mailman-users@python.org discussions for November 2008

17	[Mailman-Users] Mailman is no longer gatewaying news...

Hello... I did a quick search of the mailing list archives and did not see any thing related to this, so I'm sorry if this is a double post. I have been running Mailman 2.1.7 for almost two years ...

Grant Taylor
Nov 10, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Nov 14, 2008 at 9:29 pm

13	[Mailman-Users] Attachment URL in the archive is mangled.

Hi All In the archives, the URL to attachments is getting mangled. Somehow an "=" gets inserted into the URL (see snippet below), and the links returns "Private archive file not found". If I remove ...

Mark Dale
Nov 19, 2008 at 12:52 am
Nov 23, 2008 at 9:48 pm

13	[Mailman-Users] listname-bounces@

Hi friends, hoping you can help me out. I am having to do too much work running our lists. Apparently, list members not as knowledgeable as I are looking in the headers for our list address, and ...

Michael Welch
Nov 17, 2008 at 4:42 am
Nov 19, 2008 at 3:09 am

12	[Mailman-Users] spam gatewayed from Usenet to mail bypasses our spam filters

With the help of the python.org postmasters I figured something out about spam on the python-list at python.org mailing list over the weekend. I was confused that some seemingly obvious spams made it ...

Skip
Nov 18, 2008 at 5:20 am
Nov 20, 2008 at 7:51 am

12	[Mailman-Users] All messages discarded, no reason

I configured Mailman on my Ubuntu system using postfix-to-mailman.py. I followed https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mailman. I created no aliases at all as required by postfix-to-mailman.py. I created ...

Milos Prudek
Nov 7, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Nov 10, 2008 at 3:10 pm

11	[Mailman-Users] Configure Repy-To header for confirmations

I am having a problem getting the reply-to header configured for confirmations. Due to some email restrictions from my ISP I cannot use the default (i.e. list-request at hostname.mydomain.com). Thus ...

Dennis Putnam
Nov 1, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Nov 5, 2008 at 12:30 am

10	[Mailman-Users] privacy options, SPAM, regex

Hi, I have lots of problems with out-of-office replies. I tried to set up a few filter rules using 2.1.10. Unfortuantely they don't catch them. Are the expressions case sensitiv? Are the expressions ...

Helmut Schneider
Nov 25, 2008 at 10:55 am
Nov 28, 2008 at 4:02 pm

10	[Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

I really need someone to help me. I have confirmed that mail is coming from my server but then it disappears. I don't know what logs to look at or what items to check to check if the problem is in ...

Jewel
Nov 18, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Nov 19, 2008 at 4:32 am

10	[Mailman-Users] "create a new list" web interface

When I create a new list from the web interface I get an email confirmation just fine. My question is I know that this didn't update the aliases file and didn't know if there was any configuring I ...

Jewel
Nov 13, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Nov 15, 2008 at 12:04 am

9	[Mailman-Users] Digest always in MIME

Hi all I can't get my digests to be sended in other than MIME although Plain Text is selected. Any way to get this solved ? I have access to the server if any CLI need to be used. I'm running 2.1.11 ...

Matthieu HUTIN
Nov 1, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Nov 6, 2008 at 9:39 am

8	[Mailman-Users] when does logs/post get updated?

Hi, I'm having some problems with my lists recently. I see in my mail log that "mailman post" has been called. However, when I look in the logs/post file, it's been almost 24 hours since anything has ...

Ricardo Kleemann
Nov 28, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Dec 2, 2008 at 6:08 am

7	[Mailman-Users] list tilts!!

hi, I have 5 lists, list1, list2, list3, list4, and list5.. all the lists are working fine except list4, when adding or removing members from list4 it just tilts and nothing happens.. either by MASS ...

Faisal anif
Nov 30, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Dec 1, 2008 at 4:12 am

7	[Mailman-Users] Mailman not delivering mail to recipients

I am running: Red Hat Ent. 5 Mailman 2.1.11 Postfix 2.3.3 When I send a message to a list it will successfully post to the archives but not to the recipients. I can't find anything in any error logs ...

Jewel
Nov 12, 2008 at 1:11 am
Nov 12, 2008 at 5:09 pm

6	[Mailman-Users] One private archive not appearing online

I have one list which won't display online the archives. I don't receive any web page error, it's just blank. I also have confirmed the archives are listed in the directory and that I can view them ...

Jewel
Nov 14, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Nov 24, 2008 at 7:27 pm

6	[Mailman-Users] The Mysterious Disappearing Disk Space (fwd)

Greetings, I have looked through the archives for something similar to my issue, and I noticed that by searching on "disk full", I get similar reports beginning in roughly July of 08. As with these ...

J.A. Terranson
Nov 18, 2008 at 4:26 am
Nov 20, 2008 at 5:28 pm

6	[Mailman-Users] Connecting Mailman to a Web Page

Mailman Gurus, I am currently doing volunteer work for a small non-profit organization. Our web site host (RTPnet.org) also offers Mailman e-mail lists as part of the hosting package. Therefore we ...

