Re: [Mailman-Users] Rejecting Messages

2003-02-11 Thread Matthew Davis
* Warren Hoffman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Also - it would be wonderful if we could let some attachment types through > - specifically .vcf and .dat as they're harmless and usually come from > email systems like Outlook. Again, we're limited, so if someone could spell > this out it would be v

Re: [Mailman-Users] first confirmation message editing question HELP

2003-02-11 Thread Matthew Davis
* Mark Loewenberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have set up a list called "city" through a hosting vendor and I have > been able to reconfigure everything EXCEPT the first autoresponse > message that confirms acceptance to the list! Mailman 2.0.x Look in templates/verify.txt Mailman 2.1 Look i

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman help

2003-02-11 Thread Matthew Davis
* Tommy McPherson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Can mailman be used to have a send only - list serve from a computer > that is not online 24/7 but is on line most of the time? What is the > downside to having the computer off line 12 hours or so a day? Yes. Check the FAQ. There is a post-only

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman corruption?

2003-02-11 Thread Matthew Davis
* Edmund Young III ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Mailman symptoms: > > - Very slow or not sending out messages > - cpu utilization almost constantly 98% and above. > > Cause: > > - Probably an issue with excessive messages being sent to it, an event > occurred where thousands of requests were sen

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to change list to "unmoderated"

2003-02-11 Thread Matthew Davis
* John Davenport ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I have just become administrator for the maillist [EMAIL PROTECTED] > hosted by pair.com. > Presently this list is set to be moderated (all messages come to me with > request to post, discard, etc). How to I change the configuration so the > list

[Mailman-Users] Rejecting Messages

2003-02-11 Thread Warren Hoffman
One of my colleagues (we're both very limited technically) figured out how to reject messages with attachments (mime, etc.) as well as messages with HTML. However, the sender gets no notification when this happens. Some people send involuntary or semi-involuntary attachments (like Outlook vcard

Re: [Mailman-Users] Virus

2003-02-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "PB" == Paolo Barbato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PB> I've tried to download last release of mailman, but it seems PB> that a virus (nimda) has infected last distribution, see PB> attachment. Mailman's not infected but it has a neutered nimda example in its test suite. -Barry

[Mailman-Users] mailman

2003-02-11 Thread Bart Driessen
i have some questions about mailman. we are distributing a html-designed e-zine (sent every weekday) with inline pictures in it. i have built the complete system myself (including contentmanagement for the site, web-based creation of the e-zine from the same contentmanagement system, sending th

Re: [Mailman-Users] Error: Incorrect padding?

2003-02-11 Thread Ron Jarrell
At 05:34 PM 2/10/03 -0800, you wrote: >Yesterday we upgraded from Mailman 2.0.x to 2.1.1. All of the lists >except for one transfered over flawlessly, but any mail sent to that one >particular list causes errors like this to be dumped into >~mailman/logs/error: Yea, I've got a sourceforge bug op

[Mailman-Users] Virus

2003-02-11 Thread Paolo Barbato
I've tried to download last release of mailman, but it seems that a virus (nimda) has infected last distribution, see attachment. Regards, Paolo. -- Paolo Barbato email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Mailman-Users] first confirmation message editing question HELP

2003-02-11 Thread Mark Loewenberg
I have set up a list called "city" through a hosting vendor and I have been able to reconfigure everything EXCEPT the first autoresponse message that confirms acceptance to the list! I need to be able to edit this and am not sure where to find the template for this message. the current message

[Mailman-Users] Mailman help

2003-02-11 Thread Tommy McPherson
Can mailman be used to have a send only - list serve from a computer that is not online 24/7 but is on line most of the time? What is the downside to having the computer off line 12 hours or so a day? Tommy -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMA

[Mailman-Users] Mailman corruption?

2003-02-11 Thread Edmund Young III
Mailman symptoms: - Very slow or not sending out messages - cpu utilization almost constantly 98% and above. Cause: - Probably an issue with excessive messages being sent to it, an event occurred where thousands of requests were sent to it because of a faulty systems alert process utilizing that

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribe / Unsubscribe without confirm /approve

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Carnes
There are work-arounds to allow ordinary users to do this. Please look at the list archives for complete descriptions. Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 13:32, Jeff Anderson wrote: > Does anyone know a way to send an email request

Re: [Mailman-Users] more 2.1.x upgrade issues

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Carnes
There is a specific README.POSTFIX file. If you haven't read it yet, you should. If you have read it, you should look at it again more closely. HtH - Jon Carnes On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 15:06, Scott R. Every wrote: > getting this error when submitting a post to any list: > Feb 11 14:47:03 ov2 post

