[Mailman-Users] Question about Configure --with-var-prefix=dir

I am starting testing of mailman to see if it fits our needs and to see how it compares to other mailing list manangement packages. I want to configure my test system with the installation on a disk local to the Solaris 10 system, but I want the mutable data on a shared file system (in my case AFS)

[Mailman-Users] Question About Location of cgi-bin Scripts

I am still playing with/testing mailman. I have a problem with the web interface. I have this directory: zeus% pwd /opt/mailman/cgi-bin zeus% ls -al total 840 drwxrwsr-x 2 wwwect mailman 512 Apr 25 15:06 . drwxrwsr-x 13 root mailman 512 Apr 25 1

Re: [Mailman-Users] stat deferred and connection reset

Vikram Goyal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello, > >I have created a mailing list using Mailman version 2.1.8 and Sendmail >version 8.12 as the MTA on a Fedora 2 box. After creation of the list, I >sent out a message to all the members (< 3). Some messages were >received, but most it seems

[Mailman-Users] No E-mail from mailman/postfix

I did step 13 in the installation instructions - Create your first mailing list. The fourth bullet is o Check your email for a message from Mailman informing you that your new mailing list was created. The web page after I had clicked on "Create List" had this text: M

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question About Location of cgi-bin Scripts

Patrick Bogen wrote: I wrote: >>> I am not sure what I did incorrectly when I configured mailman. And Patrick Bogen replied: >>Check your 'DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN' in your mm_cfg.py. >>It should look like: >> >>'http://%s/cgi-bin/mailman' >> >>Your's is probably missing the /cgi-bin. Mark Sapiro

Re: [Mailman-Users] No E-mail from mailman/postfix

I wrote: >>> did step 13 in the installation instructions - Create your first >>>mailing list. The fourth bullet is >>> >>> o Check your email for a message from Mailman informing you that >>> your new mailing list was created. >>> >>>The web page after I had clicked on "Create List" ha

Re: [Mailman-Users] Everything is an attachment

>> I think you're misinterpreting that post. I think she is saying her >> problem was caused by a footer which consisted of only a blank line >> and when she removed the footer completely, the problem went away. >That's not hard for me to believe (that I'm misinterpretting, I mean). Maybe the foo

[Mailman-Users] Separating Public and Private Archives

The mailman code puts, for public archives, a pointer to the private directory. This will prevent public access to the private archives if the archives are on a traditional Unix file system. I am experimenting with placing the archives in the Andrew File System (AFS), where access is controlled by

Re: [Mailman-Users] Auto-discard notifications - Logging original headers for Spam tracing

>Hi, > >Is there a log or any way of logging the original spam emails sent to >lists so that the original headers can be used for spam tracing and >reporting through the likes of spamcop.net? > >Regards >Geoff I believe the archives directory has the mail with complete RFC 822/2822 headers. Tha

Re: [Mailman-Users] spamming of my list

Louis Headley wrote: >> I have started to receive spam to my list. While my members are not >>recieving them (all posts must be approved), is there a way to discard >>all requests at once? At the moment, I must go thru the list one by >>one. THere as many as 40 per week. How can i stop people from

Re: [Mailman-Users] Sending to Verizon users.

User for Mailman mail list wrote: >> >>Banging my head against the wall ( and it hurts..) >> >>On the different list from our Mailman mail list server, the mail goes out >>fine except for users with a "verizon.net" address. Here is a typical >>syslog entry: >> >>Jun 26 12:57:29 secure sm-mta[13001]

[Mailman-Users] Question About Re-generated Mailing Lists

We have decided to move our majordomo mailing lists to mailman. We have a number of non-subscription lists - the e-mail lists are re-generated each evening from an external database. The persons on each re-generated list have no say as to their subscriptions to the list. With majordomo, we just b

[Mailman-Users] Why Not Upgrade to 2.1.8?

