RE: [Mailman-Users] Sendmail to Postfix

2004-01-22 Thread Remko Lodder
I think that will break, Possibly the Mailman wrapper says, hey i am started with the GID (nobody in my case) instead of mailman... please change --with-mail-gid=$PostfixGID so that i start working. example Mailman mail-wrapper: Group mismatch error. Mailman expected the mail wrapper script to

[Mailman-Users] 2 machines with 2 mailmans 1nfs /archives /lists

2004-01-22 Thread javier
Hi people! The two machines has the same DNSname, but diferent IP number. two mailmans are working good... you can create list from two machines... i put special attention in user and groups, and i had to change the mailman uidgid to be the same number in 3 machines (mailman1,mailman2,NFS

[Mailman-Users] Reenable message delivery after a while

2004-01-22 Thread Michael Fischer v. Mollard
Hello, It would be a nice feature to allow users to disable delivery for a while and automatically reenable it after the user given time (i.e. no mailinglist during holidays). Is this possible with Mailman? Thanks MFvM -- Michael Fischer v. Mollard, network administration Heise

RE: [Mailman-Users] From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread Martin Hugo
We use Outlook 2002 and all the messages I receive (from this and our own lists) have the from field correctly reported as the sender. Either something has been changed in Outlook 2003 or there is a machine configuration problem either on the recipients machine or the senders. HTH Marty

[Mailman-Users] Intro/Question About Attachements

2004-01-22 Thread Croc
Hello, First, my name, or I should say nick name is Croc. I am new to the list. I run a couple of Mailman driven mailing lists. I am baffled by some of the features/options. I joined this list because I am hoping to have some things simplified for me. And who knows :), maybe I will be of

RE: [Mailman-Users] Intro/Question About Attachements

2004-01-22 Thread Martin Hugo
Hi Croc: I think I am right in saying that the attachment you see is what happens when someone sends an RTF or HTML formatted email to the list and the list is set to send text emails; it attaches the signature file to the email. I could be wrong, I'm no expert, but experiment with changing the

[Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOST_NAME not working

2004-01-22 Thread JvdW
Hi All I have just installed Mailman V2.1.4 with postfix 2.0.17 and Apache 1.3.29. and all works fine except the Host name this list prefers for email. part. I'm running another server with Mailman V2.1.1. I've set DEFAULT_HOST_NAME in ../mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py to DEFAULT_HOST_NAME =

Re: [Mailman-Users] From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread Brad Knowles
At 8:32 PM -0800 2004/01/21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is wrong with the mailman authors making their product superior enough to compensate for Microdummies poor programing and faulty RFC interpretation? Mailman is a volunteer project. Volunteers will work on the sorts of things that

RE: [Mailman-Users] From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread Brad Knowles
At 12:00 AM -0500 2004/01/22, Rabinowitz, Ari (Exchange) wrote: There is no way for the Mailman developers to fix this, since if they didn't have the Sender address be the list bounce address then all of Mailman's bounce handling would no longer work, and the author of the message would get

Re: [Mailman-Users] From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread Brad Knowles
At 6:52 AM + 2004/01/22, Richard Barrett wrote: If this list's membership forged a consensus behind a manageable and relatively minor proposal to change Mailman, which did not compromise its adherence to RFCs, then maybe there is a way forward to suit most people. This still doesn't fix

[Mailman-Users] python regex help

2004-01-22 Thread Eric D. Christensen
Maybe I'm just clueless, but I'm having a bit of trouble getting header_filter_rules working. Before I go searching deeper, I want to make sure my python regex is correct. I'm not much of a python hack... The regex I've got in header_filter_rules is: ^Subject: \[SPAM\] An example header line

Re: [Mailman-Users] From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread gagel
See below: - Original Message Follows - At 02:32 PM 22/01/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is wrong with the mailman authors making their product superior enough to compensate for Microdummies poor programing and faulty RFC interpretation? What is wrong with this idea, is

