[Mailman-Users] Mailman Error
Hi Really sorry to bother you guys; I'm sure you're busy with lots of development issues. I'm just hoping you might be able to help with a problem with our Mailman configuration, even though it's not standard Mailman. We're running Mailman under Mac OSX Server 10.6.2. For the most part, it runs incredibly well and I'm more than happy with it. However, we're having a problem which nobody seems to be able to resolve and we cannot find out from anybody at Apple how to fix. We have a mailing list configured which, at one time, was set to require confirmation and approval on subscriptions. We changed that policy to just 'confirm', but it seems that when we made the change, a pending confirmation was waiting to be processed. Now, we're getting admin messages to the moderator and list owner's address daily telling us that this confirmation is outstanding. When we try clicking on the link and tending to the request by selecting reject, we get the message: "We hit a bug! Please inform the webmaster and look in the error log", or words to that effect. However, there doesn't seem to be anything in the err file pertaining to this. So what I'm asking is whether there is a way to clear this, as it must be cached somewhere I think. Also, subsequent subscription requests from the email address concerned are being ignored by Mailman which, I think, is part of the same problem. Thanks in advance, and may I just say also thanks for producing such an accessible web-based list manager. We use screen-readers to interface with our computers and MailMan is very user-friendly from our point of view. Descriptions for everything, very well written and explained interactive help. Great job. Gordon -- 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
[Mailman-Users] MailMan Configuration under Apple OS X Server 10.6.2
Hello Firstly, can I congratulate you for making such a powerful piece of software as Mailman available for free and open source. I also am grateful to you for allowing Apple to implement it into their server solution. As a new administrator serving the needs of a large group of visually impaired users, I need to take advantage of Mailman to implement our mailing lists. I'm having a problem, however. And I wondered whether you'd be able to help me. I need to host lists in a number of virtual domains and I'm a little unclear as to how to proceed beyond the basic configuration as I'm getting errors. So, to try and explain. My server's fully qualified domain name is mail.tft-bbs.co.uk and I need to host lists, as I said, in virtual domains. So, I modified the paths, correctly I think, to point to the virtual alias and Mailman files so that Mailman and Postfix would interact. First, I used the following commands in Apple's Terminal to view the Postfix virtual maps file: sudo /usr/sbin/postconf virtual_alias_maps Then, I did the following to add the path to the virtual Mailman file: sudo /usr/sbin/postconf -e virtual_alias_maps='hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_users, hash:/var/mailman/data/virtual-mailman' Then, I manually edited: /usr/share/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py Python script to add the virtual domains in the Postfix_style variable, as follows: MTA = 'Postfix' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = '' DEFAULT_URL_HOST = '' POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = [ 'cecimac.org', 'dane-trethowan.net', 'gordon-smith.me.uk', 'small-world-radio.net', 'softcon.com', 'tft-bbs.com', 'tft-bbs.org', 'tft-bbs.org.uk', 'tft-bbs.net', ] Can you tell me whether I have that syntax correct? I apologise for what are probably irritating, basic configuration questions. However, being totally blind and having to work by memorising parts of the documentation at a time and then putting them into the correct configuration files, I think it's highly likely that I've overlooked or misunderstood something. When I use the command: sudo /usr/share/mailman/bin/newlist -e 'tft-bbs.com' mac-access I am prompted for the administrator's E-Mail address and initial list password. Once those are entered, I'm getting an illegal list name error, which looks like: Illegal list name mac-acc...@mail I'm puzzled as to what I've done wrong, but it's probably obvious to more experienced administrators. If you would point me to my error, or suggest possible causes I would be extremely grateful. I fully intend to contribute to this most worth while project with a financial donation as soon as I can when we're up and running. This kind of work deserves our support, since it's at the heart of what we use on the Internet every single day. Many thanks in advance for any assistance. Gordon Smith -- 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: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
[Mailman-Users] Virtual Domains for Mailing Lists in MailMan
Hello I found this E-Mail address on the MailMan homepage and decided to contact you as I don't seem to be able to locate the information I need elsewhere. To explain my circumstance. I am a visually impaired person, trying to get to grips with administrating a mail server under Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7 (Leopard) server. I need to host mailing lists under virtual domains hosted on our server but can't see quite how this is accomplished. Is there anywhere I can obtain this information as Apple's documentation on this subject seems poor from what I've seen. I really do apologise for any inconvenience I may cause you by contacting you - but if you could point me to the relevant information pages as to how to accomplish virtual domain list configuration under Apple's server platform I'd be very grateful. As a blind person this information is not always easy for me to locate. Thank you in advance for any help. Gordon -- 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-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