Re: [Mailman-Users] cannot completely delete a list

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Carnes
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 11:43, Andy Firman wrote: > > Using Mailman 2.0.11 > > I have a list with spaces in the name like "Official Whatever Newsletter Test" > and I tried to delete it but it did not remove everything. > I am wondering if it has to do with the spaces in the name. > > I tried: rml

[Mailman-Users] more 2.1.x upgrade issues

2003-02-11 Thread Scott R. Every
getting this error when submitting a post to any list: Feb 11 14:47:03 ov2 postfix/local[16243]: 7AB91804C: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=local, delay=0, status=bounced (Command died with status 8: "/usr/local/mailman/mail/mailman post test_list". Command output: Failure to find group name mailm

[Mailman-Users] Subscribe / Unsubscribe without confirm / approve

2003-02-11 Thread Jeff Anderson
Does anyone know a way to send an email request to subscribe / unsubscribe from a list without requiring a confirmation / approval. Simply adding / removing someone from the system automatically. I checked through the past few months of the discussions archives and didn't find anything specifi

[Mailman-Users] Why so long a delay?

2003-02-11 Thread Rick Goyette
We are running mailman 2.1 on a RedHat Linux 8.0 system, using sendmail-8.12.5-7, and using the /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -ODeliveryMode=defer \ -ODaemonPortOptions=Name=MSA,Port=2525,M=E,Addr=127.0.0.1 line in the init script. Incomming messaages get routed through mailman quickly: Feb 1

[Mailman-Users] Mailman Virtual Hosts?

2003-02-11 Thread Ian Chilton
Hello, Please CC replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have read that mailman supports virtual hosts, but I am not sure how to use it. What I have is a box, say box.example.com running the list server. I have also setup apache with the mailman aliases for list.example.com, lists.something.com, lists.so

[Mailman-Users] cannot completely delete a list

2003-02-11 Thread Andy Firman
Using Mailman 2.0.11 I have a list with spaces in the name like "Official Whatever Newsletter Test" and I tried to delete it but it did not remove everything. I am wondering if it has to do with the spaces in the name. I tried: rmlist -a Official\ Whatever\ Newsletter\ Test thinking this would

[Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman on Sendmail

2003-02-11 Thread Staven Bruce
I am trying to set up Mailman on Sendmail. However I am having some trouble. This is my first time around using Linux 8.0 and Sendmail 8.12. I am using Mailman/Sendmail in conjunction with our company's Exchange 5.5 server. I have a seperate IP address and DNS entry for Mailman/Sendmail, but I can'

Re: [Mailman-Users] configuring Mailman

2003-02-11 Thread John A. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "BAW" == Barry A Warsaw > "Re: [Mailman-Users] configuring Mailman" > Tue, 11 Feb 2003 01:28:40 -0500 BAW> In Mailman 2.1.x the way to customize the welcome message is BAW> to create a directory lists//en (assuming English B

Re: [Mailman-Users] configuring Mailman

2003-02-11 Thread John A. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "BAW" == Barry A Warsaw > "Re: [Mailman-Users] configuring Mailman" > Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:19:33 -0500 BAW> - Set the member_moderation_action to Reject and add a nice BAW> rejection notice text to the following text box. Say

[Mailman-Users] How to change list to "unmoderated"

2003-02-11 Thread John Davenport
I have just become administrator for the maillist [EMAIL PROTECTED] hosted by pair.com. Presently this list is set to be moderated (all messages come to me with request to post, discard, etc). How to I change the configuration so the list is unmoderated (all messages automatically posted)? On t

Re: [Mailman-Users] Removing "To post to this list . . ." from confirmation e-mail

2003-02-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "JH" == John Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JH> I'm trying to set up Mailman to use as a vehicle for JH> distributing a newsletter. I don't want anyone to think they JH> can post messages to the list address. JH> I have figured out how to modify the HTML for the public

Re: [Mailman-Users] configuring Mailman

2003-02-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "JH" == Jim Hodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JH> We want a very simple mailing list system, and Mailman can do JH> a lot more than we need. I'm trying to find out how to best JH> configure Mailman for our needs. Here is what we want to do: JH> 1. Send e-mail news updates

Re: [Mailman-Users] Configuring mailman for a future domain name

2003-02-11 Thread Paul Kleeberg
Well I just decided to try it: From within the directory where I unpacked the tarball: ./configure --prefix=/var/mailman --with-cgi-gid=apache --with-mail-gid=mail --with-mailhost=fpen.org --with-urlhost=lists.fpen.org then "make install" and it appears to have worked. Default.py has the fu

Re: [Mailman-Users] Configuring mailman for a future domain name

2003-02-11 Thread Richard Barrett
At 04:06 11/02/2003, Matthew Davis wrote: * Paul Kleeberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What you say is correct but won't that put a "legacy" URL into > Default.py whereas if I used the (undocumented?) parameters below, > would it build Default.py with the correct URLs and therefore > eliminate the