hello,
Is there a way to run external scripts at public/private list-creation?
I use an external archiver and it requires all lists archived to be
listed in it's config, so i need to add new lists automaticly.
Does mailman always use the tool 'newlist'? if yes, i could use a
wrapper, but what abou
On 09/04/2004 To Mailman-Users wrote:
> sorry, i absolutely have no idea what I did wrong, and I CCed this
> message to -developers since there seems to be no documented common
> usage of the EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER options.
> Maybe the message isn't passed to the shell command on stdin because
> other d
hello,
I try to configure mailman to use lurker as archiver, but the usage of
External Archivers is not clear for me, and i didn't find any
documentation about this topic except of a hint in mailmans faq wizard,
which only describes the way of subscribing a archiving user to every
list and set the
hi, is there any way to get the lists that are hosted by local mailman
and archived publicly? list_lists -a shows the lists that are showed on
the official list.
bye
mejo
--
Efficiency and progess is ours one more
Now that we have the Neutron bomb
It's nice and quick and clean and gets things d
On 01/07/2003 Richard Barrett wrote:
> Try again to put the fix into sourceforge bug collector for MM.
sorry, still doesn't work. i get an Error: "The requested URL could not
be retrieved" (and much more output).
bye
mejo
--
Efficiency and progess is ours one more
Now that we have the Neutron
On 01/07/2003 Richard Barrett wrote:
> >the mailmanctl script doesn't set groups.
> >so when i run mailmanctl as root, i become list:list but still have the
> >groups that root has. that's a grave security bug.
>
> I think not. I believe you are mistaking the meaning of the output from the
> id c
hello,
the mailmanctl script doesn't set groups.
so when i run mailmanctl as root, i become list:list but still have the
groups that root has. that's a grave security bug.
a possible (and working) patch is attached.
bye
mejo
ps: since the bug-reporting system at sourceforge doesn't work atm, i
On 28/06/2003 To Mailman-Users wrote:
> hello,
> i realized some strange behavior of mailman with the
> EXTERNAL_PUBLIC_ARCHIVER option. simply setting it to
> '/usr/bin/id > /tmp/log 2>&1' gives in /tmp/log:
> uid=38(list) gid=38(list) groups=0(root),102(lpadmin),109(shutdown)
mh, the problem is
hello,
i realized some strange behavior of mailman with the
EXTERNAL_PUBLIC_ARCHIVER option. simply setting it to
'/usr/bin/id > /tmp/log 2>&1' gives in /tmp/log:
uid=38(list) gid=38(list) groups=0(root),102(lpadmin),109(shutdown)
at commandline:
$ whoami
list
$ id
uid=38(list) gid=38(list) groups
On 24/06/2003 ODHIAMBO Washington wrote:
> Did Richard finally include his htdig (etc..) patches in 2.1.2?
> I haven't seen them at the SF download site.
i propose to use another external archiver like lurker. lurker has a
very mighty search function and provides many more options. see
http://lurk
On 17/06/2003 Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
> > if $actual_list has value "Argentina-Communicados" for example,
> > $actual_list_lc will be "argentina-communicados", and $actual_list_id
> > will have value "argentincommunic".
>
> What happens if an english speaking customer/friend creates another
On 17/06/2003 Wesley W. Terpstra wrote:
> I agree with Richard; this is too much work. Personally I would just not
> bother. If the user has more than 32 characters in a mailman mailing list
> name, just emit a warning on config generation and drop that list.
>
> This failure case is so rare that
On 17/06/2003 Richard Barrett wrote:
> PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER = 'echo "got called for %(listname)s" | cat >>
> /tmp/teststuff'
> PRIVATE_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER = 'echo "got called for %(listname)s" | cat >>
> /tmp/teststuff'
>
> appends a line containing the target listname to the file for each arc
On 17/06/2003 Richard Barrett wrote:
> >i still have in my mm_cfg.py:
> >PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER = 'lurker-index -l `lurker-list -c
> >/etc/lurker/lurker.conf | grep -B2 "^%(listname)s$"| head -n1` -m'
>
> From a quick glance at the documentation files accompanying the lurker
> release 0.90 on
hello,
i still have in my mm_cfg.py:
PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER = 'lurker-index -l `lurker-list -c /etc/lurker/lurker.conf |
grep -B2 "^%(listname)s$"| head -n1` -m'
that doesn't work.
