[Mailman-Users] Transferring Mailman to another box

2002-02-25 Thread Corley Kinnane
Hi, I am trying to transfer a Mailman configuration to another system. Currently I've setup Python 1.5.2 and Mailman 2.08 and checked that the old aliases file delivers mail. Mailman's CGI works fine, subscription to a list works and even sends the "reply to"-to-subscribe email to the potent

[Mailman-Users] How to change a list name

2002-02-25 Thread Kirez Korgan
I know you're not supposed to. But I have to. The question is, can I change a list's name and still preserve all the subscribers' preferences, and painlessly continue to use the original archives? By default, I understand I must simply create a new list and start from scratch. But I'm looking fo

Re: [Mailman-Users] Web Forum Frontend to Mailinglist

2002-02-25 Thread Damon Linkous
I've searched for information on the Mailman-to-news since I'm looking for a way to allow answering list messages from the web also. Is there documentation online about this? Does it require running a private news server? Thanks, Damon Linkous > Thomas Guettler wrote: > > > Is it possible to

[Mailman-Users] seeking possible new tool

2002-02-25 Thread Desert Hawk
With all the site admins here, someone must have come up with a script to do this already, so I ask here first (that, and I don't know Python in order to try it myself :) Is there a script equivalent of list_members that one could use to print out the real addresses of all the current list ad

Re: [Mailman-Users] Regular Expressions

2002-02-25 Thread Mike Noyes
At 2002-02-25 17:01 -0800, Marc MERLIN wrote: >Are you talking about the python version on lists.sourceforge.net? >Because if so: >usw-sf-list1:~# python -V >Python 2.1.1 Marc, Yes. Thanks for the information. :-) I believe this is a valid list manager question. That's why I asked here instead

Re: [Mailman-Users] Regular Expressions

2002-02-25 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 07:47:31AM -0800, Mike Noyes wrote: > Marc MERLIN knows which version of Python runs on the SF list server. I > hope he is reading this thread, so he can enlighten us. Already done, but please, if you need sf.net support, submit a support request on the sf.net web s

Re: [Mailman-Users] Regular Expressions

2002-02-25 Thread Marc MERLIN
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 04:38:56PM -0800, Mike Noyes wrote: > John, > Thanks for responding. The Mailman version is 2.0.5 patched by Marc MERLIN > on SourceForge. The Python version is 1.5. Are you talking about the python version on lists.sourceforge.net? Because if so: usw-sf-list1:~# python

Re: [Mailman-Users] install problem python 2.2 on solaris 7

2002-02-25 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Alex Chavez wrote: > I'm not able to install Python 2.2 on a solaris 7 os5.7 sparc box. Can > anyone help? The output and error msg are below: This is a Python problem, and you've posted to Mailman's user list. You might get better luck if you post to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or alternatively, br

[Mailman-Users] install problem python 2.2 on solaris 7

2002-02-25 Thread Alex Chavez
I'm not able to install Python 2.2 on a solaris 7 os5.7 sparc box. Can anyone help? The output and error msg are below: root@elvis /var $ cd /tmp root@elvis /tmp $ cd Python-2.2 root@elvis Python-2.2 $ ./configure --with-gcc loading cache ./config.cache checking MACHDEP... sunos5 checking for --

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: Config for moderator to edit posts in admindb

2002-02-25 Thread Jon Carnes
Either that or do it the way that I do - which is edit the source file in ~mailman/data./... Jon Carnes - Original Message - From: "Kirez Korgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jon Carnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 4:30 PM Subject: [Mailman-Users]

[Mailman-Users] Re: Config for moderator to edit posts in admindb

2002-02-25 Thread Kirez Korgan
This should have been incorporated into v2.0.8... unless there's some danger or problem with it (so I'm concerned there may be). I'm not intense enough to manage my lists on forked code, and I want to be forward-compatible with coming versions of Mailman, so... should I take my question to mailma

Re: [Mailman-Users] Web Forum Frontend to Mailinglist

2002-02-25 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Thomas Guettler wrote: > Is it possible to get a web-frontend to a mailinglist? > > I think about a forum where you have threaded display of the messages > and can post messages through the web without subscribing. Mailman-to-news, which is already present in Mailman does essentially that.

[Mailman-Users] Umbrella List Question

2002-02-25 Thread Mike Mills
I have an umbrella list that is created from 9 other lists using the techniques recommended in the FAQ's. I just realized that when extracting the members from a list to create the umbrella list that those members who have the NO MAIL option selected are still included and become members of the u

[Mailman-Users] Web Forum Frontend to Mailinglist

2002-02-25 Thread Thomas Guettler
Hi! Is it possible to get a web-frontend to a mailinglist? I think about a forum where you have threaded display of the messages and can post messages through the web without subscribing. Would be nice to have a bridge between these two "worlds" Please CC to me, I am not on the list. thomas

[Mailman-Users] how many numbers of email id enter in one mailing list

2002-02-25 Thread Prakash Singhania
Dear Sir,   If I am create one mailing list on our server, then how many email ids enter in one mailing list?   15000 email ids enter in one mailing list, then mailing list is working properly and how much time taken to send mail to all 15000 email ids.   Thanking you   Prakash Singhania   -

