[Mailman-Users] Subscribing users via an email to a 'require approval' list
Greetings, I would like to be able to subscribe people to a Mailman 2.1.5 list by sending an email to the Mailman server. The list is set up such that subscription requests require the list administrator's approval before becoming active. It looks like it is possible to subscribe to a list via email by sending a mail to '-subscribe@', but I can't seem to locate doco on the email structure required (if any). I'd like, if possible, to subscribe users via the email method without the list administrator having to approve the subscription request. The email would be sent by a script that I use to add users to my systems. Can anyone tell me if this is possible? Ideally, if it is possible, the subscription request email would contain the list admin password, I guess, or else anyone could subscribe themselves via the email method... Thanks in advance, Guy. -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
[Mailman-Users] Strange problem with mails through mailman
Hello! I have a strange problem that I think depends on mailman. We have a bunch of mailman lists here for different assosciations and some of the administrators complains that all the members don't get the mails. When I looked into it I found some strange errors in the logs. The mails for the people that don't get the list mails are all deferred from the receiving mail server because of bad media type or Body type not supported by Remote Host (see end of the mail for more details). I can't see why this error should occur, and why it only occurs on certain servers. Another thing that I can't understand is that it's only mail via mailman that bounces. If I send a mail directly to these people there are no problem att all, and one of the people that don't get list mails are a list administrator. She don't get the mails she sends out, but she gets administrative messages from mailman. Anyone who can point me in some direction so I can solve these problems? Does mailman change the body type in some way? Bounce message from mailman when I tried to send a mail to the list. Final-Recipient: rfc822;[EMAIL PROTECTED] Action: failed Status: 5.6.1 Diagnostic-Code: smtp;554 5.6.1 Body type not supported by Remote Host In the SMTP-log 220+smtp.mailserver.somewhere+SMTP;+Mon,+11+Oct+2004+15:19:58++0200 0 0 56 0 16 250+smtp.mailserver.somewhere+Hello 0 0 24 0 16 SMTP 221+smtp.mailserver.somewhere+closing+connection. 0 0 38 0 31 SMTP //kim ___ Kim Leandersson System Administrator Chalmers Student Union | phone:+46-31-772 39 12 Teknologgården 2 | mobile: +46-70-772 39 12 SE-412 58 Göteborg | fax: +46-31-772 39 66 SWEDEN | www.chs.chalmers.se| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
[Mailman-Users] Howto select topics for several users at once?
Hello everyone, A colleague of mine is listadmin on a list with several hundred users/subscribers. He now wants to control the traffic with some topics, he had defined. It works fine if you do that manually for each user. BUT, is there a way to do that for each member in a script or better online on a website? The script could look something like user1,topic1,topic2,... user2,topic2,topic4,... user,topic1,topic3,... ... Has anyone ever come across a simillar problem? Oh, btw. we are currently running MM 2.1.1. Regards Elmar _ Diese E-Mail (ggf. nebst Anhang) enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind, oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail (and any attachment/s) contains confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. _ -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
Re: [Mailman-Users] troubel with unsubscribed user
On 14 Oct 2004, at 00:48, Doug Garaux wrote: I have a MM 2.1.5 install that I’ve had various troubles with. The list was manually transferred from another ISP to a new dedicated server environment. I was unable to transfer the list by documented methods since I could not access mailman command from a unix shell so I created the list on the new server and manually dumped all the users from the old list and mass subscribed them on the new server. As most of the users don’t configure their own settings it was a good enough trade off. I however have had a few issues. One is a bounce I receive for a invalid email (invalid user at site..) I manually unsubscribed the user but MM is still sending emails to this email address. I have no clue why as I don’t see the email under membership management in the web GUI. The following FAQ may help: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.024.htp The other issue I’ve had is with the users who were not required to be moderated. I have unset the moderation box for one email so they do not have to approve (their own) emails when they post but MM is still asking for all of their (and all others which is correct behavior there) to be moderated. How can I verify that this users posts are not requiring moderation? The settings from the webgui are basically identical from old server to new server. The only difference I know of is the old server was a CPANEL installed mailman instance and the new server is a PLESK installed instance of mailman. Thanks! Doug Garaux -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
Re: [Mailman-Users] mail => smmsp
