[Mailman-Users] Some detail questions about migrating lists

2008-01-10 Thread Frank Griffin
Hi all, I need to migrate lists from an *old* Slackware system running MM 2.0 (0x20f0) to a new system where MM is installed via RPM (2.1.9). I've read the posts linked to by the FAQ, and the basic procedure is to copy the data, lists, and archives directories and run withlist fix_url. But

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mail Processing Problem?

2008-01-10 Thread Mark Sapiro
Dennis Putnam wrote: I'll give that a try. In the mean time maybe it is not what I thought based on your explanation. The specific error from my ISP complains about a missing DNS entry for RCPT TO. How do I set mailman to place the correct RCPT TO information in the headers for my SMTP server. I

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moderation Bit Problem

2008-01-10 Thread Mark Sapiro
Kathy Gee wrote: When the moderation bit for a member is turned on, that member gets an error message when trying to post a message. The error message says Your message could not be processed because of an internal error (software problem). We are very sorry. The system administrator has been

Re: [Mailman-Users] Some detail questions about migrating lists

2008-01-10 Thread Mark Sapiro
Frank Griffin wrote: According to the UPGRADE document, file formats have changed as have actual files (some new, some gone). What triggers the 2.1 version to do the necessary conversions ? Is it just finding files of the old version and recognizing them as such ? Yes, as far as the old

Re: [Mailman-Users] UTF-8 question

2008-01-10 Thread Mark Sapiro
Eva Isaksson wrote: The changes made for utf-8 included: - changing the template files and the Finnish translation file into utf-8 with iconv. - fixing the mm_cfg.py by making DEFAULT_CHARSET = 'UTF-8' and copying the relevant litany of LC_DESCRIPTIONS from Defaults.py into mm_cfg.py and setting

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mail Processing Problem?

2008-01-10 Thread Dennis Putnam
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for the reply. No. I do not have a static IP or a registered domain, which is why all mail from this server has to go through my ISP's server. However, non-mailman mail is sent just fine. If it is indeed the MAIL FROM then why would my changes

[Mailman-Users] mailman logs - how to check if all members recieved mail

2008-01-10 Thread Abdul Javid
Hi Is there a way to check if the mail has be sent to all members in mailing list thanks in advance for your replies Abdul - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. -- Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mail Processing Problem?

2008-01-10 Thread Mark Sapiro
Dennis Putnam wrote: No. I do not have a static IP or a registered domain, which is why all mail from this server has to go through my ISP's server. However, non-mailman mail is sent just fine. If it is indeed the MAIL FROM then why would my changes in mm_cfg.py, not have fixed it? On the other

Re: [Mailman-Users] UTF-8 question

2008-01-10 Thread Eva Isaksson
Mark Sapiro: I'm not certain about all of this, but there are places including Scrubber (removing attachments and flattening a message to plain text) and adding msg_header and msg_footer where the character set of a message can be coerced. Yes, this seems to be the case. Our lists typically

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman logs - how to check if all members recievedmail

2008-01-10 Thread Mark Sapiro
Abdul Javid wrote: Is there a way to check if the mail has be sent to all members in mailing list First, figure out how many recipients there should be. Get the possible recipients with bin/list_members --regular --nomail=enabled listname | wc -l Then figure out how many of those won't

Re: [Mailman-Users] Slow or Missed mails

2008-01-10 Thread Brad Knowles
On 1/9/08, Abdul Javid wrote: I noticed the mail processing is slow and sometimes they are notprocessed at all Search the Mailman FAQ Wizard at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py for words like performance and troubleshoot. -- Brad Knowles [EMAIL PROTECTED] LinkedIn Profile: