Re: [Mailman-Users] question about email automation

2019-06-02 Thread Grant Taylor via Mailman-Users
On 5/30/19 8:04 AM, Fabian A. Santiago wrote: Hello, Hi, i run a mailing list on mm 2.x. periodically i send out an event opening email to the list. this is typically followed by a conclusion email at the end of a specific period. How specific is the period? Is the end known at the start,

Re: [Mailman-Users] question on bounce processing

2019-01-04 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 1/4/19 12:21 PM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > Thanks Mark. > > Is there a way to have the bounce notification and info be sent to a > different email address (like me instead of the list owner)? It would be > too technical to have them sent to the owner. The best you can do is add your own addre

Re: [Mailman-Users] question on bounce processing

2019-01-04 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
Thanks Mark. Is there a way to have the bounce notification and info be sent to a different email address (like me instead of the list owner)? It would be too technical to have them sent to the owner. On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 11:59 AM Mark Sapiro wrote: > On 1/4/19 9:55 AM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote

Re: [Mailman-Users] question on bounce processing

2019-01-04 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 1/4/19 9:55 AM, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > > Where should I look at for trying to figure out why particular members are > being dropped off? I have members receiving the excessive bounce messages > but I'm not finding much in the mail log relative to excessive bounces for > the email address (I'

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question re. moving a mailing list

2018-09-14 Thread Richard Johnson
Ok, it looks as if specifying my "General Options" -> "Host name this list prefers for email" as "mischievous.us" will force the From address on all outgoing messages to say "testl...@mischievous.us". Since that matches with the original To address, then a Reply-all will not produce two address

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question re. moving a mailing list

2018-09-14 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 09/14/2018 09:43 AM, Richard Johnson wrote: > > My issue is that the mail sent out says: > > From: testlist@peacock.place > To: testl...@mischievous.us > Cc: > > such that when I do a Reply-all, I get a message addressed as: > > To: testlist@peacock.place > Cc: testl...@mischievous.us Rig

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about spam directory

2015-09-04 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 09/04/2015 09:39 AM, Rosenbaum, Larry M. wrote: > There are several files in our Mailman spam directory /var/lib/mailman/spam. > These have filenames like > spam-listname-number.msg > Some of them are zero length; some are not. > > Where are these coming from? The spam filters are set to the d

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about confirming each email for one subscriber

2015-05-29 Thread Tom Coradeschi
> On 28 May 2015, at 5:17 PM, Nancy C wrote: > > Hi > > > > We have a member who is very computer / email illiterate & continually sends > emails that should not get through > > to the group as a whole. > > > > Is there a setting that could be made so her emails always come to the > listk

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about confirming each email for one subscriber

2015-05-28 Thread Bryan Blackwell
Easy to do - check the "mod" (for "moderate") box next to their name on the member list, and set the list so moderated messages are held for review under Privacy options... > Sender filters > member_moderation_action. --Bryan > On May 28, 2015, at 5:17 PM, Nancy C wrote: > > Hi > > > > We

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Error: 'The list overview page has been disabled temporarily'

2014-08-31 Thread Mark Sapiro
On August 26, 2014 7:41:14 AM PDT, Peter Fiala wrote: >I thought our public lists were showing on our website but I guess not. >Any ideas on how to enable the overview page? The subject message is something added by your hosting service. You will have to contact them for help. -- Mark Sapiro

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about genaliases

2014-07-09 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 07/08/2014 01:33 PM, Kamlesh Rao wrote: > > Is there an option to run 'genaliases' per Distribution list on a on demand > basis. I believe the default behavior is that it checks all the lists in the > installation directory and sets up the aliases in the file > /etc/mailman/aliases and alias

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about rejection messages.

2014-07-02 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Robert Heller writes: > All three of the comcast bounces were @cable.comcast.com addresses. > Other comcast address (all @comcast.net) went through fine. The > @cable.comcast.com were working for sometime. Well, comcast.net is participating in DMARC, while neither comcast.com not cable.comcas

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about rejection messages.

