Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: Mailman-Users digest, Vol 1 #955 - 18 msgs

On Sun, 07 Jan 2001 23:10:27 -0800 Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does the fact that your prompt is root# mean that you *are* root? > If so, then no, on any Unix I know of, there's no way you should > be setting permission failures. Unless its over NFS or some other network file system,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: Mailman-Users digest, Vol 1 #955 - 18 msgs

On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Dan Mick wrote: > Does the fact that your prompt is root# mean that you *are* root? > If so, then no, on any Unix I know of, there's no way you should be setting > permission failures. ...without an NFS mount, that is. -- ROGER B.A. KLORESE

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: Mailman-Users digest, Vol 1 #955 - 18 msgs

Does the fact that your prompt is root# mean that you *are* root? If so, then no, on any Unix I know of, there's no way you should be setting permission failures. Tom Moore wrote: > > At 9:37 AM -0500 1/1/01, Jeffrey Thompson wrote: > > >Sounds like an ownership problem > > It was, and tha

[Mailman-Users] Re: Mailman-Users digest, Vol 1 #955 - 18 msgs

At 9:37 AM -0500 1/1/01, Jeffrey Thompson wrote: >Sounds like an ownership problem It was, and thank you for your help. I got past that point in the install, and have hit another roadblock. Does anything pop to mind when you see this?: [rock:~] root# cd /private/var/root/Library/OpenUp/ma

Re: [Mailman-Users] How many addresses can you put in a list(restrictions per list)?

On 1/7/01 11:23 AM, "J C Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Beware that > depending on your host and MTA setup you'll hit critical performance > based problems that will require careful system configuration to get > around well before getting to this point. This is the important point -- Mai

[Mailman-Users] Python stops working: hard link restrictions

I found the info about my problem in the README files, finnally, and found an error message while logged in as mailman. I'm using securelinux and hardlinks are turned off, or some suchness. Good thing to know if it mysteriously dies, but one thing, how do I turn off the hard link restrictions?

Re: [Mailman-Users] Recovering/resetting a list admin password

On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 18:46:31 -0800 (PST) Dan Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This discussion is going down the wrong path; clearly, if an ISP > is providing Mailman services, it must also supply the "reset list > password" service or "reset site password" service, one of the > two. That's just

Re: [Mailman-Users] Recovering/resetting a list admin password

On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 15:29:26 -0500 Jim Trigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then may I suggest to the Mailman development team that a way to > get the administrative password emailed to the listed > administrators would be useful (analogous to the button on the > user options page to email the use

Re: [Mailman-Users] How many addresses can you put in a list (restrictions per list)?

On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:31:05 +0200 Pieter Boshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How many addresses can you put in a list (restrictions per list)? I've gone up to ~150K without too much trouble. Others have been playing with low order million subscriber lists. Beware that depending on your host

Re: [Mailman-Users] Turning off digest

On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:48:22 +0100 Thomas Gramstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want the digest version of the list to behave the exact same way > as the ordinary list version (i.e., send the new issue of the > newsletter immediately to all the subscribers). Why not just disable digests for th

Re: [Mailman-Users] Documentation for Mailman

On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 17:23:34 -0500 Christopher VanOosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With that in mind, I am wondering if there is an organized effort > toward further documentation? Not explicitly. There are some fairly good PDFs that are part of the current release. You might get tog

Re: [Mailman-Users] passwords for bulk-subscribed users

On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 15:50:39 -0500 (EST) Matt Singerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you bulk-add users via the Membership Managment page in > Mailman, how do these users get passwords to control their list > status? They are assigned randomly generated passwords. -- J C Lawrence

Re: [Mailman-Users] Information request

On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:10:38 -0500 Lady Tinor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our organization is considering using the Mailman software to > administer its listserv(s) and while looking at your website, a > few questions have raised. Could you please provide, as soon as > possible, some informatio

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help!! 2nd Request!!!

On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 07:20:46 -0800 Ben Ocean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I install Mailman if I can’t install GCC??? Find a pre-packaged GCC for your platform of choice. -- J C Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] -(*) http

[Mailman-Users] wrapper: -password +confirmation

I'm sure you're sick of hearing this already, but I'm attempting a wrapper for mailman using procmail and perl (and MySQL, working on not *needing* MySQL). I've got a preliminary thing which DOES NOT WORK and should not even be released yet. If anyone wants a look, get