> Our Mailman was recently upgraded to 2.1.5. I have seen many posts on this list from people who are running 2.1.5 (or earlier). I am wondering why someone would recently upgrade to 2.1.5 instead of to 2.1.8, which is the current release? -

[Mailman-Users] Question about Security Bulletin

There was a CIAC bulletin last week pertaining to Mailman: __ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ ___ ___

[Mailman-Users] Question about Debian/Ubuntu Mailman Package

I have questions about Ubuntu mailman. I am installing mailman on an unbuntu system. I have installed mailman on a test box while I am waiting for the production hardware to arrive and be rack-mounted. I wanted to install mailman 2.1.8, but the system administrator had me install the latest Ubunt

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Debian/Ubuntu Mailman Package

I wrote, in part: >>My question is this - what have I just installed in the Ubuntu >>package? Is it mailman at some patch level? Is there code that >>Debian or Ubuntu has added/changed from the mailman distribution? And Dragon replied: >Well, there are only two ways to answer your questions. > >

Re: [Mailman-Users] extracting banned/rejected/discarded email addresses for exim blacklist

Bretton Vine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >What I'm trying to do is extract all those problem addresses, add to a file >and do a `sort | uniq` on it and add it to exim's blacklist (which is >another exercise in frustration due to format being $domain $sender and not >[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Use this awk

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mail Man Help

Patrick Bogen replied to some posting: >(Also, Ubuntu should have a fairly recent version of Mailman in its >repositories. Are you using that, or did you download the source?) I have installed mailman_2.1.5-9ubuntu4.1 for testing. I installed via apt-get install mailman As I was not sure h

[Mailman-Users] List Doesn't Appear on Admin Page nor Listinfo Page

I am testing Mailman on Ubuntu. I created the site list. Then I created a test list vm6mmtestlist1. I do not remember how I created it, but I think it was via the web. I had a problem with the Mailman configuration because I am using a virtual machine under Ubuntu, and I was confused as to the n

Re: [Mailman-Users] Change entire user list

"Frank Baillie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi; > >I supervise a Mailman list for a club of RVers which has about 550 members. > >Once a month I get a new roster to put up on the site, but I don't get >specific changes to email addresses, new members or deleted members. > >Is there a simple way

Re: [Mailman-Users] mbox files

Quoting Mark Sapiro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> Paul Tomblin wrote: >> >slowed my computer down to a crawl. I gave up and used the mbox splitter >> >awk program I found in the list archives and I'm now building the archives >> >500 messages at a time. Hope that works. >> >> >> It should. >> >> Als

[Mailman-Users] Question about postfix-to-mailman.py

I am trying to decide whether to use the Debian/Ubuntu 2.1.5-9ubuntu4.1 package or to use the 2.1.9 source for Mailman. I see that Ubuntu comes with postfix-to-mailman.py a Postfix transport pipe. I do not see this in the 2.1.9 source. Is this transport pipe really needed? Am I correct in

[Mailman-Users] Remove "/mailman" from URL?

I am not sure if this is a Mailman question or an Apache 2 question. I have Mailman 2.1.5+ (Ubuntu) installed on a test machine. The URL for web pages is https://lists-dev.it.example.com/mailman Since this machine will only be used for Mailman, we want to eliminate the "/mailman" piece of t

Re: [Mailman-Users] us-ascii problem with new install in Ubuntu(SOLVED)

Mark Sapiro wrote: >> Some additional information: >> >> This is mailman 2.1.8-2ubuntu2. >> >> The reference to the 'bug fix' is at >> >> in which is found >> >> * Make sure we don't ship /var/lib/mailm

Re: [Mailman-Users] us-ascii problem with new install in Ubuntu(SOLVED)

On Jan 10, 2007, at 2:26 PM, Barry Finkel wrote: >> I read the entire bug page trail, and I am trying to understand it. >> I looked at my 2.1.9 source test installation (on Solaris 10, where I >> installed into /opt/mailman), and I see things in the >> >&g

[Mailman-Users] User Passwords and Conversion from Majordomo

I have to convert all of our Majordomo lists to Mailman. I have some questions about the subscriber passwords. For each list I convert, I will be taking the existing Majordomo list subscriber e-mail addresses and doing a "Mass Subscription" via the Mailman list administrator web page. 1) If

Re: [Mailman-Users] User Passwords and Conversion from Majordomo

Mark Sapiro wrote, in response to my mail: >Also, you may or may not realize it, but even if one is a member of >multiple lists with the same email and password, one still has to log >in to each list separately to visit that list's private archive and/or >member options page. But the process is e

[Mailman-Users] Group mismatch error

I am having a problem with Mailman. I have two test machines. On one (Sun Solaris 10) I installed Mailman 2.1.8 and then upgraded to 2.1.9. On the other (Ubuntu dapper), I installed the Mailman 2.1.5 package. Both installations worked after some simple fixups. As the Ubuntu Mailman package is 2

Re: [Mailman-Users] Group mismatch error

Mark Sapiro replied to my posting about group-id mismatches, in part: >>My questions are these: >> >>1) Where is this group test being made? >In the wrapper /usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman. > >... > >In a 'package' installation, the expected group is determined by what >ever magic the packager has

[Mailman-Users] Different Mailman "Home" Pages?

