Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman problem after 2.1.5 - 2.1.7 update

2006-01-27 Thread Hauke Fath
Am 26.01.2006 um 19:06 Uhr +0100 schrieb Brad Knowles: At 6:46 PM +0100 2006-01-26, Hauke Fath wrote: I haven't found a way of tweaking this and assume that the list URLs are made up dynamically by the cgi script (rather, binary). Does anybody else see this? Any pointers? The URLs

Re: [Mailman-Users] any info on this reported exploit?

2006-01-27 Thread Brad Knowles
At 9:05 PM -0500 2006-01-26, Jim Popovitch wrote: Fortunately, in this case it is a known issue (which others have apparently decided to portray in a very different way), and which has already been addressed (as described by Tokio). OK, but what about the next one? What do Mailman

Re: [Mailman-Users] any info on this reported exploit?

2006-01-27 Thread Jim Popovitch
Brad Knowles wrote: There is a QA process that such patches need to go through, even if we're talking about a bug that is being currently being exploited widely. In fact, the more it's being exploited, and the more dangerous it is, I think the more testing needs to be done to

Re: [Mailman-Users] any info on this reported exploit?

2006-01-27 Thread Brad Knowles
At 1:00 AM -0500 2006-01-27, Jim Popovitch wrote: I'm pretty sure that the insiders fix their systems first, then tell the rest of us about the patch, probably at the last minute possible. The insiders here are people like Barry, Tokio,

[Mailman-Users] Weirdness

2006-01-27 Thread Lawrence Bowie
Team: I have some issues with my mailing list. I have users subscribe to a list but yet I always have to approve their posts for some reason. And when I do have it accept this address for future posts, it still emails me to apporove it. Any ideas??? Thanks, LDB

[Mailman-Users] Makeshift backup mailman server - are there unforseen probs with this?

2006-01-27 Thread IT Purchases
I seemed to finally get a decent backup for mailman going. It's not super slick or anything but seems to work pretty decently, but you can never be too sure or ask enough questions when it comes to stuff like thisso any feed back would be appreciated. We are running two linux debian

[Mailman-Users] archive is not available

2006-01-27 Thread reema jamil
Hello I have newly joined this list. These days I am working on a project that is using mail man on linux. But I am facing a problem here. The messeges I am sending to my mailing list are not available in my lists archive. Kindly help me in solving this problem.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problem with Postfix and default mailbox

2006-01-27 Thread Rabinowitz, Ari (Exchange)
-Original Message- From: Matthias Leonhardt Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:12 PM To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: [Mailman-Users] Problem with Postfix and default mailbox Hi there, I have a working mailman and postfix installation. in my postfix config I have a virtual

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problem with Postfix and default mailbox

2006-01-27 Thread Matthias Leonhardt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Ari, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] well - that did it! I inserted a virtual map entry to forward the mailinglist to another locally hosted domain without a default mailbox - so mailman gets the mail in the end. Thanks for your hint.

[Mailman-Users] troubles with multiple installations on the same machine

2006-01-27 Thread Davide Galletti
Hi all, I am having troubles installing more than one instance on the same LINUX FEDORA CORE 2 box. The need arises from having to manage lists for more than one domain (e.g. abitipuliti.org liste.cnms.it swazitalia.org ...) I understand that installing multiple instances is the best choiche

[Mailman-Users] Mailman Template

2006-01-27 Thread Jeff Edwards
I'm working on customizing the Mailman archive templates. I'm customizing the HTML and need to generate dynamic text based on the listname, but when I add a %(list_name)s in places, it doesn't get rendered dynamically. Instead it shows up as %(list_name)s in the final HTML. How can I use the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Template

2006-01-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Jeff Edwards wrote: I'm working on customizing the Mailman archive templates. I'm customizing the HTML and need to generate dynamic text based on the listname, but when I add a %(list_name)s in places, it doesn't get rendered dynamically. Instead it shows up as %(list_name)s in the final HTML.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Weirdness

2006-01-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Lawrence Bowie wrote: I have users subscribe to a list but yet I always have to approve their posts for some reason. For what reason? Every hold has a reason, what is this one? And when I do have it accept this address for future posts, it still emails me to apporove it. Any ideas??? The

Re: [Mailman-Users] archive is not available

2006-01-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
reema jamil wrote: I am facing a problem here. The messeges I am sending to my mailing list are not available in my lists archive. Kindly help me in solving this problem. Is 'archive' set to Yes on the admin Archiving Options page? Have you set ARCHIVE_TO_MBOX to other than 2 in mm_cfg.py?

