[Mailman-Users] Restrict Mass Subscription

2005-02-11 Thread Jason Bertoch
I want to grant my users the ability to administer their own lists via the web interface on my Mailman 2.1.5 installation. However, I would like to require that invitations be sent out if they use the mass subscription feature. Although I understand that with open source anything is possible, I w

[Mailman-Users] Problem with archives

2005-02-11 Thread drz
I am using Mailman on Debian linux and have just upgraded to the latest mailman software. I am having a problem with accessing the archives with the web interface and consistently get "You are not authorized to view this page" error. The path is: http://www.enabling.org/pipermail/// When I go

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman + giant lists + the infinite weight of the cosmos

2005-02-11 Thread Carl Zwanzig
In a flurry of recycled electrons, Brad Knowles wrote: > One thing I just remembered -- if you use Berkeley DB as a > storage format for either individual pickles, or the entire list, > then you break the ability to use NFS as the filesystem type. The > problem is that Berkeley DB makes

Re: [Mailman-Users] Some Posts not getting through - Troubleshoot ing tips?

2005-02-11 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Bruce Best (CRO) wrote on Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:45:17 -0500: > I sent a message to the list, then sent the message to the list and cc'd to > the troublsome email address. The cc goes through without a hitch, the > message from the list is never delivered. If I understand correctly you can send f

Re: [Mailman-Users] got error message , need help!!

2005-02-11 Thread dave
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Huan Zhang wrote: I got a post request from one of my co-worker included in our listserv list. She try to post a PDF file , the cause is Message body is too big: 854000 bytes with a limit of 100 KB I granted and then got the error message below IOError: [Errno 28] No space

[Mailman-Users] got error message , need help!!

2005-02-11 Thread Huan Zhang
Hello All, I got a post request from one of my co-worker included in our listserv list. She try to post a PDF file , the cause is Message body is too big: 854000 bytes with a limit of 100 KB I granted and then got the error message below Bug in Mailman version 2.1.5 We're sorry, w

RE: [Mailman-Users] Some Posts not getting through - Troubleshoot ing tips?

2005-02-11 Thread Bruce Best (CRO)
-Original Message- > From: Dan Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Feb 11, 2005, at 9:44 AM, Bruce Best (CRO) wrote: > > 2.1.5; under "Non-Digest options", it says nothing about "Full > > Personalization", there are only three options; > mm_cfg.py must include the line "OWNERS_CAN_EN

[Mailman-Users] Mailman Statistics

2005-02-11 Thread Aaron Crosman
I'm looking for a package that could provide traffic reports for Mailman, similar to those that AWStats or Webalizer generate for web traffic. I searched the archive, and while I found a conversation from 2002 suggesting that several people were considering starting such a project I can't find any

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: Critical security update for Mailman 2.1.5

2005-02-11 Thread John Dennis
On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 08:34 -0500, AJ wrote: > This also stripped it down for me. > I do not see any logs in error or mischief. > How can I get it to actually log the attempt so I know this is working. If you are running with apache >= 2.0, which many sites are, then apache will strip the maliciou

Re: [Mailman-Users] Some Posts not getting through - Troubleshoot ing tips?

2005-02-11 Thread Dan Phillips
On Feb 11, 2005, at 9:44 AM, Bruce Best (CRO) wrote: -Original Message- On Feb 11, 2005, at 9:33 AM, Bruce Best (CRO) wrote: I can't seem to find a "Full Personalization" option anywhere in the list admin; where do I set this? I don't remember if you've specified which version of Mailman yo

RE: [Mailman-Users] Some Posts not getting through - Troubleshoot ing tips?

2005-02-11 Thread Bruce Best (CRO)
> -Original Message- > On Feb 11, 2005, at 9:33 AM, Bruce Best (CRO) wrote: > > I can't seem to find a "Full Personalization" option > anywhere in the > > list > > admin; where do I set this? > > > > I don't remember if you've specified which version of Mailman you're > using, but in 2.

RE: [Mailman-Users] Some Posts not getting through - Troubleshoot ing tips?

2005-02-11 Thread Bruce Best (CRO)
> -Original Message- > From: Brad Knowles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 10:04 AM > > Many mis-configured anti-spam systems will mis-identify mailing > lists as "spam", or if the message comes in and does not explicitly > list the recipient on the "To

RE: [Mailman-Users] Some Posts not getting through - Troubleshoot ing tips?

2005-02-11 Thread Brad Knowles
At 9:45 AM -0500 2005-02-11, Bruce Best (CRO) wrote: I will approach the site that email is not getting through to see if they know (this will be easy, as it is in fact my work email that isn't getting the posts); I was trying to get a better idea of what the causes might be. Many mis-configure

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman + giant lists + the infinite weight of the cosmos

2005-02-11 Thread Brad Knowles
At 1:50 PM -0800 2005-02-08, Cabel Sasser wrote: One question I just posed to Carl via e-mail is in regards to Python 2.3 using this new "db package" for the pickles. I'll repost it here for the sake of the archives. One thing I just remembered -- if you use Berkeley DB as a storage format for

RE: [Mailman-Users] Some Posts not getting through - Troubleshoot ing tips?

