mailman-users@python.org discussions for December 2008

41	[Mailman-Users] The economics of spam

Brad, (or anyone), Please excuse me if this is a bit OT. I was intrigued by your comments on the economics of spam, which prompted me to introduce pre-filtering on one of my servers, possibly later ...

Lindsay Haisley
Dec 22, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Jan 6, 2009 at 9:30 pm

39	[Mailman-Users] Spam to list-owner

Greets, I run a couple software support mailing lists on a site that's been around for a decade or so. I'm the only admin, and an avalanche of spam crashes down on me every day. Only subscribers are ...

Marvin Humphrey
Dec 19, 2008 at 12:15 am
Dec 22, 2008 at 3:59 am

16	[Mailman-Users] help files

version 2.1.11 It appears that at least some of the help files are no longer available at the links embedded in Mailman, like this one: http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/re-syntax.html I wonder ...

Michael Welch
Dec 29, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Dec 31, 2008 at 8:53 pm

15	[Mailman-Users] Posts from listowner address issue

Good Morning, Last night our colo came down for routine maintenace, when everything came back up, I noticed a *really* strange issue: listowner address sends a "Maintenance Over" message to a bunch ...

J.A. Terranson
Dec 20, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Dec 23, 2008 at 1:38 pm

14	[Mailman-Users] Different IPs for each list?

First, let me say that I'm not certain this is going to transslate the way I intend... That said: I have a machine with a half dozen lists on it, running on 1 IP. Id like to keep the same "info" page ...

J.A. Terranson
Dec 14, 2008 at 7:39 am
Dec 15, 2008 at 4:06 am

11	[Mailman-Users] connect to exchange server

Was anything ever developed to allow mailman to work with a microsoft exchange server ? jeanne

Jeanne Ilchuk
Dec 17, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Dec 24, 2008 at 1:56 am

11	[Mailman-Users] Strange error with Mailman 2.1.9

Hi all, I have this in my error log: Nov 27 09:53:19 2008 post(18252): Traceback (most recent call last): post(18252): File "/usr/lib/mailman/scripts/post", line 69, in ? post(18252): main() ...

Richard Hartmann
Dec 1, 2008 at 9:21 am
Dec 1, 2008 at 5:57 pm

9	[Mailman-Users] Global Subscribe

Does mailman have the ability to send one email to globally subscribe to all lists on the server? thx for the help. -sean

Sean Wilkins
Dec 25, 2008 at 2:32 am
Dec 31, 2008 at 8:56 pm

9	[Mailman-Users] Lapsed domain name

Hi everyone- I couldn't find an answer to this question in any of my searches, so I'm asking the list. I feel pretty stupid making the assumptions I did to get myself into this mess, but here it ...

Amos Glenn
Dec 1, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Dec 4, 2008 at 4:41 am

7	[Mailman-Users] New User trying to get Mailman, Apache2, Postfix working on Ubuntu LTS Server 8.04 for Internet

OK. Someone and I have been attempting to get Mailman working under the ubuntu platform. I've recently installed the Apache2 Web Server, Postfix, and Maliman onto my machine. Presently, I'm using ...

Russell Christiansen
Dec 2, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Dec 4, 2008 at 4:12 am

6	[Mailman-Users] Filter for exact domain names

I am getting a lot of spam post attempts from a domain tom.com. I would like to do an automatic discard in discard_these_nonmembers for this domain. I can add this line of code: ...

Cyndi Norwitz
Dec 13, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Dec 14, 2008 at 7:34 am

6	[Mailman-Users] Multiple subscribers set in mailman

Hi, I am new to mailman and I have List Administrator access only to the mailing list. Can I do the following and if yes how can I do that: We have series of messages (all messages are interlinked by ...

Swapan mitra
Dec 1, 2008 at 11:58 am
Dec 9, 2008 at 12:36 am

6	[Mailman-Users] How about throttling?

I've read everything I can find about throttling mailman. Everything I found said it cannot be done. Any hope? Mailman is the slickest, easy-to-use mailer out there and I'd really like to continue ...

Adam Corley
Dec 1, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Dec 4, 2008 at 3:04 pm

5	[Mailman-Users] bounced addresses stays there

hi, I have the following settings: bounce_score_threshold: 2.0 bounce_info_stale_after: 7 bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings: 0 - for immediate removal bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings_interval: 7 then ...

Faisal anif
Dec 21, 2008 at 2:09 am
Jan 27, 2009 at 6:44 pm

5	[Mailman-Users] How to accept mail from a single IP / DNS name only for a given list

1st, forgive me if this has been answered before. I have searched high and low and can not find an answer to my question. How can I setup a list so that mail can be accepted ONLY from 1 IP address? ...

Emmett Perdue
Dec 30, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Jan 1, 2009 at 8:00 pm

5	[Mailman-Users] Centos + Blue Quartz question - virtual site issue.

I'm trying to set up Mailman on NuOnce Centos+Blue Quartz site, running into a problem - all emails to the aliases come back as "unknown user". Invitation to join works fine; replying to confirm ...

