[Mailman-Users] Mailman not sending mail to list members

2008-02-20 Thread Dave Filchak
Hello, I am running Mailman version 2.1.6 and recently had to move my servers from one data center to another. This necessitated a change of IPs. Since the move, Mailman has refused to send out posts from my lists. Mail gets to the host and is redirected through aliases to the proper location,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brad Knowles
On 2/21/08, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Granted, Brad himself often criticizes the implementation at AOL, > Yahoo, et al. But the underlying strategy is the same. "Stop spam as > far upstream as you can." Yeah, but SPF/SenderID and DKIM/DomainKeys are not the right tools to be forcing ever

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brad Knowles
On 2/21/08, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > C'mon, Mark, you know that the only problem here is that there's no > accepted standard; they have to authenticate "you" somehow (do you > really want me to be able to spoof you and get information about your > mail to Yahoo customers?), and the right "

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brad Knowles
On 2/20/08, Brian Carpenter wrote: > The really bad situation is when an e-mail forwarder that is setup on my > server that forwards both legitimate mail and spam (when it makes it through > my anti-spam system) to their AOL or Yahoo account and the user then clicks > that wicked "spam" button

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brad Knowles
On 2/21/08, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > > It's just yahoo that behaves like a black sheep in this game. > > But that's simply not true. AOL has a deservedly bad reputation, as > does Hotmail. I've had problems with a number of universities, as > well (deserved, in a sense, but it was damn h

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brad Knowles
On 2/20/08, Attila Kinali wrote: >> This is just selective greylisting, which lots of sites use as a >> blanket policy. > > It's definitly not greylisting. Our server sends out a few dozen mails > a day on the low traffic lists to a few hundred on the high traffic ones. > Any greylisting that

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brad Knowles
On 2/21/08, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > If you're in a hosted environment, you might think about asking your > host to implement domain keys and/or PGP-signing your mail. (Mailman > is (was?) not friendly to domain keys of non-owner posters, but in the > case of an announcement list having t

[Mailman-Users] get_content_type() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

2008-02-20 Thread Darragh Gammell
Hi I keep seeing this error in my mailman error logs. I've tried googling it for reasons but to no avail. Anyone seen it before/have a reason. Feb 21 17:03:21 2008 (16810) SHUNTING: 1176744092.7541261+83406355fa8fca831709ca6993e45b1b8763a180 Feb 21 17:03:25 2008 (16810) Uncaught runner exceptio

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Mark Sapiro writes: > That's not what I understood it to say. I understand they need to > authenticate me somehow as the person authorized to receive reports > about my mail to yahoo.com recipients, but I thought it said that in > order for me to participate in the feedback program at all, my

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Brian Carpenter writes: > This wouldn't be a problem if they just applied a filter to that person's > e-mail address but to block an server's IP from sending any e-mail to all > their users? Hold that shudder ... > and none of the major e-mail providers are willing to come up with > a syst

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<> I thought so Brian, so RRRGGG! And I only have prob with ONE aol'er (who HAS a comcast account but keeps forgetting his comcast password!!!). So periodically I have top open a Service Ticket with my provider and ask them to RE-contact (POS) aol. Goog thing is tho, only

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: >Mark Sapiro writes: > > > Then I read further and found "To participate in the program, > > senders must sign their outbound emails with DomainKeys (DKIM is > > not currently supported)." > > > > This is the second time in recent weeks that some large mail service > >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Carpenter
> -Original Message- > From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:23 PM > To: Brian Carpenter; 'Gabriel Millerd'; mailman-users@python.org > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo > > Brian Carpenter wrote: > > > >I find it v

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Mark Sapiro writes: > Then I read further and found "To participate in the program, > senders must sign their outbound emails with DomainKeys (DKIM is > not currently supported)." > > This is the second time in recent weeks that some large mail service > has used it's 600 lb. gorilla status

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Brian Carpenter wrote: > >I find it very problematic when a large ISP such as AOL and Yahoo allows their >users to define what is spam is and what is not. Well, in one sense, only the final recipient can determine what is spam and what is not, but I certainly agree that providing a "this is spam