I have some Mailman lists that I want advertised to local users, and some Mailman lists that I want advertised to anyone on the Internet. Is there a way of doing this? Essentially it would require a two front-end pages with some web (apache) logic as to which IP addresses see which page. -

Re: [Mailman-Users] Different Mailman "Home" Pages?

I wrote last week: >>I have some Mailman lists that I want advertised to local users, and >>some Mailman lists that I want advertised to anyone on the Internet. >>Is there a way of doing this? Essentially it would require a two >>front-end pages with some web (apache) logic as to which IP address

Re: [Mailman-Users] Spam of sorts

Paul Tomblin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >When I moved my lists from my home machine (xcski.com) to a virtual >private server (list.xcski.com), I used postfix's >"/etc/postfix/relocated" to cause requests for the old list names to >bounce with a message giving the new list names. Spammers never re

Re: [Mailman-Users] Looking for a Mailman contractor

Micah Alpern wrote: >Can someone recommend a contractor who is experienced at customizing >Mailman? The Interaction Design Association (http://www.ixda.org) is looking >for assistance modifying the subscribe/unsubscribe process to allow >synchronization with an external web application. Please co

Re: [Mailman-Users] Looking for a Mailman contractor

On 3/28/07, Barry Finkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you know the schedule when the web-based file will change, then you >> can implement something like this. You could even run such a cron >> every five minutes, if you do not know when the list might be updated. &g

Re: [Mailman-Users] No hitches

Paul Tomblin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Debian just marked Debian 4.0 (etch) as stable, so I upgrade my Debian >3.1 (sarge) colo box to Debian 4.0. Along the way, it upgraded Mailman >from 2.1.5 to 2.1.9. Just wanted to let anybody else contemplating such >an upgrade that it went without a h

[Mailman-Users] Question About acceptable_aliases

I have a question about the format of acceptable_aliases . I want to know how to specify addresses in a template config file that I then use to create new lists. I have a test list, and in the administrator web interface under o Privacy options... o [Recipient filters] in the "A

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman post mail to list error

Calvin Muller wrote: >>When using Ubuntu and apt-get, it seems like there is no such directory as a >>pytonlib. I don't know if it's called something else, but how do I install >>the email module for python, your help is greatly appreciated. and Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied, in part:

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman post mail to list error

Calvin Muller wrote regarding the missing pythonlib directory: >I have followed every one of those posts that state the problem in ubuntu >but there is no fix for it that I can seem to find, If you know how to >correct these issues I would greatly appreciate it. You can get a copy of pythonlib an

[Mailman-Users] Changing the Name of the Mailman Machine

If I need to change the name of the Mailman machine, I can run bin/withlist -l -a -r fix_url to update for each list the configuration parameters mlist.web_page_url mlist.host_name I am not sure what to do with the archives, which have the current/old machine name buried therein.

[Mailman-Users] Error? in accept_these_nonmembers Processing

I create new Mailman (2.1.9) lists via copying template files. One of my template files has: accept_these_nonmembers = ['[EMAIL PROTECTED]', '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', '[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Bleaux)', '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'] (I have split the line for easier readibility.) When I create a new list vi

[Mailman-Users] Not Moderating a Moderator's Posting

I have a Mailman 2.1.9 list where the membership is re-built from an external source. The list contains all of the occupants of a certain building who list an e-mail address in the Human Resources Database. I assumed that anyone on the list should be able to post to the list, but the building IT

Re: [Mailman-Users] Not Moderating a Moderator's Posting

I wrote: >> Note that I cannot easily turn off the "moderated" bit on the >> moderators' e-mail addresses, as the list is rebuilt nightly from the >> HR Database. and Ralf Hildebrand replied: > How do you rebuild the list? > Do you use symc_members? Or do you remove everybody and add them later?