Steve Lund
Nov 5, 2008 at 2:05 am
Nov 7, 2008 at 5:57 am

5	[Mailman-Users] so how can I test a modified gate_news?

I've got this gate_news script modified to run SpamBayes but I'm unsure how I can test it. I'm fairly confident that I got most things right, but the only news-to-mail gateway I have access to is for ...

Skip
Nov 21, 2008 at 5:06 am
Nov 21, 2008 at 6:33 am

4	[Mailman-Users] Mass update settings of multiple lists

Hi there, we have mailman set up to generate (script-controlled) about 60 lists out of our school management system. Now we figured we have to change only one parameter, but on every list. Is there ...

Singbartl, Thomas
Nov 20, 2008 at 11:28 am
Nov 27, 2008 at 7:17 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] All Lists Shunted

Hello Everyone; After upgrading to 2.1.11, all email is being "shunted" with this error message: v 25 10:32:19 2008 (3944) Traceback (most recent call last): File ...

Craig Kelley
Nov 25, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Nov 26, 2008 at 2:53 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] Template question..

I recently set up a searchable archive for my mailman installation using the instructions found here: http://wpkg.org/Integrating_Mailman_with_a_Swish-e_search_engine Everything works exactly as ...

Butch Evans
Nov 24, 2008 at 12:48 am
Nov 24, 2008 at 4:52 am

4	[Mailman-Users] Moving archives to a new list?

I have been running a mailing list which now requires a name change. I have created the new list and so was wondering if there is some way to move all the old archives to the new list? They are on ...

Johnny Stork
Nov 19, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Nov 23, 2008 at 11:17 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] Duplicate posts to earthlink.com

Hi, We have subscribers on earthlink.com who receive multiple copies of postings. Has anyone else had this problem? I saw a posting about it from 2003 but there was no solution given. Thanks, Brooks

BROOKS WILLIAMS
Nov 20, 2008 at 5:16 am
Nov 20, 2008 at 7:53 am

4	[Mailman-Users] mail delivery not consistent and very slow

I recently upgraded my Mailman onto a new machine. It appeared everything was running smoothly except now I have users saying they are posting and not seeing it come through. All messages are ...

Jewel
Nov 18, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Nov 20, 2008 at 6:34 am

3	[Mailman-Users] Mailman Site Admin email Problem

Mailman used to send me an email as the "site admin" that a new list has been created. I use the web interface to create new lists. This email had the aliases I needed to add to the /etc/mail/aliases ...

Sean Murphy
Nov 18, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Dec 1, 2008 at 9:19 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Recommended way to get subscriber list with full names?

I've set up mailman for a client to use as an announcement mechanism -- one writer, many readers. My client needs to periodically get a list of subscribers, including the names they entered, and to ...

Jan Steinman
Nov 13, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Nov 15, 2008 at 11:57 am

3	[Mailman-Users] List owner and email

I have an email issue and am not sure of what the real problem may be. My company was recently acquired and our email addresses have changed. The hostname(s) for our serves have not yet changed. My ...

Patricia A Moss
Nov 10, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Nov 15, 2008 at 4:11 am

3	[Mailman-Users] Problems with Mailman/Exim4 mailinglists for certain senders

[I tried first to get help for this problem using the list for the Debian package of Mailman - unfortunately, no one answered. So I try it again here. If this does not succeed, I will try another MTA ...

Nicolas Neuss
Nov 3, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Nov 5, 2008 at 12:13 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] show both list and user address in the header

Hello, is there a way to use the anonymous_list function, but add the original user mail address somewhere in the header/mail? I'd like to use the list name in the "from" field (to make it easily ...

Bettina Olker
Nov 29, 2008 at 10:42 am
Nov 30, 2008 at 6:14 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] How can I get an ascii dump of the mailman users list for a backup?

I need to backup my mailman database and do some user maintenance - how can I get a .csv file or something similar so I can compare the present list to the list I entered 6 months ago? I tried to ...

Robin McCain
Nov 28, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Nov 28, 2008 at 10:08 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Stored attachments in /var/lib/mailman/archives/private

Hello, I'm using mailman in combination with Plesk. Now I discovered, that mailman stores all attachments under /var/lib/mailman/archives/private/<maillist_name , but the archive-function of Mailman ...

Win_tho
Nov 26, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Nov 28, 2008 at 10:04 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Monthly password reminders not functioning

Hi, Using v.2.1.9 on Mac OS X Server v10.5.5 Everything else is working nicely, but I just realized that our monthly password reminders are not being sent. I can manually trigger a password reminder ...

Rob
Nov 26, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Nov 28, 2008 at 9:52 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Issues with sending messages to list

Hi there, I manage three announcement only lists. I had some issues with the server they were running on, because of which, I had to restart the server. However, since starting the server, I can't ...

Vikram Goyal
Nov 18, 2008 at 9:59 am
Nov 20, 2008 at 7:35 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Moving lists without shell access

Is there a way to move lists from one server to another without shell access? I am able to download the archives from the admin interface, but don't have ssh access.... Thanks!