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > >Are you getting the "deferral based on customer complaints"? If so, >do you think they're lying about that, or something? (I'm not >claiming that you or any of your clients are spamming, and I don't >really care whether Yahoo customers are on average dumber than a >f

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Carpenter
> -Original Message- > From: Gabriel Millerd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:51 PM > To: Brian Carpenter; mailman-users@python.org > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Brian Carpenter <[EMAIL

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Gabriel Millerd
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Brian Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As for customer complaints, I would not be able to tell since Yahoo makes it > just about impossible to get on their feedback loop program. Believe me AOL > Couldnt this just be an issue of people on the list marki

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Gabriel Millerd
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, the messages I see, and the message Rick posted all seem to come > in response to the initial connect. Thus, Rick's hosting company > should be looking at themselve rather than Rick's list since it is > apparently

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Carpenter
> -Original Message- > From: Stephen J. Turnbull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 7:05 PM > To: Brian Carpenter > Cc: mailman-users@python.org > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo > > Brian Carpenter writes: > > > Well we have be

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Carpenter
Stephen you are my hero! Regards, Brian -- EMWD.com - 'Powered by Techies' Blog.emwd.com - "Curious comments from a web hosting techie" > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mailman- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen J. > Turnb

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Charles Marcus writes: > No one has a 'Right' to talk to anyone else's mail server. Everybody here concedes that, I think. > If they aren't playing well, document it: let anyone who uses your > services know that if THEY choose to use a problematic service, that is > their choice and their

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: >Attila Kinali writes: > > > > This is just selective greylisting, which lots of sites use as a > > > blanket policy. > > > > It's definitly not greylisting. Our server sends out a few dozen mails > > a day on the low traffic lists to a few hundred on the high traffic o

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Brian Carpenter writes: > Well we have been using domain keys as per yahoo's instructions and I > haven't seen any reductions in yahoo's deferrals. Well, they don't promise that any of those measures will get your mail through. And, to be sure, if I were them, I would not count domain keys as

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Attila Kinali writes: > It's just yahoo that behaves like a black sheep in this game. But that's simply not true. AOL has a deservedly bad reputation, as does Hotmail. I've had problems with a number of universities, as well (deserved, in a sense, but it was damn hard to get off the ban list o

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Attila Kinali writes: > > This is just selective greylisting, which lots of sites use as a > > blanket policy. > > It's definitly not greylisting. Our server sends out a few dozen mails > a day on the low traffic lists to a few hundred on the high traffic ones. > Any greylisting that is hal

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Dennis Black
Charles Marcus wrote: > On 2/20/2008, Dennis Black ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> postfix/main.cf >> yahoo_destination_recipient_limit = 5 # matches Yahoo's limit >> yahoo_destination_concurreny_limit = 2 >> > > I may be wrong, but I don't think you can add comments like that, onl

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2/20/2008, Dennis Black ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > postfix/main.cf > yahoo_destination_recipient_limit = 5 # matches Yahoo's limit > yahoo_destination_concurreny_limit = 2 I may be wrong, but I don't think you can add comments like that, only on lines that START with a '#'... so it

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2/20/2008, Brian Carpenter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >>> I think Yahoo should be sued for their interference of legitimate >>> e-mail communications >> Sorry, I just don't see this... they are providing a FREE service. >> >> If you aren't happy with it, go somewhere else. >> >> What I would

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Carpenter
> -Original Message- > From: Stephen J. Turnbull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You're welcome to like the attitude, but it's really just the flip > side of Yahoo's. The problem is spam, not Yahoo, and Yahoo serves a > clientele that in general cares more about spam getting through when > t

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Carpenter
> On 2/20/2008, Brian Carpenter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I think Yahoo should be sued for their interference of legitimate > > e-mail communications > > Sorry, I just don;'t see this... they are providing a FREE service. > > If you aren;t happy with it, go somewhere else. > > What I would