[Mailman-Users] Listing Subscriptions with bounce_score>0

I have previously posted to this list about lists that I have whose membership is based on external sources (e.g., a Human Resources database). I update the list memberships daily via sync_members One problem I have is with bounce processing. All bounces are processed by Mailman, which upd

Re: [Mailman-Users] archive processing problem (mmarch w/ MIME)

On 6/7/07, John Reddy wrote: >> This may be the case. This system was recently (a couple of months ago) >> upgraded to the 64bit Debian. It could be a problem within one of the >> packages, either mailman or python. And Brad Knowles replied: >Now that you remind me that this is Debian and you'

Re: [Mailman-Users] Complete List...

Jeff Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello, >I'm relatively new to Mailman (switching from ezmlm) and I'm curious >if there is a way (outside of the command line) if you can view a >listing of a complete list to be able to print it for hard copy >reasons, so that you don't have to print

[Mailman-Users] Blank Characters Removed from "Subject:" Line

I am running Mailman 2.1.9. I have a list where one posting has a "Subject:" line: Change in Procedure for Computers on list with possible Antivirus Problems The next posting in the thread has: Change in Procedure for Computers on list with possible AntivirusProblems A subsequent p

Re: [Mailman-Users] Blank Characters Removed from "Subject:" Line

Barry Finkel writes: > > I am running Mailman 2.1.9. I have a list where one posting has a > > "Subject:" line: > > > > Change in Procedure for Computers on list with possible Antivirus > > Problems > > > > The next posting in t

Re: [Mailman-Users] Blank Characters Removed from "Subject:" Line

Barry Finkel writes: >> I am running Mailman 2.1.9. I have a list where one posting has a >> "Subject:" line: >> >> Change in Procedure for Computers on list with possible Antivirus >> Problems >> >> The next posting in t

[Mailman-Users] Problem/Question Regarding Bounce Processing

I have a question/problem with Mailman bounce processing. We have Mailman lists here that are re-built every morning from our Human Resources database. When mail is sent to one of these lists, and one or more of the e-mail addresses therein have problems, I see in my morning report (and/or in the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problem/Question Regarding Bounce Processing

Barry Finkel wrote: >> I have a question/problem with Mailman bounce processing. >> We have Mailman lists here that are re-built every morning from our >> Human Resources database. When mail is sent to one of these lists, and >> one or more of the e-mail addresses therein

[Mailman-Users] Administrivia Checks

I am converting most of our Majordomo lists to Mailman. After I converted one list, the list administrator sent the command who LISTNAME to the converted list. It was not caught as administrivia. In the 2.1.9 source Utils.py, I see ADMINDATA = { # admin keyword: (minimum #args, maxi

[Mailman-Users] Uncaught bounce notification - Out-of-Office

I, as co-owner of a Mailman 2.1.9 list, received this message: Subject: Uncaught bounce notification The attached message was received as a bounce, but either the bounce format was not recognized, or no member addresses could be extracted from it. This mailing list has been c

Re: [Mailman-Users] Fw: problem in Makefile for mailman

>Yep, it's a FreeBSD port. While I run both free and open bsd, I've >found that there are a few things better installed from original >source. Mailman is one of them. Look at the changes that FreeBSD has made. You will probably find some that you do not understand. I did the same with Ubuntu,

Re: [Mailman-Users] a few questions about the NNTP gateway

Brad Knowles wrote in reply to a posting: >And I'm not at all convinced that "security problems are not a >problem, with Debian" or any other OS, for that matter. Especially >not with an old binary package that is based on old code that is >known to have security flaws. When I was comparing t

Re: [Mailman-Users] a few questions about the NNTP gateway

Barry Finkel ha scritto: > Brad Knowles wrote in reply to a posting: > >> And I'm not at all convinced that "security problems are not a >> problem, with Debian" or any other OS, for that matter. Especially >> not with an old binary package that is base

[Mailman-Users] HTML-format Attachments in the List Archives

I have a question about Mailman 2.1.9 archives and HTML attachments. I have a list where the poster has sent mail that contains This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===7294073253759616889== Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipar

[Mailman-Users] Adding One Address to accept_these_nonmembers

I have a number of similarly named lists. Is there a way through the command line with withlist to ADD one e-mail address to the accept_these_nonmembers list of e-mail addresses without going through the admin web interface for each list to make the addition? Each of the lists currently ha

Re: [Mailman-Users] a few questions about the NNTP gateway

Barry Finkel ha scritto: >> [...] > >> The patches were, for the most part, >>> undocumented, so I had no idea exactly what they did. Nor did I know >>> if they would fit into the 2.1.9 source, as some of the patches were >>> based on pre-2.1.5 code. &

