[Mailman-Users] Cgi form/email for unsubscribing

2004-08-12 Thread PeteBell
First let me say that I know nothing about python, cgi scripts, or any sort of code (as will probably become clear!) It seems to me that when a person subscribes to my list using the subscribe form, the file in Mailman which comes into play is /Mailman/Cgi/subscribe.py - Yes?... And I know it

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

2004-08-12 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Robert == Robert Echlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Robert Stuff I looked at: Robert - 2004 mailman list messages. Robert - google for discard mailman script Robert - mailman faq (search for discard) Robert - docs on www.list.org Robert - bin/discard.py seems to require

Re: [Mailman-Users] Request help: MM 2.1.5 Install on BSD; setGID errors.

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 6:35 AM + 2004-08-12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The config.log reports: * Installation directory /usr/local/mailman is not configured properly! * Set-gid bit must be set for directory: /usr/local/mailman You need to be more than in group wheel to fix this. You need to be

Re: [Mailman-Users] Cgi form/email for unsubscribing

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 7:40 AM +0100 2004-08-12, PeteBell wrote: So. Is it possible therefore to use the subscribe.py as a model to produce an unsubscribe.py script which can be called by a form in the same way, thus speeding up the unsubscribe process, which at the moment is done by a form taking you to a

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

2004-08-12 Thread Robert Echlin
- Original Message - From: Robert Echlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem For my next try, I have set the timeout to 1500 seconds, instead of 300, in

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

2004-08-12 Thread Robert Echlin
- Original Message - From: Stephen J. Turnbull [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert Echlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:37 AM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem Thanks, Stephen That looks like an interesting solution. I'll make a note

[Mailman-Users] Character problems..

2004-08-12 Thread Anders Norrbring
I've noticed a small problem... If I enter a Welcome to the list message in welcome_msg that includes international characters like our Swedish å ä ö Å Ä Ö then the e-mail sent to list user contains encoded characters like auml; and aring; Can this be prevented? Anders Norrbring

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

2004-08-12 Thread David Relson
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:40:30 +0200 Brad Knowles wrote: At 9:44 PM -0400 2004-08-11, David Relson wrote: No! Recursive grep commands include a directory specification, hence don't need to be executed from a specific subdirectory. My egrep -r... /usr/lib/mailman command searches

Re: [Mailman-Users] Request help: MM 2.1.5 Install on BSD; setGID errors.

2004-08-12 Thread Hugh Esco
My friend is root in his BSD jail. Will this be sufficient? -- Hugh Esco On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:19:57 +0200 Brad Knowles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 6:35 AM + 2004-08-12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The config.log reports: * Installation directory /usr/local/mailman is not

Re: [Mailman-Users] Request help: MM 2.1.5 Install on BSD; setGID errors.

2004-08-12 Thread Josh Tolbert
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 06:35:27AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello folks: I'm coaching a friend on installing MM on a BSD server. I use and administer a Debian box myself here at the office. While I administer (in the sense of creating lists and assigning moderators) an installation

[Mailman-Users] TUCOWs ????

2004-08-12 Thread Gene
I've just installed mailman. When trying to subscribe via web page, everything points to ddwww.tucows.com. I've added the DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST entries in mm_cfg.py, yet the tucows problem persists. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks Gene

[Mailman-Users] question

2004-08-12 Thread Tanner Woodford
Hello there, I am interested in using Mailman, but have a few quick questions. One, is it easily customizable? Meaning I can change the wording/backgrounds/etc after it's uploaded? (Maybe Open Source is the term I'm searching for.) Two, We already have a list set up, can I import about 6,000

[Mailman-Users] Basic question

2004-08-12 Thread Angela Smith
I cant' find an answer to a very basic question. I want to use your service for distributing Newsletters to a list. If I create a newsletter how do I send it to the list stored on your server. Do I create the newsletter on my computer in HTML or as text and then what? Sincerely, Angela Smith

[Mailman-Users] Password

2004-08-12 Thread New Mexico Catalog
Several months ago, a prior employee installed mailman for us on a test basis. It now seems that some of our customers are getting unwanted emails and we need to change the settings. I have been unable to get our administrative password and to correct this problem. Help! David Taylor, Owner

Re: [Mailman-Users] TUCOWs ????

