[Mailman-Users] How can I check status of or abort a mailing in progress?
I have been hosting a mailing list of 16,000 names which has been purring along for over a year now with no problems. (I am running Mailman 2.1.5, Postfix-2.2.10, on RHES 4.0) Recently I reconfigured this list to enable personalization so my client could do a better job of processing cancellation requests from subscribers. The processing time for a mailing (from the smtp log) went from a few seconds per mailing to a few minutes, but nothing unreasonable. Heady from this success, I re-reconfigured the list to enable full personalization. My client posted his first message using this configuration Sunday night and it is still being processed (Tuesday night). The smtp log is filling with entries indicating either one or three recipients were processed. [I understand the reason for the singletons but not the triplets.] These entries occur in batches of a hundred or so and then pause for an hour or two. I have no idea how far the system has gotten in processing the entire list. Is there any way to find out? (The message already appears in the archives but there is no entry in the Mailman post log.) My client wants me to cancel the post, but I can't find any indication of how one would go about doing that. Nothing in the documentation, wiki, FAQ, and only one post on the subject on this list (but without an answer to the question). Any help would be appreciated. (Also pointing me toward any general document on the overall design and architecture of Mailman would be appreciated. The only documentation I can find is user or list-admin oriented. Not a clue about how Mailman actually gets its job done.) Thanks in advance, John Hicks -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
Re: [Mailman-Users] closely related lists - using users from a different lists
David Cake wrote: I have two lists that are effectively low and high traffic lists designed to serve the same constituency. So that a large number of people do not need to be subscribed to announcements that go out on the low traffic list, the high traffic list is also subscribed to the low traffic list. The only problem is that this means almost no one is subscribed to the low traffic list, and virtually none of the people who might post to it are, so almost every message is moderated. Is there a way to allow people who are subscribed to a second list to be accepted as subscribers to the first? Cheers David (Warning: I'm a novice. I'm replying only because I see your query has not been answered after five days.) You can subscribe the members of the larger list to the smaller list: First export the subscribers using the list_members command from the server command line: /usr/lib/mailman/bin/list_members your-list-name filename-for-member-list Then import those addresses into the smaller list. I believe there are two ways to do this: --You can use the mass subscribe feature of the smaller list to import the addresses. Paste the exported addresses into the mass subscribe page on the admin web interface. Any duplicates will be ignored. This method allows you the option of sending invitations rather than arbitrarily subscribing them (based on your current setting in the admin interface). If you send invitations, your invitees get the option of choosing between regular and digest subscriptions. --You could also use the add_members command from the server command line. I believe this arbitrarily subscribes them without the option of invitations: /usr/lib/mailman/bin/add_members -r filename-for-member-list your-list-name The -r subscribes them as regular members -d as digest members. Hope that helps. John Hicks -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
[Mailman-Users] Moderator can't post, vette log entry instead
I have a new set of lists for a non-profit group running on a fresh install of RHEL 4.1 (Mailman 2.1.5 running with Postfix 2.1.5 [sic]). All seems to be working fine now with the minor exception that the list moderator (who runs the group) cannot post to the lists!! Instead, an entry is made to the vette log. He has a hotmail account. He is subscribed as a regular member to the lists. The only difference in his setup (that I can find) is that I have unchecked his moderation flag (i.e. everyone is moderated but him). When he posts to our announcement list, I can see his message arrive on the postfix log: Jul 10 17:35:43 tiger postfix/smtpd[18286]: connect from bay106-f6.bay106.hotmail.com[65.54.161.16] Jul 10 17:35:43 tiger postfix/smtpd[18286]: E30C9D01D5: client=bay106-f6.bay106.hotmail.com[65.54.161.16] Jul 10 17:35:44 tiger postfix/cleanup[18289]: E30C9D01D5: message-id=[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jul 10 17:35:44 tiger postfix/qmgr[19608]: E30C9D01D5: from=[EMAIL PROTECTED], size=3823, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jul 10 17:35:44 tiger postfix/smtpd[18286]: disconnect from bay106-f6.bay106.hotmail.com[65.54.161.16] Then the virtual domain name trnaslation takes place and the post wrapper is run: Jul 10 17:35:44 tiger postfix/local[18290]: E30C9D01D5: to=[EMAIL PROTECTED], orig_to=[EMAIL PROTECTED], relay=local , delay=1, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post lmr-announce) Jul 10 17:35:44 tiger postfix/qmgr[19608]: E30C9D01D5: removed But the message doesn't get posted. Instead it shows up on the mailman vette log: Jul 10 17:35:45 2005 (21500) Message discarded, msgid: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Any suggestions on how to debug this? Thanks, John Hicks -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Users] Moderator can't post, vette log entry instead
Dan Phillips wrote: On Jul 11, 2005, at 3:08 PM, John Hicks wrote: Jul 10 17:35:45 2005 (21500) Message discarded, msgid: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My first (and probably only) guess would be that you've got filtering turned on and Hotmail is sending a MIME type text/html message rather than multipart/alternative. If html filtering is on and there's no plain text part, the resulting empty message is discarded in the manner you described. Dan Dan Phillips Associate Professor of Horn, University of Memphis site administrator: music.memphis.edu That would certainly explain it. I do have filtering on and I have noticed that his hotmail arrives as html only -- no alternatives. I had convert_html_to_plaintext enabled and thought that would take care of things, but upon closer examination I realize I am filtering out the text/html before that conversion can take place. Looks like I need to add text/html to the pass_mime_types list. Thanks very much! John John Hicks wrote: I have a new set of lists for a non-profit group running on a fresh install of RHEL 4.1 (Mailman 2.1.5 running with Postfix 2.1.5 [sic]). All seems to be working fine now with the minor exception that the list moderator (who runs the group) cannot post to the lists!! Instead, an entry is made to the vette log. He has a hotmail account. He is subscribed as a regular member to the lists. The only difference in his setup (that I can find) is that I have unchecked his moderation flag (i.e. everyone is moderated but him). When he posts to our announcement list, I can see his message arrive on the postfix log: Jul 10 17:35:43 tiger postfix/smtpd[18286]: connect from bay106-f6.bay106.hotmail.com[65.54.161.16] Jul 10 17:35:43 tiger postfix/smtpd[18286]: E30C9D01D5: client=bay106-f6.bay106.hotmail.com[65.54.161.16] Jul 10 17:35:44 tiger postfix/cleanup[18289]: E30C9D01D5: message-id=[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jul 10 17:35:44 tiger postfix/qmgr[19608]: E30C9D01D5: from=[EMAIL PROTECTED], size=3823, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jul 10 17:35:44 tiger postfix/smtpd[18286]: disconnect from bay106-f6.bay106.hotmail.com[65.54.161.16] Then the virtual domain name trnaslation takes place and the post wrapper is run: Jul 10 17:35:44 tiger postfix/local[18290]: E30C9D01D5: to=[EMAIL PROTECTED], orig_to=[EMAIL PROTECTED], relay=local , delay=1, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post lmr-announce) Jul 10 17:35:44 tiger postfix/qmgr[19608]: E30C9D01D5: removed But the message doesn't get posted. Instead it shows up on the mailman vette log: Jul 10 17:35:45 2005 (21500) Message discarded, msgid: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Any suggestions on how to debug this? Thanks, John Hicks -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/johnlist%40gulfbridge.net Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
