Re: [Mailman-Users] What happened to my archive? Why isn't the archive process running?

2008-10-29 Thread TGPlatt, WebMaster
LOL!! Bear in mind my guru friend that what's apparent to someone with your years of experience and wisdom isn't the least bit obvious to a mailman newcomers like me. Naïve as it may be, we tend to assume that when the program says it checked permissions and found no problems we're not likely to en

Re: [Mailman-Users] What happened to my archive? Why isn't the archive process running?

2008-10-29 Thread TGPlatt, WebMaster
I've probably just misunderstood something here. When you helped me with my setup in July, you had me create a mailman directory in the user's web space and we used that directory somehow. I've forgotten the exact reason we did that now but I vaguely recall it had something to do with working aroun

Re: [Mailman-Users] Changing a user's email address

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
Dennis Putnam wrote: > >Suppose I have a user that changes his email address and I don't want to >wait for that user to confirm the address change? How do I change the >address of any user simply as the list admin with no involvement of the >list member? Thanks. If you have command line access, u

[Mailman-Users] Changing a user's email address

2008-10-29 Thread Dennis Putnam
Suppose I have a user that changes his email address and I don't want to wait for that user to confirm the address change? How do I change the address of any user simply as the list admin with no involvement of the list member? Thanks. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ---

Re: [Mailman-Users] What happened to my archive? Why isn't the archive process running?

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
TGPlatt, WebMaster wrote: >It looks to me like check_perms has a hole in it, Mark. If you take a close >look at the error I've been getting repeatedly since early July (see below), >you'll see it consistently occurs on the index.html table in the >/usr/local/mailman/archives/private/mylist directo

Re: [Mailman-Users] What happened to my archive? Why isn't the archive process running?

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
TGPlatt, WebMaster wrote: > >> Assuming mailman's home directory is NOT /usr/local/mailman and >> assuming that prefix, and var_prefix are /usr/local/mailman, mailman's >> home directory is irrelevant. > >But mailman's home directory (where all its programs, scripts, archives and >discussion lists

Re: [Mailman-Users] What happened to my archive? Why isn't the archive process running?

2008-10-29 Thread TGPlatt, WebMaster
You said: > Assuming mailman's home directory is NOT /usr/local/mailman and > assuming that prefix, and var_prefix are /usr/local/mailman, mailman's > home directory is irrelevant. But mailman's home directory (where all its programs, scripts, archives and discussion lists are stored) IS /usr/loc

Re: [Mailman-Users] What happened to my archive? Why isn't the archive process running?

2008-10-29 Thread TGPlatt, WebMaster
It looks to me like check_perms has a hole in it, Mark. If you take a close look at the error I've been getting repeatedly since early July (see below), you'll see it consistently occurs on the index.html table in the /usr/local/mailman/archives/private/mylist directory. Here are the permissions on

Re: [Mailman-Users] What happened to my archive? Why isn't the archive process running?

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
TGPlatt, WebMaster wrote: > >Now can we talk about the proper ownership of all the mailman files both IN >/usr/local/mailman directory structure and in the UserAccount/mailman >directory as well? Shouldn't all (or most of) these files be owned by >mailman / mailman? Is that also true in the /archiv

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman on multiple domains

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
Scott Racewrote: >As a follow-up, I don't seem to have the virtual-mailman file on my >server anywhere as stated in the documentation Is the virtual domain in POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['the.virtual.domain'] in mm_cfg.py. Is the host_name of the list = the.virtual.domain Have you r

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman on multiple domains

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
Scott Race wrote: > >So I have mailman running on a new VirtualHost, I can create a list from >the web interface, I can join lists and all emails from the system look >ok (having the second domain name). When posting, I get the following: > > > >Your message did not reach some or all of the inten

Re: [Mailman-Users] membership disabled message

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > >One of my lists is the newsletter type, where one person is in charge of doing >subs and unsubs. > >For this list in particular I don't really care, at all, about sending this >disabled message to the users. > >In the list config, I set bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings

Re: [Mailman-Users] help diagnosing problem

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
Ricardo Kleemann wrote: >Ok, I do see that there are a few errors for malformed remote addresses, but >would this cause mailman to stop processing? Looking through smtp-failure I >see only a couple of these errors in an hour timeframe, nothing that would >cause mailman to get stuck. The error

Re: [Mailman-Users] Correct Syntax For SUBSCRIBE Email Command

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
Steve Lund wrote: > >Sorry for the stupid question but the documentation shows no examples and I >am getting tired of playing 20 guesses with Mailman and always loosing. How >do I make the following work? - > >subscribe address= "John Q Public" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You can't. Your syntax is wron

Re: [Mailman-Users] Ubuntu version number

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
Bob Lydiate wrote: >How can I tell what actual version of Mailman I have. I am using mailman on >an Ubuntu server and the Ubuntu version number is not in the same general >format as the mailman version numbers. You can look in Mailman's data/last_mailman_version This will contain something like

[Mailman-Users] membership disabled message

2008-10-29 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, One of my lists is the newsletter type, where one person is in charge of doing subs and unsubs. For this list in particular I don't really care, at all, about sending this disabled message to the users. In the list config, I set bounce_you_are_disabled_warnings to 0 yet I still see mailma

Re: [Mailman-Users] Ubuntu version number

2008-10-29 Thread Barry Finkel
"Bob Lydiate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >How can I tell what actual version of Mailman I have. I am using >mailman on an Ubuntu server and the Ubuntu version number is not in the >same general format as the mailman version numbers. Did you install the Ubuntu/Debian package? If so, then you have

Re: [Mailman-Users] Web link configurations?

