Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribers suddenly disappear

2008-08-05 Thread Max Lanfranconi
Hi, I would much appreciate if someone could take the time to replicate the following mailman behaviour. Please let me know if you find the same issues. Thanks in advance, Regards, Max Max Lanfranconi wrote: Mailman 2.1.11 Python 2.4.4 OS Solaris 2.11 Hi, I have been able to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribers suddenly disappear

2008-08-05 Thread Barry Finkel
Max Lanfranconi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mailman 2.1.11 Python 2.4.4 OS Solaris 2.11 Hi, I have been able to reproduce this bug consistently by running the replicate_bug script: replicate _bug is the following: #!/bin/sh /usr/local/mailman/bin/rmlist testlist1 /usr/local/mailman/bin/rmlist

Re: [Mailman-Users] Periods in user email addresses rejected

2008-08-05 Thread Barry Finkel
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: | Jay Deiman writes: | | I just got mailman up and running with Postfix and everything has been | working perfectly except when someone tries to subscribe to the list | that has a period in the user portion of the address. For example: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] It

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribers suddenly disappear

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
Barry Finkel wrote: Max Lanfranconi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mailman 2.1.11 Python 2.4.4 OS Solaris 2.11 Hi, I have been able to reproduce this bug consistently by running the replicate_bug script: snip I ran the script (after some minor modifications) on Ubuntu Dapper Mailman

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribers suddenly disappear

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mark Sapiro wrote: However, locking (at least list locking at the Mailman level) doesn't seem to be involved in this case because each command process will have saved and unlocked the list and terminated before the next command process begins. While is correct as far as it goes, I forgot about

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question re: creating new lists from the GUI

2008-08-05 Thread Simon
Hi Mark, Thanks for your help - see inline below for my responses. On 8/2/2008 11:15 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: The fact that you are getting 'user unknown in virtual mailbox table' tells me that your list domain is a postfix virtual domain. You need to go to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question re: creating new lists from the GUI

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
Simon wrote: And, well, dang - I visually inspected each file and they both contain the proper aliases for the newly created list, so the aliases *are* getting created... And were /var/lib/mailman/data/aliases.db and /var/lib/mailman/data/virtual_mailman.db updated when the list was created?

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question re: creating new lists from the GUI

2008-08-05 Thread Simon
On 8/5/2008 2:09 PM, Simon wrote: And, well, dang - I visually inspected each file and they both contain the proper aliases for the newly created list, so the aliases *are* getting created... Ok, found the problem, but am curious about the why... I'm new to mailman by the way, so sorry if

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question re: creating new lists from the GUI

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
Simon wrote: Ok, found the problem, but am curious about the why... I'm new to mailman by the way, so sorry if this is an FAQ... I use postfixadmin on this server and users are stored in mysql... I had to create the alias in postfixadmin, as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aliased to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question re: creating new lists from the GUI

2008-08-05 Thread Simon
On 8/5/2008 3:02 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: I had to create the alias in postfixadmin, as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aliased to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this normal? Or should mailman be creating this alias too? Your Mailman is misconfigured. I don't doubt that... :) and I appreciate your help in fixing

[Mailman-Users] How do I list all members of a list via command line?

2008-08-05 Thread Matt Smith
Hello all, I am fairly new to working with Mailman. We have several lists and I want to list all of the members of a few of the lists. How would I accomplish this? Thanks, Matthew Smith Tampa Bay Library Consortium 813-622-8252 X229 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question re: creating new lists from the GUI

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
Simon wrote: On 8/5/2008 3:02 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: I had to create the alias in postfixadmin, as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aliased to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this normal? Or should mailman be creating this alias too? Your Mailman is misconfigured. I don't doubt that... :) and I appreciate your

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question re: creating new lists from the GUI

2008-08-05 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Simon writes: I had to create the alias in postfixadmin, as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aliased to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this normal? Or should mailman be creating this alias too? Mailman should not create that alias. Those are different domains, in many installations different hosts with

Re: [Mailman-Users] How do I list all members of a list via commandline?

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
Matt Smith wrote: I am fairly new to working with Mailman. We have several lists and I want to list all of the members of a few of the lists. See the FAQ article at http://wiki.list.org/x/aYA9. -- Mark Sapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question re: creating new lists from the GUI

2008-08-05 Thread Simon
On 8/5/2008 4:44 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: I don't think so. I'm confused at this point. Mailman and Postfix both seem to be set up properly for you to mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], yet your mysql alias seems to be required for you to mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Which domain do you want to use for your

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question re: creating new lists from the GUI

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
Simon wrote: On 8/5/2008 4:44 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: I don't think so. I'm confused at this point. Mailman and Postfix both seem to be set up properly for you to mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], yet your mysql alias seems to be required for you to mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Which domain do you

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribers suddenly disappear - SOLVED

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
This thread moved to Mailman-Developers. See http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2008-August/020330.html for the analysis. -- Mark Sapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter use your sense - B. Dylan

[Mailman-Users] Digest options

2008-08-05 Thread Alan . Rubin
Hello, We are using Mailman 2.1.10. For digests, how would I set which day of the week, month, year, etc. that a digest is sent out? For example, if I choose Weekly digest, how do I set it to send with the week starting on Wednesday? Or if monthly, how do I choose the 15th? The options

Re: [Mailman-Users] Digest options

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are using Mailman 2.1.10. For digests, how would I set which day of the week, month, year, etc. that a digest is sent out? For example, if I choose Weekly digest, how do I set it to send with the week starting on Wednesday? Or if monthly, how do I choose the 15th?

Re: [Mailman-Users] Digest options - list configuration

2008-08-05 Thread Alan . Rubin
Mark, Thanks for your answer. It is very enlightening. This is a bit of a tangent, but also has to do with 'interpretation' of Mailman's configuration. If you read/work with the list configuration from the command line, using ~mailman/bin/config_list, you will see many descriptions that say

Re: [Mailman-Users] Digest options - list configuration

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your answer. It is very enlightening. This is a bit of a tangent, but also has to do with 'interpretation' of Mailman's configuration. If you read/work with the list configuration from the command line, using ~mailman/bin/config_list, you will see many

[Mailman-Users] i can not open http://localhost/mailman/admin

2008-08-05 Thread hanfei4567
I am a new to mailman.I have installed mailman-2.1.11 twice, as the following steps,but i can not open http://localhost/mailman/admin In http.conf, i have already added: ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/ Alias /pipermail/ /usr/local/mailman/archives/public/

Re: [Mailman-Users] i can not open http://localhost/mailman/admin

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
hanfei4567 wrote: I am a new to mailman.I have installed mailman-2.1.11 twice, as the following steps,but i can not open http://localhost/mailman/admin In http.conf, i have already added: ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/ Alias /pipermail/

Re: [Mailman-Users] Digest options - list configuration

2008-08-05 Thread Alan . Rubin
Mark, Back to Digests... If these lines occur in mailman's crontab - # Noon, mail digests for lists that do periodic as well as threshhold delivery. 0 12 * * * /opt/csw/bin/python -S /export/home/mailman/cron/senddigests how will lists with digests enabled be affected? If the list has a high