Re: [Mailman-Users] List Security

2002-10-23 Thread Jon Parise
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 08:45:46AM +0200, Dan Richter wrote: I was using Majordomo, but I got scared off when I realized that anyone could bypass the list posting restrictions by posting to the correct alias. (The normal list alias processes, then redirects to a second alias which blindly

Re: [Mailman-Users] List Security

2002-10-23 Thread J C Lawrence
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 08:45:46 +0200 Dan Richter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was using Majordomo, but I got scared off when I realized that anyone could bypass the list posting restrictions by posting to the correct alias. (The normal list alias processes, then redirects to a second alias which

Re: [Mailman-Users] List Security

2002-10-23 Thread Dan Richter
Mailman doesn't use secret aliased. That's good. Mailman v2.0 authenticates on From: or envelope (you pick). Mailman v2.1 authenticates on From: and envelope. Pardon me for being a pain here, but isn't it ridiculously easy to forge a From:, and also rather easy to forge an envelope? Now

Re: [Mailman-Users] List Security

2002-10-23 Thread admin
Mailman v2.1 authenticates on From: and envelope. What is used? Pardon me for being a pain here, but isn't it ridiculously easy to forge a From:, and also rather easy to forge an envelope? Now I'll be humble and admit that I don't even know what an envelope is. So my question about the

[Mailman-Users] qrunner backlog in mailman 2.1b3

2002-10-23 Thread Andrew D. Clark
OK, so mailman 2.1b3 was doing a better of not getting backlogged than mailman 2.0.12, but today I have 1085 files total in all the queues (552 in the in queue). The oldest file in the in queue is about 1 hour old. Should mailman be able to handle high volume bursty postings like this? The

Re: [Mailman-Users] List Security

2002-10-23 Thread J C Lawrence
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 19:00:06 +0200 Dan Richter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pardon me for being a pain here, but isn't it ridiculously easy to forge a From:, and also rather easy to forge an envelope? From: is trivial under many MTAs. Envelope requires understanding SMTP and driving that

[Mailman-Users] mailman and domino mail server

2002-10-23 Thread gbm
I have mailman on a slackware box with sendmail.ww1.mydomain.com The mailserver for ww1 is mx.mydomain.com. It is a WinNT box running Domino Mail Server. I have a mailing list: list So the addresses are : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Mailman-Users] Mailman Software

2002-10-23 Thread Oliver
Hi... I would like to use your software to run my mailing list (about 900,000 subscribers) on my own server (currently I use Lyris.) I would like to run Mailamn on a 1.3 GHZ Celeron with 512 mb Ram, but I could also upgrade to 1 GB Ram, or get a 2 GHZ Pentium 4 if you think that would improve

[Mailman-Users] Fwd: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 1

2002-10-23 Thread Travis Knabe
This is the message I'm getting when I try to send a message to my list called [EMAIL PROTECTED] The .db files they're referring to have the owner as nsuser ( what my webserver on a diff. machine runs under ) During the config I told it to run the cgi-scripts as nsgroup ( the group my

[Mailman-Users] Mailman withlist documents

2002-10-23 Thread Prakash Subramanian
Hello, I am trying to use withlist+python through command line to control 100s of lists. I know only m.Save(), m.Unlock() ... where can I find documents more about functions like these. Please help. Thanks, Prakash -- Mailman-Users

[Mailman-Users] CVS

2002-10-23 Thread Johan Fransson
Hi! I wonder how I can get the latest CVS-version of mailman. I have not been able to find any repository adress on your site? I also wonder if you plan to develop the list-join functionality soon since it is in your TODO-list? I was thinking I might do it myself if it is not finished :) Best

[Mailman-Users] Need help on email headers

2002-10-23 Thread Terence
Hello, I see some redundant links on the email headers, listed below: List-Help: mailto:be-request;sourcevisions.net?subject=help List-Post: mailto:be;sourcevisions.net List-Subscribe: http://sourcevisions.net:81/mailman/listinfo/be,

