Thank you very much for the reply about upgrade options. The suggested fix for the unsubscribe issue worked perfectly.
Chad On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> wrote: > Chad Rebuck wrote: > > > >it does appear mailman was installed by rpm. if there is no rpm available > >to upgrade would it be difficult to upgrade to 2.1.13 or should I go to > >3.something? I found the pages a little confusing on what the latest > >version really is. What version would be recommended to upgrade to? > > > MM 3 is still in alpha exposure. It is not ready to be run in > production, and I think, there is not yet a clear migration path for > MM 2.1 lists. > > The latest released version to upgrade to is 2.1.13 although there will > be a 2.1.14 release currently targeted for late Sept. > > In order to update a RedHat RPM release from source, there are three > possible paths. > > Path 1 is to modify the patch at > < > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2004-October/017343.html > > > for the current source release, and then run configure with the > appropriate path locations to match your current RPM installation. > > Path 2 is to install Mailman from source as a separate installation in > a non-conflicting location, and then move your lists and archives from > the old installation to the new. > > Path 3 is to configure Mailman with --prefix=/usr/lib/mailman and > --with-var-prefix=/var/lib/mailman which may more or less work. > > If you have SELinux enabled, both paths 2 and 3 will create SELinux > issues. > > However, I think upgrading will not affect the following issue which > appears to be a misedited listinfo.html template for the list. > > > >details on the inability to unsubscribe: > > > >the unsubscribe using the checkbox on the admin page does work. > > > Good. > > > >the unsubscribe via email does work as well. > > > Good. > > > >It is the unsubscribe on this page that does not work > > > >http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > >For a test I registered > >a new email then tried to unsubscribe using this page above. I would > >receive an email with subject of "mailman privacy alert" and a body such > as, > >"an attempt was made to subscribe your address to the mailing list .... > you > >are already subscribed to the list." > > > Someone has edited the listinfo page template for this list and broken > it. It looks like the portion of this template at the end, which in > the base template is > > <MM-Options-Form-Start> > <MM-Editing-Options> > <MM-Form-End> > </td> > </tr> > </table> > <MM-Mailman-Footer> > </BODY> > </HTML> > > > Has been changed and "<MM-Options-Form-Start>" has been replaced by > "<MM-Subscribe-Form-Start>". > > I can't tell for sure what the change was as I only see the page > generated from the template and not the template itself, but it is > something along these lines. > > Go to the list admin interface and follow the "Edit the public HTML > pages and text files" link and then the "General list information > page" link and you will see and be able to fix the template. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > ------------------------------------------------------ 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