Re: [Mailman-Users] Regenerate the archives index.html file

2006-01-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Kyle Pinkley wrote: I am working with a server where some of the html pages got defaced via the NeverEverNoSanity (old) worm). One of the pages that got defaced was the index.html page of one of the archives (/mailman/archives/public/list_name). How can I regenerate this file? This file is

Re: [Mailman-Users] any info on this reported exploit?

2006-01-27 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Jim == Jim Popovitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jim I guess we just see system administration from different Jim angles, I prefer communication to silence. Of course. So does everybody. Specifically, so do the crackers. Jim Barry/Tokio/Mark: Folks, yesterday we were informed of a

Re: [Mailman-Users] any info on this reported exploit?

2006-01-27 Thread Jim Popovitch
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: 5. Security patches are asynchronous, like earthquakes, they happen when they happen. Very bad analogy. Hurricanes would be better. There is plenty of potential for user-base warning before a patch is to be released. If the patch comes out on Friday at 4:45, I

[Mailman-Users] Confirmation e-mail goes to user that is not admin or moderator

2006-01-27 Thread Charles M. Owen
I have set up a list and all the emails that are going to the owner are going to a person that is not on either the admin or moderator list. Any idea why? Using 2.1.6 Mailman Charles -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org

Re: [Mailman-Users] any info on this reported exploit?

2006-01-27 Thread Brad Knowles
At 3:41 PM -0500 2006-01-27, Jim Popovitch wrote: 5. Security patches are asynchronous, like earthquakes, they happen when they happen. Very bad analogy. Hurricanes would be better. There is plenty of potential for user-base warning before a patch is to be released. No,

Re: [Mailman-Users] any info on this reported exploit?

2006-01-27 Thread Jim Popovitch
Brad Knowles wrote: At 3:41 PM -0500 2006-01-27, Jim Popovitch wrote: 5. Security patches are asynchronous, like earthquakes, they happen when they happen. Very bad analogy. Hurricanes would be better. There is plenty of potential for user-base warning before a patch is to be

Re: [Mailman-Users] Confirmation e-mail goes to user that is not adminor moderator

2006-01-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Charles M. Owen wrote: I have set up a list and all the emails that are going to the owner are going to a person that is not on either the admin or moderator list. Any idea why? Did you see the reply to your prior post at

[Mailman-Users] Domain problem with mailman

2006-01-27 Thread Peter Russell
I just installed Mailman and it seemed to setup ok, until I tried to create a new list using the web interface. I'm running Fedora Core 3 with all the correct versions of Sendmail, Python, Apache and Mailman. My machine name is server1.my.domain My web page is www.my.domain All email addrs

Re: [Mailman-Users] any info on this reported exploit?

2006-01-27 Thread Jim Popovitch
Jim Popovitch wrote: Brad Knowles wrote: At 3:41 PM -0500 2006-01-27, Jim Popovitch wrote: 5. Security patches are asynchronous, like earthquakes, they happen when they happen. Very bad analogy. Hurricanes would be better. There is plenty of potential for user-base warning before a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Domain problem with mailman

2006-01-27 Thread Jim Popovitch
Peter Russell wrote: I just installed Mailman and it seemed to setup ok, until I tried to create a new list using the web interface. I'm running Fedora Core 3 with all the correct versions of Sendmail, Python, Apache and Mailman. My machine name is server1.my.domain My web page is

Re: [Mailman-Users] Domain problem with mailman

2006-01-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Peter Russell wrote: Mailman wants to use [EMAIL PROTECTED] when it should be [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using the web interface, (http://www.my.domain/mailman), whichever option I select, it requests a page starting Http://server1.my.domain.. If I manually change 'server1' to 'www' it works

Re: [Mailman-Users] Confirmation problems

2006-01-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Niemi Hannu wrote: Is it only this list that fails? It is not likely a virtual host problem as host really isn't involved in processing confirmations. I had to test the others. To be honest I haven't earlier used this kind of user-driven subscription in any of the lists on that server, but

