[Mailman-Users] a few questions

2002-01-10 Thread Justin Zygmont
when I get to the 'make install' step everythink looks fine except for this last part: Upgrading from version 0x0 to 0x20008f0 no lists == nothing to do, exiting Please let me know if this is still ok, or I have midded something. I cannot get meail man to work and i've tried several times. I

Re: [Mailman-Users] ./configure error

2002-01-10 Thread Justin Zygmont
it is looking for python in a different directory, you must check the path it is looking for to see. I just made a symbolic link to fix that. On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Ben Franske wrote: > I'm trying to install Mailman on a Linux Mandrake box. When I attempt to > run ./configure I get the error: >

[Mailman-Users] Once again, fame and fortune can be yours

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
A few years ago we ran a Mailman logo contest, had quite a few very good submissions, and eventually chose a logo by The Dragon De Monsyne. Now with the advent of favicons I'd like to run another mini-contest. I admit shameful jealousy in seeing more and more cool favicons in my Mozilla tabs, a

[Mailman-Users] ./configure error

2002-01-10 Thread Ben Franske
I'm trying to install Mailman on a Linux Mandrake box. When I attempt to run ./configure I get the error: bash: ./configure: bad interpreter: No such file or directory I've checked and on this box /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/bash It's been a long time since I did much on a **ix (Irix last time he

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2002-01-10 Thread Ben Franske
I’m trying to install Mailman on a Linux Mandrake box. When I attempt to run ./configure I get the error: bash: ./configure: bad interpreter: No such file or directory I’ve checked and on this box /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/bash It’s been a long time since I did much on a **ix (Irix las

Re: [Mailman-Users] ImportError: No module named Mailman

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Mick
Indeed: from http://www.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html: (note particularly the first parenthetical comment): What If I Have a Module and a Package With The Same Name? You may have a directory (on sys.path) which has both a module spam.py and a subdirectory spam that contains an __init__.py

Re: [Mailman-Users] ImportError: No module named Mailman

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Mick
Hmm. It looks as though the from Mailman import won't work as expected (i.e. "use the module search path to look for a path named Mailman and look for in there") unless Mailman contains __init__.py. Does it? (It can be empty, but it must exist). (The "import" documentation is shady at bes

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problems with Mailman under 'secure' Linux kernels

2002-01-10 Thread Mike Burton
Oops... Thanks... I suppose some more research was due on my end. Not a good excuse, but I already attested to being brain-dead after a gruelling day of working as a NT4/Win2K admin. We are migrating from to Win2K and it's a nightmare. I really would rather be working in a Posix environme

Re: [Mailman-Users] nntp gateway | list to NNTP works but NNTP to list does not

2002-01-10 Thread Terry Davis
ummm, its in the administration pages in the news mail gateway section. -- Terry Davis Systems Administrator BirdDog Solutions, Inc. (402) 829-6059 Quoting Justin Zygmont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > hi, where did you setup that option? > > > > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Terry Davis wrote: > > > There

Re: [Mailman-Users] no require password for unsubscribe?

2002-01-10 Thread Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Check out http://nleaudio.com/bnotes/mailman.htm Bob -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users

[Mailman-Users] Re: sendmail + mailman

2002-01-10 Thread Rich Ramos
>> By default, sendmail on OS X doesn't use the alias file (it uses NetInfo). >> >> Either modify your sendmail.cf file to use the alias file, > > It says it's using /etc/mail/aliases but... > >> or put your aliases into the /alias directory of netinfo -- >> >> Here's an example: >> % niutil -rea

[Mailman-Users] smrsh

2002-01-10 Thread jgo
There have been a number of questions on this... and answers, but I don't quite see an answer that works... yet. I'm getting the dreaded smrsh error. smrsh: wrapper not available for sendmail programs 554 5.0.0 "|/Users/mailman/Documents/mailman/bin/mail/wrapper post third"... Service unavailable

[Mailman-Users] Re: sendmail + mailman

2002-01-10 Thread jgo
> At 2002-01-08 11:39:27 -0500 "Daniel J. Luke" wrote: >> On Tue, 2002 Jan 08 at 00:02:58 -0800, jgo wrote: >> Anyone know of likely things that could be going wrong, here? > > By default, sendmail on OS X doesn't use the alias file (it uses NetInfo). > > Either modify your sendmail.cf file to use

Re: [Mailman-Users] no require password for unsubscribe?

2002-01-10 Thread Terry Davis
Michael Johnson (firewing) wrote: > If nothing else (security concerns aside), it'll alleviate confusion on > subscribers' part who often get frustrated when they don't realize (or > read the message they are sent or the information pages) that to unsub > they need their password. > > At 04:4

[Mailman-Users] no require password for unsubscribe?