2008-10-29 Thread Brad Knowles
David Lane wrote: I have modified the mm_cfg.py file with the correct DEFAULT_URL_HOST, but the web links keep defaulting to the hostname of the server instead of the CNAME (alias) of the site as defined in the mm_cfg. Where else might mailman be getting the settings from that I haven't checked

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving Lists

2008-10-29 Thread Brad Knowles
Jeff Bernier wrote: I have a new server running our new Mailman Lists. I also have an older system containing Mailman lists that I want to migrate to the new server. Is this possible? If so... how is it done? The Mailman FAQ Wizard at

Re: [Mailman-Users] What happened to my archive? Why isn't the archive process running?

2008-10-29 Thread TGPlatt, WebMaster
I'm sorry to turn up in your support forum again, Mark. I've fought hard here to try to avoid that. The truth is it was our struggle with trying to configure my old server for mailman back in June and July that proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back with my old dedicated server hosting

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman archiver not archiving

2008-10-29 Thread Brad Knowles
James Chapman wrote: Any suggestions for things to check? The FAQ? Try searching for "troubleshooting" or "no mail goes out to members", etc -- Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LinkedIn Profile: -- Mailman-

Re: [Mailman-Users] Ubuntu version number

2008-10-29 Thread Brad Knowles
Bob Lydiate wrote: How can I tell what actual version of Mailman I have. I am using mailman on an Ubuntu server and the Ubuntu version number is not in the same general format as the mailman version numbers. That sounds like an Ubuntu question that should be asked on the Ubuntu mailing lists.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman on multiple domains

2008-10-29 Thread Scott Race
As a follow-up, I don't seem to have the virtual-mailman file on my server anywhere as stated in the documentation From: Scott Race Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:18 PM To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: Mailman on multiple domains I have Postfix

[Mailman-Users] Mailman on multiple domains

2008-10-29 Thread Scott Race
I have Postfix and Mailman running on a RHLE server. Mailman and Postfix work fine for a single domain setup. I have now setup my postfix configuration setup to accept mail for multiple domains. I did so editing main.cf to include the new domain I want to receive mail for, created a local use

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman on multiple domains

2008-10-29 Thread Scott Race
I did some more research and looked at the Mailman Install info (should have done that before posting, sorry). Looks like I need to be using virtual alias domains instead of virtual mailbox domains. I will work with this config. Thanks! Scott -Original Message- From: Scott Race Sent: Tu

[Mailman-Users] Mailman on multiple domains

2008-10-29 Thread Scott Race
Hello all, Question about using mailman in a virtual domain scenario. I currently have Postfix on a RHLE server with mailman installed working for a single domain. I am configuring Postfix for virtual domains, using the Virtual Mailbox Domain setup instead of alias domains since I'm assuming I am

[Mailman-Users] Correct Syntax For SUBSCRIBE Email Command

2008-10-29 Thread Steve Lund
Hello, Sorry for the stupid question but the documentation shows no examples and I am getting tired of playing 20 guesses with Mailman and always loosing. How do I make the following work? - subscribe address= "John Q Public" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> YIELDS: The results of your email command are

[Mailman-Users] Web link configurations?

2008-10-29 Thread David Lane
I have modified the mm_cfg.py file with the correct DEFAULT_URL_HOST, but the web links keep defaulting to the hostname of the server instead of the CNAME (alias) of the site as defined in the mm_cfg. Where else might mailman be getting the settings from that I haven't checked yet? Thanks, DAVID

[Mailman-Users] Moving Lists

2008-10-29 Thread Jeff Bernier
Hello All, I am a newbie to the Mailman ListServer, so go easy... I have a new server running our new Mailman Lists. I also have an older system containing Mailman lists that I want to migrate to the new server. Is this possible? If so... how is it done? Any help is appreciated. -Jeff

[Mailman-Users] mailman archiver not archiving

2008-10-29 Thread James Chapman
I've set up postfix / dovecot / mailman on my server and it works well, except that no messages to mailman lists are archived. The server hosts several domains, though mailman serves only one of the domains. Mail is delivered to mailing list subscribers as expected, but the messages are never added

[Mailman-Users] Ubuntu version number

2008-10-29 Thread Bob Lydiate
How can I tell what actual version of Mailman I have. I am using mailman on an Ubuntu server and the Ubuntu version number is not in the same general format as the mailman version numbers. <>< Bob Lydiate ><> -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailma

Re: [Mailman-Users] help diagnosing problem

2008-10-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > >I'm running mailman 2.1.9 under Ubuntu, and for some reason it seems to >somehow be getting stuck once in a while. Almost every day I have to "kick it" >to get it going by restarting the process. Although it seems all the qrunner >processes are still there, the qfiles

[Mailman-Users] help diagnosing problem

2008-10-29 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Hi, I'm running mailman 2.1.9 under Ubuntu, and for some reason it seems to somehow be getting stuck once in a while. Almost every day I have to "kick it" to get it going by restarting the process. Although it seems all the qrunner processes are still there, the qfiles seem stuck and until I re

Re: [Mailman-Users] What happened to my archive? Why isn't the archive process running?

2008-10-29 Thread TGPlatt, WebMaster
I'm sorry to turn up in your support forum again, Mark. I've fought hard here to try to avoid that. The truth is it was our struggle with trying to configure my old server for mailman back in June and July that proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back with my old dedicated server hosting

Re: [Mailman-Users] Messages shunted with "TypeError: decodingUnicode is not supported"

2008-10-29 Thread Josh Clark
Many thanks for the patch, Mark, your patch did indeed allow the message to go through. Ist it the case that the u'...' ones all have at least one upper case character in the local part and the rest don't? No, none of the u'...' addresses have uppercase characters. The only messages with u