Alex
Dec 21, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Dec 22, 2008 at 3:38 pm

5	[Mailman-Users] deleted admins and attachments wouldn't work.

Hi, One day last week, mailman reset the overarching admin password, removed certain people from lists as admins, and suddenly sent out password reminders. And, it wouldn't send out lists ...

St John's Webmaster
Dec 6, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Dec 22, 2008 at 6:51 am

5	[Mailman-Users] How to export googlegroup mail to mailman

Hi I have a trouble: How to export googlegroup mail to mailman ??? thanks!!!

Haha
Dec 12, 2008 at 8:15 am
Dec 13, 2008 at 2:51 am

5	[Mailman-Users] Enabling SSL

Does anyone have a recipe for redirecting http: connections to https? Thanks, Rich

Rich Winkel
Dec 11, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Dec 12, 2008 at 11:54 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] Removing moderation flag via the command line

Hello, I'm trying to remove the moderator flag on some users via the command line so that these users are allowed to post to lists where the moderator flag is set by default. I found this posting ...

Joe Auty
Dec 23, 2008 at 6:47 am
Dec 23, 2008 at 7:14 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] Integration with PHP

Hi. I'm doing a tiny interface ih PHP for the subscribers of a mailing-list and so that they, through that, can: - subscribe; - unsubscribe; - change digest; ... I'm using the urls for the actions, ...

Alberto Pereira
Dec 17, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Dec 18, 2008 at 5:08 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] eMailing a members only list from a known location with out verifying members.

Is it possible to post messages to a members only list with out Mailman validating the sender when posting with a known (specific to this purpose) method? Now for the back story. I am setting up a ...

Grant Taylor
Dec 18, 2008 at 8:55 am
Dec 18, 2008 at 4:57 pm

4	[Mailman-Users] Footer question...

I apologize in advance because I'm sure my questions below have been discussed over and over. I have search through Google and the Mailman FAQ and the archives. I see questions and answers that ...

Greg and Cheryl Sabens
Dec 4, 2008 at 12:20 am
Dec 5, 2008 at 5:01 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Relative Admin URLs

I read some threads on producing relative URLs for the admin pages but it seemed like there is a bug/hole and I did not find any closure on it. Has that issue been resolved and if so how do I ...

Dennis Putnam
Dec 29, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Jan 1, 2009 at 10:56 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] rss support

Hello! Why GNU mailing lists do not have rss support? Would be nice to have: - threads rss - threads+messages rss - user own threads/messages rss

Alexey Kuznetsov
Dec 21, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Dec 25, 2008 at 7:28 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] automatically remove uncaught bounces

Hi, I recieve hundreds of messages everyday as uncaught bounce notifications and most of them are spam ADs of pills and stuff sent to my list.. and some of them are actually uncaught bounces by ...

Faisal anif
Dec 12, 2008 at 9:00 am
Dec 12, 2008 at 9:36 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Subscribing other lists to a list.

I just helped to manage a migration from Ecartis to Mailman for my day job. We have a periodic -announce list that we send out on to release new software versions. What I'm finding is we cannot ...

Dan Mahoney, System Admin
Dec 6, 2008 at 3:06 am
Dec 9, 2008 at 6:55 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] listhost vs hostname vs host_name

Hi - so we have an automated setup between a CMS forum and mailman to create lists, having a little confusion about what values to pass config_list trying to understand what these three values ...

Will
Dec 7, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Dec 8, 2008 at 5:19 pm

3	[Mailman-Users] Problem with moving lists

Hi, I moved a set of lists from one host & mailman installation to another host running Mailman 2.1.11rc2. I followed the advice in the FAQ regarding moving lists and it seemed to work OK but I ...

James Gallagher
Dec 5, 2008 at 12:34 am
Dec 5, 2008 at 8:52 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] welcome message

Hello, We would like to make some slight modification to the Mailman welcome message for new subscribers at our location. Where is this message located and if it is in Python code, how do we go about ...

Joe Damico
Dec 17, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Dec 18, 2008 at 12:09 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Anomalies since upgrading to 2.1.11

I've run into a couple of problems mailman which I can't seem to track down through normal channels. These seem to have appeared at the same time that I upgraded to 2.1.11 from 2.1.9. The most ...

Lindsay Haisley
Dec 16, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Dec 17, 2008 at 12:19 am

2	[Mailman-Users] A lot of unsubscribes

Hi all, I recently updated my server from Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.5, with the attendant upgrade of Mailman. Following that, the server suddenly unsubscribed some 300 subscribers from various lists. Is ...

Allan Hansen
Dec 15, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Dec 16, 2008 at 12:59 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Remove from list quick link

I was reading that v2.11 has the ability to support a quick link that could be included in the list footer. I want to add a link to the list footer so that list members upon receiving a list ...

Blaine Lang
Dec 14, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Dec 16, 2008 at 12:24 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Duplicate Subscription Confirmations

Hi. Have you ever seen Mailman issue duplicate subscription requests? When a user sends a request to subscribe, he is receiving two confirmations for each request. Nothing obvious is apparent in the ...