2002-01-10 Thread Terry Davis
I want to be able to allow my users to unsubscribe from a list without a password. I understand this can be dangerous but this is a controlled list and my users are going to be sub-par as far as intelligence goes. I notice that when I do a mass subscribe, it auto-generates a password for ever

Re: [Mailman-Users] procmail recipes

2002-01-10 Thread Paul Tomblin
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 11:41:54AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I'm looking for procmail recipes to use with mailman and mhonarc. I use "The Spambouncer" from Catherine Hampton. http://www.spambouncer.org/ I invoke it with the following in /etc/procmailrcs/mailman # Set up fo

[Mailman-Users] nntp gateway | list to NNTP works but NNTP to list does not

2002-01-10 Thread Terry Davis
There is an option in the gateway setup that says: Should new posts to the newsgroup be sent to the mailing list? I have that marked as yes but I am not seeing new posts to the nntp group being shot over to the mailing list. What am I missing here? Thank you! -- Terry Davis Systems Administr

[Mailman-Users] mm 2.0.8 & postfix memory usage

2002-01-10 Thread Jay S Curtis
I've noticed what seems to be a memory leak after upgrading to 2.0.8 and removing sendmail in favor of postfix. I'm running RH 7.2 enterprise version with KDE 2.2.2 etc etc. Anyone else seeing this? the used swap/background memory usage continues to grow slowly until MM/Postfix shuts down with a

Re: [Mailman-Users] procmail recipes

2002-01-10 Thread Dan Wilder
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 10:21:36AM -0800, J C Lawrence wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:41:54 -0600 > jerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have looked at > > > http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.004.htp > > > in the FAQ there is this: > > >> My entire setup exc

[Mailman-Users] News Gateway

2002-01-10 Thread MikeT
I am running Mailman 2.0.8 Every time I try to use the Mail-News and News-Mail gateways I get error messages. Traceback (innermost last): File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 222, in ? main() File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 203, in main process_lists(lock) File "/h

Re: [Mailman-Users] procmail recipes

2002-01-10 Thread J C Lawrence
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:41:54 -0600 jerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have looked at > http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.004.htp > in the FAQ there is this: >> My entire setup except for the procmail recipes can be found >> here: ftp://ftp.kanga.nu/pub/Kanga.Nu

Re: [Mailman-Users] Sharing a Mailman installation between two systems

2002-01-10 Thread David Osborne
Just for the record, if anyone's interested, I solved my problem by installing a full Mailman installation on the secondary system, then mounting just the lists and locks directories from the primary. The secondary could then see the lists it should be handling, but users could still use the web i

[Mailman-Users] procmail recipes

2002-01-10 Thread jerry
Hi I'm looking for procmail recipes to use with mailman and mhonarc. I have looked at Mailmain Entry FAQ http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.004.htp in the FAQ there is this: >My entire setup except for the procmail recipes can be found here: >ftp://ftp.kanga.nu/pub/K

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problems with Mailman under 'secure' Linux kernels

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Barrett
Barry - thanks for bringing some rtfm to bear and sorry for wasting your time. MM 2.0.8 $build/README.LINUX reads as follows which seems define the problem and solution pretty clearly: Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System

Re: [Mailman-Users] Automatically Reject Non-Member Posts

2002-01-10 Thread Jon Carnes
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.012.htp - Original Message - From: "Matt Hyclak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: [Mailman-Users] Automatically Reject Non-Member Posts > I have a user that wants Ma

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problems with Mailman under 'secure' Linux kernels

2002-01-10 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "MB" == Mike Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MB> Thank you, Richard. This sounds like a reasonable answer to MB> what is happening. I'm not sure that I want to reload Lunix MB> to accomplish setting up Mailman. I certainly hope there is a MB> workaround that someone c

Re: [Mailman-Users] Newlist from web interface

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Barrett
At 16:25 10/01/2002 +0100, Jerome Warnier wrote: >Is there a mean to create new lists from a web interface? >Even if not integrated with Mailman, I would be interested in. Coming in Mailman 2.1 I believe but its only at alpha 4 release state at the moment. >Thanks > > >-

[Mailman-Users] Automatically Reject Non-Member Posts

2002-01-10 Thread Matt Hyclak
I have a user that wants Mailman to silently remove non-member posts, i.e. not leave them for his approval. Is this possible with the current setup in 2.0.8 or will I have to hack something in to do it? Thanks in advance, Matt -- Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time.

