Re: [Mailman-Users] Getting Spam from Banned Address
On 5/3/2011 1:17 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > 菊地時夫 writes: > > > No. He put the address in discard_these_nonmembers on the > > private/sender page but not have mentioned the private/spam settings. > > > > I believe if you set the spam address in header_filter_rules of > > privacy/spam page, the message should be discarded even if other > > legitimate addresses are listed in from header. > > Ah, OK. He still should consider setting it to 'hold' for a trial > period; the risk of accidentally discarding a real post is pretty high > here IMO. But that's something he can judge better than we can. Yes, putting a regular expression in header_filter_rules seems like a good solution. As Mr. Turnbull suggests, I set that rule to Hold for now, to see if it catches anything unintended. But this has the advantage of being list specific, rather than affecting all lists. Any mail that has the non-allowed address anywhere in the from field should be deleted. The user has said that he does not (ever) send mail from that address so it should not be a problem. Thanks, both of you, for your help. I suppose I should have said, this is mailman 2.1.9 on CentOS 5. -- Henry -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Getting Spam from Banned Address
On 5/2/2011 11:05 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: Henry Hartley wrote: possibly a setting that says "all From addresses must be on the list". Perhaps that would be useful, but it doesn't currently exist. Or at the least something that says if a specifically banned address is in the From field, then don't allow it. That might be simpler to impliment, and is more likely to always be the right thing to do. If this is your Mailman installation, you could try putting SENDER_HEADERS = (None,) in mm_cfg.py. This would say that the post is considered to be from a member only if the envelope sender is a member. I've done this. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll report back if that doesn't solve the problem but it seems like it should. It occurs to me that this is site-wide, however. Is that right? I have a half dozen lists so now does this apply to all of them? They are all small and it's probably OK, but I should know. -- Henry -- 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] Getting Spam from Banned Address
I have a list that started getting a lot of spam from a particular address. Most of them get sent to moderation because of "Too many recipients" and they are easily dealt with. The address in question was an alternate address for one member and after speaking with him, we decided it would be OK to take the address off the list completely. I have done so but continue to receive spam from that address. The list has generic_nonmember_action set to discard but the messages continue to come in, although they still mostly go to moderation rather than the list. But I don't see how they are getting there. I tried adding the address to discard_these_nonmembers but that, too, seems to have no effect. Looking at the header of one of the message, however, and I see that although they show up as From that single banned address, there are multiple addresses in the From field. At least one other of the addresses is a valid list address. I assume that as long as at least one From address is valid, mailman will let it through the gate. Is that right? Should there be some setting to only let in mail with a single From address? I can't see any reason to allow multiple From values. Or possibly a setting that says "all From addresses must be on the list". Or am I missing something? -- Henry -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] moving mailman lists to new server, same domain name
On 1/2/2010 10:04 PM, Andrew Watson wrote: #< #5.0.0 X-Postfix; host mysite.com[128.xxx.xxx.xxx] said: 553 5.3.0... User unknown (in reply to RCPT TO command)> #SMTP# I ran newaliases. Same result. The alias hs does appear in the /etc/mail/aliases: Look in /etc/mail/sendmail.mc for how ALIAS_FILE is defined and be sure it's defined as being /etc/mail/aliases. On my setup it's simply /etc/aliases so a file in /etc/mail would have no effect. -- Henry -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Migrating Lists
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:22:02AM -0700, Mark Sapiro wrote: > Is Mailman running (service mailman start or however you start it on > your machine)? See, I knew it was going to be something stupid that I forgot. I feel like an idiot. Thanks for your time. -- Henry -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Migrating Lists
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:01:35AM +0300, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > 08/18/2009 05:31 AM, Henry Hartley: > >When I send mail to a list, however, it seems to go into a black hole. I > >get no response that there was a problem delivering the mail, the server's > >maillog shows that the message was received by the server, but the mail > >never seems to go out to the list. There is no message in the > >mailman/errors log. > > /etc/aliases? > I sawa no mention of it in your post... No, I remembered that part. Aliases are set correctly. -- Henry -- 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
[Mailman-Users] Migrating Lists