[Mailman-Users] Strange? Bounce Processing

I am trying to understand Mailman 2.1.9 bounce processing. I run a cron job each morning to capture all of the e-mail addresses for all of my Mailman lists where the bounce score is greater than 0. I have one list were there were bounces recorded for one e-mail address Jul 17 ==> score = 1

[Mailman-Users] Problem with /usr/lib/mailman/bin/arch --wipe

I have converted a list from Majordomo to Mailman. I took the collected Majordomo archives and built an mbox file. I used this mbox file with /usr/lib/mailman/bin/arch --wipe $LISTNAME $LISTNAME.mbox Some of the old archives from 1995 are appearing in the September 2007 list. Here is the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problem with /usr/lib/mailman/bin/arch --wipe

Some people say that it is bad netiquette to respond to one's own posting; those who agree can ignore this posting, if you want. I wrote earlier today: >I have converted a list from Majordomo to Mailman. I took the >collected Majordomo archives and built an mbox file. I used this >mbox file wit

Re: [Mailman-Users] The newaliases command

> No. newaliases is for sendmail. The equivalent Postfix command is >postalias. I use "newaliases" with Postfix, as Postfix supplies a newaliases script for those who are used to the sendmail commands. -- Barry S. Finkel Computing

Re: [Mailman-Users] Adding the list aliases

>Eh i try i understand >But the command newaliases -o ??? >Or >Should i run newaliases -oA/etc/aliases assuming that that is the name of your aliases file. -- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Division Argonne Nat

Re: [Mailman-Users] Adding the list aliases

"mattias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>Eh i try i understand >>>But the command newaliases -o ??? >>>Or >>>Should i run and I replied: >>newaliases -oA/etc/aliases >> >>assuming that that is the name of your aliases file. and mattias replied: >But are the command -o not removed in the newest

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problems with mailman and postfix

Daniel Herrmann wrote: >Hello List, > >first: I installed mailman now for the first time. > >I could make the new list "mailman" via ssh and the newlist command. > >The second list I created via the webinterface. > >Everything works well, but if I send now a message to >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problems with mailman and postfix

>> >Hello List, >> > >> >first: I installed mailman now for the first time. >> > >> >I could make the new list "mailman" via ssh and the newlist command. >> > >> >The second list I created via the webinterface. >> > >> >Everything works well, but if I send now a message to >> >

[Mailman-Users] Problems with "more info" Hyperlink from List Archives Page

I have a test Mailman 2.1.9 machine, where I have created a number of test lists since I began testing Mailman. This is a Mailman package I created for Ubuntu from the 2.1.9 source. The only Debian/Ubuntu patch I installed was one to place files in different directories. I have 13 lists. For ea

[Mailman-Users] Re Problems with "more info" Hyperlink from List Archives Page

I wrote, in part, >>... >>I have 13 lists. For each list I checked the URL chains from the >> >> https://lists.example.com/mailman/listinfo >> >>Mailman "home page", and for five of the lists I see URL problems. >> >>... >> >>Note that the Mailman list archives page lacks a "/" between "mailm

Re: [Mailman-Users] Is there a Command to extract the lists owners?

eep the membership current. mailman# cat sync_owners.exec #!/bin/csh # shell script to synchronize the mailman-list-owners subscribers # When (how often) do we run this script? # 11May09 0248PM Barry Finkel # Synchronize silently: # file is stdin (-f -) # no Welcome message (-w

Re: [Mailman-Users] uncaught bounce notification

Ted Frohling wrote: >I'm getting an uncaught bounce notification from a particular user on >one of my mailing lists. In a message in the archives, one respondent >said they could look at the message, but would need the original >email. I'm using mailman 2.1.9 and postfix as the mta. I can't fi

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to set default list settings

Salvatore D'Agostino wrote: >Does anyone know where I can set the default settings for all newly >created lists so that I won't have to always log in to the website each >time and set them individually? > >Thanks in advance =) I have 25 list template files that I use when I create a list via t

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.1.12 - Python 2.4.[456] incompatibility

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:52:05 Mark Sapiro wrote: >There is an internal inconsistency in the 3.0.2 email package that >shipped with Python 2.4.4 through 2.4.6. This has to do with the >Charset.Charset() constructor setting input_charset to a unicode which >then causes TypeError: decoding Unicode is

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.1.12 - Python 2.4.[456]incompatibility