2014-07-02 Thread Robert Heller
At Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:34:15 -0700 Mark Sapiro wrote: > > On 07/01/2014 07:12 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > > Mark Sapiro writes: > > > > > At 05:00 local time this morning my Mailman installation sent password > > > reminders to 65 comcast.net addresses. Of these, exactly 1 bounced with >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about rejection messages.

2014-07-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 07/01/2014 07:12 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Mark Sapiro writes: > > > At 05:00 local time this morning my Mailman installation sent password > > reminders to 65 comcast.net addresses. Of these, exactly 1 bounced with > > > > 550 5.1.1 Account not available (in reply to RCPT TO > >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about rejection messages.

2014-07-01 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Mark Sapiro writes: > At 05:00 local time this morning my Mailman installation sent password > reminders to 65 comcast.net addresses. Of these, exactly 1 bounced with > > 550 5.1.1 Account not available (in reply to RCPT TO > command) OK, so we know Comcast will admit that a user doesn't e

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about rejection messages.

2014-07-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 07/01/2014 03:07 PM, Peter Shute wrote: > Do you know if any of the reminders to Comcast addresses are getting through? At 05:00 local time this morning my Mailman installation sent password reminders to 65 comcast.net addresses. Of these, exactly 1 bounced with 550 5.1.1 Account not availab

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about rejection messages.

2014-07-01 Thread Peter Shute
Do you know if any of the reminders to Comcast addresses are getting through? Peter Shute > -Original Message- > From: Mailman-Users > [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+pshute=nuw.org...@python.org] > On Behalf Of Robert Heller > Sent: Tuesday, 1 July 2014 9:50 PM > To: Mailman Users > Subj

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about rejection messages.

2014-07-01 Thread Robert Heller
At Tue, 1 Jul 2014 12:16:44 -0400 Larry Finch wrote: > > > On Jul 1, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Barry S. Finkel wrote: > > > On 7/1/2014 6:50 AM, Robert Heller wrote: > >> I am the site admin of a server that hosts a bunch of Mailman lists and on > >> the > >> 1st of the month Mailman sends out its

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about rejection messages.

2014-07-01 Thread Robert Heller
At Tue, 01 Jul 2014 10:42:13 -0500 "Barry S. Finkel" wrote: > > On 7/1/2014 6:50 AM, Robert Heller wrote: > > I am the site admin of a server that hosts a bunch of Mailman lists and on > > the > > 1st of the month Mailman sends out its monthly reminder messages. Some of > > these messages are

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about rejection messages.

2014-07-01 Thread Larry Finch
On Jul 1, 2014, at 11:42 AM, Barry S. Finkel wrote: > On 7/1/2014 6:50 AM, Robert Heller wrote: >> I am the site admin of a server that hosts a bunch of Mailman lists and on >> the >> 1st of the month Mailman sends out its monthly reminder messages. Some of >> these messages are bouncing. Som

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about rejection messages.

2014-07-01 Thread Barry S. Finkel
On 7/1/2014 6:50 AM, Robert Heller wrote: I am the site admin of a server that hosts a bunch of Mailman lists and on the 1st of the month Mailman sends out its monthly reminder messages. Some of these messages are bouncing. Some are *obviously* for people who have changed E-Mail providers (the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman hosting service.

2014-02-19 Thread Hank van Cleef
The esteemed Joe has said: > > Hello, everyone. > > In my attempt to find a Mailman hosting service I have received a message > from one IT specialist advising me to avoid hosting services that utilize a > cPanel. According to this specialist this is a bad arrangement and one that > doesn't pr

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman hosting service.

2014-02-19 Thread Farokh Irani
These days there's no excuse not to simply provide each person a virtual host, which is what I do. The only "disadvantage" is that you need to have enough machine to host them, which these days is not hard to do. There is no longer the need to use something like cPanel to split a machine up for

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman hosting service.

2014-02-19 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Joe writes: > Since I am not an IT specialist I have to ask myself, why would he > feel so strongly about this ? Just because. What more reason does anyone need? I personally strongly disliked cPanel for a long time because they and their customers (the host services, not the users) dumped so

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman hosting service.