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2/20/2008, Brian Carpenter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I think Yahoo should be sued for their interference of legitimate > e-mail communications Sorry, I just don;'t see this... they are providing a FREE service. If you aren;t happy with it, go somewhere else. What I would do if I were you i

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Cyndi Norwitz
From: "Rick Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:15:58 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (0): SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection: host g.mx.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.53.191]: 421 4.7.0 [TS02] Messages from 216.104.33.122

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Dave Dewey
Quoting Larry Stone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I'm not blaming Mailman...I'm just asking if there is something about > > Mailman that I can change that will overcome this. Changing anything about > > Yahoo would be like changing heaven and earth. Surely, someone else is > > experiencing this issue

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Michael Welch
Mark Sapiro wrote at 08:21 AM 2/20/2008: >>Thanks for your reply. I understand that ultimately it is a Yahoo problem >>and ultimately something that will never be cured. I was hoping since I >>only run one small list that there was a "magic" switch that I could flip >>that would get past Yahoo

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Attila Kinali
On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:30:38 +0900 "Stephen J. Turnbull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian Carpenter writes: > [ IIRC it was Attila Kinali who wrote: ] > > > > If yahoo wants to receive mails from my server (and i'm sure > > > they want because their users subscribed to my lists), then > > >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Attila Kinali
今晩は On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:11:04 +0900 "Stephen J. Turnbull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Attila Kinali writes: > > > On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:15:58 -0600 > > "Rick Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (0): SMTP error > > > fro

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Rick Harris
I guess the point of this and other messages regarding spam is that Yahoo is being very cautious and erring on the side of protecting their clients. Meanwhile, in my Yahoo mail account this morning, I flagged as spam a message supposedly coming from Yahoo mail offering me random prizes, an offer fo

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Brian Carpenter writes: [ IIRC it was Attila Kinali who wrote: ] > > If yahoo wants to receive mails from my server (and i'm sure > > they want because their users subscribed to my lists), then > > they have to play nice like everyone else too. > > I like your attitude! You're welcome to li

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Attila Kinali writes: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:15:58 -0600 > "Rick Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (0): SMTP error > > from remote mail server after initial connection: host g.mx.mail.yahoo.com > > [206.190.53.191]: 421 4.7.0 [

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Carpenter
> -Original Message- > From: Dennis Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:24 AM > To: Brian Carpenter > Cc: mailman-users@python.org > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo > > Brian Carpenter wrote: > >> -Original Message

Re: [Mailman-Users] bounce question

2008-02-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Roberto Gherardi wrote: > >I have a problem whit the bounce. > >I would like to know if I can redirect all messages bounce (managed by the >engine internal mailman) of a particular news letter on a specific address >e-mail No. Not in Mailman. If you want to redirect or copy all bounces from a spe

Re: [Mailman-Users] bounce question

2008-02-20 Thread Barry Finkel
>Hi, > >I have a problem whit the bounce. > >I would like to know if I can redirect all messages bounce (managed by the >engine internal mailman) of a particular news letter on a specific address >e-mail > > >Many Thanks > >RGdC You can change the aliases file /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases (

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Dennis Black
Brian Carpenter wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Rick Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:57 AM >> To: 'Brian Carpenter'; 'Attila Kinali' >> Cc: mailman-users@python.org >> Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo >> >> Yes.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Rick Harris wrote: >Thanks for your reply. I understand that ultimately it is a Yahoo problem >and ultimately something that will never be cured. I was hoping since I >only run one small list that there was a "magic" switch that I could flip >that would get past Yahoo. If you are convinced tha

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Carpenter
> "Rick Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes. I am on a shared server. It seems that Yahoo picks up on the > fact > > that this is going to multiple recipients (apparent 5+ raises the > flag). > > Since I am on a shared server, it appears that my option for > personalization > > is turne

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Attila Kinali
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:57:22 -0600 "Rick Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. I am on a shared server. It seems that Yahoo picks up on the fact > that this is going to multiple recipients (apparent 5+ raises the flag). > Since I am on a shared server, it appears that my option for personali

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Carpenter
> -Original Message- > From: Rick Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:57 AM > To: 'Brian Carpenter'; 'Attila Kinali' > Cc: mailman-users@python.org > Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo > > Yes. I am on a shared server. It