RE: [Mailman-Users] From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread gagel
I should read all mail before sending I suppose. Thanks Ari for your explanation. It works for me... - Original Message Follows - -snip- Mailman is doing the right thing, by specifying the Sender address -snip- There is no way for the Mailman developers to fix this, since if -snip- The

[Mailman-Users] mm_cfg.py file settings not seeming to take hold

2004-01-22 Thread Jesse Burkhardt
It seems to me that mm_cfg.py file settings are not taking hold. I have appended the following to my mm_cfg.py file, as per the INSTALL doc - I am successfully running Mailman 2.1.2: snip - ## # Put YOUR site-specific settings

[Mailman-Users] Multiple virtual hosts

2004-01-22 Thread Jesse Burkhardt
Also, continuing on from my previous post, does anyone know how to make various virtual hosts appear as the unique host name when in use in a specific list. I am supporting various lists, each associated with a different domain, but all supported on the same Mailman server. I would like each

Re: [Mailman-Users] From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread Richard Barrett
On 22 Jan 2004, at 12:25, Martin Hugo wrote: We use Outlook 2002 and all the messages I receive (from this and our own lists) have the from field correctly reported as the sender. Either something has been changed in Outlook 2003 or there is a machine configuration problem either on the

[Mailman-Users] Re: From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread Paul H Byerly
gagel wrote: What is wrong with the mailman authors making their product superior enough to compensate for Microdummies poor programing and faulty RFC interpretation? 1) It's a moving target. 2) Fixing their non-standard way of dealing with things could cause problem for systems that actually do

Re: [Mailman-Users] From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread Richard Barrett
On 22 Jan 2004, at 14:19, Brad Knowles wrote: At 6:52 AM + 2004/01/22, Richard Barrett wrote: If this list's membership forged a consensus behind a manageable and relatively minor proposal to change Mailman, which did not compromise its adherence to RFCs, then maybe there is a way forward

[Mailman-Users] Error Creating Mailing Lists on Local Computer

2004-01-22 Thread Jordan, Jack
When I attempt to create a new mailing list at http://localhost/create I receive the following error: Error: You are not authorized to create new mailing lists I'm running mailman on RH9. Thanks -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Mailman-Users] From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 15:39, Richard Barrett wrote: And I did not say it would. Nor is it necessary to so do. Outlook is not wrong and nor is Mailman. Its just that some users are confused by what they see and some mailing list admins are equally confused about why their users are

Re: [Mailman-Users] From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread Brad Knowles
At 4:26 PM -0500 2004/01/22, Barry Warsaw wrote: Who's the agent responsible for the actual transmission of the message? Is Mailman acting as this agent? Arguably not. I disagree. I believe that this is exactly the role that Mailman is fulfilling. One other thing. Mailman also adds an

[Mailman-Users] personalization - take 2

2004-01-22 Thread Paulo Dinis
Hello, I have a problem in version 2.1.3. Footer added to mail sent to regular list members, and I have mine like this : ___ %(real_name)s mailing list - Fórum de SHST Para enviar mensagens para o fórum use este endereço : %(real_name)[EMAIL

Re: [Mailman-Users] personalization - take 2

2004-01-22 Thread Todd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paulo Dinis wrote: I have a problem in version 2.1.3. Footer added to mail sent to regular list members, and I have mine like this : ___ %(real_name)s mailing list - Frum de SHST Para enviar

Re: [Mailman-Users] From field displayed by MS Outlook

2004-01-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 16:48, Brad Knowles wrote: At 4:26 PM -0500 2004/01/22, Barry Warsaw wrote: Who's the agent responsible for the actual transmission of the message? Is Mailman acting as this agent? Arguably not. I disagree. I believe that this is exactly the role that

RE: [Mailman-Users] personalization - take 2

2004-01-22 Thread Paulo Dinis
Ive been trying to fix this for several weeks. No luck with this. Giving up. Anyway thanks for all inputs. Cumprimentos, Paulo Dinis Tcnico Superior de HST Ergonomista Consultor/Formador de HST Auditor OSHAS 18001 / NP 4397 Ergolist List Owner Email : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

Re: [Mailman-Users] personalization - take 2

2004-01-22 Thread Todd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Paulo, Paulo Dinis wrote: Thank's for your responde. Where can I do this ? Is the personalization option turned on for this list? If it is not, then you will get an error like this when you try to add personalized variables to the footer.

