mail to suntalk at lists.tblc.org a few minutes ago, but it hasn't appeared on the list, it's not in the archives, and I haven't gotten any error messages, either. And I've tried mailq | grep ...

Ben Ostrowsky
Dec 20, 2005 at 1:56 pm
Dec 20, 2005 at 4:05 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Date stamp in pipermail is GMT

Hello, I setup mailman-2.1.6 with date stamp patch (date-in-archive-index-1.patch) on Solaris8. Now the date and time show up against every msg in pipermail archives. However, the date and time in ...

Elvis Fernandes
Dec 19, 2005 at 6:46 pm
Dec 19, 2005 at 7:38 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Pending requests not seen

Greetings, We have recently upgraded to ver 2.1.6 and are currently experiencing a problem with pending moderator requests. The emails are sent to the list admins correctly but when accessing the ...

Terry Grey
Dec 16, 2005 at 1:40 am
Dec 18, 2005 at 11:43 pm

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