[Mailman-Users] Approved Password

2007-07-20 Thread Trevor Dodds
Hi, I'm setting up a Newsletter mailing list and currently using the moderated from address to allow sending, this is a problem because if anyone figures this out our list will be spammed to death. I read that you could add an Approved: password into the body of the message but where in

[Mailman-Users] Prerequesits for mailman and a mta

2007-07-20 Thread Helmut Schneider
Hi, what part(s) of e.g. postfix do I need to run mailman? I have installed mailman in a chrooted environment. What does mailman need to run properly? Is mailman able to use a mta via IP and a sendmail/mailwrapper binary provided in the chroot is enough? I'm not talking about inbout

[Mailman-Users] one click unsubscribe

2007-07-20 Thread Wes
Hello, I've been researching all the possible ways to have a one click (or very few click) unsubscribe, that also protects against other people unsubscribing a user, using a link passed in a forwarded message. The best way, I think, is to have the user click a link that will cause a

Re: [Mailman-Users] where is mailman-bounces address defined?

2007-07-20 Thread douglas repetto
I found the problem. The address was defined correctly in mm_config.py, but for some reason it was truncated in Defaults.py. I don't really understand the mechanism by which changes in mm_config.py are propagate to Defaults.py...but something went wrong! I edited Defaults.py and restarted MM

Re: [Mailman-Users] where is mailman-bounces address defined?

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
douglas repetto wrote: I found the problem. The address was defined correctly in mm_config.py, but for some reason it was truncated in Defaults.py. I don't really understand the mechanism by which changes in mm_config.py are propagate to Defaults.py...but something went wrong! This is

Re: [Mailman-Users] where is mailman-bounces address defined?

2007-07-20 Thread douglas repetto
Thanks for the explanation, Mark. I made the suggested changes to mm_cfg.py. I'll let you know if there is any additional strangeness... best, douglas Mark Sapiro wrote: douglas repetto wrote: I found the problem. The address was defined correctly in mm_config.py, but for some reason it

Re: [Mailman-Users] Approved Password

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Trevor Dodds wrote: I'm setting up a Newsletter mailing list and currently using the moderated from address to allow sending, this is a problem because if anyone figures this out our list will be spammed to death. I read that you could add an Approved: password into the body of the message but

Re: [Mailman-Users] where is mailman-bounces address defined?

2007-07-20 Thread Dragon
douglas repetto wrote: I found the problem. The address was defined correctly in mm_config.py, but for some reason it was truncated in Defaults.py. I don't really understand the mechanism by which changes in mm_config.py are propagate to Defaults.py...but something went wrong! I edited

Re: [Mailman-Users] Python modules missing

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Christopher Glanville wrote: I have been running mailman on Fedora core 4 for some time but then it stopped. Now when I try and run: /etc/init.d/mailman start I get: -bash: /etc/init.d/mailman: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# /etc/init.d/mailmanctl start Traceback (most recent

Re: [Mailman-Users] where is mailman-bounces address defined?

2007-07-20 Thread douglas repetto
Sorry, I mis-typed, I meant mm_cfg.py. Mark's previous reply explained the problem. thanks, douglas Dragon wrote: douglas repetto wrote: I found the problem. The address was defined correctly in mm_config.py, but for some reason it was truncated in Defaults.py. I don't really understand

[Mailman-Users] Content Filtering Scrubs PDF Attachment

2007-07-20 Thread Fitzpatrick, Ted
Hi, When Mailman's Content Filtering is on, it is scrubbing (removing) pdf and png attachments, even though I have entered the MIME types for these files as passable. For the MIME types, I used: application/pdf image/png The only fix I found within this list's archives was a patch to

Re: [Mailman-Users] one click unsubscribe

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Wes wrote: This effectively goes to the options page and then submits the form as if the user clicked the unsubscribe button on the options page. This works fine, but I'd really like to customize the page that the user sees. It currently has a confirmation at the top saying the confirmation

Re: [Mailman-Users] one click unsubscribe

2007-07-20 Thread Wes
Mark Sapiro wrote: Wes wrote: This effectively goes to the options page and then submits the form as if the user clicked the unsubscribe button on the options page. This works fine, but I'd really like to customize the page that the user sees. It currently has a confirmation at the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Content Filtering Scrubs PDF Attachment

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Fitzpatrick, Ted wrote: When Mailman's Content Filtering is on, it is scrubbing (removing) pdf and png attachments, I am guessing you mean 'removing' as in throwing away, as opposed to 'scrubbing' as in storing on the server and replacing with a link to the stored file. If by chance, you do

Re: [Mailman-Users] Prerequesits for mailman and a mta

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Helmut Schneider wrote: I'm not talking about inbout mails/requests, just outbound, mails generated by mailman. Mailman uses the outgoing MTA defined in SMTPHOST (default = 'localhost'). By defining SMTPHOST and perhaps SMTPPORT in mm_cfg.py, you can use any outgoing MTA that you can connect

Re: [Mailman-Users] Content Filtering Scrubs PDF Attachment

2007-07-20 Thread Fitzpatrick, Ted
Thanks, Mark. The MUA is including application/octet-stream as the mime type. I didn't include this as passable because I wanted to strip .exe files from messages. It looks like if I want to enable subscribers to attach PDF files, it will at the same time enable them to attach EXE files. From the

Re: [Mailman-Users] one click unsubscribe

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Wes wrote: I have another way to do it, via the user specific options page, and I can force the submit and checking of the checkbox, but the problem with this option is that there is no email confirmation step, so it opens the door to possibly having people unsubscribe other people...(if one

Re: [Mailman-Users] Content Filtering Scrubs PDF Attachment

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Fitzpatrick, Ted wrote: Thanks, Mark. The MUA is including application/octet-stream as the mime type. I didn't include this as passable because I wanted to strip .exe files from messages. It looks like if I want to enable subscribers to attach PDF files, it will at the same time enable them to

[Mailman-Users] Accessing Command Prompts

2007-07-20 Thread Nick Bogaty
Ok, I'm very green on linux comman prompts. I just purchased a linux machine with plesk installed in it. The version of plesk allows for mailman installation which I successfully completed. I'd now like to access the command prompt to change the settings so Owners can delete their own lists to

[Mailman-Users] download email addresses

2007-07-20 Thread Paul Wilson
Anyone know how to download all the users in a list to a CSV file or any kind of file? Paul Wilson Stay Gold www.freaksincorporated.com www.choppertownnation.net www.grimmskateboards.com www.phatchoppers.com www.allamericancycles.net www.tinakite.com www.denisehawkins.com

Re: [Mailman-Users] download email addresses

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Paul Wilson wrote: Anyone know how to download all the users in a list to a CSV file or any kind of file? See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showfile=faq03.062.htp -- Mark Sapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter

Re: [Mailman-Users] Content Filtering Scrubs PDF Attachment

2007-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
On 7/20/07, Fitzpatrick, Ted wrote: Thanks, Mark. The MUA is including application/octet-stream as the mime type. Gack. I didn't include this as passable because I wanted to strip .exe files from messages. Perfectly reasonable. It looks like

Re: [Mailman-Users] Content Filtering Scrubs PDF Attachment

2007-07-20 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Brad Knowles writes: However, do keep in mind that spammers have recently latched onto the fact that most people do seem to let *.PDF files through, although I'm not sure what MIME type these messages are being tagged with. FWIW, in a sample of 10 recent .pdf spams, all had extension