[Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME? (cont'd)

2001-09-28 Thread Eric Pretorious
Paul Cox's recommendations (DEFAULT_HOSTNAME, DEFAULT_URL, and DEFAULT_OWNER) patched things up pretty nicely. There still seems to be some discrepancy in the values that Mailman uses to identify itself (in the blue banner across the top of the page): * admin uses the DEFAULT_HOSTNAME value in Ma

[Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME? (cont'd)

2001-09-28 Thread Eric Pretorious
Paul Cox's recommendations (DEFAULT_HOSTNAME, DEFAULT_URL, and DEFAULT_OWNER) patched things up pretty nicely. There still seems to be some discrepancy in the values that Mailman uses to identify itself (in the blue banner across the top of the page): * admin uses the DEFAULT_HOSTNAME value in Ma

[Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME? (cont'd)

2001-09-28 Thread eric-mailman
Paul Cox's recommendations (DEFAULT_HOSTNAME, DEFAULT_URL, and DEFAULT_OWNER) patched things up pretty nicely. There still seems to be some discrepancy in the values that Mailman uses to identify itself (in the blue banner across the top of the page): * admin uses the DEFAULT_HOSTNAME value in Ma

[Mailman-Users] Publicly-advertised lists not listed by listinfo

2001-09-28 Thread eric-mailman
Hello: Does anyone have an idea what might be causing this schizophrenic behavior: * admin [correctly] lists the "publicly advertised mailing lists". * listinfo does not. -- Eric P. Los Gatos, CA -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Mailman-Users] Importing users

2001-09-28 Thread Jon Carnes
> I'm in the process of converting from another list > server to Mail-Man. I see that I can add users through > the admin web interface, but I am concerned. > > When someone adds themselves to a list, they are > prompted for a password. When I add a list, there is no > password prompt. > > How d

[Mailman-Users] Importing archives

2001-09-28 Thread Mike Avery
I'm in the process of migrating from another list server, Mercury by David Harris. One of the important things in the old mailing list is the archives. So, I'd like to convert them or migrate them. The existing archives are flat text files, not even mime. There are delimiters at the end o

Re: [Mailman-Users] Bug Message

2001-09-28 Thread John Dovey
Title: Bug Message Here it is in plain text.   Bug in Mailman version 1.1 We're sorry, we hit a bug! If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy of this page to the webmaster for this site with a description of what happened. Thanks! Traceback: Traceback (innermo

[Mailman-Users] Importing users

2001-09-28 Thread Mike Avery
I'm in the process of converting from another list server to Mail-Man. I see that I can add users through the admin web interface, but I am concerned. When someone adds themselves to a list, they are prompted for a password. When I add a list, there is no password prompt. How does this get

Re: [Mailman-Users] Using Mail-From: Authentification

2001-09-28 Thread Franz Georg Köhler
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 09:18:20AM -0400, Greg Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 27 September 2001, Franz Georg K?hler said: >> Unfortunately, I need mailman to just use the from:-Header as >> authentification, due to the fact that exim prevents me from changing my >> sender header to the addre

[Mailman-Users] Is this a feature or a bug?

2001-09-28 Thread listener
> reply_to_address [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[..] > Messages go out fine, but the Reply-To header is created as > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you use sendmails MASQUERADE_AS and/or any of the masquerade FEATUREs? Sendmail has puzzled me with those settings and reply_to_address, until I turned all

[Mailman-Users] Umbrella_List Option?

2001-09-28 Thread listener
An Umbrella List is a list of other lists. For example, you have the following lists running in Mailman: ThreeBlindMice: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ThreeBears: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ThreeMenNaTub: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PRO

[Mailman-Users] Is this a feature or a bug?

2001-09-28 Thread listener
I have a brand-new installed Mailman 2.0.6 on mydomain.com. I set up an announcement list configured as follow: host_name mydomain.com (default) reply_goes_to_list Explicit Address reply_to_address [EMAIL PROTECTED] In fact, I want to force all replies to some contact address on another doma

[Mailman-Users] Is it possible to run these together?

2001-09-28 Thread stormlrd
Hi, Can Mailman-2.0.6 be run in conjunction to an exim setup using http://www.netd.co.za/mysql-mail/ as the configuration? Where do the aliases that are generated by the newlist command go? in the /etc/aliases file or the auth tables in the mysql db? My Mailman is generating a subscription

[Mailman-Users] Is this a feature or a bug?

2001-09-28 Thread listener
>, I want to force all replies to some contact address on another > domain. > > Messages go out fine, but the Reply-To header is created as > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mailman seems to use the host_name to create the reply address even if > it's set to some other domain. Is it a bug? A fe

[Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME? (fwd)

2001-09-28 Thread listener
Here are the system values that I set before configuring: `hostname www` `hostname funkymonkeybutt.com` Here are the settings I used to configure Mailman: --build=funkymonkeybutt.com --host=www --target=/cgi-bin/mailman ...and the values I used in Mailman/mm-cfg.py (Pay special at

Re: [Mailman-Users] What is "Error decoding authorization cookie?"