Re: [Mailman-Users] troubles with multiple installations on the samemachine

2006-01-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Davide Galletti wrote: I am having troubles installing more than one instance on the same LINUX FEDORA CORE 2 box. The need arises from having to manage lists for more than one domain (e.g. abitipuliti.org liste.cnms.it swazitalia.org ...) I understand that installing multiple instances is the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Weirdness

2006-01-27 Thread Lawrence Bowie
Mark Sapiro wrote: Lawrence Bowie wrote: I have users subscribe to a list but yet I always have to approve their posts for some reason. For what reason? Every hold has a reason, what is this one? And when I do have it accept this address for future posts, it still emails me to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Weirdness

2006-01-27 Thread Jim Popovitch
Lawrence Bowie wrote: That has already been done. There is something wrong. Everyone is subscribed to the list as memebers and they are posting with the same email as on the membership list. Has anyone seen this before. Very weird ... I saw it today on a list for one person out of a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Weirdness

2006-01-27 Thread Lawrence Bowie
Mark Sapiro wrote: Lawrence Bowie wrote: I have users subscribe to a list but yet I always have to approve their posts for some reason. For what reason? Every hold has a reason, what is this one? And when I do have it accept this address for future posts, it still emails me to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Weirdness

2006-01-27 Thread Lawrence Bowie
Lawrence Bowie wrote: Mark Sapiro wrote: Lawrence Bowie wrote: I have users subscribe to a list but yet I always have to approve their posts for some reason. For what reason? Every hold has a reason, what is this one? And when I do have it accept this address for future posts, it

Re: [Mailman-Users] Confirmation e-mail goes to user that is not admin or moderator

2006-01-27 Thread Charles M. Owen
Sorry, I did miss it somehow. I will post against this topic, since it is more appropriate. I am an end-user of a rented server. I do not have access to mailman directly. What is MTA? I did discover three things. 1) The person getting the unwanted message sent me a copy and it was to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Confirmation e-mail goes to user that is notadmin or moderator

2006-01-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Charles M. Owen wrote: I am an end-user of a rented server. I do not have access to mailman directly. What is MTA? http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showfile=faq01.013.htp I did discover three things. 1) The person getting the unwanted message sent me a copy and it was to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Confirmation e-mail goes to user that isnotadmin or moderator

2006-01-27 Thread Charles M. Owen
It reports to be 2.1.6. I will have to forward your comments to tech support, but I have only one forwarder in my lists that was created by the installation program provided. (You have indicated this forward is wrong, thus unrouted/bad addresses go to the persons designated) If you think of

Re: [Mailman-Users] Weirdness

2006-01-27 Thread Lawrence Bowie
Mark Sapiro wrote: Lawrence Bowie wrote: I have users subscribe to a list but yet I always have to approve their posts for some reason. For what reason? Every hold has a reason, what is this one? And when I do have it accept this address for future posts, it still emails me to

Re: [Mailman-Users] any info on this reported exploit?

2006-01-27 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Jim == Jim Popovitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jim Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: 5. Security patches are asynchronous, like earthquakes, they happen when they happen. Jim Very bad analogy. Hurricanes would be better. There is Jim plenty of potential for user-base warning

Re: [Mailman-Users] Weirdness

2006-01-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Lawrence Bowie wrote: OK .. Here is the reason it says .. Reason: Post by non-member to a members-only list but he is a member of the list. Are headers necessary for you guys to see? What is the subscribed address? What are the following headers in the message From:

Re: [Mailman-Users] any info on this reported exploit?

2006-01-27 Thread Jim Popovitch
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Jim == Jim Popovitch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh, if you prefer windstorms, hurricane is a bad analogy. Far more accurate is tornado.0.1 wink Hurricane is the most accurate analogy, because with hurricanes nobody knows about them until the NWS (at least here in

Re: [Mailman-Users] Weirdness

2006-01-27 Thread Jim Popovitch
Lawrence Bowie wrote: OK .. Here is the reason it says .. Reason: Post by non-member to a members-only list but he is a member of the list. Are headers necessary for you guys to see? Try unsub'ing and resub'ing him. Alternatively try logging into MM as admin and mod'ing