James Weingarten
Dec 9, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Dec 12, 2008 at 10:25 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Duplicate Subscription Confirmations

It could be done, but it is tricky. As it is, CommandRunner just processes the subject and up to DEFAULT_MAIL_COMMANDS_MAX_LINES (default 25) body lines one at a time until it gets a non-command or ...

Mark Sapiro
Dec 11, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Dec 12, 2008 at 8:24 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Moving mailman to a new directory (same server)

I ran out of disk on the partition where mailman (/var) resides - I've gotten more disk assigned and I'm planning to move mailman to a new file system (/apps). I found the faq entry and information ...

Lynn, Michael (GWM-CAI)
Dec 11, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Dec 11, 2008 at 6:52 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Excessive bounces unsuscription

Hi. I'm Ray from espora.org. We're having some trouble with a mail list in our server. The fact is that we've all received an e-mail telling us about excessive bounces, so we've been all unsuscribed. ...

Ray
Dec 10, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Dec 11, 2008 at 6:38 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] recovering from a "no space left on device" error

Earlier this morning the partition containing our mailman install (including archives) filled up. We were alerted to this by error messages being returned when trying to send emails. We cleared up ...

Wallace Winfrey
Dec 10, 2008 at 7:05 am
Dec 10, 2008 at 4:18 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Blocking Mail from self...

I have a list that has become a target for spam messages. The problem is I can't seem to figure out how to block the incoming spam. If the list name is mylist at mylistserver.com how do I block spam ...

Jeffrey M. Johnson
Dec 9, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Dec 9, 2008 at 4:54 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Tend to pending moderator requests - Nothing happens

When I select Accept (or any action)/ Submit All Data in the list of pending posts, nothing happens. The page is sent, because I see the URL at the top being refreshed, but the pending message is not ...

Hammond
Dec 5, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Dec 8, 2008 at 10:34 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Moving server and location

Hi, I'm trying to move the lists and archives of an existing Mailman 2.1.8 installation to a new server with a newly installed 2.1.11 version. On the old server, everything was kept under ...

Marc Beyer
Dec 6, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Dec 8, 2008 at 4:19 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Duplicate detection: a plea

We recently moved over to mailman from Ecartis at $dayjob, and one of the largest annoyances is that mailman seems to have no ability to strip duplicate messages that are sent to the lists. We moved ...

Dan Mahoney, System Admin
Dec 6, 2008 at 3:24 am
Dec 6, 2008 at 8:33 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] add admins and moderators

hi, I have about 120 lists on my server for different customers, some are small (50 subscribers max) and some are medium and big (100 - 300 subscribers) I need to add my email address as a server ...

Faisal anif
Dec 6, 2008 at 12:42 am
Dec 6, 2008 at 1:12 am

2	[Mailman-Users] Detailed list of features for version 2.1.11 ?

This link leads to an error. Is there another source for this information? http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/mailman/mailman/NEWS?only_with_tag=Release_2_1-maint -- Christopher Adams adamsca at ...

Christopher Adams
Dec 4, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Dec 5, 2008 at 6:46 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Gmail issue...

Hi all,this is not the common question about gmail feature that doesn't accept message back. I have problems with all gmail accounts (i tried with 2 different but i get the same result). I can ...

Dario Ghilardi
Dec 4, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Dec 5, 2008 at 5:09 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] ImportError: No module named message

I am running Mailman 2.1.10. A few days ago I updated my Python to version 2.6 and everything looked good, list mail was flowing without problem. All of a sudden this afternoon, I started getting ...

Rpyne
Dec 4, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Dec 4, 2008 at 7:59 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Mailman Cannot Create a New List

Hi there Have spent an hour trawling through FAQ / Archives etc, but I can't find a match for my current predicament. :-) We have installed Mailman via cpanel / Fantastico on www.claverton-energy.com ...

Bjk
Dec 2, 2008 at 8:10 am
Dec 3, 2008 at 6:08 pm

2	[Mailman-Users] Problem with MySQL MemberAdaptor and Mailman 2.1.9

Hi all, I'm currently using a preconfigured system with Exim 4.66 and Mailman 2.1.9. I additionally added MySQL MemberAdaptor according to the instrucitons at: ...

Dominik Zäuner
Dec 3, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Dec 3, 2008 at 5:56 pm

1	[Mailman-Users] Finding nomail subscribers

Is there a way to find the 'nomail' subscribers to a list [or, for that matter, subscribers selected by other criteria: e.g., all subscribers getting the list via digest]? I got a ...

Bernie Cosell
Dec 31, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Dec 31, 2008 at 5:03 pm

1	[Mailman-Users] domain "mail.mydomain.com" at email "myname@domain.com"

Dear all, I am new user in this list. I have question that confusing me, I setup mailman-2.1.11 by manual from source package. My system is a mailserver using postfix virtual. hostname of the server ...

Denny Zulfikar
Dec 24, 2008 at 2:24 am
Dec 24, 2008 at 4:11 pm

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