how can i do this (showed in shell prompt) for every message mailman
gets:
listlurker=`lurker-list -c /etc/lurker/
On 16/06/2003 Richard Barrett wrote:
> >hello, i have in my mm_cfg.py:
> >PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER = lurker-index -l `lurker-list -c
> >/etc/lurker/lurker.conf | grep -B2 "^%(listname)s$"|head -n1` -m
> >
> >is some thing wrong with this syntax? mailman doesn't restart:
>
> The problem is that in
hello, i have in my mm_cfg.py:
PUBLIC_EXTERNAL_ARCHIVER = lurker-index -l `lurker-list -c /etc/lurker/lurker.conf |
grep -B2 "^%(listname)s$"|head -n1` -m
is some thing wrong with this syntax? mailman doesn't restart:
Restarting mailman queue runner: mailmanTraceback (most recent call
last):
Fi
hello,
i'm trying to get mailman 2.1.2 running with an alternative archiver.
the archiver gets the mail through a program called 'lurker-index'.
commandline usage would be:
/usr/bin/lurker-index -l $(listname) -m < /path/to/message
so, $listname has to be the stuff in front of the @, like mailman-u
Hello,
If I run (as user list, the user that runs all the mailman stuff)
/usr/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs, it gives the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 174, in ?
main()
File "/usr/lib/mailman/cron/checkdbs", line 115, in main
On 23/03/2003 Jim Popovitch wrote:
> NO!! You will loose your archives that way.
> This is what I do:
>
> edit mailman/archives/private/listname.mbox/listname.mbox (delete the
> posts)
What's the difference between edit
mailman/archives/private/listname.mbox/listname.mbox and deleting all
p
On 23/03/2003 Todd wrote:
> > Is there a clean way to clean up the archives of a list without
> > removing the list?
>
> You can edit the list's mbox and then run ~mailman/bin/arch to recreate the
> html archives.
You mean this way:?
rm mailman/archives/private/listname.mbox/listname.mbox
touch m
Hello,
Is there a clean way to clean up the archives of a list without
removing the list?
bye
mejo
--
Efficiency and progess is ours one more
Now that we have the Neutron bomb
It's nice and quick and clean and gets things done
Kill kill kill kill kill the poor tonight
On 23/03/2003 John Poltorak wrote:
> Is there a recommended way of setting up a search facility for archived
> messages?
I would use lurker (http://lurker.sourceforge.net/). You can use it
instead of pipermail. It's very fast in archiving, searching etc.
bye
mejo
--
Efficiency and progess is
On 13/03/2003 Dave Stern - Former Rocket Scientist wrote:
> It's theoretically possible but really messy. You'll still need an entry in
> aliases for each list eg:
>
> listname: "|/usr/local/bin/procmail -m /etc/procmailrc"
>and /etc/procmailrc will be rather universal, first running spamassas
On 11/03/2003 Detlef Neubauer wrote:
> > also. Now I would like to configure mailman to filter every incoming
> > mail through spamassassin.
>
> I think it would better you let your MTA or procmail to do this job.
Ok, let procmail do the job is fine, but is there a procmailrc that can
be used for
Hello,
I asked already two times, but no answer, now the third try ;)
I have mailman set up from debian/testing (2.0.13), and spamassassin
also. Now I would like to configure mailman to filter every incoming
mail through spamassassin. I found this patch at sourceforge, but if I
add SpamAssassin.py
Hello,
I have installed mailman from debian/testing (2.0.13-2) and spamassassin.
Now I got this SpamAssassin.py, copied it to
/usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Handlers, and added this to
Mailman/Handlers/HandlersAPI.py:
LIST_PIPELINE = ['SpamDetect',
->+'SpamAssassin',
On 26/02/2003 David Gibbs wrote:
> There is a patch on the mailman sf.net site that integrates SpamAssassin
> quite nicely.
>
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=640518&group_id=103
> &atid=300103
Seems to be nice, but I've a problem: I have installed mailman from
debian, a
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 10:44:53AM -0700, J C Lawrence wrote:
> > I asked several questions, and I never got an answer.
>
> Nobody has an obligation to answer. In general, people answer those
> questions that either interest them or which they have experience with.
> Questions that are FAQs te
Hello,
I asked several questions, and I never got an answer.
Now my question: Why? Are these questions to hard (better in devel-list) or to
FAQ, or with too little information or what?
Because all questions are very important for me.
I everytime give a sencefull subject, but other mails without a
Hello,
At the admin-interface of a list I can give a default hostname (which can
differ from the one in mm_cfg.py). But how can I configure mailman that when
I go to list.host1.com only the lists for this hostname are shown and at
lists.host2.com only the ones for lists.host2.com? Per default eve
On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 09:31:28AM -0700, Anna Fong wrote:
> Francois has a list called 'detente' and before I really looked closely
> at the script I threw that in there.
