Re: [Mailman-Users] Umbrella_List Option?

2001-09-25 Thread Alain Chappuis
Read the details for the selection: Send password reminders to, eg, -owner address instead of directly to user. This is the option directly above where you set the suffix for Umbrella lists. The phrasing is odd and (IMO) should actually read: Is this an Umbrella list (a list that includes

Re: [Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME? (fwd)

2001-09-25 Thread eric-mailman
More head-scratching: I've basically removed any traces of the hostname/domain pretorious.net. Starting with fresh source code... I've set the system name using `hostname www` I've set the system domain name using `domainname funkymonkeybutt.com` I've set the options --build, --host, and

Re: [Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME? (fwd)

2001-09-25 Thread eric-mailman
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: At 12:05 AM 9/25/2001 -0700, you wrote: More head-scratching: I've basically removed any traces of the hostname/domain pretorious.net. ...but this flaming hunk of python still pulls the wrong values out of its butt! (i.e., pretorious.net) Am

Re: [Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME? (fwd)

2001-09-25 Thread eric-mailman
Here are the system values that I set before configuring: `hostname www` `hostname funkymonkeybutt.com` Here are the settings I used to configure Mailman: --build=funkymonkeybutt.com --host=www --target=/cgi-bin/mailman ...and the values I used in Mailman/mm-cfg.py (Pay special

Re: [Mailman-Users] Umbrella_List Option?

2001-09-25 Thread Jon Carnes
An Umbrella List is a list of other lists. For example, you have the following lists running in Mailman: ThreeBlindMice: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ThreeBears: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ThreeMenNaTub: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL

Re: [Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME? (fwd)

2001-09-25 Thread Greg Ward
On 25 September 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Here are the system values that I set before configuring: `hostname www` `hostname funkymonkeybutt.com` A Unix host has one hostname. One. Typically, that hostname has *no dots* in it -- ie. DNS domain names just don't enter into it.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Umbrella_List Option?

2001-09-25 Thread Phil Stracchino
Might I suggest that the following very clear explanation be added to the mailman documentation? On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 09:40:38AM -0400, Jon Carnes wrote: An Umbrella List is a list of other lists. For example, you have the following lists running in Mailman: ThreeBlindMice: [EMAIL

Re: [Mailman-Users] FreeBSD + Mailman 2.06 + Sendmail problem.

2001-09-25 Thread J C Lawrence
On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 16:23:31 -0300 Bruno G Albuquerque [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I'm not sure if this is the right place to look for help, but I hope so. I running Mailman in a FreeBSD box with sendmail as the MTA and I'm having a problem. 1) You're running Sendmail. You'd be wise

Re: [Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME? (fwd)

2001-09-25 Thread eric-mailman
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Greg Ward wrote: On 25 September 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Here are the system values that I set before configuring: `hostname www` `hostname funkymonkeybutt.com` A Unix host has one hostname. One... A typo on my part: I used `domainname

Re: [Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME? (fwd)

2001-09-25 Thread Greg Ward
On 25 September 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: sarcasmGiven the overwhelmingly thorough documentation that comes with Mailman, I can't imagine why anyone would experiment with anything that remotely resembles a glimpse of hope but isn't referenced in the documentation./sarcasm I can

[Mailman-Users] changing subject and from fields

2001-09-25 Thread Mark T. Valites
I was curious if there was a way to (in effect masq, or at least make a little less obvious) the fact that mail being sent to a user on a list was indeed being sent to a list. More specifically, here's what I am looking for. 1. I would like to change the: from listname-request, to

[Mailman-Users] FrontBase database

2001-09-25 Thread Michael Warner
How difficult is it to use FrontBase as the storage location for the name and email address list and message content storage for Mailman? If such is possible, what is entailed? Are there models, examples available? Mike W. -- Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] changing subject and from fields

2001-09-25 Thread Jon Carnes
On Tuesday 25 September 2001 16:00, Mark T. Valites wrote: I was curious if there was a way to (in effect masq, or at least make a little less obvious) the fact that mail being sent to a user on a list was indeed being sent to a list. It's Opensource, so the answer is always yes... but

[Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME?

2001-09-25 Thread Eric Pretorious
I've just spent most of an entire evening trying to understand where Mailman (i.e., the scripts that build Mailman - configure make - and Mailman itself) gets its identity from. I'm attempting to install Mailman on the host charlie. charlie is the web host for pretorious.net and

Re: [Mailman-Users] changing subject and from fields

2001-09-25 Thread Jon Carnes
On Tuesday 25 September 2001 16:00, Mark T. Valites wrote: I was curious if there was a way to (in effect masq, or at least make a little less obvious) the fact that mail being sent to a user on a list was indeed being sent to a list. It's Opensource, so the answer is always yes... but

[Mailman-Users] automated Subscribtions

2001-09-25 Thread Joerg Henner
hi, i have some questions on how to subscribe users automatically: - is there already a Template for external-use, that WEB-Users can subscribe to a MailMan's Mailing-List ? - is there a way using an own CGI-Script to subscribe users ? - what kind to syntax-checking does the internal

[Mailman-Users] missing moderator approval messages

2001-09-25 Thread YCG
Postings to list never make it to the moderator for approval. Do you know someone I can hire to fix this problem or do you have any idea what it might be? Thanks, Cory -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Mailman-Users] FreeBSD + Mailman 2.06 + Sendmail problem.

2001-09-25 Thread Bruno G. Albuquerque
Hello Jon. Thanks for your answer. Em Monday, September 24 2001, 18:50:57, Jon Carnes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) disse: Just a thought but have you setup the smrsh entry for Mailman... wrapper - ~mailman/mail/wrapper Sendmail defaults to using smrsh (in linux the smrsh directory is /etc/smrsh).

Re: [Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME?

2001-09-25 Thread Paul Cox
On Monday, Sep 24, 2001, Eric Pretorious wrote: I've just spent most of an entire evening trying to understand where Mailman (i.e., the scripts that build Mailman - configure make - and Mailman itself) gets its identity from. I'm attempting to install Mailman on the host charlie. charlie is

Re: [Mailman-Users] missing moderator approval messages

2001-09-25 Thread Jon Carnes
On Monday 24 September 2001 13:05, YCG wrote: Postings to list never make it to the moderator for approval. Need lots more to answer that question. Do any of your lists work - pass mail out to the members of the lists? Is it just the moderator part that doesn't work? What level of