Re: [Mailman-Users] Bulk subscription with specific password

. thinking out loud We usually send an email to mailman (which includes the pre-defined password) for each subscription and use the 'confirm' option in mailman so the user gets a confirming email and I know their password. But, would it work to reset the list to 'approve', send the

[Mailman-Users] Bulk subscription with specific password

All -- You know how, despite insisting that you really need to upgrade and reconfigure some critical systems, there is always something even more pressing so it doesn't get done and then the whole thing catches on fire? That's what has happened to our custom-build Mailman subscription system.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help with ONE broken list (Mailman 2.1.9) - part 2

on the results of applying the change Mark suggested, and recovering from the troubles it caused. Sorry to include all the gory details below, and thanks to anyone who is brave enough to read to the end Thanks Again, Drew Tenenholz Before applying the change Mark suggested, I thought I'd

[Mailman-Users] Help with ONE broken list (Mailman 2.1.9)

confirmation requests/day with people constantly adding/removing themselves. Sort of like trying to sip out of a fire hose Thinks in Advance, Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help with ONE broken list (Mailman 2.1.9) P.S.

P.S. If this error message helps, here is something that doesn't work on the production machine but is fine on the development one: root# ./config_list -v -i /path_to_file/config_from_previous_date list-name Traceback (most recent call last): File ./config_list, line 362, in ? main()

[Mailman-Users] Converting Subscribers from Digest to Nodigest

to convert these members over to 'nodigest'? Thanks, Drew Tenenholz P.S. There is a good reason for not allowing the digest option here. The list is announce-only, and this particular distribution list receives a one-weekly email which lists only the subject lines of all of the messages posted

[Mailman-Users] Approve/Deny moderated posts via email - my failure to understand how

this to happen again. I've had similar problems before, and thus stayed clear of the email method to approve/deny, but now that the web interface is down, I NEED this to work correctly. What's the trick to being able to approve/deny via email? Sincerely, Drew Tenenholz To: list-ow...@domain.tld

[Mailman-Users] Urgent List Migration/Transfer - Need some help

this into an emergency. Thanks for any help offered (including those who would like to get paid to do the work)., Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman

[Mailman-Users] Rescuing Misdirected Mail from Moderation Queue - possible?

to achieve what I'm looking to do? Thanks in Advance, Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http

[Mailman-Users] Re-enabling suspended subscribers - bounce settings were too sensitive

via email, and that's probably best left alone. However, I need to do this in batches much larger than 12. Any thoughts? (I do have root access to the machine, so pretty much anything is possible.) -- Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailing list address

experience have ideas on how to do this without upsetting the apple cart, I'd be happy to hear about them. -- Drew Tenenholz At 9:37 AM -0400 9/3/13, benjamin_joy...@ao.uscourts.gov wrote: Hello, When I send a message out through the mailing list, the sent by address alwayse seems

[Mailman-Users] Moving a List from 2.1.11 (Mac) -- 2.1.9 (RHEL linux)

2.1.11 list (which is in Cyrillic, by the way) not work well on the 2.1.9 installation (which does mostly English, and some Spanish Portuguese, but nothing from a non-Roman alphabet right now). Thanks, Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list

[Mailman-Users] Mailman Moderation Queue - recovery possible?

were able to get to a backup snapshot of the system, which file would I be looking to restore? -- Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http

[Mailman-Users] RFC 2369 Headers in Digest - customizable?

like? Thanks, Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives

Re: [Mailman-Users] Fire Wall Ports - 80, 25, others?

Does anyone know if the mailman web pages can be hosted on alternative ports than 80 443? University IT would like to block them. Christian -- Thanks for the confirmation. To clarify, I'm using subscribe_policy = Confirm, so I like to have users be able to confirm via the website. (I've

[Mailman-Users] Fire Wall Ports - 80, 25, others?

