[Mailman-Users] mailman 2.1.1 - 2.1.2

2003-07-22 Thread CARTER Anthony
Hi, I have modified quite a bit of mailman, especially templates and added CSS support within HTML pages. I was wondering if I upgraded from mailman 2.1.1 to 2.1.2, what actually changes, and will my site get messed up, even just a little. This is an live server running for a large customer. I

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman 2.1.1 - 2.1.2

2003-07-22 Thread Richard Barrett
On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 07:52 AM, CARTER Anthony wrote: Hi, I have modified quite a bit of mailman, especially templates and added CSS support within HTML pages. I was wondering if I upgraded from mailman 2.1.1 to 2.1.2, what actually changes, and will my site get messed up, even just a

Re: [Mailman-Users] After installing mailman under Gentoo linux,I get...

2003-07-22 Thread James B. Snyder
Are you using the alias files autogenerated for postfix? I had to chown the {MAILMAN ROOT}/data/aliases and {MAILMAN ROOT}data/aliases.db files to nobody.nobody and everything seems to work ok. On a side note, the /etc/mail/aliases seems to take precedence over the mailman aliases, so if you

Re: [Mailman-Users] Path info. No list -2- error

2003-07-22 Thread Kaja P. Christiansen
Richard Barrett writes: These files are actually created from the template file $prefix/templates/en/htdig_conf.txt If that file has been corrupted then all per-list htdig conf files subsequently created would also be damaged. That file is OK. I wondered what the 5 lists with good

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to show name in the subscriber list mailman2.1.2 ?

2003-07-22 Thread John DeCarlo
Rob, Did you try ./list_members -a listname? This is just another command line script, used by humans or their scripts, but which is not used by Mailman AFAIK. I have to admit I don't know exactly what you mean by gone to one of my mailing lists. It sounds like maybe you want to change the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: How to show name in the subscriber listmailman 2.1.2 ?

2003-07-22 Thread John DeCarlo
Paul, 1) The instructions are wrong, as you noticed. The only difference between -a/--all and nothing is the full name of the user being included and the email address in . The regular/digest and nomail option are displayed either way. I suppose if there are no full names input (say you

Re: [Mailman-Users] Path info. No list -2- error

2003-07-22 Thread Richard Barrett
On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 01:12 PM, Kaja P. Christiansen wrote: Richard Barrett writes: These files are actually created from the template file $prefix/templates/en/htdig_conf.txt If that file has been corrupted then all per-list htdig conf files subsequently created would also be damaged.

[Mailman-Users] passwords, confirmation emails,clunky web interfaces, and my grandmother

2003-07-22 Thread David Hunt
Dear All, I'm trying to run a simple mailing list so that people can sign up to receive news related to my career as a musician. I would like it to be simple enough that my grandmother could sign up for it if she wanted to. Right now, it is a mess - the very first person who signed up, who

[Mailman-Users] Use of Optional Name Field on 2.1.2

2003-07-22 Thread Chuck Basford
Sorry, if this has been discussed before. I see that I can add a new user singly with an optional name field, but I can not see where it can be done with the mass add function. Is there a way to parse the email address, optional names on a mass add? Thanx, Chuck

[Mailman-Users] Pine file

2003-07-22 Thread Juan Nicolas Bernal Yhama
Hi I installed the mailman for a big server in my university. the mail server of de university has 1800 accounts. I want to install an imap server with squirrelmail because this have others features and it is posible access with pine. My users use webmail and pine simulteneously. Is posible

[Mailman-Users] please help - big problems

2003-07-22 Thread Mandy Meinhoff
dear mailman-users, i thought mailman is a real stable mailing-list software. though, i switched all the lists of my users from majordomo to mailman caused of security-reasons. now, i do have 2 big problems: 1st - some mails (i do not really found out, wich ones, but i think they are

RE: [Mailman-Users] Mailman/Sendmail

2003-07-22 Thread Mark Haney
Jason K. Brandt wrote: Hi, I am having problems getting mailman setup on a server using sendmail as the mail server. This is a Redhat 9 machine, and is pretty much a default install, besides the fix for the bug from the default redhat install. So mailman comes up and runs, I can setup

Re: [Mailman-Users] Use of Optional Name Field on 2.1.2

2003-07-22 Thread John DeCarlo
Chuck, There are several methods that will work. I just use one: Persons Name First and Last email-address It will pretty much put all the text in front of the email address in the Full Name field. I have several members like John and Sue Johnson that work just fine. Chuck Basford wrote:

[Mailman-Users] How to show name in the subscriber lis tmailman2.1.2 ?