2014-02-18 Thread George Kasica
o:mailman-users-bounces+gkasica=netwrx1@python.org] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 12:51 PM To: Brian Carpenter Cc: 'mailman-users@python.org Users' Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman hosting service. Hi, Brian. Thanks for your reply. I will be call

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman hosting service.

2014-02-18 Thread Andrew Hodgson
Joe wrote: >In my attempt to find a Mailman hosting service I have received a message from >one IT specialist advising me to avoid hosting services that utilize a cPanel. >According to this specialist this is a bad arrangement and one that >doesn't >provide me full control of my lists. Since I

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman hosting service.

2014-02-18 Thread Brian Carpenter
> -Original Message- > From: Mailman-Users [mailto:mailman-users- > bounces+brian=emwd@python.org] On Behalf Of Joe > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:29 PM > To: mailman-users@python.org Users > Subject: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman hosting service. > > Hello, everyone. >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman hosting service.

2014-02-18 Thread Joe
Hi, Brian. Thanks for your reply. I will be calling you soon. I will not disclose the name or e-mail of the IT specialist but his private message to me expressed his concern over the use of cPanel as a tool for the management of Mailman. Here is an excerpt from the e-mail I received: Joe, un

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about moderation notices.

2014-02-12 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 02/12/2014 12:55 PM, Joe wrote: There are a few members in my lists I wish to moderate at least for a while. I understand that by moderating their posts I will be given the opportunity to review each message they attempt to post and either approve it or reject it if the content is question

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about administrative panel.

2014-02-09 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 02/08/2014 06:18 PM, Joe wrote: > > I currently host 8 lists but this is only happening to one of them. As I try > to access the Mass Subscription window or panel at > www.domain.com/mailman/admin/list1/members/add my browser states it can't > find the server. It does work for all other 7 li

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about web and mail hosting in Mailman.

2014-02-08 Thread Richard Damon
On 2/8/14, 10:42 AM, Joe wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > I am transferred the website of my Mailman related domain to a third party > hosting service but plant to host the Mailman list itself with a different > service. I have been told that Mailman can not reside in one server while the > website

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about web and mail hosting in Mailman.

2014-02-08 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 02/08/2014 07:42 AM, Joe wrote: > > I have been told that this solution is not possible as I will not be able to > access Mailman administrative interface through my browser (as in > www.domain.com/mailman/admin) since the website will be in a different server > and not the one where Mailman

Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages?

2014-01-16 Thread GoogleErsatz
end from a Mobile Device. Encoding Problems can happen.   Originalnachricht   Von: Stephen J. Turnbull Gesendet: Freitag, 17. Januar 2014 03:37 An: GoogleErsatz Cc: mailman-users Betreff: Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages? GoogleErsatz writes: > ‎I am alrea

Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages?

2014-01-16 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
GoogleErsatz writes: > ‎I am already doing this. Problem is: We are not sure if forwarding > moderated Messages to the private Mail Account of the List Admin is > in comply with our local and European Privacy Laws. If it's not, give the list admin a dedicated mail account for such mail. If th

Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages?

2014-01-16 Thread GoogleErsatz
users@python.org Betreff: Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages? On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:58:26 +0100 Oliver Niebuhr wrote: > > Well thats bad as we Mailman Admins dont have "Deep Access" to that > Part of the Server. I dont understand why there is no

Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages?

2014-01-16 Thread GoogleErsatz
end from a Mobile Device. Encoding Problems can happen.   Originalnachricht   Von: Mark Sapiro Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2014 16:10 An: mailman-users@python.org Betreff: Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages? On 01/16/2014 01:58 AM, Oliver Niebuhr wrote: > > W

Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages?

2014-01-16 Thread GoogleErsatz
Mobile Device. Encoding Problems can happen.   Originalnachricht   Von: Stephen J. Turnbull Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2014 15:12 An: Oliver Niebuhr Cc: mailman-users@python.org Betreff: Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages? Oliver Niebuhr writes: > I dont underst

Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages?

2014-01-16 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 01/16/2014 01:58 AM, Oliver Niebuhr wrote: > > Well thats bad as we Mailman Admins dont have "Deep Access" to that Part > of the Server. I dont understand why there is no UI for Accessing this > Messages directly - in one way or another. If you don't have access, then don't "Preserve messages

Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages?