>
> In Francois' case and mine, the script would work better if we removed
> the `do' loop as we are only trying to update
On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:24:41AM -0700, Anna Fong wrote:
> #!/bin/sh
>
> newroot='/var/mailman'
>
> for list in `ls $newroot/lists/detente`
What does this line do? I don't understand it, and also I have no
lists/detente.
Bye
Jonas
--
We'll try to make different mistakes this time
--
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 05:43:49PM +0200, Bill Eldridge wrote:
> Somewhere someone notes, "I don't understand why
> someone would want read-only access to a list - why
> not open it to everyone"?
>
> A good example is a newsfeed - while some of my
> [ ...]
I think there are many examples:
A cvs-
Hello,
I know that this was discussed in the past, but I didn't find anything in my
archiv ;(
How can I turn off user-passwords? I read in the FAQ, that it will be feature
in the future. But the link says nothing. I'm running 2.0.8, and there is no
feature for turning off passwords.
Is it possib
On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 06:30:56PM -0800, Bill Wagner wrote:
> I've tried a variety of different options with ./configure, but I simply
> get pastthis error I get when doing a 'make install':
> ...
> compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/versions.py ...
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File
On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 11:45:41AM -0600, Alex Sammons wrote:
> Hi there
>
>what is the latest stable version of mailman
The latest stable is 2.0.8, but I hope that 2.1 is comming soon.
Bye
Jonas
--
Definition of Atheism: a non-prophet organization.
-
Hello,
I have big problems with compiling mailman-2.1b1:
I make everything like described in INSTALL. But at 'make install' it says:
---
[ ... ]
Compiling /opt/mailman21//Mailman/i18n.py ...
Compiling /opt/mailman21//Mailman/versions.py ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bin/update", l
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 10:32:38AM -0500, scriptures wrote:
> I have Mailman 1.1 from iFriendly.com.
I would download newer mailman from list.org. 2.0.8 is the newest version.
I think it's senceless to run older versions.
Bye
Jonas
--
My software never has bugs. It just develops random featu
Hello,
I'm running self-compiled mailman-2.0.8. (/home/mailman/mailman-2.0.8).
Now I want to install the patch for htdig.
but which patch is the right for 2.0.8. And then? Simply copying it to
~/mailman-2.0.8 and type 'patch -p1 patchfile' doesn't make anything.
If I look at the patchfile it look
On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 12:49:23PM -0800, Rich Gordon wrote:
> I'm a new user of mailman.
>
> I have set my parameters so that I do not
> have to approve any posted messages yet
> anytime someone posts a message it gets
> sent to me for approval with the following reason:
>
> "Message has implic
On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 01:25:34AM +0100, Peter, OL wrote:
> Guten Tag,
> ist es moeglich eine Anleitung fuer das Programm
> "Mailman 2.1" in deutsch zu bekommen, bzw.
> zumindest die wichtigsten Punkte?
>
> Ich danke Ihnen schon im Voraus.
This is an international list. Please post in english n
On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 09:51:30PM -0600, J. Frederick Ball OEF wrote:
> >The reason it is being held:
> >Message has implicit destination
>
> Here is the problem -- if you have implicit destinations, such as addresses
> in the bcc field, the message is held.
Wow, that's my problem too. And
Hello,
I tried to upgrade from 2.0.8 to 2.1b1, but I got troubles at make install.
./configure --with-mail-gid=25 --with-cgi-gid=www-data --prefix=/home/mailman
Allready reported a warning:
checking for Python Chinese Unicode codecs... not found
configure: warning:
* Python Unicode codecs for
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 06:12:35PM -0500, Farid, Tarek wrote:
> I have installed mailman recently on a RH 7.2 linux server with postfix
> as my mta. Created a test list. I can get to it fine with my web
> browser, except for the public archives (pipermail)! This is my first
> problem.
Did you ad
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 06:34:46PM +0100, Dirk H. Schulz wrote:
> >Admin gets a mail that he have to approve a posting and poster gets a
> >mail that his posting is hold for approval.
>
> Did you compare web based config and the config file? Perhaps there is
> something different? Seems a bit my
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 02:24:35PM +0100, Dirk H. Schulz wrote:
> >This still doesn't work. My Privacy Options:
> >---
> > [ Privacy Options ]
> >---
> >
> >What else could be the problem? I really wanna everyone be able to post
> >without approval of administrator.
>
> What exactly is the proble
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 01:56:16PM +0100, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> How can I set up a list where everyone can write?
This still doesn't work. My Privacy Options:
---
Advertise this list when people ask what lists are on ...