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 8:51 PM -0500 2004-08-09, Gene wrote: I've just installed mailman. When trying to subscribe via web page, everything points to ddwww.tucows.com. I've added the DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST entries in mm_cfg.py, yet the tucows problem persists. Did you stop and restart Mailman,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Basic question

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 3:53 PM +1000 2004-08-12, Angela Smith wrote: I cant' find an answer to a very basic question. I want to use your service for distributing Newsletters to a list. If I create a newsletter how do I send it to the list stored on your server. Do I create the newsletter on my computer in HTML or

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 10:11 AM -0400 2004-08-12, David Relson wrote: I'm running mailman using the Mandrake 10.0 rpms. I apologize for not mentioning that fact. I assumed that the division of files between /usr/local/mailman and /var/lib/mailman was standard. Evidently I was mistaken. Anything done by any

Re: [Mailman-Users] Request help: MM 2.1.5 Install on BSD; setGID errors.

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 10:30 AM -0400 2004-08-12, Hugh Esco wrote: My friend is root in his BSD jail. Will this be sufficient? Maybe. Depends on whether or not all the software was installed internally to the BSD jail. If it was, then this should be sufficient. If you're inside the jail but sharing a Mailman

Re: [Mailman-Users] question

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 5:04 PM -0400 2004-08-08, Tanner Woodford wrote: One, is it easily customizable? Meaning I can change the wording/backgrounds/etc after it's uploaded? (Maybe Open Source is the term I'm searching for.) Mailman is open source, yes. But you may also be interested in the page at

RE: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing to Multiple Lists Simultaneously - SOLVED

2004-08-12 Thread Russell Mann
Next thing I want to do is allow the users to subscribe to multiple lists from one signup page. The reason is we don't want our customers to have to go through more hoops just to get our information! I see a couple questions on the list posted about this, but no one appears to have

RE: [Mailman-Users] question

2004-08-12 Thread Russell Mann
I am interested in using Mailman, but have a few quick questions. I've been using it for about two weeks, so here's a fresh perspective for you :) One, is it easily customizable? Meaning I can change the wording/backgrounds/etc after it's uploaded? (Maybe Open Source is the term I'm

RE: [Mailman-Users] question

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 8:33 AM -0700 2004-08-12, Russell Mann wrote: Here's my solution post: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/msg26415.html Maybe Brad Knowles can add this info to the FAQ? Actually, you have the ability to add this to the FAQ yourself. If you go down to the bottom of the

[Mailman-Users] Lost Password

2004-08-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do I get in the backend if I lost my password to a group? Thanks, Jonathan -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable

[Mailman-Users] add_virtualhost()

2004-08-12 Thread Oliver Musch
Hi, I just compiled the 2.1.5 of Mailman. Using three domains on this box I add the add_virtualhost() directive in mm_cfg.py. But now I get an Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/local/mailman/bin/mailmanctl, line 105, in ? from Mailman import mm_cfg File

Re: [Mailman-Users] Backup Mailing List

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 5:19 PM -0600 2004-08-11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I own a mailing list of 8400 members. How do I back up the list in a comma separated file? Use the command-line tools detailed at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showfile=faq04.009.htp. -- -- Brad Knowles, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Mailman-Users] Password

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 7:33 AM -0700 2004-08-11, New Mexico Catalog wrote: I have been unable to get our administrative password and to correct this problem. If you had bothered to follow the instructions at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showfile=faq01.022.htp, you would have easily found the FAQ

Re: [Mailman-Users] Modifying the mailman.po file

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 11:54 AM +0200 2004-08-12, Maciej Homziuk wrote: I modify the mailman.po file and then compile it to mailman.mo. Unfortunatelly it doesn't take any effect on the messages in those emails, although other changes (for example the navigation in list admin web interface) are accepted. Had you

RE: [Mailman-Users] Lost Password

2004-08-12 Thread Chad Frederick
I'm pretty sure that the default master admin password is: weNo150 Charles Frederick (215) 241 7183 Intern, Education Team, IT Department American Friends Service Committee -Original Message- From:

Re: [Mailman-Users] problem getting mailman working with courier + LDAP

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 1:01 PM -0400 2004-08-12, Russell Premont wrote: The issue I am having is that all mail that gets sent to any of the mail list addresses gets deferred. If I go to the web interface and subscribe there it works fine. I get the request sent to me but I cannot respond via email or it

[Mailman-Users] Correct permissions for mailing list

2004-08-12 Thread Erin Dalzell
Changed the permissions on my mailing list files (to attempt to fix another problem) and now I cannot access the admin page for my mailing list. If I try I get the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/local/mailman/scripts/driver, line 87, in run_main main()

Re: [Mailman-Users] Basic question

2004-08-12 Thread Ian A B Eiloart
--On Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:53 pm +1000 Angela Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I cant' find an answer to a very basic question. I want to use your service for distributing Newsletters to a list. If I create a newsletter how do I send it to the list stored on your server. Do I create the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Backup Mailing List

2004-08-12 Thread gus
Brad Knowles wrote: At 5:19 PM -0600 2004-08-11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I own a mailing list of 8400 members. How do I back up the list in a comma separated file? Use the command-line tools detailed at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showfile=faq04.009.htp. What is the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Backup Mailing List

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 4:59 PM -0300 2004-08-12, gus wrote: Use the command-line tools detailed at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showfile=faq04.009.htp. What is the command for backup Well, from the descriptions on this page, I'd say that list_members should be the program you want to run

Re: [Mailman-Users] Correct permissions for mailing list

2004-08-12 Thread George Theall
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:41:50AM -0700, Erin Dalzell wrote: Changed the permissions on my mailing list files (to attempt to fix another problem) and now I cannot access the admin page for my mailing list. Have you run bin/check_perms? If so, does it report any problems? George -- [EMAIL

Re: [Mailman-Users] Correct permissions for mailing list

2004-08-12 Thread Erin Dalzell
Have you run bin/check_perms? If so, does it report any problems? Yes. No problems reported. emd -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ:

RE: [Mailman-Users] Character problems..

2004-08-12 Thread Anders Norrbring
At 3:44 PM +0200 2004-08-12, Anders Norrbring wrote: I've noticed a small problem... If I enter a Welcome to the list message in welcome_msg that includes international characters like our Swedish å ä ö Å Ä Ö then the e-mail sent to list user contains encoded characters like

[Mailman-Users] Re: Lost Password

2004-08-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That didn't work. I still don't know how to get into my site. On Aug 12, 2004, at 2:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm pretty sure that the default master admin password is: weNo150 -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Mailman-Users] messages stuck in queue after approval

2004-08-12 Thread Juan Nin
Hi, I'm running mailman 2.0.13 on a RH 7.1 box. I'm having problems with some moderated lists... when the administrator approves a message the message gets stuck... the lists keeps locked, since I see the lock at /var/mailman/locks/ in /var/logs/mailman/post I get: Aug 12 18:28:46 2004 (11220)

Re: [Mailman-Users] messages stuck in queue after approval

2004-08-12 Thread Brad Knowles
At 6:43 PM -0300 2004-08-12, Juan Nin wrote: Aug 12 18:28:46 2004 (11220) All recipients refused: Server not connected Aug 12 18:28:46 2004 (11220) smtp for 338 recips, completed in 65.904 seconds This implies that your MTA is not running, or not accepting connections. Check your MTA to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Character problems..

2004-08-12 Thread Jim Tittsler
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:23:34PM +0200, Anders Norrbring wrote: I guess that the problem is in the way Mailman and Apache interprets what I enter in the welcome_msg text entry box in the Mailman Admin page, after all, this is a web page, and hence entered characters are converted somewhere

[Mailman-Users] delete pending mails from shell

2004-08-12 Thread Tom Lee
Hello, I have thousands of pending spam emails in a list for mailman 2.0.x, is there a way to delete them from shell command instead GUI? I really don't want to check thousand times for discard. Also, is there a way that I can change the mailman settings, in the future, non registered users

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

2004-08-12 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Robert == Robert Echlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Robert That looks like an interesting solution. I'll make a note Robert of it for next time. Well, last I heard your server was still trying to create the page and choking. This will solve that, because there is an index of pending