[Mailman-Users] Official Mailman Logo in EPS format

2002-10-23 Thread Bob Horton
Hi, I am involved in an Open Source Expo and we would like to put a large version (ie about 10 x 20 inches) of the Mailman logo on the back of a booth. Where would I go to find a version in EPS format that could be used? Thanks in advance. Bob Horton. Bob Horton PSD Services Inc. Web Hosting

[Mailman-Users] Cron sending mailman error every 15 mins

2002-10-23 Thread Jared Faris
I have had a lot of trouble getting mailman to run on my debian box, and I am going to setup another box to play with it on because of said trouble...but I am having a really major issue. Every fifteen minutes or so I get the following email: from: root@myserver subject: Cron mail@myserver if

Re: [Mailman-Users] CVS

2002-10-23 Thread Jon Parise
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 09:11:31PM +0200, Johan Fransson wrote: I wonder how I can get the latest CVS-version of mailman. I have not been able to find any repository adress on your site? http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=103 -- Jon Parise ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ::

[Mailman-Users] speeding up archiver in mailman 2.1b3?

2002-10-23 Thread Andrew D. Clark
Since I'm hopelessly backlogged in my archive queue (1644 files), does anyone have any suggestions for speeding up archiving? The qrunner process is certainly eating up CPU and memory, but is only archiving about 1 msg per minute. All the other queues move at a decent pace. -- Andrew Clark

[Mailman-Users] 2.0.13 -- list configuration not saving?

2002-10-23 Thread Shane DeRidder
I upgraded to 2.0.13 from 2.0.11 a while back and everything has been running fine. The lists I maintain have all been working perfectly as with previous versions. Tonite, I created a new list. Any changes I attempt to make this list via the web interface do not get saved. I cannot add

Re: [Mailman-Users] Fwd: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 1

2002-10-23 Thread Jon Carnes
have you run ~mailman/bin/check_perms? The owner of the .db file should be the mailman user. Good Luck On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 20:12, Travis Knabe wrote: This is the message I'm getting when I try to send a message to my list called [EMAIL PROTECTED] The .db files they're referring to have

Re: [Mailman-Users] newbie question -- sendmail errors

2002-10-23 Thread Jon Carnes
This is simply one of the first of a few errors you will run into while installing on Red Hat (using the rpms). You need to add a link in your /etc/smrsh directory to your mailman wrapper program. Something like: cd /etc/smrsh ln -s ~mailman/mail/wrapper wrapper This tells smrsh that

[Mailman-Users] List Security

2002-10-23 Thread Dan Richter
I was using Majordomo, but I got scared off when I realized that anyone could bypass the list posting restrictions by posting to the correct alias. (The normal list alias processes, then redirects to a second alias which blindly transmits.) The blind forward alias shows up in the headers, so I

Re: [Mailman-Users] List Security

2002-10-23 Thread admin
I had that- question and in current of the week tried to get here answer, but alas, nobody not was able on this answer, come to go to majordomo I was using Majordomo, but I got scared off when I realized that anyone could bypass the list posting restrictions by posting to the correct alias.

[Mailman-Users] --with-mail-gid=?

2002-10-23 Thread Hennie Rautenbach
Hi there folks, I have downloaded/configured/compiled and installed mailman-2.0.13 on a Sun running Solaris 8 and Python 2.2.1 and sendmail 8.10.2. I have followed the documentation as best I could and have setup a mailing list etc. When I post to the list the following error appear in

Re: [Mailman-Users] --with-mail-gid=? (please ignore..)

2002-10-23 Thread Hennie Rautenbach
My apologies folks, Just found it in the FAQ. Pardon the waste of bandwidth. Regards, Hennie Hennie Rautenbach wrote: Hi there folks, I have downloaded/configured/compiled and installed mailman-2.0.13 on a Sun running Solaris 8 and Python 2.2.1 and sendmail 8.10.2. I have followed the

[Mailman-Users] e-mail to lists are rejected

2002-10-23 Thread Emmett Culley
I running a RH 7.3 distro, and am using Mailman with sendmail and apache. I can successfully send and receive e-mail both locally and remotely, and the web server works correctly as well. I've managed to get Mailman installed with the web interface working. I can add a new list and the list