[Mailman-Users] Creating aliases as an unprivleged user . . .

Hello all: We jumped through those permission hurdles and got a successful installation of mailman this evening. I'd advise that instead of talking generally about setgid, that the INSTALL file instruct us to: chmod 02775 /usr/local/mailman But that is not why I'm writing this evening. bash-2.

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

> "Robert" == Robert Echlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Robert> That looks like an interesting solution. I'll make a note Robert> of it for next time. Well, last I heard your server was still trying to create the page and choking. This will solve that, because there is an index of pe

[Mailman-Users] delete pending mails from shell

Hello, I have thousands of pending spam emails in a list for mailman 2.0.x, is there a way to delete them from shell command instead GUI? I really don't want to check thousand times for "discard". Also, is there a way that I can change the mailman settings, in the future, non registered users pos

Re: [Mailman-Users] Character problems..

On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:23:34PM +0200, Anders Norrbring wrote: > I guess that the problem is in the way Mailman and Apache interprets what I > enter in the welcome_msg text entry box in the Mailman Admin page, after > all, this is a web page, and hence entered characters are converted > somewher

Re: [Mailman-Users] messages stuck in queue after approval

At 6:43 PM -0300 2004-08-12, Juan Nin wrote: Aug 12 18:28:46 2004 (11220) All recipients refused: Server not connected Aug 12 18:28:46 2004 (11220) smtp for 338 recips, completed in 65.904 seconds This implies that your MTA is not running, or not accepting connections. Check your MTA to make

[Mailman-Users] messages stuck in queue after approval

Hi, I'm running mailman 2.0.13 on a RH 7.1 box. I'm having problems with some moderated lists... when the administrator approves a message the message gets stuck... the lists keeps locked, since I see the lock at /var/mailman/locks/ in /var/logs/mailman/post I get: Aug 12 18:28:46 2004 (11220) po

[Mailman-Users] Re: Lost Password

That didn't work. I still don't know how to get into my site. On Aug 12, 2004, at 2:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm pretty sure that the default master admin password is: weNo150 -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.py

RE: [Mailman-Users] Character problems..

> At 3:44 PM +0200 2004-08-12, Anders Norrbring wrote: > > > I've noticed a small problem... If I enter a "Welcome to the list > message" > > in welcome_msg that includes international characters like our Swedish > å ä ö > > Å Ä Ö then the e-mail sent to list user contains encoded characters >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Correct permissions for mailing list

Have you run bin/check_perms? If so, does it report any problems? Yes. No problems reported. emd -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-

Re: [Mailman-Users] Correct permissions for mailing list

On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:41:50AM -0700, Erin Dalzell wrote: > Changed the permissions on my mailing list files (to attempt to fix > another problem) and now I cannot access the admin page for my mailing > list. Have you run bin/check_perms? If so, does it report any problems? George -- [EMA

Re: [Mailman-Users] Backup Mailing List

At 4:59 PM -0300 2004-08-12, gus wrote: Use the command-line tools detailed at . What is the command for backup Well, from the descriptions on this page, I'd say that list_members should be the program you want to ru

Re: [Mailman-Users] Backup Mailing List

Brad Knowles wrote: At 5:19 PM -0600 2004-08-11, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I own a mailing list of 8400 members. How do I back up the list in a comma separated file? Use the command-line tools detailed at . What is the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Basic question

--On Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:53 pm +1000 Angela Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I cant' find an answer to a very basic question. I want to use your service for distributing Newsletters to a list. If I create a newsletter how do I send it to the list stored on your server. Do I create the ne

[Mailman-Users] Correct permissions for mailing list

Changed the permissions on my mailing list files (to attempt to fix another problem) and now I cannot access the admin page for my mailing list. If I try I get the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/mailman/scripts/driver", line 87, in run_main main() Fi

Re: [Mailman-Users] problem getting mailman working with courier + LDAP

At 1:01 PM -0400 2004-08-12, Russell Premont wrote: The issue I am having is that all mail that gets sent to any of the mail list addresses gets deferred. If I go to the web interface and subscribe there it works fine. I get the request sent to me but I cannot respond via email or it get

RE: [Mailman-Users] Lost Password

I'm pretty sure that the default master admin password is: weNo150 Charles Frederick (215) 241 7183 Intern, Education Team, IT Department American Friends Service Committee -Original Message- From: [EM

[Mailman-Users] problem getting mailman working with courier + LDAP

I have a Solaris 9 sparc box running Courier for pop3 and LDAP being used as the authentication method. I have installed Python 2.3.4 and MailMan 2.1.5. I have modified the install for MailMan from usr/local to /home but other than that everything else is the default installation.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Modifying the mailman.po file

