Re: [Mailman-Users] thousands of lists

2005-07-27 Thread Iain Pople
We are using Solaris UFS. On 28/07/2005, at 2:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 01:55:36PM +1000, Iain Pople wrote: > >> The concern is that on a unix filesystem it is very slow to access >> directories with thousands of entries. >> > > While I can't address your question

Re: [Mailman-Users] thousands of lists

2005-07-27 Thread ross
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 01:55:36PM +1000, Iain Pople wrote: > The concern is that on a unix filesystem it is very slow to access > directories with thousands of entries. While I can't address your question directly, I can say that this isn't an issue. Just use ReiserFS or set your ext2/3 filesy

Re: [Mailman-Users] attachments being stored for plain-text digests

2005-07-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Elizabeth Lear wrote: > >A list on my site is not using content filtering, and has set digests >to plain mode. I've double-checked that all digest subscribers are >also set to plain mode. This is irrelevant to the following. Digest plain or mime only governs whether the individual messages in t

[Mailman-Users] thousands of lists

2005-07-27 Thread Iain Pople
Hi, I need to setup a system with around 15,000 lists. Have other people been using mailman for such a large number of lists? One thing that concerns me is that there doesn't seem to be any support for a hashed directory structure for storing the the lists config and archives under: $VAR_PR

[Mailman-Users] attachments being stored for plain-text digests

2005-07-27 Thread Elizabeth Lear
Hi - My apologies if this has been covered or is something obvious, but I haven't been able to find a reference to it in the manuals and I've never run across this before. A list on my site is not using content filtering, and has set digests to plain mode. I've double-checked that all digest sub

Re: [Mailman-Users] HTML mail getting garbled

2005-07-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Allen Watson wrote: >I'm having a problem like Liviu reported a couple of weeks ago. I'm on Mac OS X >Tiger. I created an HTML mail message as follows: > >Message, including graphic, is posted as a web page by our designer. I >open this in a browser, and use Safari's "Mail contents of this Page" >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Extract list members from backup without installing

2005-07-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Drew Bell wrote: > >Sadly, and against my wishes, they're switching from Mailman to some >other listserv software. With a 'strings' command and a little work with an editor, you can probably get the membership list from the config.pck. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for

Re: [Mailman-Users] Duplicate Messages Sent

2005-07-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Dan Collins wrote: > >The second message I sent to the mailman list had attachments for testing >scrub; over 50 mb no doubt. That subsequent e-mail has never arrived, but a >Mailman message informing me that there is an administrative task arrived. I >went to the web admin and discarded the mes

Re: [Mailman-Users] Extract list members from backup without installing

2005-07-27 Thread Drew Bell
On 7/27/05, Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not just wait until Mailman is running wherever it is going to be > and then just move the lists/listname/config.pck file from the laptop > to the new mailman machine? Sadly, and against my wishes, they're switching from Mailman to some othe

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help with Virtual Mailman

2005-07-27 Thread Tiago Cruz
Hi Vince! Thanks by your reply! Vince Van De Coevering escreveu: > I know this link isn't to a FreeBSD implementation but > It's a very good how-to for making Mailman, virtual domains, > And postfix all work together... > > Virtual Mailhosting System with Postfix Guide > http://www.gentoo.org/doc

[Mailman-Users] HTML mail getting garbled

2005-07-27 Thread Allen Watson
I'm having a problem like Liviu reported a couple of weeks ago. I'm on Mac OS X Tiger. I created an HTML mail message as follows: Message, including graphic, is posted as a web page by our designer. I open this in a browser, and use Safari's "Mail contents of this Page" command, which creates a me

Re: [Mailman-Users] Extract list members from backup without installing

2005-07-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Drew Bell wrote: > >Is there a way to extract the member list without installing Mailman >on my laptop? None of the handy scripts (like list_members) work, >because the directory structure's all different. Why not just wait until Mailman is running wherever it is going to be and then just move the

[Mailman-Users] Duplicate Messages Sent

2005-07-27 Thread Dan Collins
Hi y'all. Sorry if this is a little long. The continuing problem is that 1) the "welcome to the mailman list" e-mail (in German no less), 2) the first message I sent to the mailman list and then 3) the administrative warning message from Maillman regarding a subsequent message all go out to me

[Mailman-Users] Extract list members from backup without installing

2005-07-27 Thread Drew Bell
The server that hosted our Mailman list was swiped by management for other use. They were considerate enough to pull the hard drive, though, and it's mounted on my laptop via firewire. Now, I'd like to set up a new list (management provided some space on an existing, non-Mailman list server) and su

Re: [Mailman-Users] unsubscribe without confirmation

2005-07-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Sintz, James wrote: > >I understand the purpose of the confirmation, I just want the ability to turn >it off. It is okay if users get unsubscribed from my list because of a spooked >request. > If you really want to do it, I think the attached patch will allow it. Warning - this is untested, us