2014-01-16 Thread Frank Murphy
On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:58:26 +0100 Oliver Niebuhr wrote: > > Well thats bad as we Mailman Admins dont have "Deep Access" to that > Part of the Server. I dont understand why there is no UI for > Accessing this Messages directly - in one way or another. > Can your ask your infra\sysadmin to for

Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages?

2014-01-16 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Oliver Niebuhr writes: > I dont understand why there is no UI for Accessing this Messages > directly - in one way or another. That's easy enough to explain: Mailman was written in a age when sysadmin == Mailman admin (and often, == list owner/admin/moderator) was the primary use case. So, the

Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages?

2014-01-16 Thread Oliver Niebuhr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Again and Sorry for the late Reply :) Am 15.01.2014 05:05, schrieb Mark Sapiro:> On 01/14/2014 02:28 PM, Oliver Niebuhr wrote: >> >> I have moderated a Mail and used the Option "Keep Message for Moderator" >> (or whatever the correct english Tra

Re: [Mailman-Users] [Question] Where are the Moderated Messages?

2014-01-14 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 01/14/2014 02:28 PM, Oliver Niebuhr wrote: > > I have moderated a Mail and used the Option "Keep Message for Moderator" > (or whatever the correct english Translation is). > > Now i want to look into that Message as we want to Ban this person. But > i can not find it anywhere. Is there a hidde

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question on Upgrading

2013-11-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 11/01/2013 07:45 AM, Sascha Rissel wrote: > The server runs Debian and Plesk panel. > Plesk offered an easy installation of mailman 2.1.13. After some further > manual configuration, the system is running fine. :-) > > Now I'd like to upgrade to latest Mailman 2.1.16. > > Is there any help re

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question About Deleting Messages from Archives

2013-10-21 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 10/21/2013 06:28 AM, gorgo...@yahoo.com wrote: > > I was wondering if it was possible for a list administrator to delete a > message from the archives of a > list (as it's showing up in Google's search results, which I don't want) and, > if so, how that could be done. See the FAQ at

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about mailman 3

2013-07-11 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 07/11/2013 09:48 AM, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > On Thu, 2013-07-11 at 20:16 +0430, Javad Hoseini-Nopendar wrote: >> I have a question about later versions of mailman. Do they have the feature >> to export list of members to Excel or TXT file? > > If you have console access to the account, you ca

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about mailman 3

2013-07-11 Thread Lindsay Haisley
On Thu, 2013-07-11 at 20:16 +0430, Javad Hoseini-Nopendar wrote: > I have a question about later versions of mailman. Do they have the feature > to export list of members to Excel or TXT file? If you have console access to the account, you can use the list_members command: list_members listname

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question regarding SPAM

2012-09-28 Thread Futchko, Rose
Sapiro, Mark wrote: >Marked by what? In the message sent by Mailman, the Subject line contained [SPAM] from our spam manager, i.e. = Subject: [SPAM] United Postal Service Tracking Number H8260315491 >You could use the list's Privacy options... -> Spam filters -> >header_filter_rules to hold or

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question regarding SPAM

2012-09-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Futchko, Rose wrote: >Hi, I have a question about SPAM being sent via Mailman. > >1. Even though the message is marked as SPAM it is still sent to the >list Marked by what? You could use the list's Privacy options... -> Spam filters -> header_filter_rules to hold or discard such messages. It i

Re: [Mailman-Users] question about harvesting of non-archived lists byarchiveorange.com

2011-11-22 Thread Mark Sapiro
Christopher Adams wrote: > >A list owner of one of our 500+ mailing lists notified me that >postings from their non-archived list was being harvested by >archiveorange.com and could be found via Google. I found that many of >our lists are archived on this site, and this is not something that we >re

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question on how to create new administrator ids for our mailman site

2011-09-29 Thread Roberto Luco
Initially posted to incorrect address. Mark was gracious enough to respond to the initial post, which I include here. Question: Mailman seems to have only one administrator user, and anybody the needs to do administrative work on the site (member admin, configuration, approval and forwarding o