What steps are required for subscription?
Who can view subscrib
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:58:52AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 6 Mar 2002 at 16:45, Jonas Meurer wrote:
>
> > Only this can not be the point because I have it at no. I wanna that
> > really everyone, egal if subscribed or not etc. can post.
>
> Change the li
On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 09:35:10AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> > How can I set up a list where everyone can write?
>
> Admin interface, Privacy Options page. Set "Restrict posting
> privilege to list members?" to no.
Only this can not be the point because I have it at no. I wanna that
really
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 12:50:29PM -0500, Jon Carnes wrote:
> > How can I change the 'send question or comments to'-Addr on the main-
> > listinfo and admin-page? The domain isn't right. I've set
> > DEFAULT_HOST_NAME, but this mail-addr is still another hostname.
> As a last resort you can alway
Hello,
Is it possible to set wildcards in the field 'Addresses of members
accepted for postings to this list without implicit approval
requirement' in Privacy Options?
Like every addr from domain xyz.com is allowed to post without approval
requirement.
If yes, how?
*@xyz.com
or
xyz.com
Thanks
Hello,
I already have posted this 1 week ago. Can nobody help me?
How can I change the 'send question or comments to'-Addr on the main-
listinfo and admin-page? The domain isn't right. I've set
DEFAULT_HOST_NAME, but this mail-addr is still another hostname.
Bye
Jonas
--
Documentation is li
Hello,
How can I change the 'send question or comments to'-Addr on the main-
listinfo and admin-page? The domain isn't right. I've set
DEFAULT_HOST_NAME, but this mail-addr is still another hostname.
Bye
Jonas
--
On the 8th day, god created Linux.
Hello,
How can I set up a read-only list? So that I can add/del subscribers,
the subscribers can del themselfs, and the world can subscribe for
reading only.
Thanks
Jonas
--
The difference between theory and practice, is that in theory, there is no
difference between theory and practice.
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 09:58:35PM -0500, Jon Carnes wrote:
> I don't run courier with Mailman, but the problem seems common enough.
> Check your log files both for courier and Mailman (~mailman/logs/...)
>
> The most common problem is getting the wrapper to run properly with your
> MTA (couri
Hello,
Has anyone mailman running with courier as mailserver?
On the server where I have to install mailman courier is used as mailserver.
Are there any problems, or can I use it without troubles.
I've installed mailman without troubles, and the webinterface works
well. I also was able to make a
Hey ho,
Can I change the messages from mailman? At the confirm-mail:
mailinglist -- confirmation of subscription -- request 848064
We have received a request from 192.168.3.1 for subscription of your
email address, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing
list. To c
On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 09:15:45PM +0100, Jonas Meurer wrote:
>
> Everythings like you wrote ;(
Ok, sorry. The problem was silly: I didn't run the check_perms-script
from $prefix-directory ;)
Bye
Jonas
--
Pinky: "What are we going to do tonight, Brain?"
Brain: "
On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 02:01:32PM -0500, Jon Carnes wrote:
> Do you have the file: bin/paths.py:
> [...]
> sys.path.insert(0, prefix)
> ===
> If so, is the prefix setup properly? Are the rights setup properly?
> -rw-r--r--1 mailman mailman 1531 Jan 9 2001 paths.py
> -rw-r--r--1
Hey ho,
I've a strange error in bin/check_perms after
./configurue --with-mail-gid=8 --with-cgi-gid=www-data
make install
bin/check_perms:
Could not import paths!
This probably means that you are trying to run check_perms from the source
directory. You must run this from the installation direct
On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 08:15:03PM +0100, Björn Lindström wrote:
> > You can use a redirector to feed the [Return] into the command. An example:
> >newlist mytest [EMAIL PROTECTED] password < /tmp/nl
> > Where the file /tmp/nl is simply a file with a few returns in it.
> It's better to us
Hello,
Can I use the script 'newlist' in another script?
The problem is the [Return]. I wanna exec 'newlist ...'
in a script if ... is ...
So, is it possible to use mailman without pressing a
key, only giving the command line?
Thanks
Jonas
--
Black holes were created when God divided by 0.
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 12:01:58AM -0800, J C Lawrence wrote:
> Yes. ~/bin/with_list. Knowledge of Python and Mailman internals is
> required. See the list archives for examples. Please drop your
> findings in the FAQ:
> http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=home
Ok, I'll this. It wo
Hello,
Is there a way to configure mailman completely from the shell?
It don't has to be compfortable, it only is for scripts etc...
I've heard somewhere that it's possible.
The cgi-bin-scripts also only can execute probrams, he?