At 11:54 AM +0200 2004-08-12, Maciej Homziuk wrote: I modify the mailman.po file and then compile it to mailman.mo. Unfortunatelly it doesn't take any effect on the messages in those emails, although other changes (for example the navigation in list admin web interface) are accepted. Had you

Re: [Mailman-Users] Password

At 7:33 AM -0700 2004-08-11, New Mexico Catalog wrote: I have been unable to get our administrative password and to correct this problem. If you had bothered to follow the instructions at , you would have easily found the FA

Re: [Mailman-Users] Backup Mailing List

At 5:19 PM -0600 2004-08-11, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I own a mailing list of 8400 members. How do I back up the list in a comma separated file? Use the command-line tools detailed at . -- -- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTE

[Mailman-Users] add_virtualhost()

Hi, I just compiled the 2.1.5 of Mailman. Using three domains on this box I add the "add_virtualhost() directive in mm_cfg.py. But now I get an Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/mailman/bin/mailmanctl", line 105, in ? from Mailman import mm_cfg File "/usr/local/mailman/M

[Mailman-Users] Lost Password

How do I get in the backend if I lost my password to a group? Thanks, Jonathan -- 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 A

RE: [Mailman-Users] question

At 8:33 AM -0700 2004-08-12, Russell Mann wrote: Here's my "solution" post: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/msg26415.html Maybe Brad Knowles can add this info to the FAQ? Actually, you have the ability to add this to the FAQ yourself. If you go down to the bottom of the

RE: [Mailman-Users] question

> I am interested in using Mailman, but have a few quick questions. I've been using it for about two weeks, so here's a fresh perspective for you :) > One, is it easily customizable? Meaning I can change the > wording/backgrounds/etc after it's uploaded? (Maybe Open > Source is the term I'm

RE: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing to Multiple Lists Simultaneously - SOLVED

> Next thing I > want to do is allow the users to subscribe to multiple lists > from one signup page. The reason is we don't want our > customers to have to go through more hoops just to get our > information! > > I see a couple questions on the list posted about this, but > no one appears

Re: [Mailman-Users] question

At 5:04 PM -0400 2004-08-08, Tanner Woodford wrote: One, is it easily customizable? Meaning I can change the wording/backgrounds/etc after it's uploaded? (Maybe Open Source is the term I'm searching for.) Mailman is open source, yes. But you may also be interested in the page at

Re: [Mailman-Users] Request help: MM 2.1.5 Install on BSD; setGID errors.

At 10:30 AM -0400 2004-08-12, Hugh Esco wrote: My friend is root in his BSD jail. Will this be sufficient? Maybe. Depends on whether or not all the software was installed internally to the BSD jail. If it was, then this should be sufficient. If you're inside the jail but sharing a Mailman

Re: [Mailman-Users] Character problems..

At 3:44 PM +0200 2004-08-12, Anders Norrbring wrote: I've noticed a small problem... If I enter a "Welcome to the list message" in welcome_msg that includes international characters like our Swedish å ä ö Å Ä Ö then the e-mail sent to list user contains encoded characters like ä and å Can this

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

At 10:11 AM -0400 2004-08-12, David Relson wrote: I'm running mailman using the Mandrake 10.0 rpms. I apologize for not mentioning that fact. I assumed that the division of files between /usr/local/mailman and /var/lib/mailman was standard. Evidently I was mistaken. Anything done by any oth

Re: [Mailman-Users] Basic question

At 3:53 PM +1000 2004-08-12, Angela Smith wrote: I cant' find an answer to a very basic question. I want to use your service for distributing Newsletters to a list. If I create a newsletter how do I send it to the list stored on your server. Do I create the newsletter on my computer in HTML or

Re: [Mailman-Users] TUCOWs ????

At 8:51 PM -0500 2004-08-09, Gene wrote: I've just installed mailman. When trying to subscribe via web page, everything points to ddwww.tucows.com. I've added the DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST entries in mm_cfg.py, yet the tucows problem persists. Did you stop and restart Mailman,

RE: [Mailman-Users] Re: Manking an announcement list

> "Features: Members join by filling in a form on your website > (and replying to the confirmation email). They will be sent a > welcome message that does not mention how to post to the > list. They will receive your newsletters, with a footer that > gives simple instructions for unsubscribing

[Mailman-Users] Password

Several months ago, a prior employee installed mailman for us on a test basis. It now seems that some of our customers are getting unwanted emails and we need to change the settings. I have been unable to get our administrative password and to correct this problem. Help! David Taylor, Owner New

[Mailman-Users] Basic question

I cant' find an answer to a very basic question. I want to use your service for distributing Newsletters to a list. If I create a newsletter how do I send it to the list stored on your server. Do I create the newsletter on my computer in HTML or as text and then what? Sincerely, Angela Smith Mark

[Mailman-Users] question

Hello there, I am interested in using Mailman, but have a few quick questions. One, is it easily customizable? Meaning I can change the wording/backgrounds/etc after it's uploaded? (Maybe Open Source is the term I'm searching for.) Two, We already have a list set up, can I import about 6,000 con

[Mailman-Users] TUCOWs ????