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about "Reply to All"

2011-09-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Carl Zwanzig wrote: > >You could filter messages discarding anything with the X-BeenThere header, >this would prevent any message that came out of mailman from being processed >again. OTOH I suspect that an announce-only list would be preferable. MUAs generally do not copy X-BeenThere: headers

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about "Reply to All"

2011-09-18 Thread Carl Zwanzig
You could filter messages discarding anything with the X-BeenThere header, this would prevent any message that came out of mailman from being processed again. OTOH I suspect that an announce-only list would be preferable. z! -- Mailman-User

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about "Reply to All"

2011-09-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: >There is an option in Mailman for "full personalization" of list >traffic. In that case, the list's address is removed from the visible >headers entirely, and the user's name and address are substituted. Full Personalization will not help in this case. When the list

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about "Reply to All"

2011-09-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
T6 Webmaster wrote: > >Is there a way to prevent the list email address appearing when a user >chooses "Reply to All"? > > > >It is not a problem with "Reply" - that goes to the poster - but Reply to >All still sends to the entire list - not desirable in our situation. There is no combination of

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about moderation

2011-08-03 Thread Mark Sapiro
Eduardo Costa wrote: > >It is possible and how, in a list with multiple moderators to check >which of the moderators moderated message? Not within Mailman, but Mailman's vette log will have a time stamp, and using that you can check your MTA's logs for who sent the approve/discard message if it w

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question concerning list of members as relay_recipients in postfix

2011-06-16 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 6/16/2011 12:06 PM, Peter Sørensen wrote: > The problem is that I use the GW as a smtp relay for the mailman server so > when the > GW receive a mail for an address in mydom...@xyz.com this is forwarded to the > EXCHG > system and because EXCHG is'nt authorative for the domain because we also

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question concerning list of members as relay_recipients in postfix

2011-06-16 Thread Peter Sørensen
. regards Peter Fra: Mark Sapiro [m...@msapiro.net] Sendt: 16. juni 2011 17:30 Til: Peter Sørensen Cc: mailman-users@python.org Emne: Re: [Mailman-Users] Question concerning list of members as relay_recipients in postfix On 6/15/2011 11:52 PM, Pete

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question concerning list of members as relay_recipients in postfix

2011-06-16 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 6/15/2011 11:52 PM, Peter Sørensen wrote: > > Due to this I need to make the postfix on the mailman server aware of what > addresses to handle and reject anything else. > > This is not a big problem but before I dig into this and make a script I > would ask if this is already done. > > I ha

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question after 10.6.7 upgrade on osx server

2011-05-16 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mark Prewitt wrote: > >We just upgraded our OSX server from 10.6.5 to 10.6.7, and it was kind >enough to nuke our Mailman defaults.py file. It is not clear whether or not you had actually changed Defaults.py, but if you had, this is why you shouldn't have. All changes should be made in mm_cfg.py

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about excessive bounces

2011-04-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mark Sapiro wrote: > >You need to check Mailman's 'bounce' log to see when bounces are being >received/registered, and Mailman's 'smtp-failure' log for potential >delivery issues. You also need to look at the actual bounce >notifications attached to the disabled notices to see that these seem >to b

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about excessive bounces

2011-04-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
wrote: > >I administrate two Mailman mailing lists at ScienceByEmailHTML and >ScienceByEmailPlain. We have approximately 39 000 addresses in the former >list, and about 1000 in the latter. I have a question about the bounces we >receive. > >We have the lists set so after five bounces, the addre

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about excessive bounces

2011-04-29 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* mike.mc...@csiro.au : > Hi, > > I administrate two Mailman mailing lists at ScienceByEmailHTML and > ScienceByEmailPlain. We have approximately 39 000 addresses in the > former list, and about 1000 in the latter. I have a question about the > bounces we receive. > > We have the lists set so aft

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS Xserverset-up.

2011-04-07 Thread Ch Abarguia
Have you contacted http://osx.topicdesk.com/content/section/4/41/ ? The have tools and good reputation for mac os x server support services Consultancy : http://osx.topicdesk.com/content/view/12/36/ On 07 Apr 2011, at 04:28, Mark Sapiro wrote: > JRC Groups wrote: >> >> Considering Brad isn't a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS Xserverset-up.

