Re: [Mailman-Users] Can't create list

2008-07-15 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mike Brown wrote: On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 07:04:46PM -0700, Mark Sapiro wrote: Put the following in mm_cfg.py DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'vidiot.com' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'vidiot.com' Those two lines were there. VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear() Don't see this mentioned in the Defaults.py file. It's

[Mailman-Users] password choice

2008-07-15 Thread Karen R McArthur
We do not want users using their network password as their mailman password. Is there some way to modify the Mailman code so that users are NOT given the option to choose their own password? -- Karen R. McArthur [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Information and Library Services, Bates

[Mailman-Users] Invitation time limit

2008-07-15 Thread Michael Welch
Just got the following from somebody that wanted to participate and I invited. Is the 3 day limit built in and/or a default? It sure seems short to me, I would think that 14 days would be much more appropriate. As in this particular case, three days is a common length for folks to be gone for

Re: [Mailman-Users] Invitation time limit

2008-07-15 Thread Mark Sapiro
Michael Welch wrote: Just got the following from somebody that wanted to participate and I invited. Is the 3 day limit built in and/or a default? It sure seems short to me, I would think that 14 days would be much more appropriate. As in this particular case, three days is a common length for

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature Request: Selective Mass Subscription

2008-07-15 Thread Savoy, Jim
I guess we might be considered a fascist regime, but mass-subscribe is an invauable tool here at our university. Hardly any of our lists are opt-in (what a nightmare that would be for us - we need our lists up and populated on exact dates and ready to roll). We have class lists, lab lists,

[Mailman-Users] Upgrade questions - Best method suggestions requested

2008-07-15 Thread Drew Tenenholz
Folks -- I'm planning on upgrading my Mac XServe this weekend, and wanted to get a feel for the 'best' way to make sure the work goes smoothly. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. The overall goal is to upgrade from G5 XServe 10.3.9 Server(!) with default Apple installation of Mailman

[Mailman-Users] Mailman not sending email to list users / Archives giving 403

2008-07-15 Thread Tom Ray [Lists]
I had a server crash and I needed to move two domains that are using mailman lists to a new server. I didn't think this was a big deal because they were moved from server that was taken out of production to the server that crashed without issue. Everything seems to be working just fine. They

[Mailman-Users] discard_these_nonmembers

2008-07-15 Thread Cyndi Norwitz
Aside #1: Feature Request Can there be a link to the FAQ or other documentation on the Mailman administration page used by listowners at their ISP? Aside #2: Is there a place to see what updates have been made in various MM versions? I can't find it at the wiki. Question: I'm trying to edit

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature Request: Selective Mass Subscription

2008-07-15 Thread Don Forbes
Cyndi Norwitz wrote: P.S. I still don't understand why they insist on an invite model. Because all it takes is one listowner that doesn't understand and does a mass subscribe of a number of people, some of those people complain and then the entire ISP gets blacklisted. And some blacklists

Re: [Mailman-Users] discard_these_nonmembers

2008-07-15 Thread Mark Sapiro
Cyndi Norwitz wrote: Aside #1: Feature Request Can there be a link to the FAQ or other documentation on the Mailman administration page used by listowners at their ISP? Aside #2: Is there a place to see what updates have been made in various MM versions? I can't find it at the wiki.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman not sending email to list users / Archives giving 403

2008-07-15 Thread Mark Sapiro
Tom Ray [Lists] wrote: I had a server crash and I needed to move two domains that are using mailman lists to a new server. I didn't think this was a big deal because they were moved from server that was taken out of production to the server that crashed without issue. Everything seems to be

Re: [Mailman-Users] Can't create list

2008-07-15 Thread Mike Brown
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:32:47PM -0700, Mark Sapiro wrote: When you change DEFAULT_URL_HOST and/or DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST in mm_cfg.py, you want to clear the VIRTUAL_HOSTS dictionary and start over. Granted, Defaults.py only mentions putting the add_virtualhost in mm_cfg.py, and it isn't

Re: [Mailman-Users] discard_these_nonmembers

2008-07-15 Thread Cyndi Norwitz
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:17:26 -0700 From: Mark Sapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] My ISP recently upgraded from version 2.1.9 to version 2.1.11. There was a change in email address validation in that an address with an unquoted local part containing ':', '\' or '' is now considered

Re: [Mailman-Users] password choice

2008-07-15 Thread Mark Sapiro
Karen R McArthur wrote: We do not want users using their network password as their mailman password. Is there some way to modify the Mailman code so that users are NOT given the option to choose their own password? It's only code. It can be modified :) Or perhaps you are asking what would

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman not sending email to list users / Archives giving 403

2008-07-15 Thread Tom Ray [Lists]
Mark Sapiro wrote: Do you have a directory block in your apache config for the archives/public directory something like Directory /usr/local/mailman/archives/public Options +FollowSymLinks Order allow,deny Allow from all /Directory $ If that isn't it, are you running SELinux or

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman not sending email to list users / Archives giving 403

2008-07-15 Thread Mark Sapiro
Tom Ray [Lists] wrote: Mark Sapiro wrote: Do posts get archived? No. Not one of the test emails I've sent to the test list are archived. So it's dieing some where between being received and sent to the in queue. Actually, the exim log entry you posted says the mail was delivered via the