I've just installed mailman. When trying to subscribe via web page, everything points to ddwww.tucows.com. I've added the DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and DEFAULT_URL_HOST entries in mm_cfg.py, yet the tucows problem persists. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks Gene ---

[Mailman-Users] Modifying the mailman.po file

Hi All, I wanted to modify the messages in the emails, that mailman sends as a response to users requests (sent at name-request). I modify the mailman.po file and then compile it to mailman.mo. Unfortunatelly it doesn't take any effect on the messages in those emails, although other changes (

[Mailman-Users] Backup Mailing List

Hi, I own a mailing list of 8400 members. How do I back up the list in a comma separated file? -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-m

Re: [Mailman-Users] Request help: MM 2.1.5 Install on BSD; setGID errors.

On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 06:35:27AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello folks: > > I'm coaching a friend on installing MM on a BSD server. > I use and administer a Debian box myself here at the office. > While I administer (in the sense of creating lists and > assigning moderators) an install

[Mailman-Users] Re: Manking an announcement list

I finally found my question on the faq and I got this response: "Features: Members join by filling in a form on your website (and replying to the confirmation email). They will be sent a welcome message that does not mention how to post to the list. They will receive your newsletters, with a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Request help: MM 2.1.5 Install on BSD; setGID errors.

My friend is root in his BSD jail. Will this be sufficient? -- Hugh Esco On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:19:57 +0200 Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 6:35 AM + 2004-08-12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The config.log reports: > > * Installation directory /usr/local/mailman is

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:40:30 +0200 Brad Knowles wrote: > At 9:44 PM -0400 2004-08-11, David Relson wrote: > > > No! Recursive grep commands include a directory specification, > > hence don't need to be executed from a specific subdirectory. My > > "egrep -r... /usr/lib/mailman" command searc

[Mailman-Users] Character problems..

I've noticed a small problem... If I enter a "Welcome to the list message" in welcome_msg that includes international characters like our Swedish å ä ö Å Ä Ö then the e-mail sent to list user contains encoded characters like ä and å Can this be prevented? Anders Norrbring --

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

- Original Message - From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Echlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:37 AM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem Thanks, Stephen That looks like an interesting solution. I'll mak

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

- Original Message - From: "Robert Echlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Relson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem > For my next try, I have set the timeout to 1500 seconds, instead of 300,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Cgi form/email for unsubscribing

At 7:40 AM +0100 2004-08-12, PeteBell wrote: So. Is it possible therefore to use the "subscribe.py" as a model to produce an "unsubscribe.py" script which can be called by a form in the same way, thus speeding up the unsubscribe process, which at the moment is done by a form taking you to a pas

Re: [Mailman-Users] Request help: MM 2.1.5 Install on BSD; setGID errors.

At 6:35 AM + 2004-08-12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The config.log reports: * Installation directory /usr/local/mailman is not configured properly! * Set-gid bit must be set for directory: /usr/local/mailman You need to be more than in group wheel to fix this. You need to be root

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

At 9:44 PM -0400 2004-08-11, David Relson wrote: No! Recursive grep commands include a directory specification, hence don't need to be executed from a specific subdirectory. My "egrep -r ... /usr/lib/mailman" command searches mailman's source tree. I have no idea what OS you're using and wher

Re: [Mailman-Users] Security

--On Wednesday, August 11, 2004 4:45 pm +0200 Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 3:28 PM +0100 2004-08-11, Ian A B Eiloart wrote: I guess you'd still need to ensure the kids used good passwords and didn't share them. Then there's the spyware issue. I mentioned this privately in e-

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help me Please!!!

--On Wednesday, August 11, 2004 3:40 pm -0300 Euler Ricardo Rodrigues Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello. I want the problem that don´t find solution Help me please The solution is given in the error message that you sent us. This is the problem the system's mail server executed the mail

Re: [Mailman-Users] BIG discard problem

> "Robert" == Robert Echlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Robert> Stuff I looked at: Robert> - 2004 mailman list messages. Robert> - google for "discard mailman script" Robert> - mailman faq (search for discard) Robert> - docs on www.list.org Robert> - bin/discard.py seem