On 14 Oct 2004, at 02:10, kalin mintchev wrote: hi all. i have mailman 2.0.13 installed - for a year or so... running fine - bunch of users. upgraded sendmail. now mailman doesn't process mail because the sendmail's group isn't mail anymore... which file should i edit in the mailman tree to make it recognize the smmsp group for the wrapper? don't want to reinstall mailman... You problem is that the mail-gid is compiled into a C program which is then installed as $prefix/mail/wrapper. Normal advice is to rerun the Mailman ./configure with the --with-mail-gid= option set to the new value and then re-run make install as if doing a normal Mailman upgrade. It is a good idea to do a backup and shutdown you MTA and Mailman qrunner etc while the upgrade is being done. If you are a confident hacker you could just try: 1. rerun the Mailman ./configure with the --with-mail-gid= option set to the new value 2. run make in just the Mailman $build/src directory 3. replace $prefix/mail/wrapper with the $build/src/wrapper file just generated by step (2) Same caveats about backup and shutdowns apply. thanks... -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
Re: [Mailman-Users] Strange problem with mails through mailman
Kim Leandersson wrote: > >I have a strange problem that I think depends on mailman. We have a bunch of mailman >lists here for different assosciations and some of the administrators complains that >all the members don't get the mails. When I looked into it I found some strange >errors in the logs. The mails for the people that don't get the list mails are all >deferred from the receiving mail server because of bad media type or Body type not >supported by Remote Host (see end of the mail for more details). I can't see why this >error should occur, and why it only occurs on certain servers. Another thing that I >can't understand is that it's only mail via mailman that bounces. If I send a mail >directly to these people there are no problem att all, and one of the people that >don't get list mails are a list administrator. She don't get the mails she sends out, >but she gets administrative messages from mailman. > >Anyone who can point me in some direction so I can solve these problems? Does mailman >change the body type in some way? > >Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Article 4.39 may be helpful. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter use your sense - B. Dylan -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing users via an email to a 'requireapproval' list
Guy Waugh wrote: > >I would like to be able to subscribe people to a Mailman 2.1.5 list by >sending an email to the Mailman server. The list is set up such that >subscription requests require the list administrator's approval before >becoming active. Go to the FAQ at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py and read article 4.33 if you're interested in another way of subscribing users from the web. >It looks like it is possible to subscribe to a list via email by sending >a mail to '-subscribe@', but I can't seem to locate >doco on the email structure required (if any). There isn't any required structure for mail sent to the -subscribe or -join address. Both the subject and body can be empty or not. >I'd like, if possible, to subscribe users via the email method without >the list administrator having to approve the subscription request. The >email would be sent by a script that I use to add users to my systems. > >Can anyone tell me if this is possible? Ideally, if it is possible, the >subscription request email would contain the list admin password, I >guess, or else anyone could subscribe themselves via the email method... I don't think it is possible to do this. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter use your sense - B. Dylan -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
[Mailman-Users] Python.org problems?
Are there problems with the web server at www.python.org? For the past several days, I have been experiencing intermittent long delays and timeouts while accessing the Mailman FAQ. Are others seeing this? -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter use your sense - B. Dylan -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
[Mailman-Users] -1 Mailman moderator request(s) waiting
I keep getting "-1 Mailman moderator request(s) waiting" from the lists I've just created on a fresh 2.1.5 installation on Fedora Core 2. Any idea what these mean? (I've dealt with moderator requests before on a 2.0 installation. I've just never seen the "-1" before.) -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
Re: [Mailman-Users] -1 Mailman moderator request(s) waiting
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2004-August/017120.html On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 10:16:41AM -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote: - I keep getting "-1 Mailman moderator request(s) waiting" from the lists - I've just created on a fresh 2.1.5 installation on Fedora Core 2. Any idea - what these mean? (I've dealt with moderator requests before on a 2.0 - installation. I've just never seen the "-1" before.) - -- - Mailman-Users mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/ -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
Re: [Mailman-Users] -1 Mailman moderator request(s) waiting
--On Thursday, October 14, 2004 10:13 AM -0700 "K. Clair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2004-August/017120.html Thanks and Doh! Somehow I missed that when searching Gmane. -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
Re: [Mailman-Users] -1 Mailman moderator request(s) waiting
Hmm, the item in the FAQ doesn't apply, as the request.pck is there for my 3 lists. But I've only received one of these notifications for each list, so perhaps it fixes itself after one occurrence. -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
[Mailman-Users] transfer configuration and mailing list.