2001-09-28 Thread Chuq Von Rospach
On 9/28/01 1:56 PM, "Nancy Montano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Error decoding authorization cookie". > > He recently moved out of the area and is now using a Satellite > connection. This is the only change he has made. That's enough -- he's now going through a proxy server, and I've seen pr

[Mailman-Users] What is "Error decoding authorization cookie?"

2001-09-28 Thread Nancy Montano
One of the list managers is unable to manage his mailing lists. He longs in to the admin page of his lists but when he tries to submit a change or attempt any other administrative duty, he receives the following: "Error decoding authorization cookie". He recently moved out of the area and is no

Re: [Mailman-Users] Customizing listinfo HTML

2001-09-28 Thread Jim Kutter
That one is the template for list specific pages. Not the main listinfo page that list all the lists on the site. Something tells me I might have to edit pyhton code to achieve the result I desire. -jim - Original Message - From: "Jon Carnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jim Kutter" <[EMAI

Re: [Mailman-Users] Customizing listinfo HTML

2001-09-28 Thread Jon Carnes
> Hello folks. I was wondering how to customize the listinfo HTML page to include my site's > custom headers and footers - similar to how Apple customized their listinfo page. I can > customize a per-list listinfo page, but I would like to modifiy the main listinfo page... Any > suggestions on how

Re: [Mailman-Users] Clear archives

2001-09-28 Thread Jon Carnes
> I have in my server : mailman 2.0.5. and i wonder if i clear some messages > from an archieve ? > I think, I could clear the file in the server... but is there an other way ? > > thanks fur your help > > Xavier > In the past, I've just edited the Archive files. On the bright side, you should b

[Mailman-Users] Customizing listinfo HTML

2001-09-28 Thread Jim Kutter
Hello folks. I was wondering how to customize the listinfo HTML page to include my site's custom headers and footers - similar to how Apple customized their listinfo page. I can customize a per-list listinfo page, but I would like to modifiy the main listinfo page... Any suggestions on how t

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman failing to use /mailman/alias when calling .cgiscripts

2001-09-28 Thread s . slade . gauntt
Jon: Thanks, this solved the problem. I changed the DEFAULT_URL in my mm_cfg.py file so that the BASE_URL on all my new lists now defaults to this value. I figured it was something simple. Thanks again, S. Slade Gauntt Global ACT - Component Delivery Architecture Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Mailman-Users] Disaster Recovery - 2 Questions

2001-09-28 Thread J C Lawrence
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 11:04:34 -0500 Jeffrey M Kenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe my questions are self-explanatory now, but here goes anyway: > if the manager of a particular list loses the admin password for > that list, how can I, as the site administrator, regenerate one? You can use t

[Mailman-Users] Disaster Recovery - 2 Questions

2001-09-28 Thread Jeffrey M. Kenton
Mailman is an excellent solution for our use here, however, I have two questions regarding two levels of disaster: Loss of List admin password, Server Crash. Maybe my questions are self-explanatory now, but here goes anyway: if the manager of a particular list loses the admin password for that

[Mailman-Users] Clear archives

2001-09-28 Thread Xavier NOEL LARDIN
I have in my server : mailman 2.0.5. and i wonder if i clear some messages from an archieve ? I think, I could clear the file in the server... but is there an other way ? thanks fur your help Xavier -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PRO

Re: [Mailman-Users] Using Mail-From: Authentification

2001-09-28 Thread Greg Ward
On 27 September 2001, Franz Georg K?hler said: > Unfortunately, I need mailman to just use the from:-Header as > authentification, due to the fact that exim prevents me from changing my > sender header to the address which i'm using on mailing lists. If you have root privileges on the Exim server

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman failing to use /mailman/alias when calling .cgi scripts

2001-09-28 Thread Greg Ward
On 27 September 2001, Jon Carnes said: > In the admin setup, under "General Options" what is the Base URL set to? > Based on your example above, it should be: > http:///mailman/ > > If you left off the /mailman/ on the end, then that would account for what > you described... I suspect that if

Re: [Mailman-Users] support of attachments?

2001-09-28 Thread Greg Ward
On 26 September 2001, Anmar M. Al-Massari said: > i just want to know does mailman supports mail attachments? Yes, just like any other low-level mail-handling tool. MIME messages look like any other messages to Mailman, and it happily passes them on to list subscribers. The main problem with MI

Re: [Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME?

2001-09-28 Thread eric-mailman
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Paul Cox wrote: > Why don't you just edit mm_cfg.py to contain the hostname that you want? > It's easy... here's the relevant part of mine: > > ### > # Here's where we get the distributed defaults. > > from Defaults import * > > ###

Re: [Mailman-Users] DEFAULT_HOSTNAME? (fwd)

2001-09-28 Thread eric-mailman
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Greg Ward wrote: > One possibility is to see what the system resolver thinks your hostname > is. Try this: > > $ python > Python 2.1 (#2, May 8 2001, 10:50:59) > [GCC 2.95.2 2220 (Debian GNU/Linux)] on linux2 > Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more i