I have recently had a partial hard drive failure on my server. I installed CentOS 5.3 on a new hard drive and copied what I could from the old drive to the new, including, I think, everything that Mailman needs. I can get into the web admin interface for my lists, see the various settings for them, see the archives, etc. When I send mail to a list, however, it seems to go into a black hole. I get no response that there was a problem delivering the mail, the server's maillog shows that the message was received by the server, but the mail never seems to go out to the list. There is no message in the mailman/errors log. Any suggestions of what to check would be most appreciated. -- Henry -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] question
K Wagner wrote: Could you please tell me how to delete one of my mailing lists? See rmlist http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/site.html -- Henry -- 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
[Mailman-Users] Dealing with spam
I have a few small, private lists managed with Mailman. For the most part, I don't have problems with spam, probably aided by the fact that they are both small and private. Lately, however, on one list (about two dozen addresses) I'm getting spam that has valid users as the From: address. My first thought was that the users' machines were being used as spam bots but at least one uses my server as it's mail server and these messages are coming from other servers. So, it seems that their address is being spoofed and being used to sent mail to the list (even though it isn't advertised). For the most part, messages are coming with implicit destination so I can simply discard them but occasionally they come directly to the list and are not filtered. I have two questions: 1) What is the best practice approach to dealing with these messages? I have simply been discarding them. If I reject them, will that send a response back that might make an automated sender drop my list address from their list as a non-working address? Or is that wishful thinking? 2) Is there some way to automatically reject or discard mail with implicit destination rather than holding it for moderation? The users of this particular list do not (ever) intentionally use an implicit destination so I wouldn't mind just automating that. There doesn't seem to be a setting on the Recipient Filters page of Privacy options. Thanks. -- Henry -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Linux Preferred?
On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 09:07 -0600, Tim Ferguson wrote: > Is there a preferred flavor of Linux that Mailman seems to work and > install the best with? I'm trying Ubuntu, but the apt-get feature is > getting hung up on trying to find the repositories and can't, so, > until I get that fixed I just thought I'd ask. At the risk of being different... I run a number of small lists on CentOS 5 (based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) and it just worked out of the box. It's not bleeding edge but then I get security patches into 2014. -- Henry -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] welcome message
Joe Damico wrote: We would like to make some slight modification to the Mailman welcome message for new subscribers at our location. Where is this message located and if it is in Python code, how do we go about changing the text? If you just want to change the first paragraph of that message, it's done through the regular web interface. On the General Options page, a little more than half way down is an entry for "List-specific text prepended to new-subscriber welcome message (Details for welcome_msg). -- Henry -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] One member has already lost his password [was:Passwords]
Rachel Mawhood wrote: Actually, he should go the the options login screen at http://www.example.com/mailman/options/list_name and enter his email address at the top and click Remind at the bottom. That URL is serving a 404. Yes, well, you weren't actually meant to click on that link in your email. You need to replace "www.example.com" with the proper host name for your server and replace "list_name" with the name of the particular list you're dealing with. Or is that what you tried? -- Henry -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Disable monthly membership reminder
Bill Honneus (honneus) wrote: Anyone know how I can disable the monthly membership reminder email that gets sent out to all members of a mailing list? On the General Options page, under Notifications (about half way down), the first setting is "Send monthly password reminders?" I assume that's what you mean. -- Henry -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py 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://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Users] Footer_msg
Justin Denick wrote: >> >> what is the code I need to add to have the UNSUBSCRIBE link appear >> at the bottom of the messages? Through the web interface, click on "Non-digest options" and put the code in the field labelled "Footer added to mail sent to regular list members". The default is the following: ___ %(real_name)s mailing list %(real_name)[EMAIL PROTECTED](host_name)s %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s As for editing the configuration files directly, I don't know except this same text is in /etc/mailman/sitelist.cfg -- Henry -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py 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://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