I wrote, in part: >>Or do I have to specify something to get the Mailman-supplied >>e-mail package untarred? Thanks. and Mark Sapiro replied: >That would be another approach. After running ./configure and before >running any make commands, you could edit misc/Makefile to replace the >line > >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailing list + message filter problem

Filipe Daros wrote: >Does anyone know how to set up a Mailing list and make it accept >e-mails from anyone and also accept email from a forwarding rule within >the same domain? For example: My main e-mail address is t...@test.com >and I created a list: l...@test.com. I also created a message fi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.1.9 incorrectly holding messages for "Reason: Message has implicit destination"

"Schmitt, Gordon A." wrote: >We had been using mailman 2.1.5 installed on Redhat Enterprise v3.n for >several years . A few months ago, we installed a new Redhat system for >our mailing list server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 >(Tikanga) which has Mailman 2.1.9 installed. I follow

Re: [Mailman-Users] Password reminder on private archive login page

Mark wrote: > See > When I go to that URL I get a message: Internal Server Error -- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Divis

Re: [Mailman-Users] Outlook Indenting messages

Mark Sapiro wrote: >Ubuntu is based on Debian. > >I have just confirmed by testing that this problem is caused by the >Debian Mailman patch "30_pipermail_threads.patch". > >This patch can be found by following the links from > (I don't want to >giv

Re: [Mailman-Users] Outlook Indenting messages

>"Gerrat Rickert" wrote: > >The twisted python mailing list is running on: >"unmodified mailman 1:2.1.9-9ubuntu1 install", and the >Tahoe list is using: "2.1.9-4ubuntu1" > >Could this be an ubuntu-specific issue? I have not included the initial part of this thread, as my reply is "generic". I h

Re: [Mailman-Users] The email command interface is not working

Jibin wrote: >Hi, > >Please tell me wat is the default or expected action when we send a mail to >'listname-ow...@domain.com'. Will it send to a mail to all the list owners? > >What is the difference between a lisy owner and a list admin. > >Please guide me in this.. > >Sorry to bother you a lot

Re: [Mailman-Users] set up mailman, but no email notification

Scott Jones wrote: >I finally got mailman working to the point I created 'mailman' list >successfully. Everything has worked correctly, but despite it showing >that mailman has sent a notice to the administrator email account, >that email has never made it into my email inbox. > >What would cause

Re: [Mailman-Users] Duplicate Messages

David Andrews wrote: >I have a problem, and don't know if there is an easy or viable >solution. I run a bunch of lists for an organization, over 150 >lists, about 80 percent public and 20 percent private. Periodically >there are messages that need to go to everyone, or almost >everyone. Ho

Re: [Mailman-Users] Approved: password header!

Barry Warsaw wrote: >As a comparison, Launchpad's code review process allows for commands >in the body of the message. It looks for specific commands prepended >by a space. I don't particularly like that approach though because >the space can be hard to see. Would it find a command that

Re: [Mailman-Users] 32 vs 64bit

"Hicks, Robert CTR" wrote: >I am having to rebuild a mailman server. Are there any problems running >mailman under a 64bit system? I run Mailman on a Linux amd64 server. -- Barry S. Finkel Computing and Information Systems Divis

Re: [Mailman-Users] Word Wrap

On 8/17/2009, Adrean Clark (c...@clercscar.com) wrote: > Also notice in the first sentence of the article a > sign was added. > It's not in the original -- where did that come from? Thanks for all > your help. > > ... > > >From Little Girls Point, we headed ... This is standard MBOX formatting rul

[Mailman-Users] Question About Gzip'd Archives

I have a question about zipped list archives; the question arose from a subscriber to one of our lists. I am running Mailman 2.1.11 on Ubuntu from a package I built from the SourceForge source. mailman# pwd /var/lib/mailman/archives/private/LISTNAME mailman# ls -ald 2009-August* drwxrwsr-x 2 list

[Mailman-Users] Disabling mailman/create Web Page

Our cyber security group sent me notice of a vulnerability in a Mailman web page: Web Application Potentially Sensitive CGI Parameter Detection I think it is the URL: mailman/create As I do not use that web page to create a new Mailman list, I want to disable that page. Is there an e

Re: [Mailman-Users] Test mesages

On Sep 10, 2009, at 10:27 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > >> Sure. But why bother? > >Well, you already get 90% of that for free in MM3 already, except it's >only exposed in the test suite. Launchpad has similar functionality >and for developers, it's very useful. It's probably not useful t

[Mailman-Users] List-creation Owner E-mail Address

I have a suggestion. I do not know how others create new Mailman lists, but I have around 20 template files. If I want to make a list named NEWLIST, then I copy the appropriate configuration file into newlist.config I then edit this file to change any parameters that need changing: r

Re: [Mailman-Users] List-creation Owner E-mail Address

At 12:23 PM 9/21/2009, Barry Finkel wrote: >>The config_list code allows me to specify ONLY ONE e-mail address for >>the list owner, when I may have specified multiple owners in the >>newlist.config file. > >> I would like to be able to specify multiple e-mail >&

Re: [Mailman-Users] Disabling mailman/create Web Page

I wrote on Sep 4: >>>Our cyber security group sent me notice of a vulnerability in >>>a Mailman web page: >>> >>> Web Application Potentially Sensitive CGI Parameter Detection >>> >>>I think it is the URL: >>> >>> mailman/create and Mark Sapiro replied: >>If there really is a Mailman se

[Mailman-Users] Rebuilding the Archive mbox File

I am running Mailman 2.1.11 from an Ubuntu/Debian package I created from the SourceForge source. I have a question about list archives. I have a list that I converted from Majordomo to Mailman in July, 2007. I was helping one of the list owners in managing the list, and I went to the list archiv

Re: [Mailman-Users] List-creation Owner E-mail Address

I wrote: > > 3) When is the list-creation e-mail sent to the one owner e-mail >address? It appears to be done in the "newlist" code, but >at that time, I have not yet run the "config_list" command >that resets the parameters. When I ran my test, was I lucky >th

Re: [Mailman-Users] expost user list as csv

Svante Tidholm wrote: >Hi all, >I've been using a shell script to compile a list of all subscribers on >a list for our intranet at a site I'm taking care of. This is done >with the mailman-subscribers.py script and some smart commands that >parse the csv file in different ways. > >I run thi

[Mailman-Users] Mailman Password Completion Vulnerability

My Mailman 2.1.12 server was flagged with a low-risk vulnerability: 42057 Web Server Allows Password Auto-Completion and I cannot tell from the description what URLs have this vulnerability, nor do I know how to correct it. I know little about apache. One Google search at this URL htt

Re: [Mailman-Users] i need help for linux ubuntu

On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 10:38:43AM -, Kemp James wrote: >> if you need help deciding which flavour of Ubuntu you want then you >> would be best asking on http://ubuntuforums.org/ and Adam McGreggor replied: >I'd question Ubuntu's suitability for running as a public-facing server, >before do

Re: [Mailman-Users] Hello List

Wayne Cook wrote: >Here's my first post to this list :) > >I'm setting up a mailing list and I only want the list administrator >to be able to post messages to the list, can this be set as some kind >of default setting? > >Thanks >Wayne Change the list configuration so that all subscribers a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Rejected message Archive

>Hello, > >I'm learning how to use mailman mailing list. Still now, everything goes >right. When a moderator refuses that a message can not be delivered, is >there a way to find it in archive? > >I only find in archive the messages approved > >Thank you and best regards, > >Mary The list archives

Re: [Mailman-Users] Adding "subscribed" address in Welcome message ?

>Hi, > >Some people with multiple email address' get confused as to which >one they used to subscribe. Is it possible to put that info in the >body of the "Welcome to this list" email ? > >What would be the "code" I need for this please ? Using CPanel >version 2.1.11.cp3 > > >Regards, John. The

[Mailman-Users] Possible Bug in 2.1.13 sync_members

I think I may have uncovered a bug in Mailman 2.1.13. I have not completed my research. I have a script that refreshes the subscriber list via: /usr/lib/mailman/bin/sync_members -w=no -g=no -d=no -a=no \ -f /etc/mailman/generated_lists/LISTNAME LISTNAME where /etc/mailman/generated_l

Re: [Mailman-Users] Possible Bug in 2.1.13 sync_members

I wrote: >>I think I may have uncovered a bug in Mailman 2.1.13. I have not >>completed my research. I have a script that refreshes the subscriber >>list via: >> >>/usr/lib/mailman/bin/sync_members -w=no -g=no -d=no -a=no \ >> -f /e tc/mailman/generated_lists/LISTNAME LISTNAME >> >>where >>

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