Re: [Mailman-Users] apache and mailman

2005-07-27 Thread John Dennis
On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 15:54 -0500, roy vinner wrote: > Greetings! > > Which settings are there to tweak so that apache set > with group=apache can still run mailman? creating a group web with no > such user and mailman and apache in it did not do the job. You need to rebuild mailman using the con

[Mailman-Users] apache and mailman

2005-07-27 Thread roy vinner
Greetings! Which settings are there to tweak so that apache set with group=apache can still run mailman? creating a group web with no such user and mailman and apache in it did not do the job. Thanks for any input. Roy -- Mailman-Users mai

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help with Virtual Mailman

2005-07-27 Thread Vince Van De Coevering
I know this link isn't to a FreeBSD implementation but It's a very good how-to for making Mailman, virtual domains, And postfix all work together... Virtual Mailhosting System with Postfix Guide http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/virt-mail-howto.xml The guide covers the interaction between several comp

[Mailman-Users] Help with Virtual Mailman

2005-07-27 Thread Tiago Cruz
Hi guys! My name is Tiago Cruz, I live in Brazil and I love *nix systems :) I can't write in english as well, so sorry for anything. I have a FreeBSD 5.4 box with Postfix and MySQL running with a several Virtual Hosts listed in Apache/ DNS. I would like to put my test domain called "sagarana.co

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming messages are not received in Mailman+Postfix

2005-07-27 Thread roy vinner
The issue was due to a local network firewall's blocking the IP address from outside the network. I had not been aware of its existence. Now the issue is fixed. Thank you and John for your suggestions. Gratefully, Roy Mark Sapiro wrote: > roy vinner wrote: > >>yes. I've tried sending me afte

[Mailman-Users] debian sarge and mailman

2005-07-27 Thread Sean Roe
Hi All, I am sure this has been addressed before but I am cant find it in the Archives. I am setting up a mailman server on a new debian sarge install with exim4. I installed the debian packages and am now geting bounce notices about gid: The following text was generated during the delivery

Re: [Mailman-Users] unsubscribe without confirmation

2005-07-27 Thread Sintz, James
Thanks!! I understand the purpose of the confirmation, I just want the ability to turn it off. It is okay if users get unsubscribed from my list because of a spooked request. -Original Message- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:52 AM To: Sint

Re: [Mailman-Users] unsubscribe without confirmation

2005-07-27 Thread Sintz, James
I am not talking about approval. No approval is required. I don't want the user to be required to CONFIRM their unsubscribe. Mailman seems kind of backwards in that I can configure it to allow open subs without confirmation or approval, but not open unsubs. Unsubs may not require approval, but

Re: [Mailman-Users] unsubscribe without confirmation

2005-07-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Sintz, James wrote: >Is there a way to enable unsubscribing without requiring user confirmation? >Users are added to the list manually by an administrator, yet we do want to >allow users the ability to unsubscribe using the listname-leave@ address. E-mail unsub requests require confirmation to

Re: [Mailman-Users] unsubscribe without confirmation

2005-07-27 Thread John Fleming
On Wednesday 27 July 2005 09:38 am, Sintz, James wrote: > Is there a way to enable unsubscribing without requiring user confirmation? > Users are added to the list manually by an administrator, yet we do want > to allow users the ability to unsubscribe using the listname-leave@ > address. > > Our

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming messages are not received in Mailman+Postfix

2005-07-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
roy vinner wrote: >> >yes. I've tried sending me after this and it is still not coming >through. Let me know if I should continue this on the postfix list, or >install sendmail, or whatever. There should by no need to use Sendmail rather than Postfix. Lots of sites have Mailman working with Pos

[Mailman-Users] unsubscribe without confirmation

2005-07-27 Thread Sintz, James
Is there a way to enable unsubscribing without requiring user confirmation? Users are added to the list manually by an administrator, yet we do want to allow users the ability to unsubscribe using the listname-leave@ address. Our list is a one-way newsletter letter list and users do NOT have a

Re: [Mailman-Users] HowTo make replies to Sender/List, and reply-alls to everyone?

2005-07-27 Thread Brad Knowles
At 7:33 AM -0500 2005-07-27, Matt England wrote: > Right now, I only see this functionality in my lists: > > * Replies go the list and only the list, regardless of a "reply" or a > "reply-all" MUA command. > > * Replies (with no reply-all) only go to the send/author. Correct. See

Re: [Mailman-Users] "No such list mailman" after creating list -Possibly Solved?

2005-07-27 Thread Josh Simoneau
John, That did it for me, there was a config file in /etc/httpd/conf.d. I haven't toyed much with that part of Apache in years and forgot that existed. Thanks! Regards, Josh Simoneau -Original Message- From: John Dennis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:47 PM To:

[Mailman-Users] HowTo make replies to Sender/List, and reply-alls to everyone?

2005-07-27 Thread Matt England
Hello Mailman-users, I'm a Mailman 2.1.6rc4 site admin. I'm seeking to support the following 2 features at the same time with an email list: 1) Replies go to list and sender/author I want to configure, if at all possible, some (or all) of my lists such that (by default) MUA replies to list-g