2005-02-11 Thread Bruce Best (CRO)
> -Original Message- > From: Kai Schaetzl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Then it is definitely not a Mailman problem. Go to the other > site and ask > why this mail is deferred. If you think it's a spam filter > try changing > the contents of the mail, try to send the same mail with t

[Mailman-Users] Re: [Mailman-Developers] Mailman 2.1.6 beta 3 released

2005-02-11 Thread Brad Knowles
At 10:53 PM +0900 2005-02-11, Tokio Kikuchi wrote: - Most of the installation instructions have been moved to a latex document. See admin/www/mailman-install/index.html for details. Please note, this is just the source version of the documentation. A pre-generated copy of the docume

Re: [Mailman-Users] security heads up - path traversal with 2.1.5

2005-02-11 Thread Brad Knowles
At 1:31 PM +0100 2005-02-11, Kai Schaetzl wrote: that's the same issue as when users decide when to make announcements about mailman without consulting Barry. All of what you are saying is based on false presumptions. There was no announcement, this list is not an office owned by Barry and it's

[Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.1.6 beta 3 released

2005-02-11 Thread Tokio Kikuchi
Hi, I put together a tarball for Mailman 2.1.6 beta 3 and placed on my Japanese Mailman site at: http://mm.tkikuchi.net/mailman-2.1.6b3.tgz This is the third beta release of 2.1.6 which are roughly scheduled to be released by the end of February. Please grab it from above site and upgrade your

Re: [Mailman-Users] security heads up - path traversal with 2.1.5

2005-02-11 Thread Kai Schaetzl
One last comment. I had not followed the list for quite a few weeks or longer, had a problem and opened the folder to see if it was mentioned in any of the latest postings. One of the first I came across, reading from behind, was this thread. Chuq's reply sounded quite rude to me at that time,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: Critical security update for Mailman 2.1.5

2005-02-11 Thread AJ
This also stripped it down for me. I do not see any logs in error or mischief. How can I get it to actually log the attempt so I know this is working. Thanks. Quoting Tokio Kikuchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: AJ wrote: How can we test that the patch is working? Is there a way to cause the log message to

[Mailman-Users] URL for admin page

2005-02-11 Thread Adam Rosi-Kessel
Whenever I created a new list before, the URL for the admin page was automatically set to http://myhost/mailman/admin. Now it is creating new lists with admin URL http://myhost/admin, which doesn't work. I haven't changed any configuration in the interim, although I have been upgrading through De

Re: [Mailman-Users] Run a script when new lists are created

2005-02-11 Thread martin f krafft
If you create mailinglists over the web, I don't know. If you create them from the command line, provide a wrapper to newlist in /usr/local/sbin... -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] invalid/expired p

Re: [Mailman-Users] How do I apply the patch?

2005-02-11 Thread David Relson
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:44:04 + david gordon wrote: > I've no idea how to apply the security patch, someone want to give me a clue? > > Many thanks > > -- > david gordon Hi David, Here's what worked for me: cd /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/ patch < /tmp/CAN-2005-0202.txt Adjust paths

[Mailman-Users] Run a script when new lists are created

2005-02-11 Thread Meike Reichle
Hi all I am in the process of moving all out mailing lists to mailman. So far, everything went rather smoothly, but there's on last problem I am trying to solve: When I create a new mailing list, I have to add the new addresses to our mailservers' whitelists. I wrote a script that does that, bu

Re: [Mailman-Users] security heads up - path traversal with 2.1.5

2005-02-11 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Chuq Von Rospach wrote on Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:48:23 -0800: > If you own a business, and your customers start telling your employees > when to take coffee breaks, would that upset you? What's that got to do with Mailman or this list? > > that's the same issue as when users decide when to make

[Mailman-Users] Working with multiple domains

2005-02-11 Thread david gordon
My host runs a Virtual Server environment (I believe using VSD) and I have a number of different domains there. I have a couple of Mailman lists running from a single installation but using different domains. ie [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Both of those lists will eventually 'give away' t

[Mailman-Users] Changing my DEFAULT_HOST_NAME

2005-02-11 Thread david gordon
I have moved my server including Mailman installation from one host to another. As a result the default server name changed. I have added the new default server name to mm_cfg_py but still see that monthly password reminders are sent from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Defaults.py has --- # Site-specific setti

Re: [Mailman-Users] Some Posts not getting through - Troubleshooting tips?

2005-02-11 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Bruce Best (CRO) wrote on Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:48:32 -0500: > The only potentially useful log I can see is the "connection timed out" > lines in the exim4 logs, which are the only thing showing that exim is > trying to send the email and it isn't getting through: > Then it is definitely not a Ma

[Mailman-Users] www.python.org back online...

2005-02-11 Thread Brad Knowles
Folks, The power problem has been resolved. It turns out that the machine itself was not down, but the switch it was connected to was. So, as far as it was concerned, it was the rest of the world that went away. ;) Anyway, www.python.org now points back to the original server, and everythi

[Mailman-Users] How do I apply the patch?

2005-02-11 Thread david gordon
I've no idea how to apply the security patch, someone want to give me a clue? Many thanks -- david gordon -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.py

Re: [Mailman-Users] Critical security update for Mailman 2.1.5 and earlier

2005-02-11 Thread Axel Beckert
Hi! Am Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 10:06:55AM +0900, Tokio Kikuchi schrieb: > >Python 1 (respective at least 1.5.2) complains about syntax > >errors. (Which, in fact, also helps against the vulnerability by > >displaying the "You've found a Mailman bug" page. ;-) > > Change the true_path function as: >

[Mailman-Users] Mailman archives

2005-02-11 Thread Χρήστος Ράμμος
Hello to all, i am a new member in this list and i hope that we'll have a great cooperation. First of all i would like to give you a sample of what i want to do ... In my mailman archives i have a post like ... FW: [SECURITY] [DSA 669-1] New php3 packages fix several vulnerabilities *First_Name