2011-04-07 Thread Ch Abarguia
Try someone from http://www.afp548.com/ On 07 Apr 2011, at 04:28, Mark Sapiro wrote: > JRC Groups wrote: >> >> Considering Brad isn't available at this time, would you know of anyone you >> could recommend who is experienced with OS X Server to help me with my >> problem ? > > > I'm sorry, I d

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS Xserverset-up.

2011-04-06 Thread Mark Sapiro
JRC Groups wrote: > >Considering Brad isn't available at this time, would you know of anyone you >could recommend who is experienced with OS X Server to help me with my >problem ? I'm sorry, I don't know anyone to recommend. -- Mark Sapiro The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS X serverset-up.

2011-04-06 Thread JRC Groups
Mark, Thank you for your helpful reply. Considering Brad isn't available at this time, would you know of anyone you could recommend who is experienced with OS X Server to help me with my problem ? All I need is for someone who is experienced with OS Server and understands its System Administrat

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS X serverset-up.

2011-04-05 Thread Brad Knowles
Sorry, my wife's computer has been down for days, and in the meanwhile she as taken over mine. At this point, all I've got is an iPad and a semi-wonky server in the closet, and neither of them is well suited for keeping up with lots of email. I'll fix that when I get her computer repaired and ba

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS X serverset-up.

2011-04-03 Thread Larry Stone
On 4/3/11 1:42 AM, JRC Groups at joemailgro...@gmail.com wrote: > I also can't imagine that it would be too difficult to install a new version > of Mailman and manage it using its browser-based interface while ignoring > Apple's System Administrator tool for this specific task. It should not be

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS X serverset-up.

2011-04-02 Thread JRC Groups
Thanks Brad and Mark for your helpful and detailed replies. I have reached a point where I have the lists almost working but there are some issues still preventing the systems from functioning in a way that allows me to confident to launch these lists I wish to create. Apple's support has been MI

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS X serverset-up.

2011-03-30 Thread Larry Stone
On 3/30/11 7:36 PM, Brad Knowles at b...@shub-internet.org wrote: > I don't mean to sound pessimistic or to rain on your parade, but in both > cases, the solution was to blow away the stuff that Apple ships, and to > install the "real deal" code as downloaded from list.org. I'll add that there ar

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS X serverset-up.

2011-03-30 Thread Brad Knowles
On Mar 30, 2011, at 6:15 PM, JRC Groups wrote: > Is there anyone on the list who is familiar with both OS X Server and > Mailman to help with this problem ? I am willing to pay a consultation fee > to someone who can connect to my server remotely and help solve this issue. I've been an Apple cons

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS Xserverset-up.

2011-03-30 Thread Mark Sapiro
JRC Groups wrote: > >The problem that keeps throwing me off is the problem we discussed here >before. The list info page keeps reverting back to the name of the server >instead of the name of the domain. I have, as you suggested, edited the >mailman configuration file several times and every time I

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS X serverset-up.

2011-03-30 Thread JRC Groups
Thank you Mark and Brad for your replies. >From what I can tell rDNS seems to be working properly. I've created some lists and they also seem to be working well. I used some test e-mails (e-mail accounts I have) and received welcome e-mail from the lists after subscribing. The problem that keeps

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS X serverset-up.

2011-03-28 Thread Mark Sapiro
JRC Groups wrote: > >While discussing some possible DNS set-up issues I might need to resolve on >my server a certain IT professional mentioned to me that Mailman shouldn't >be run using a virtual domain. I am not sure if this professional was >referring to virtual domains in general or only those

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman domain and OS X server set-up.