. [They did revert the rules before we were down for 4 days, which would have very extremely inconvenient.] Is there a good reference to what ports and protocols they should leave alone so we can keep working? -- Drew Tenenholz P.S. I didn't really get a chance to check on outgoing mail, as I don't

[Mailman-Users] Messages not arriving - deep into filtering and delivery

healthmap.chip.org. Is this the sort of thing that causes a problem with delivery? Are we maybe missing some sort of PTR records in the DNS? That is fixable, but I don't understand why some messages get the 'special' domain and others do not. Thanks for any help you can offer, Drew Tenenholz

[Mailman-Users] Documenting a list-specific change

. Thursday). Is there a simple way to figure this out? -- Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy

Re: [Mailman-Users] Documenting a list-specific change

Mark -- Perfect! Thanks. P.S. Mailman is not to blame in this case, which means that I can keep the settings change and we can look alsewhere for the problem. At 11:56 AM -0700 4/1/13, Mark Sapiro wrote: Drew Tenenholz wrote: I hope this is simple. I changed the preferred_language

[Mailman-Users] Multi-lingual confirmation messages

make the 'Welcome' message appear however I like from the Mailman administration pages, but what help is there for the confirmation message itself? -- TIA, Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http

[Mailman-Users] Umbrella list behavior - subject_prefix ; undesired result

to the umbrella and I am a subscriber to BOTH child lists, I see: Subject: Child1 UMBRELLA Test Post Subject: Child2 UMBRELLA Test Post It's not really what I want to see, so I wonder if this changed in future versions of mailman? -- Drew Tenenholz P.S. What I hoped to see was: Subject: UMBRELLA Test

[Mailman-Users] Helping users with 'Confimation'

, it looks just like the confirm message except that it probably didn't confirm the subscriber. What options are available for me to help these users confirm their intention to join the list? -- Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman

[Mailman-Users] User Passwords - Mass Subscribe/Mass Change

for individual subscription requests, as the email command I send on their behalf includes a unitary password. Can I achieve the same result as I mass subscribe them? -- Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http

Re: [Mailman-Users] User Passwords - Mass Subscribe/Mass Change

interested in knowing five passwords for the five different lists they are on and unsubbing from each. Off to the list archives -- Drew Tenenholz At 4:59 PM -0500 5/29/12, Barry S, Finkel wrote: When I was managing a Mailman installation, management (and I) concluded that we would do nothing

Re: [Mailman-Users] User Passwords - Mass Subscribe/Mass Change

All -- So, I found a somewhat useful script out there on the internet, and I'm able to save run it, but it always generates a random password. I've made what I think are a couple of simple changes that should allow me to set a specific (unitary) password, but that's not what the script

Re: [Mailman-Users] User Passwords - Mass Subscribe/Mass Change

Mark, et. al. Got it! At 6:37 PM -0700 5/29/12, Mark Sapiro wrote: Fixing it how? Do you know that it is a withlist script. It should be saved in Mailman's bin/ directory as bin/reset_pw.py and run via a command like bin/withlist -l -r reset_pw LISTNAME Is that how you're running it? If so,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Changes to CookHeaders.py stop working for SOMElists!?

.) Mark Sapiro wrote: Do you mean /usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl restart? Yes, that's what I get for typing from memory... So, the /bin/mailmanctl restart only restarts the qrunners, but that is enough to enact any changes to CookHeaders.py, correct? Thanks, Drew Tenenholz

[Mailman-Users] Changes to CookHeaders.py stop working for SOME lists!?

there should be no restrictions on what I can do; but I'm a novice when it come to linux usage. Any help is appreciated, Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman

[Mailman-Users] Mass Subscribe options

in advance, Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives

[Mailman-Users] Subscriber Counts - daily report

total, difference, %change, and list name. Is anyone doing something similar in Mailman/Python? Are you willing to share your code? Thanks, Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman

[Mailman-Users] Inadvertent Postings - Approved Header; how does it work?

the Approved:password header, correct? -- Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable

Re: [Mailman-Users] Seeking Email Client Recommendation - Specific use scenario

to just have my users upgrade to the newest version. Thanks Again, Drew Tenenholz One thing I will mention about thunderbird- IMNSHO, version 3 is bad news. I use it, but there are several obvious things that don't work well or correctly (list omitted as being off-topic). I haven't been annoyed