Scott Race
Nov 19, 2008 at 12:36 am
Nov 20, 2008 at 4:48 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Finding all unmoderated users in a list

Howdy, We have some moderated lists with thousands of members and a handful of people are appointed rights to post to it (who are also members). Periodically we don't know who has that posting right, ...

D G Teed
Nov 19, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Nov 20, 2008 at 3:35 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Securing My Mailman Lists

Hello all, I have inherited a Mac Xserve server running Mailman from a support person that is no longer employed at our school. I have changed the Admin password on the server, and also changed (or ...

Jeff Bernier
Nov 17, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Nov 18, 2008 at 6:05 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Current status of virtual host feature

Mark, Barry said to ask on this list serve, so here goes: What is the current status of the virtual hosting feature that would remove the limitation of unique mailing list names? I'm trying to setup ...

William King
Nov 4, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Nov 5, 2008 at 12:54 am

1	[Mailman-Users] html and footer attachment

I've got a tool which generates html mail to a number of mailman lists. I recently converted this to send html formatted mail. The mailman attached footer (the four liner footer which details info ...

Bergenpeak
Nov 30, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Nov 30, 2008 at 9:51 pm

1	[Mailman-Users] Minimal mailman

Hi, I'm trying to set up a very minimal installation here, I'm the sole list manager and all administrative stuff goes through me, so I don't need or want a web interface, just simple command-line ...

Rich Winkel
Nov 28, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Nov 28, 2008 at 9:51 pm

1	[Mailman-Users] Import list of users with moderated setting

Hello, folks We try to import a list with members that are moderated for not-send. We look at options for list_members and not see one specifically for preserve moderated setting. Is the setting ...

Hung Phan
Nov 26, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Nov 26, 2008 at 11:04 pm

1	[Mailman-Users] not sending attachments through to the list but keeping them in the archives...

Hi, I did my due diligence and scoured the interwebs for a solution to my "problem", and came across this: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users at python.org/msg24698.html This is a response to ...

Joseph Lorenzo Hall
Nov 24, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Nov 26, 2008 at 4:46 am

1	[Mailman-Users] messages appearing in html when set to txt.

hi all. I have two lists. a member on both lists can only read messages if i send them from my mail client in txt. she is on another mailman list run by someone else and can read all messages from ...

Adam Morris
Nov 21, 2008 at 9:08 am
Nov 24, 2008 at 3:38 am

1	[Mailman-Users] How to configure mailing list

Hi all, I want to configure mailing list on my domain glug4muz.org. For this first of all I created an email account with address mailing_list at glug4muz.org. Then for testing purpose I sent a mail ...

Webmaster
Nov 23, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Nov 24, 2008 at 3:27 am

1	[Mailman-Users] Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 67, GOT gid 12.

Dear, i get an error message when i send an email tot he mailman mailinglist: Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 67, GOT gid 12. Any idea what I can do? Thank you. King regards, torsten

Torsten Terhorst
Nov 23, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Nov 24, 2008 at 3:18 am

1	[Mailman-Users] Archives Sort Order

Is there any way to force the sort order in the archives to show the most recent at the top, rather than at the bottom? -- Johnny Stork Open Enterprise Solutions "Empowering Business With Open ...

Johnny Stork
Nov 23, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Nov 23, 2008 at 11:24 pm

1	[Mailman-Users] Question about ban_list Regular Expression

I have a question about the ban_list regex. In a reply on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:59:28 Mark Sapiro wrote If I want subdomains of example.com and anl.gov to be able to subscribe (and to ban other ...

Barry Finkel
Nov 21, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Nov 21, 2008 at 6:36 pm

1	[Mailman-Users] Using an AUP with Mailman?

Other than placing a link on the mailing list signup page to an "Acceptable Use Policy" is there any way to "force" the use of such a policy before people can sign up for a mailing list in mailman? ...

Johnny Stork
Nov 19, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Nov 20, 2008 at 7:06 am

1	[Mailman-Users] appearance of member list (2.1.9)

Hi, normally (?) the member list shows all members from A to Z at one page. I have seen a list, where a kind of "tabs" is above it with links "A"..."Z", and only the members with one of these letters ...

Ralph Stahl
Nov 17, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Nov 18, 2008 at 6:11 pm

1	[Mailman-Users] Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 57, Issue 27

You could set the reply address to the list address - in the web interface. It's shown as deprecated - but works well for me. Jon 2008/11/17 <mailman-users-request at python.org -- Jon

Jon Hind
Nov 17, 2008 at 11:19 am
Nov 17, 2008 at 4:57 pm

1	[Mailman-Users] Disable Mailman Moderating

I have several lists that I do not want mailman moderating for size, implicit destination addresses, too many recipients, etc. But I would like mailman to moderate non-members posting, etc. How do I ...

Troy Knabe
Nov 14, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Nov 15, 2008 at 12:15 am

1	[Mailman-Users] Tracking a message that dissappeared

I'm looking for some help finding out why a message was not delivered to one of our lists. We're running Mailman 2.1.10 on Debian. I tracked the message from our postfix relays to the Mailman server, ...

Petersen, Kirsten J - NET
Nov 13, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Nov 14, 2008 at 6:21 pm

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