[Mailman-Users] Newlist from web interface

2002-01-10 Thread Jerome Warnier
Is there a mean to create new lists from a web interface? Even if not integrated with Mailman, I would be interested in. Thanks -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users

Re: [Mailman-Users] Empty listinfo

2002-01-10 Thread Jerome Warnier
> At 13:31 10/01/2002 +0100, Jerome Warnier wrote: > > > At 12:24 10/01/2002 +0100, Jerome Warnier wrote: > > > >I get an empty listinfo page. > > > >What may I have done wrong? > > > > > > > >At the beginning, it sometimes displayed some of the lists, but now, > > they're > > > >all gone. > > > >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Empty listinfo

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Barrett
At 13:31 10/01/2002 +0100, Jerome Warnier wrote: > > At 12:24 10/01/2002 +0100, Jerome Warnier wrote: > > >I get an empty listinfo page. > > >What may I have done wrong? > > > > > >At the beginning, it sometimes displayed some of the lists, but now, > they're > > >all gone. > > > > So, what have

Re: [Mailman-Users] ImportError: No module named Mailman

2002-01-10 Thread Bill Moseley
Dan Mick hit me over the head and suggested strace, so full strace output can be seen at: http://hank.org/images/mailman.txt This all started after a reboot one day. I've run make install from the distribution directory again, just in case some file was missing, but that didn't change anything.

[Mailman-Users] Majordomo-style email adding, without confirmation from end user?

2002-01-10 Thread Matt A. Gargett
I have several lists that people sign up for from a webpage (not the mailman based webpage) within our Customer Support website. They click a checkbox next to a list, and an email is generated by the web server to that list subscribing them. This is the only interface for the users to subscribe

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problems with Mailman under 'secure' Linux kernels

2002-01-10 Thread Mike Burton
Thank you, Richard. This sounds like a reasonable answer to what is happening. I'm not sure that I want to reload Lunix to accomplish setting up Mailman. I certainly hope there is a workaround that someone can share. I also didn't mention that this was only through the web interface. I ca

Re: [Mailman-Users] Empty listinfo

2002-01-10 Thread Jerome Warnier
> At 12:24 10/01/2002 +0100, Jerome Warnier wrote: > >I get an empty listinfo page. > >What may I have done wrong? > > > >At the beginning, it sometimes displayed some of the lists, but now, they're > >all gone. > > So, what have you changed recently? Just added lists. But it didn't work well (it

Re: [Mailman-Users] Hierarchical mailing-lists?

2002-01-10 Thread Jerome Warnier
> At 11:51 10/01/2002 +0100, Jerome Warnier wrote: > >I didn't find that link by myself, sorry. > >I did not know anyway that that was called "Umbrella-list". > > > >Anyway, that's not what I want. > >I want exactly the same as what he says in this FAQ: an Umbrella-list who > >smartly identifies m

Re: [Mailman-Users] control over the the list member..

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Barrett
At 17:12 10/01/2002 +0530, Subhasis Mahapatra wrote: >Hello to ALL > >I am new to mailman. >I want to make a list where subscription is controled by a person. But a >list member can change the options or even unsubscribe himself but no one >can subscribe by himself by his own. > >Is it possible th

Re: [Mailman-Users] Empty listinfo

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Barrett
At 12:24 10/01/2002 +0100, Jerome Warnier wrote: >I get an empty listinfo page. >What may I have done wrong? > >At the beginning, it sometimes displayed some of the lists, but now, they're >all gone. So, what have you changed recently? Assuming MM 2.0.X, factors affecting whether a list appears

Re: [Mailman-Users] Hierarchical mailing-lists?

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Barrett
At 11:51 10/01/2002 +0100, Jerome Warnier wrote: >I didn't find that link by myself, sorry. >I did not know anyway that that was called "Umbrella-list". > >Anyway, that's not what I want. >I want exactly the same as what he says in this FAQ: an Umbrella-list who >smartly identifies members belongi

[Mailman-Users] control over the the list member..

2002-01-10 Thread Subhasis Mahapatra
Hello to ALL I am new to mailman. I want to make a list where subscription is controled by a person. But a list member can change the options or even unsubscribe himself but no one can subscribe by himself by his own. Is it possible through mailman -- With Best Regards, Subhasis Mahapatra I

[Mailman-Users] Empty listinfo

2002-01-10 Thread Jerome Warnier
I get an empty listinfo page. What may I have done wrong? At the beginning, it sometimes displayed some of the lists, but now, they're all gone. Thanks -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/ma

Re: [Mailman-Users] Hierarchical mailing-lists?

2002-01-10 Thread Jerome Warnier
I didn't find that link by myself, sorry. I did not know anyway that that was called "Umbrella-list". Anyway, that's not what I want. I want exactly the same as what he says in this FAQ: an Umbrella-list who smartly identifies members belonging to multiple lists and doesn't send the same me

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problems with Mailman

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Barrett
I think this should be re-titled 'Mailman problem under 'secure' Linux kernels. I have seen this problem reported recently on this list by another user. While I do not run any 'secure' version of linux kernel, I think the problem results from restrictions on the creation of hard links under suc