[Mailman-Users] Seeking Email Client Recommendation - Specific use scenario

with a specific email client and Mailman are greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Drew Tenenholz Read on if you like too much detail. I work part-time for a non-profit which has a subscriber base of about 50,000-60,000 across a number of lists. Some lists are still being faithfully served

[Mailman-Users] Real or Fake Mailman message?

the only subscriber/owner/moderator though, and there is nothing the moderation queue. I can't find anything with this subject line in the wiki. -- Drew Tenenholz At 3:15 PM -0500 3/12/10, mailman-ow...@myserver.org wrote: X-Original-To: mailman-boun...@myserver.org Delivered-To: mailman-boun

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman vs OSX vs launchd

then. I know that we'll have to replace this with launchd at some point, so please keep us informed if you find true solution to the problem. Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman

[Mailman-Users] Sender address domain expanded - posts rejected by privacy options

in later versions? If there is a FAQ or something to tell me how this works, I'd love to read it. Thanks in Advance, Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users

[Mailman-Users] Renaming a List

, confirm the 'new' list is working, and then go back and run bin/rmlist? I'm a bit paranoid about the setup, and would like to be able to make non-catastrophic mistakes. If so, any opinions on whether to use cp versus ditto? Thanks, Drew Tenenholz

Re: [Mailman-Users] Renaming a List

-by-step guide in parallel to the steps listed in FAQ 4.70. Right now, all seems good, I have set the oldlist to emergency moderation until the posters of this announce-only list catch up to the change. We'll go through various tests before completely removing the list. -- Drew Tenenholz

[Mailman-Users] Line Wrapping - on/off by list.

) I want to wrap and which ones not. Any ideas on how to go about doing that? -- Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3

[Mailman-Users] Archives and International Character Sets (Mailman 2.1.11)

?). 1) What can be done to get the monthly archive in a readable format? 2) Is there any way to correct the existing monthly archives? Thanks in Advance (and have a good weekend), Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users

[Mailman-Users] Trouble with moderator password

to login. What are your ideas? Sincerely, Drew Tenenholz P.S. It seems to me that running /bin/change_pw is NOT what I want to do. -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman

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

living? Thanks again, Drew Tenenholz -- 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

Re: [Mailman-Users] Retrieving list membership via email

. Either password works from the /listinfo/listname page to show the subscribers on the web interface. I am puzzled by the differences in behavior. Should I be worried about something in the setup? TIA --Drew Tenenholz Drew wrote: ... A message sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a body of who

[Mailman-Users] Retrieving list membership via email

who admin_password, I get: - Results: You are not allowed to retrieve the list membership. Is this expected behavior? -- Drew Tenenholz -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman

[Mailman-Users] Date for Posts - How is it decided?

the message was posted (today or yesterday). 3) Individual posts are being received with delivery dates exactly ONE MONTH in the FUTURE! Is this a Mailman setting, or is could it be the moderator has set their clock incorrectly set? Thanks in Advance, Drew Tenenholz

[Mailman-Users] Adjusting Digest Settings

entity code (e.g. $#85114;#85111; etc.) which really eats up space quickly. So, I changed the size up to 5x30 since I had received up to four digests in a single day. Then, no digests went out. I have changed the setting to 60kb, but would appreciate any insight into the correct settings. Drew

Re: [Mailman-Users] huge delays in email posts?

of hunted around for an available DNS server somewhere in the world for EACH outbound message. Once the sysadmin tracked down what was happening and reinstated the server's own DNS resolution, everything returned to normal speed. HTH, Drew Tenenholz Hi Drew, Thanks for getting back to me. Would

[Mailman-Users] NEWBIE Seeking Reference Materials/Developers

below and can recommend ways to get started using Mailman/Python, I would greatly appreciate it. If not, what is the 'best' way to look for Mailman resources? Sincerely, Drew Tenenholz Database Designer/Web Administrator International Society for Infectious Diseases The situation: I am a FileMaker