[Mailman-Users] 2.0.8 HTML Weirdness

2002-02-25 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Okay, I'm not going insane, I don't think. However, I just found out a problem with 2.0.8. After editing the subscription page and adding custom tags, I went back and tried subscribing myself again (from a different email), and the html page returned didn't look anything like what I had se

Re: [Mailman-Users] Config for moderator to edit posts in admindb

2002-02-25 Thread Jon Carnes
Google search turned up: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2001-October/009686.html This was written for Mailman v2.0.6 === *** Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py.orig Wed Oct 10 13:31:46 2001 --- Mailman/Cgi/admindb.py Wed Oct 10 18:30:25 2001 *** *** 270,275 --- 270

Re: [Mailman-Users] Config for moderator to edit posts in admindb

2002-02-25 Thread Kirez Korgan
How do I find and install, or re-create, this patch that someone else made to allow the admin to edit the copy of the message and then replace the original message with the copy? Kirez - Original Message - From: "Jon Carnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kirez Korgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[

Re: [Mailman-Users] Config for moderator to edit posts in admindb

2002-02-25 Thread Jon Carnes
Yes. Mailman is open source software and is very easy to modify. Someone has already made a patch that does exactly that (allows the admin to view/edit the copy of the message, and then replaces the original message with the copy). The original message is in ~mailman/held/.. Each message is sto

[Mailman-Users] Config for moderator to edit posts in admindb

2002-02-25 Thread Kirez Korgan
It seems that Mailman makes a copy of a message appear in the admindb, for moderators to process (accept or reject). My moderators want to EDIT the message, however. Is it possible to config Mailman so that they can edit the message through the admindb / viewer? cheers, Kirez

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mail not getting sent (could not acquire qrunner lock, segfault)

2002-02-25 Thread Paul Schreiber
--- Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check the rights on your directory structure and on the Mailman files. > There is a program in ~mailman/bin/... for doing this. Could you have > modified it so that root owns everything (accidentally)? already tried: > > permissions are okay: > > # .

[Mailman-Users] RE: Bounced e-mail/Mystery User

2002-02-25 Thread Michael Mendelson
FOUND A SOLUTION. Thought I'd go ahead and post it for posterity. The solution to both problems lies in the qmail setup, and communcations between mailman and Qmail. What I found (in subsequent testing) is that messages to local addresses were delivered and others were not. Further, there was

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mail not getting sent (could not acquire qrunner lock, segfault)

2002-02-25 Thread Jon Carnes
Check the rights on your directory structure and on the Mailman files. There is a program in ~mailman/bin/... for doing this. Could you have modified it so that root owns everything (accidentally)? Jon Carnes - Original Message - From: "Paul Schreiber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PRO

[Mailman-Users] Delivery exception on Mailman

2002-02-25 Thread Roger Wagner
Hi I need help because have this problem: Error Log showed this: Feb 22 15:00:09 2002 (5582) Delivery exception: EOF read where object expected Feb 22 15:00:09 2002 (5582) Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Handlers/HandlerAPI.py", line 82, in do_pipeline

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delivery exception on Mailman

2002-02-25 Thread Jon Carnes
Looks like the database of the list is corrupt. There is a tool for checking the database in ~mailman/bin/... Good Luck - Jon Carnes - Original Message - From: "Roger Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lista de discussões Mailman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:40 P

Re: [Mailman-Users] archive search

2002-02-25 Thread Paul-Catalin Oros
As far as I know, there's no search archives functionnality comming with the default Mailman. This means you did some custom setup to have this. If that's the case, nobody can help unless you describe what's your setup, what search engine are you using, etc. Regards, Paul On S

Re: [Mailman-Users] Repeat messages

2002-02-25 Thread Jon Carnes
Looks like the lock files are not working... is the "sticky" bit set properly on the directory structure? It looks like qrunner is kicking off every minute (as it is set to do...) and that it is processing the message in the queue as though no other qrunner process is running. The only reason I

[Mailman-Users] Mail not getting sent (could not acquire qrunner lock, segfault)

2002-02-25 Thread Paul Schreiber
hi ... my config: linux, python 1.5.2, mailman 2.0.8, sendmail. all has been working well for months. recently, i had a problem where not mail would get send ... the qrunner log file said "could not acquire qrunner lock." i deleted the lock files and all was well. however, this time the proble

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman 2.0.8 with python 1.5.1

2002-02-25 Thread Jon Carnes
What problems are you having in upgrading to 2.2? Have you tried to do it via the tarball? Jon Carnes - Original Message - From: "Alex Chavez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:02 AM Subject: [Mailman-Users] mailman 2.0.8 with python 1.5.1 >

Re: [Mailman-Users] webmail issues

2002-02-25 Thread Jon Carnes
You will need to either move to Mailman v2.1 (in alpha) or use ezmlm. Webumake requires each message to be sent individually and the header to be set to the exact individual. That functionality is an option in version 2.1 of Mailman, and a built-in "feature" of ezmlm. That's fine but it really r

[Mailman-Users] Delivery exception on Mailman

2002-02-25 Thread Roger Wagner
Hi I need a help for anybody because have this problem : Error Log showed this: Delivery exception: EOF read where object expected Traceback (innermost last): File: "./usrlib/mailman/Mailman/handlers/Hold.py", line 177, in process File: "./usrlib/mailman/Mailman/handlers/Ho

[Mailman-Users] postfix, mailman and virtual

2002-02-25 Thread Henrion Benjamin
Hello, I must set up different ml with postfix/virtual. Which syntax must I use to do this? (what's your experience with that?) Thanks BNJ -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users

[Mailman-Users] webmail issues

2002-02-25 Thread webmaster
Hello, i am starting a webmail service, we are using webumake mail to serve this service. My service is aimed at a niche market in which yahoo groups are popular, but webumake mail does not work with yahoo groups, but webumake support claim it will work will Mailman. I have setup a test list an

[Mailman-Users] mailman 2.0.8 with python 1.5.1

2002-02-25 Thread Alex Chavez
Is any one successfully using mailman 2.0.8 with python 1.5.1? I haven't been able to upgrade to python 2.1.1 or 2.2 and now I considering going back to 1.5.1. ..::: Alex Chavez : System Admin :::.. La Plaza Telecommunity : www.laplaza.org : Taos. New Mexico : 505.758.1836

[Mailman-Users] Repeat messages

2002-02-25 Thread Joseph McCall
Although I know the answer will be "check your MTA" I thought I'd throw this one out to the list anyway. RH 7.1 + Postfix (chroot'd) + Mailman 2.0.8 Sending out a newsletter to ~12000 subscribers. One group of addresses, all at the same domain, received multiple copies of the email (~20 each). E

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman 2.0.8 problems

2002-02-25 Thread Alan L. Waller
At 09:05 AM 2/25/2002 -0600, Thomas Hillson wrote: >These lists vary from 10 users to 150 and there are not dead addresses as >they have been running for over 6 months clean, then the problem crops up >where the qrunner justs starts messing up. I have over 100 lists on my >servers and only abou

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman 2.0.8 problems

2002-02-25 Thread Thomas Hillson
These lists vary from 10 users to 150 and there are not dead addresses as they have been running for over 6 months clean, then the problem crops up where the qrunner justs starts messing up. I have over 100 lists on my servers and only about six that are causing problems. At 3:59 PM -0800 2/2

Re: [Mailman-Users] moderated list: can only view 6-7K of message!

2002-02-25 Thread Jon Carnes
The amount of the message that is copied for preview is set in: ~mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py (or Defaults.py): === # how many bytes of a held message post should be displayed in the admindb web # page? Use a negative number to indicate the entire message, regardless of # size (though this will

Re: [Mailman-Users] Defaults still not working

2002-02-25 Thread Jon Carnes
Create a new list and see if the changes take hold in that one. Some of the values in the mm_cfg.py and Defaults.py files are stored locally in a list once the list is created. These values cannot be over-ridden by changing the values again in mm_cfg.py. To change them, you'll have to muck abou

[Mailman-Users] (no subject)

2002-02-25 Thread Sergio Sousa
Hi there, Is anyone using Mailman with Solaris and Iplanet/Netscape Messaging? Do you know where I can get some help with that configuration? I`ve compiled OK. Did configure Iplanet to forward list addresses to the Mailman script! No error is given on the logs . but when I send an email to

[Mailman-Users] Mailman with SOLARIS and IPLANET

2002-02-25 Thread Sergio Sousa
Hi there,     Is anyone using Mailman with Solaris and Iplanet/Netscape Messaging?   Do you know where I can get some help with that configuration?   I`ve compiled OK. Did configure Iplanet to forward list addresses to the Mailman script! No error is given on the logs … but when I send

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman + Sendmail + Py v1.5.2 == OK?

2002-02-25 Thread Jeroen Valcke
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 11:51:19PM -0800, Roger Chrisman wrote: > Could someone tell me, will Mailman work OK (reliably) with Sendmail > and Python v1.5.2? > > My virtual Web host only has Sendmail, and Python v1.5.2. I do not > get root access so getting Postfix, Exim, or Qmail probably means

[Mailman-Users] Defaults still not working

2002-02-25 Thread Jeroen Valcke
Hello, Sometime ago I already posted this problem. I got some suggestions but no luck resolving the problem. Apparantly when I add vars to the mm_cfg.py file in the directory $PREFIX/Mailman these don't get into the Defautls.py file. Vars like IMAGE_LOGOS, DEFAULT_URL, DEFAULT_HOSTNAME, MAILMAN_

[Mailman-Users] moderated list: can only view 6-7K of message!

2002-02-25 Thread Kirez Korgan
(I mistakenly sent this email to Christopher Kolar first...) My list managers are asking me why they can only see 6-7 K of a message through the mailman web interface. They need to be able to see the whole message to decide whether to approve it or not (moderated lists). Right now they're forwar