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, 2008/2/20, Rick Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes. I am on a shared server. It seems that Yahoo picks up on the fact > that this is going to multiple recipients (apparent 5+ raises the flag). > Since I am on a shared server, it appears that my option for personalization > is turned off

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Attila Kinali
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:48:17 -0500 "Brian Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really think the best option is to get our mailman list subscribers to > start using another e-mail provider. I think Yahoo should be sued for their > interference of legitimate e-mail communications and the way th

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Rick Harris
Yes. I am on a shared server. It seems that Yahoo picks up on the fact that this is going to multiple recipients (apparent 5+ raises the flag). Since I am on a shared server, it appears that my option for personalization is turned off. If I understand correctly, personalization might overcome th

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Carpenter
> > My Mailman list is very small with < 20 members and only 3 Yahoo > addresses > > and the user complaint thing is bogus. This is a golf list for crying > out > > loud.all of the members want to know what their tee times are for > Saturday! > > All of Yahoo addresses have the same issue, even my

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Attila Kinali
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:15:58 -0600 "Rick Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (0): SMTP error > from remote mail server after initial connection: host g.mx.mail.yahoo.com > [206.190.53.191]: 421 4.7.0 [TS02] Messages from 216.104.33.122 temporari

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Dennis Black
Rick Harris wrote: > Thanks for your reply. I understand that ultimately it is a Yahoo problem > and ultimately something that will never be cured. I was hoping since I > only run one small list that there was a "magic" switch that I could flip > that would get past Yahoo. > > Rick Harris > >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Rick Harris
Thanks for your reply. I understand that ultimately it is a Yahoo problem and ultimately something that will never be cured. I was hoping since I only run one small list that there was a "magic" switch that I could flip that would get past Yahoo. Rick Harris -Original Message- From: Bri

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Brian Carpenter
> > My Mailman list is very small with < 20 members and only 3 Yahoo > addresses > and the user complaint thing is bogus. This is a golf list for crying > out > loud.all of the members want to know what their tee times are for > Saturday! > All of Yahoo addresses have the same issue, even my own w

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Larry Stone
On 2/20/08 6:06 AM, Rick Harris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank you for the response. > > I have spent time testing individual mail to the same addresses from the > same source and I am successful. > > What I failed to note in my posting is that this occurs when the mail is > going to multip

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Adam Gabriel
This sounds like an anitspam tactic to me. Messages addressed to multiple recipients are deferred, since a lot of spammers won't try sending a deferred message again; It's not worth their time or resources to keep track of deferred messages, and then go back and retry them. A legitimate mail wil

[Mailman-Users] bounce question

2008-02-20 Thread Roberto Gherardi
Hi, I have a problem whit the bounce. I would like to know if I can redirect all messages bounce (managed by the engine internal mailman) of a particular news letter on a specific address e-mail Many Thanks RGdC -- Mailman-Users mailing list

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Rick Harris
Thank you for the response. I have spent time testing individual mail to the same addresses from the same source and I am successful. What I failed to note in my posting is that this occurs when the mail is going to multiple addresses as in a normal post. If I go into my list and turn every

Re: [Mailman-Users] Need ability to allow emails with specificsubject line

2008-02-20 Thread Savoy, Melinda
Well I found a workaround for my problem. I used in the CGIEmail, as was suggested yesterday, to just use an email address in the FROM line of my CGI form file that was accepted by the email list and it worked famously. I don't know why I had not thought of that but I appreciate the insight an

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hi, 2008/2/20, Rick Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > My hosting company tells me that the mail logs indicate that the majority of > Mailman's messages to Yahoo addresses return a "deferred" message. Here is > the complete message: This is not even remotely mailman related. I have the same issue wit

[Mailman-Users] Mailman postings deferred by Yahoo

2008-02-20 Thread Rick Harris
My hosting company tells me that the mail logs indicate that the majority of Mailman's messages to Yahoo addresses return a "deferred" message. Here is the complete message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (0): SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection: hos