[Mailman-Users] Taking a stab at Mailman on Mac OS X

2009-11-25 Thread Bill Catambay
Mailman v. 2.1.12 - Mac OS 10.4.11 Tried to configure, and got the following results in config.log under Core Tests: configure:1714: checking for --with-python configure:1726: result: no configure:1733: checking for python configure:1751: found

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature request: Emergency Broadcast

2009-11-23 Thread Bill Catambay
1. Mailman aliases not working (like in my case) 2. Unable to access my email, but have access to web (which is common for those of us behind corporate firewalls) 3. My email is broken, but my internet it still working However, even with these reasons, I wouldn't consider it a big deal,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature request: Emergency Broadcast

2009-11-23 Thread Bill Catambay
At 7:32 PM +0900 on 11/23/09, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Bill Catambay writes: 1. Mailman aliases not working (like in my case) 2. Unable to access my email, but have access to web (which is common for those of us behind corporate firewalls) 3. My email is broken, but my internet

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature request: Emergency Broadcast

2009-11-23 Thread Bill Catambay
At 7:56 AM -0800 on 11/23/09, Mark Sapiro wrote: I see two requests in this thread. The original appeared to be a request for a way to send a regular post to a list via the admin web interface, which would be useful in cases where for whatever reason, the list was working but email delivery

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature request: Emergency Broadcast

2009-11-23 Thread Bill Catambay
At 11:05 AM -0500 on 11/23/09, Barry Warsaw wrote: The second request, which might also satisfy the first if it were implemented as a web service, seems to be for a way to send a message right now to all members of a list (or all lists?) regardless of digest and nomail settings. Actually,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature request: Emergency Broadcast

2009-11-23 Thread Bill Catambay
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Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature request: Emergency Broadcast

2009-11-23 Thread Bill Catambay
At 8:52 AM -0800 on 11/23/09, Mark Sapiro wrote: Bill Catambay wrote: If by send a message, you mean email a message to the normal foo-list email address, then I'm back to square one (i.e., it will never reach anyone on the list because of the aliases being whacked). But, I hope you

Re: [Mailman-Users] Revisit to moderator aliases

2009-11-23 Thread Bill Catambay
Okay, today was quite the rollercoaster. I finally got an email from my ISP's Operations group stating that the foo-list-mod email was working, but when I tried, it didn't work. Bounced just like before. I called them up, and when I told them it was still bouncing, they insisted that it was

Re: [Mailman-Users] Revisit to moderator aliases

2009-11-23 Thread Bill Catambay
How about changing the text? At 4:21 PM -0800 on 11/23/09, Mark Sapiro wrote: Bill Catambay wrote: In any case, I did have one follow-up question (suggestion, actually, from a member of my list). In the digests, is there any setting that is available to *me* that will let me put

Re: [Mailman-Users] Revisit to moderator aliases

2009-11-23 Thread Bill Catambay
Okay, thanks for the info. I'll go stealth for awhile. :) At 4:38 PM -0800 on 11/23/09, Mark Sapiro wrote: Bill Catambay wrote: How about changing the text? The text is built from the masthead.txt template. A list specific version of this template can be installed (see the FAQ at http

[Mailman-Users] Feature request: Emergency Broadcast

2009-11-22 Thread Bill Catambay
Given my current situation (as rare as this situation may be), I have come to realize that an emergency broadcast feature would be an indispensable tool to have right now. Since my host made the alias change on my mailing list, but did not create the MX record for the new email, it is

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature request: Emergency Broadcast

2009-11-22 Thread Bill Catambay
The weekend crew at my ISP are general tech support (i.e., they really only handle internet connection issues). My ISP does have an Operations group which usually are pretty knowledgeable, but I they simply aren't working on the weekend. For what it's worth, they are the best ISP I have had

Re: [Mailman-Users] Revisit to moderator aliases

2009-11-20 Thread Bill Catambay
Looks like I'm half-way there unfortunately, half-way means one step back before the two steps forward. I got my ISP to create the aliases: foo-list: |/opt/mailman/mail/mailman owner foo-list foo-list-mod: |/opt/mailman/mail/mailman post foo-list It

Re: [Mailman-Users] Revisit to moderator aliases

2009-11-20 Thread Bill Catambay
At 7:48 PM -0800 on 11/17/09, Mark Sapiro wrote: I think the aliases together with the modified Moderate handler for your list will be your DREAM SOLUTION. And this has the advantage that while it is some work for the host to set up, it affects only your list so thay can't say no solely on the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman - a few questions

2009-11-17 Thread Bill Catambay
At 12:21 PM -0500 on 8/15/09, Shop at \ Just Brits \ wrote: So IMHO Bill needs to tell The List not only the version of MM BUT the source of install so that everybody is playing with a FULL deck of cards. Right-:) ??? I don't remember if I answered this question before or not, but just to

[Mailman-Users] Revisit to moderator aliases

2009-11-17 Thread Bill Catambay
Hi Steve, et al, Awhile back I asked some questions about managing my Mailman list such that it worked like it did back on Autoshare (an old Mac OS 9 listserver). I received some good advice, and have made some great progress in attaining most of my goals. There were still some unresolved

[Mailman-Users] won't let me edit the HTML

2009-08-25 Thread Bill Catambay
I am trying to customize our Options page, and I want to add links to our main website within the page (really the only changes I am making). When I try to save, I get: The page you saved contains suspicious HTML that could potentially expose your users to cross-site scripting attacks. This

Re: [Mailman-Users] won't let me edit the HTML

2009-08-25 Thread Bill Catambay
I have an update on this. I was trying to pinpoint exactly what change caused this, and as I deleted changes, starting with the link, I still kept getting the same rejection. Then I just went to edit the page, and made no changes at all, clicked on Submit Changes, and it *still* gave me the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman - a few questions

2009-08-14 Thread Bill Catambay
At 2:12 PM +0900 on 8/14/09, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Mark Sapiro writes: Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: NB. As he needs them to means that the *list moderator* be recognized as the *envelope sender*, and the message be approved in that case. Bottom line, a new feature is needed for

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman - a few questions

2009-08-14 Thread Bill Catambay
At 11:40 AM +0900 on 8/14/09, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Mark Sapiro writes: Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Bill Catambay writes: My ISP is using Mailman 2.1.11. Is that the latest? I'm guessing no, since it is currently NOT recognizing the envelope sender. This sounds like

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman - a few questions

2009-08-14 Thread Bill Catambay
At 1:41 AM +0900 on 8/14/09, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: This can be done by setting up aliases as follows (pseudo-syntax, your mileage will vary): foo-list: modera...@example.com foo-list-moderated: | mailman post foo-list That requires modifying the mailman aliases