Re: [Mailman-Users] Web-based posting?

2002-11-29 Thread Elaine Miller
Hmm. Seems like one ought to be able to set up a simple formmail on an html page, since Formmail sends to the set address as coming "from" the email address the user enters. Might be harder to stop spammers with this one... I'll go try it. Surely it can't actually be that simple? Elaine

[Mailman-Users] Web-based posting?

2002-11-29 Thread Nicolas Steenhout
Hello, I've searched the archives and FAQ and I can't seem to be finding answer to my question. This may be that I'm rather inept at searching! :-) The host I'll be going with for my domain offers mailing list via mailman, which is a system I've used on another mailing list, as a user. Here's

[Mailman-Users] Problem when subscribing

2002-11-29 Thread Nicolas Cartron
All, i recently installed Mailman on my server and i just can't make it work ! Explanations: I installed the tarball, followed the instructions, everything's fine, i receive the mail when trying to subscribe, i reply to confirm, and then... nothing, no answer, not subscribed... I checked the /va

Re: [Mailman-Users] What to backup

2002-11-29 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Brian Read wrote: > Please could someone confirm that if I backup /opt/mailman and all below, > then I am backing up the complete mailman installation including the > address lists and actual messages? Don't forget to backup the actual list aliases as well. -- H | I haven't lost my mind; it'

[Mailman-Users] help with a semi-complex filtering scheme

2002-11-29 Thread douglas repetto
hi, i'm getting ready to move a largish (~1400 subscribers) from majordomo to mailman. i've been running a bunch of mailman lists for a while now, and they're all fine. but this particular list has a funny setup, and i'm not sure if it can be duplicated under mailman. the list has two modes,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Strings in headers/footers

2002-11-29 Thread Stonewall Ballard
That's user_optionsurl The help for the "personalize" option in Non-Digest options lists these. They should be in the help for message header and footer too, but they're not. - Stoney On 11/29/02 6:44 AM, "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I see that you can insert the following strings

Re: [Mailman-Users] What to backup

2002-11-29 Thread Stonewall Ballard
If /opt is mailman's home directory, and you haven't done a split install, then yes. Look for "/opt/mailman/lists", and the "/opt/mailman/archives" directories. That's where the list and archived email is kept. - Stoney On 11/29/02 5:02 AM, "Brian Read" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please coul

Re: [Mailman-Users] headers

2002-11-29 Thread Stonewall Ballard
In the "General Options" section of the list, set "Should messages from this mailing list include the RFC 2369 (i.e. List-*) headers?" to "No". This may not be in pre-2.1 versions. - Stoney On 11/28/02 11:53 PM, "Felix F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Can anyone tell me how to r

Re: [Mailman-Users] how do I uninstall

2002-11-29 Thread David Gordon
Matthew Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Fri 29 Nov 2002 at 10:54 -0500 >If the user that you created the mailman program for is still created, M. I deleted the user "mailman" and created a new user "mailman" before reinstalling ># crontab -u mailman -l Gets the result - "must be privi

Re: [Mailman-Users] how do I uninstall

2002-11-29 Thread Matthew Davis
Thats being generated by the cron job. Remove the crontab that was installed with mailman. * David Gordon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What do I have to do to uninstall Mailman so I can start again with a > 'clean' server? I have removed the $prefix directory but the must be > something else as

Re: [Mailman-Users] how do I uninstall

2002-11-29 Thread Danny Terweij
From: "David Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Danny Terweij [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Fri 29 Nov 2002 at 12:13 +0100 > >You must also delete the cronjob's from user mailman. > Can you give me a further clue about that? crontab -u mailman -l Do "man crontab" for more commands. Danny ---

Re: [Mailman-Users] how do I uninstall

2002-11-29 Thread David Gordon
Danny Terweij [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Fri 29 Nov 2002 at 12:13 +0100 >You must also delete the cronjob's from user mailman. Can you give me a further clue about that? >And cleanup the aliases file. I don't want to do that as I want to try and re-install? -- DG

[Mailman-Users] Strings in headers/footers

2002-11-29 Thread Chris
I see that you can insert the following strings into the headers/footers of outgoing messages: real_name _internal_name host_name web_page_url description But at the bottom of this list, there is a footer that contains the sender's email address in a hyperlink that takes the sender to their op

Re: [Mailman-Users] how do I uninstall

2002-11-29 Thread Danny Terweij
From: "David Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >/usr/bin/python: can't open file '/home/mailman/cron/gate_news' > Using Mailman 2.0.13 with Sendmail... You must also delete the cronjob's from user mailman. And cleanup the aliases file. Danny. --

[Mailman-Users] What to backup

2002-11-29 Thread Brian Read
Please could someone confirm that if I backup /opt/mailman and all below, then I am backing up the complete mailman installation including the address lists and actual messages? Thanks Brian Brian J Read www.abandonmicrosoft.co.uk www.theonlineorganiser.com www.thepersonalknowledgebase.com Mit

[Mailman-Users] how do I uninstall

2002-11-29 Thread David Gordon
What do I have to do to uninstall Mailman so I can start again with a 'clean' server? I have removed the $prefix directory but the must be something else as I am getting mail to admin >/usr/bin/python: can't open file '/home/mailman/cron/gate_news' Using Mailman 2.0.13 with Sendmail... Thanks --