[Mailman-Users] Content Filters hate html?

2004-01-22 Thread Paul H Byerly
I've tried this every way I can think of, and can not get it. Please don't tell me html e-mail is of the evil one - it's what the user wants. I need for html formatted text to go through, but images to be rejected. The only way I have been able to get html to pass is by turning off

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin interface question

2004-01-22 Thread Christopher Adams
You need to fetch the config file for the list using the config_list command. Here's what to do: 1. config_list -o outputfile.txt listname This gets the configuration list for the list and writes it to a file names outputfile.txt 2. Edit outputfile.txt and add the following:

[Mailman-Users] HTDig is the biggest POS

2004-01-22 Thread Mark Dadgar
So I'm using Mailman 2.1.4 with Mr. Barrett's excellent htdig patches and things were good. My users love it. Then I made the (forced) migration yesterday from RedHat9 to RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3.1 (thanks RedHat grumble). Now I get a segmentation fault from htfuzzy every time

[Mailman-Users] announce only?

2004-01-22 Thread Laurie Williams
How do I set my mailing list to ANNOUNCE ONLY. I don't want members to be able to send to the list. Only messages from admin/moderator. Thanks in advance for your help! Trumpet -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Mailman-Users] Slow mail sending

2004-01-22 Thread David A Boothe
I have mailman 2.1.3 on a RedHat 9.x, Apache, cPanel box. Onw of my users has a mailing list set up with about 5000 subscribers. When he sends out mail it queues up in lots that look to be about 500 - 100 addresses each. Some of the lots will send right away while others will sit in the mail

[Mailman-Users] New install errors...Cron and mm_cfg.py

2004-01-22 Thread ReeprFlame
I have just installed Mailman several times (2.0.13). to try to solve problems. Here are the 2 that i get every minute that i cannot seem to solve. This add_vh is really gettin annoyin too as it seems to stay weather i delete the line or not in mm_cfg.py... here's the first error:

RE: [Mailman-Users] personalization - take 2

2004-01-22 Thread Paulo Dinis
As suggested, the only 3 options available are: 1 - Can subscribers choose to receive mail immediately, rather than in batched digests? 2 - Header added to mail sent to regular list members 3 - Footer added to mail sent to regular list members None is available to turn on/off the option to The

Re: [Mailman-Users] announce only?

2004-01-22 Thread Brad Knowles
At 9:30 PM -0500 2004/01/22, Laurie Williams wrote: How do I set my mailing list to ANNOUNCE ONLY. I don't want members to be able to send to the list. Only messages from admin/moderator. See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showfile=faq03.011.htp. -- Brad Knowles, [EMAIL

Re: [Mailman-Users] Slow mail sending

2004-01-22 Thread Brad Knowles
At 6:38 PM -0800 2004/01/22, David A Boothe wrote: Is this typical behavior of mailman? Could it be releated to mailiman in any way? Is there a way to prevent this lang delay in sending out list mail? See

Re: [Mailman-Users] New install errors...Cron and mm_cfg.py

2004-01-22 Thread Brad Knowles
At 9:55 PM -0500 2004/01/22, ReeprFlame wrote: I have just installed Mailman several times (2.0.13). Why are you installing such an old version of Mailman? Have you tried 2.1.4? -- Brad Knowles, [EMAIL PROTECTED] They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety

Re: [Mailman-Users] personalization - take 2

2004-01-22 Thread Todd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paulo Dinis wrote: As suggested, the only 3 options available are: 1 - Can subscribers choose to receive mail immediately, rather than in batched digests? 2 - Header added to mail sent to regular list members 3 - Footer added to mail sent to