2011-03-28 Thread Brad Knowles
On Mar 28, 2011, at 1:31 AM, JRC Groups wrote: > While discussing some possible DNS set-up issues I might need to resolve on > my server a certain IT professional mentioned to me that Mailman shouldn't > be run using a virtual domain. I am not sure if this professional was > referring to virtual d

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question About last_mailman_version During Migratrion

2011-02-23 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 2/23/2011 9:06 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > > In any case, I *think* when you start mailman the last_mailman_version file > will be overwritten. This is not coeerct. Only bin/update writes last_mailman_version so it would be good to restore the original data manually. -- Mark Sapiro

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question About last_mailman_version During Migratrion

2011-02-23 Thread Mark Sapiro
"Barry Finkel" wrote: >I tested the Lucid system, and then I copied > > /var/lib/mailman/archives > /var/lib/mailman/data > /var/lib/mailman/lists > /var/lib/mailman/qfiles [no files present] > >from my test Dapper to the Lucid system. I then rebuilt the > > /var/l

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about reg expr matches in matches_p (in Moderate.py)

2011-01-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 1/19/2011 3:35 PM, C Nulk wrote: > > So the question is, should the listnames in the *_these_nonmembers > fields be all lowercase, all uppercase, or mixed case? So far, mixed > case does not appear to be working. The list name in @listname entries in *_these_nonmembers must be the internal

Re: [Mailman-Users] question about logging subscription changes

2010-11-19 Thread Mark Sapiro
Christopher Adams wrote: >I think that the answer is 'no', but I thought I would check. Do any >of the mailman log files show when a subscription is changed from a >regular subscription to digest? I have parsed the logs and can't find >evidence of this. You are correct. The answer is 'no'. --

Re: [Mailman-Users] question about log entry of posting to list fromlist owner

2010-08-19 Thread Mark Sapiro
Christopher Adams wrote: > >I have noticed in my mailman logs an entry like this, which comes >repeatedly, and not just for one particular list. My question is, what is >posting to the list from the listname-owner that is causing this? > >Aug 19 12:13:16 2010 (12806) post to yspnetwork from >listna

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question: How to hide members

2010-08-18 Thread Michael
Thanks Mark. Sounds like we need to upgrade to the current version. Michael Mark Sapiro wrote: > Michael wrote: >> >>What I want to do is HIDE the member list from the members, but keep it >>available to the list admin using the "who" command to manage the list. > > > Mailman 2.1.10 and later do

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question: How to hide members

2010-08-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Michael wrote: > >What I want to do is HIDE the member list from the members, but keep it >available to the list admin using the "who" command to manage the list. Mailman 2.1.10 and later do exactly what you want if the admin uses the "who password" form of the command with the list's admin or mo

Re: [Mailman-Users] question about rotating logs from FAQ

2010-08-13 Thread Mark Sapiro
Christopher Adams wrote: > >I recently upgraded to the latest version of Mailman. I had been using a >change in /Mailman/Logging/Logger.py to rename logfiles with the *.log >extension. This was as suggested from the Mailman FAQ: > >http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4030580 > >So, I

Re: [Mailman-Users] question

2010-02-12 Thread Mark Sapiro
Alejandro M.C. wrote: > >when I try to send an email to that list from an address that don't belong >to the list, It needs to be approved first, is there any way to skip that >approval? Go to the web list admin Privacy options -> Sender filters page. Near the bottom of the page, set generic_nonme

Re: [Mailman-Users] question mailing lists

2010-02-12 Thread Mark Sapiro
Luis Carlos Ramos Mejía wrote: > >what do i need to do to look in Mailman's logs to make sure the post was sent, >or where do i access, or how do i do that... Look in Mailman's smtp log. In a default Mailman installation, this is /usr/local/mailman/logs/smtp -- Mark Sapiro The highway

Re: [Mailman-Users] question mailing lists

2010-02-12 Thread Luis Carlos Ramos Mejía
what do i need to do to look in Mailman's logs to make sure the post was sent, or where do i access, or how do i do that... thanks > From: step...@xemacs.org > To: publici...@redconexion.com.mx > CC: mailman-users@python.org; publicidad_saltillo-requ...@redconexion.com.mx > Subject: [Mailman-U

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question

2010-02-09 Thread LuKreme
On 9-Feb-2010, at 07:26, Mark Sapiro wrote: > > You might also consider something like Google Groups for this. Eww! Ick. -- TAR IS NOT A PLAYTHING Bart chalkboard Ep. 7F02 -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http:

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question

2010-02-09 Thread Mark Sapiro
Don Sunshine wrote: >I am a small ministry and I'd like to be able to send 1-2,000 people an >email once a month or so. I use a PC running Vista and I have the lists in >a spreadsheet right now. Will this work with your product? It is possible to install and run Mailman on MS Windows, but give

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question on setting up mailman

2010-01-24 Thread Mark Sapiro
james Tanit wrote: > >I have a lot of troubles setting up the mailman on a linux box. Please help. I >guess these are simple and common >questions, so please help us. Many thanks. > >Now, I run the apache webserver under username say, tatac, which is also the >group name. I have suexec >configur

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question on setting up mailman

2010-01-24 Thread Geoff Shang
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, james Tanit wrote: Now, I run the apache webserver under username say, tatac, which is also the group name. I have suexec configured for apache. Why the following configuration doesn't work? Can you give us the eror message that you get? Geoff. -

Re: [Mailman-Users] question

2010-01-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
sheryl maris wrote: >We currently use Lyris for mailing lists. With Lyris we are able to >automate the subscription of users to lists by directly updating tables in >the MS SQL db. What methods programmatic administration does mailman >provide? MM 3 will have a true user database which can

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question

2010-01-11 Thread Steve Burling
--On January 10, 2010 8:54:08 PM -0500 Gayle Laible wrote: I want to start a newsletter and I see your logo at the bottom of several things I get. I have a Max OSX Version 10.5.8. It is an older laptop that I have updated several times. It does not have an Intel processor... Can I download

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question

2010-01-11 Thread Mark Sapiro
Gayle Laible wrote: >I want to start a newsletter and I see your logo at the bottom of >several things I get. I have a Max OSX Version 10.5.8. It is an >older laptop that I have updated several times. It does not have an >Intel processor... Can I download and use Mailman on my Mac? As

Re: [Mailman-Users] question about exporting e-mail addreses

2009-12-11 Thread Mark Sapiro
Cathe' wrote: >Hi, how do I export my list of e-mail addresses out of Mailman? >Thanks so much, See the FAQ at . -- Mark Sapiro The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter use your sense - B. Dylan

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about subscription requests

2009-12-06 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mark Sapiro wrote: > >If they put their name in the From: header of the message as in > > From: User Name > >the subscription approval will have both their name and email address. Actually, I see the notice of pending subscription to the admin doesn't have the 'real name', but it is shown with

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about subscription requests

2009-12-06 Thread Mark Sapiro
Webmaster wrote: >Our users are instructed to send an email to members-subscr...@tucsongrs.org >with their name in the message when they want to subscribe (we are a private >list). I, as the list admin, receive the email that there is a request to be >approved or disapproved but I cannot see their

Re: [Mailman-Users] question about mailman issues i am experiencing

2009-11-30 Thread Michael Scheidell
One option would be to use your mta to rate limit it per destination domain. Then your mta can queue them up a few at a time. Other things you can do include make sure dns entries for your server are inplace and match. Spf records won't hurt. Also you might get the mta to do skim signing.

Re: [Mailman-Users] question about mailman issues i am experiencing

2009-11-29 Thread Mark Sapiro
inksan...@inksanitytattoo.com wrote: > >I use your program ver 2.1.11 cp3 Actually, that's not ours, it's cPanel's. See the FAQ at for a bit on the difference. >The abridged version of my issue is this: > >I have a subscriber list of over 2,000 people. When I send

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question about Mailman

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Sapiro
Liz Bugh wrote: > >In setting up a test mailing >group, we encountered problems and Bluehost was not able to answer our >questions or help us at all. Here is the issue: The test mailing list I >set up was named "lizcontacts". I sent an email to a member list of 3 >people. The member with Gmail

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question on hostnames....

2009-11-09 Thread Adam McGreggor
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 06:52:11PM -0500, Chris Thompson wrote: > Hey everyone! New user of mailman here and having a little trouble figuring > out how to change the hostname that Mailman pulls for the urls and other > stuff. For example, in emails from the list it references the hostname in > th

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