2003-07-22 Thread Nicolas C.
sorry, subject missing. resent. ~~ Hi, thanks John, I have tested your code, but I face with a problem of python. I didn't know python, I search but I didn't find, here is what happen: at line 79 (from email.Utils import commaaddr) this generate an error:

[Mailman-Users] (no subject)

2003-07-22 Thread Nicolas C.
Hi, thanks John, I have tested your code, but I face with a problem of python. I didn't know python, I search but I didn't find, here is what happen: at line 79 (from email.Utils import commaaddr) this generate an error: # list_members.DeCarlo test Traceback

[Mailman-Users] [Fwd: [Mailman-cabal] Linux Expo UK 2003 - .OrgVillage Free Space for Mailman]

2003-07-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
This sounds like an interesting opportunity to get some more Mailman exposure. I won't be able to attend, but if any of our UK or Euro friends are planning to, would you be willing to volunteer a little time at the booth? If so, please let me and Brian know (I don't know what all is involved,

[Mailman-Users] [suggestion] non-member thread subscription

2003-07-22 Thread jw schultz
Let me say that i don't manage or host any lists. I am, however, a member of several lists. As a member of mailing lists i have a suggestion for a feature that would, i think, be of benefit to list members an non-members. As a member of several developer/support lists I often see postings from

[Mailman-Users] Mailman/Sendmail

2003-07-22 Thread Jason K. Brandt
Hi, I am having problems getting mailman setup on a server using sendmail as the mail server. This is a Redhat 9 machine, and is pretty much a default install, besides the fix for the bug from the default redhat install. So mailman comes up and runs, I can setup lists, but when sending to the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Use of Optional Name Field on 2.1.2

2003-07-22 Thread John DeCarlo
Chuck, There have been discussions on this list about working with a database - you might try going to the archives and searching on MySQL. I believe Barry mentioned that this is part of the plan for Mailman 3. Chuck Basford wrote: Thank you very much John. It worked like a champ! I am

Re: [Mailman-Users] passwords, confirmation emails,clunky web interfaces, and my grandmother

2003-07-22 Thread Richard Barrett
You do not say what version of Mailman you are running. Were you to be running MM 2.1.2 you would find the following list configuration options, which if set as indicated would lead to a user being subscribed without having to respond to or indeed receive any emails except the subsequent

[Mailman-Users] More madness

2003-07-22 Thread Mark Haney
I caved. Jason Buscema gave me the answer to the problem with the RPM version of mailman. I re-installed it and added the 2 lines to make mailman know what user/group to use. Everything is peachy keen. I have 2 problems. First, in the auto-respond message I get when subscribing as a new

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: How to show name in the subscriberlist mailman 2.1.2 ?

2003-07-22 Thread Paul H Byerly
John DeCarlo wrote: 1) The instructions are wrong, as you noticed. The only difference between -a/--all and nothing is the full name of the user being included and the email address in . The regular/digest and nomail option are displayed either way. If I actually read what you wrote rather

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to show name in the subscriber listmailman 2.1.2 ?

2003-07-22 Thread Rob Brandt
Yes, I'm sure I misunderstood since I may not have gotten the original question that you answered. I was hoping for a subscriber's list function including names that could be browsed from the listinfo page. I've never really understood why it's not there in the first place; I've never seen the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Pine file

2003-07-22 Thread Brad Knowles
At 5:30 PM -0500 2003/07/21, Juan Nicolas Bernal Yhama wrote: I installed the mailman for a big server in my university. Great! Glad to hear it! the mail server of de university has 1800 accounts. I want to install an imap server with squirrelmail because this have others features and it

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to show name in the subscriber list mailman2.1.2 ?

2003-07-22 Thread John DeCarlo
Rob, I can't help you with the web interface. The cgi-bin programs are not plain text Python. Presumably they are compiled code, binaries. Perhaps you could go to the sourceforge Mailman site and submit this as an enhancement request. Another alternative is to fiddle with the email who

[Mailman-Users] Why won't Mailman send mail?

2003-07-22 Thread Mark Haney
Okay, I followed the FAQ on why mailman won't send email to users. The big thing I noticed is that in /etc/passwd, the mailman account has a default shell of /bin/false, is that supposed to be? Also, there's no home folder for the mailman user, so I can't check on the cron jobs. Should I assume

Re: [Mailman-Users] Why won't Mailman send mail?