Is there a howto for administrate and configure mailman from
the she
On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 02:35:14PM +0100, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 10:43:18PM -0500, Jon Carnes wrote:
> > ~mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py
> > Look in Default.py for more details.
> Ok, I've found that.
But it doesn't work:
Now the qrunner-cronjob
On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 10:43:18PM -0500, Jon Carnes wrote:
> ~mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py
> Look in Default.py for more details.
Ok, I've found that.
Bye
Jonas
--
|.-.| 2nd mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | jmeurer.dnsalias.org
|/v\| **
On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 10:38:48PM -0500, Jon Carnes wrote:
> Logon to your system that is running Mailman and try to access the same
> news server (using the password and username that you have setup in
> ~mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py).
>
> It looks like the server couldn't establish a socket con
Hey ho,
I try to use the gate-news-function of mailman, but I get an error-message
every time cron execs the '/usr/bin/python -S /home/mailman/cron/gate_news'
command:
-Top of message-
X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 24 13:38:15 2001
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemo
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 12:02:02AM +0100, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> * * * * * /usr/bin/python -S /home/mailman/cron/qrunner
> My /var/log/cron.log reports every minute, and that's why it could be the
> mailman-qrunner-cronjob:
> Nov 21 23:51:01 server CRON[14002]: Authenticati
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 06:42:36PM +0100, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> [...]
> What could be the problem?
Ok, I've located the problem. It is the qrunner-cronjob. In the crontab
from user mailman the following line is listed:
* * * * * /usr/bin/python -S /home/mailman/cron/qrunner
My /var/l
Hey ho,
I've set up mailman correctly and now I'm at the point where no errors
are reported any longer. For testing I've set up a test-mailinglist,
and I"ve subscribed myself at the webinterface. I got the message I had
to confirm, but now mailman sends no message that I'm subscribed.
At the webin
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:45:55PM -0500, Jon Carnes wrote:
>configured and installed incorrectly. Please
>read the INSTALL instructions again, paying close
>attention to the --with-cgi-gid configure
>option. This entry is being stored in your syslog:
> So re-install from the sou
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:45:55PM -0500, Jon Carnes wrote:
> That message my friend comes from the mailman wrapper itself. To change it
> you will have to recompile... Here is more of the message (straight from the
> code of the wrapper program):
Mhm, no problem...
>The expected gid of the
7bit, Size: 2.3K --]
From: Jonas Meurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dev -- confirmation of subscription -- request 469524
On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 01:30:05PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Dev -- confirmation of subscription -- reques
Hey ho,
In the mailman-documentation I've read that I should put
mailman:root
mailinglist:mailman
mailinglist-request:mailman
etc. in /etc/mail/aliases.
But now, if so. sends a mail to mailinlist-request, the mail is in the
end forwardet to root, and mailman can't process it. What can I do?
Bye
Hey ho,
I've installed mailman on my local server (server.server0.de).
But I've also declared aliases for server in bind, like mail.server0.de,
www.server0.de, etc.
But now, when I go to http://www.server0.de/mailman/admin it's no problem,
but http://www.server0.de/mailman/listinfo showes no list
Hey ho,
I've set up mailman on my server, but I've also a gateway which forwards
inquirys to port 80 to my server. I use dyndns. So, if someone goes to
jmeurer.dnsalias.org:80 he comes to 192.168.3.2:80 (my server). The
problem is, that mailman only shows the lists at server/mailman/listinfo,
if t
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 10:37:46PM +0100, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> Hey ho,
> I've set up mailman right, and I've set up a mailing list. Then I received
> the message that I've set up the mailinglist. But if I try to go to
> http://server/mailman/admin/mailinglist or m
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 10:11:45PM +0100, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> Hello,
> In README-SENDMAIL there stands that I have to make a symlink in /etc/smrsh,
> but there is no directory /etc/smrsh. I use Debian GNU/Linux. Which directory
> is equal to /etc/smrsh, or in which directory do I
Hey ho,
I've set up mailman right, and I've set up a mailing list. Then I received
the message that I've set up the mailinglist. But if I try to go to
http://server/mailman/admin/mailinglist or mailman/listinfo/mailinglist,
My browser says:
--
Mailman CGI error!!!
The expected
Hello,
In README-SENDMAIL there stands that I have to make a symlink in /etc/smrsh,
but there is no directory /etc/smrsh. I use Debian GNU/Linux. Which directory
is equal to /etc/smrsh, or in which directory do I have to make the symlink?
Thanks
Jonas
--
|.-.| 2nd mail: [EMAIL PROTEC
82 matches
Mail list logo