Hi, Assuming I have the same version of mailman installed on two separate servers, what files do I need to copy from one server to the other to produce a duplicate mailman set-up? I'd like to keep the configuration and mailing lists identical. Ideally, I'd like to be able to sync the servers daily so that there is always a backup mailman ready to go on the other server. -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
RE: [Mailman-Users] Question about restoring a mailman list or two
Maish Saidel-Keesing wrote: > >Thank you mark for your reply. > >I gather that I need shell access for all of this. Yes, you do. You might be able to restore the directories and files with sufficient FTP access, but you'd almost certainly need shell access anyway to fix owner/group/permission issues. You'd definitely need shell access to use bin/arch to rebuild archives. >I am not sure if I will be able to get it. > >Is there no other way to do this This is kind of off the wall, but if you're motivated, you could install Python and Mailman on another machine (even your Windows machine - at least I assume it's windows because of the notepad reference). You wouldn't have to do a full Mailman install or worry about MTAs - just enough to be able to run bin/config_list and bin/list_members and maybe bin/list_owners against the list files. This would give you the information in the config.pck files in a nice format that you could follow for configuring the real lists manually via the web and a nice members file you could use for a mass subscribe. Alternatively you could do as you originally thought and just "extract" as much as you can by hand. The archives are still a problem. you either need to restore the whole archive structure or you can restore just the listname.mbox/listname.mbox file for each list and rebuild the archive with bin/arch. There's no practical way to get the archives without shell access or the equivalent. Probably the easiest way to do this if you can't get shell access is to ask the host site for a cost quote if they do it and pay the money. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter use your sense - B. Dylan >-Original Message- >From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:11 PM >To: Maish Saidel-Keesing; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about restoring a mailman list or two > >Maish Saidel-Keesing wrote: > >>Someone approached me and asked if I can help them restore two lists >>that they have. >> >>The mailman package was installed through CPanel (I know I am going to >>get a lot of answers to go to cpanel for support but I will ask it >>anyway) >> >>In the tar package that was backed up on cpanel I have some of the >>files that I think will be able to help me >> >>I just don't know how to put them back into the lists. >> >>What I have is the following: >> >>A directory called "mm" and within that directory are two more >>directories for each of the lists For examples sakes we will call them >>A & B In each of those directories I have 4 files >> >>Config.pck >>Config.pck.lst >>Pending.pck >>Request.pck >> >>In the config.pck file I see (with a lot of garbage - when I opened it >>up in >>notepad) the email addresses and names of the subscribers to the list >>(at least I think so). >> >>To restore it I was thinking of extracting the emails and then >>recreating the list and mass subscribing them again. >>Is there a simpler way to do it?? > >Yes. > >Assume $prefix is the path to the current Mailman installation. > >Just restore the "A" and "B" directories with their files to the directory >$prefix/lists/ > >If the backups were created under the same mailman version, that should be >it, but see $prefix/bin/check_perms --help and $prefix/bin/update --help >in case you might need them. > >>Second thing is the archives... >> >>I have a folder called "mma" from the cpanel backup that has the >>archives saved nicely in html format. How am I supposed to retrieve >>that back into the list current archives? > >The archives for a list go into the $prefix/archives/private/list-name/ >directory. If the archives are public there is also a symlink from >$prefix/archives/public/list-name to $prefix/archives/private/list-name > >There is a global .mbox file in >$prefix/archives/private/list-name.mbox/list-name.mbox > >If you have that, you can rebuild the archive without the other stuff. >See: > $prefix/bin/arch --help > >-- >Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, >San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter use your sense - B. Dylan -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