2003-07-22 Thread Todd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Haney wrote: Okay, I followed the FAQ on why mailman won't send email to users. The big thing I noticed is that in /etc/passwd, the mailman account has a default shell of /bin/false, is that supposed to be? I don't *think* that'll break

Re: [Mailman-Users] More madness

2003-07-22 Thread Todd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Haney wrote: I caved. D'oh! Good luck with it. :) Jason Buscema gave me the answer to the problem with the RPM version of mailman. I re-installed it and added the 2 lines to make mailman know what user/group to use. Hehe, nothing like

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to show name in the subscriber list mailman2.1.2 ?

2003-07-22 Thread Richard Barrett
On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 06:02 PM, John DeCarlo wrote: Rob, I can't help you with the web interface. The cgi-bin programs are not plain text Python. Presumably they are compiled code, binaries. Not quite correct. The actual work of MM CGI programs is done by regular Python scripts

[Mailman-Users] mass subscription

2003-07-22 Thread Rob Eckerson
I want to mass subscribe people that I have on another list. I want to just send them an email with a link to subscribe( cutting out the confirmation email). These people have already opted in to receive email from me. Also, I noticed that when you mass subscribe a password is assigned. Can I

Re: [Mailman-Users] mass subscription

2003-07-22 Thread Ed Wilts
On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 05:03:34PM -0400, Rob Eckerson wrote: I want to mass subscribe people that I have on another list. I want to just send them an email with a link to subscribe( cutting out the confirmation email). These people have already opted in to receive email from me. Since

[Mailman-Users] How do I implement Mailman

2003-07-22 Thread Anne Campbell
We want to implement Mailman but we know nothing. What do we need to do to put Mailman into production? Can you point me in the right direction on all the steps necessary to use this great tool? Does GNU have a GUI? HELP! Anne Campbell IT Manager Swets Blackwell, Inc. 160 Ninth Avenue

[Mailman-Users] Re: Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 10, Issue 64

2003-07-22 Thread Arthur Karnuah
'help' Original message Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:51:42 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 10, Issue 64 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Mailman-Users mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web,

Re: [Mailman-Users] How do I implement Mailman

2003-07-22 Thread Richard Barrett
On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 09:53 PM, Anne Campbell wrote: We want to implement Mailman but we know nothing. What do we need to do to put Mailman into production? 1. A computer running some type of UNIX or UNIX-like (Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS X etc) operating system. 2. An MTA (such as

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to show name in the subscriber list mailman2.1.2 ?

2003-07-22 Thread Steve Burling
--On Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:21 AM +0100 Rob Brandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I'm sure I misunderstood since I may not have gotten the original question that you answered. I was hoping for a subscriber's list function including names that could be browsed from the listinfo page. I've never

[Mailman-Users] Strangenesses with URLs in the admin/listinfo pages

2003-07-22 Thread Don Levey
First, please let me apologise if this topic has been covered here before; I've just discovered this resource. I'm an amateur list/sysadmin; I've got a home web/mail server, but I'm not a pro nor do I have a pro's knowledge. I think I've got my system set up properly (Mailman 2.1.2), but there's

[Mailman-Users] Write your own (WAS: How to show name in thesubscriber list)

2003-07-22 Thread Paul H Byerly
John DeCarlo wrote: Another alternative is to fiddle with the email who command - a script I posted earlier. Then by email you can get subscriber's full names. I you really want it on a web page write the code to do that. The commands can be run with a cron job and output to a file. If

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to show name in the subscriber listmailman 2.1.2 ?

2003-07-22 Thread Rob Brandt
No, not membership management, Roster page; i.e.: http://domain.com/mailman/roster/listname accesed by regular members (if that option is enabled) from the listinfo page under (listname) Subscribers. Rob Quoting Steve Burling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --On Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:21 AM +0100 Rob

[Mailman-Users] Mailman + Htdig

2003-07-22 Thread Chinbaatar Anar
Hello, I want to install mailman with htdig integration. And I patched mailman source by patches located in Source forge. But after installation an error occuired and I can't create new list. Any help? Thank you, Anar.Ch Enter the email of the person running the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Mailman-Users] Strangenesses with URLs in the admin/listinfopages

2003-07-22 Thread Todd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Don Levey wrote: My web server is running on a non-standard port. Thus, any URL I use appends the port number to the host name (http://www.domain.tld:7080). By playing with the URL parameters in the mm_cfg.py file (copied from the Defaults.py

[Mailman-Users] Auto-Responder Question

2003-07-22 Thread Christine De La Rosa
Hello all, I am a mailman newbie although I have been running mailing lists with majordomo for about five years. I have community website and we run about 30 lists. I have a dedicated RedHat Linux box running cpanel. Recently the cpanel folx upgraded my cpanel and also my mailman (I didn't know