[Mailman-Users] Help please?

2002-05-11 Thread Phil Graham
Dear Mailman users, I am trying to install ver 2.0.10. I have managed to get Mailman to create lists and send admin messages, the GUI works fine with my cgi, but I cannot get the program to recognise email aliases it creates. So if I create a list xyz, I can subscribe people ok, but I cannot s

Re: [Mailman-Users] Thank You!

2002-05-11 Thread Mike Horwath
On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 08:33:10PM -0700, Raquel Rice wrote: > I want to thank the writers of Mailman for such a wonderful product. > I run lists that have mostly women. When I added them to the lists > they were sent out welcome messages which explained the mail > interface and it gave them the

[Mailman-Users] Thank You!

2002-05-11 Thread Raquel Rice
I want to thank the writers of Mailman for such a wonderful product. I run lists that have mostly women. When I added them to the lists they were sent out welcome messages which explained the mail interface and it gave them the URL to the web interface. Then I explained to them all about checki

Re: [Mailman-Users] New user question

2002-05-11 Thread J C Lawrence
On Sat, 11 May 2002 22:35:02 -0400 AerosmithFanClub com List Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FAQ has long sicne been read. Perhaps YOU and the programmers should > read the part where this is OPTIONAL and not something that shoudl be > FORCED onto people. You are misunderstanding RFC 2369.

Re: [Mailman-Users] New user question

2002-05-11 Thread AerosmithFanClub.com List Admin
At 07:28 PM 5/11/2002 -0700, J C Lawrence wrote: >On Sat, 11 May 2002 21:36:11 -0400 ` >AerosmithFanClub com List Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well damn that sucks. > >Mailman is not for you at this point. I recommend finding another >mailing list solution. I have no choice in th

Re: [Mailman-Users] New user question

2002-05-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "AcLA" == AerosmithFanClub com List Admin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AcLA> Well damn that sucks. This is one of the areas of AcLA> this program that whoever wrote it got just a little too AcLA> anal. It is JUST a mailing list. Heck I ran a list under AcLA> M

Re: [Mailman-Users] New user question

2002-05-11 Thread J C Lawrence
On Sat, 11 May 2002 21:36:11 -0400 ` AerosmithFanClub com List Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well damn that sucks. Mailman is not for you at this point. I recommend finding another mailing list solution. > My suggestion is to make this a LOT simpler and do away with all the > levels of

Re: [Mailman-Users] New user question

2002-05-11 Thread J C Lawrence
-- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py

Re: [Mailman-Users] unexpected EOF

2002-05-11 Thread J C Lawrence
On Sat, 11 May 2002 21:08:24 -0400 Barry A Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, should Sendmail.py just go away? Yes. I'm not aware of a single reason to recommend it, even if it were fixed. -- J C Lawrence -(*)Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Strange Load Problems with Mailman

2002-05-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "NB" == Norbert Bollow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: NB> Has this been figured out yet? NB> BTW, Geoffrey what'd the exact Mailman version that you're NB> running? (you mention both 2.1b1 and 2.1b2) ? NB> What is this Mailman process doing? (Have you tried strace?) I thi

Re: [Mailman-Users] 2.1 upgrade

2002-05-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "JSC" == Jay S Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JSC> Anyone have that "sure fire" upgrade HOWTO written yet? Upgrading within the 2.0.x family is really easy. Simply install the new version over the old and Bob's yer uncle. Upgrading from 2.0.x to 2.1 is trickier because sooo much

Re: [Mailman-Users] 2.1 release (approx) + Mass subscribe?

2002-05-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "a" == adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: a> - Is there an approximate date for release of 2.1 stable? I've never been very accurate in giving even guesses, so the best I can say right now is that you can't possibly want MM2.1 out the door more than I do. :) Of course, I can be much

Re: [Mailman-Users] unexpected EOF

2002-05-11 Thread Chuq Von Rospach
On 5/11/02 6:08 PM, "Barry A. Warsaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, should Sendmail.py just go away? Yes. If nobody's fixed it by now, it's unlikely anyone will. -- Chuq Von Rospach, Architech [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.chuqui.com/ He doesn't have ulcers, but he's a carrier. ---

Re: [Mailman-Users] Wishlist addition

2002-05-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "AB" == Aaron Birenboim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AB> How hard would it be to add this URL to the response to the AB> "help" e-mail command? You know, that's a dang good suggestion, and not at all difficult to add. It's now part of MM2.1. Thanks! -Barry -

[Mailman-Users] bug trying to get to the archives

2002-05-11 Thread Beckys91
FYI, At approximately 8:45pm CDT, when I went to: http://lists.bonanarchy.com/mailman/listinfo/bonanarchy and tried to go to the link: http://lists.bonanarchy.com/mailman/private/bonanarchy which is supposed to be the archives, I got this message: Bug in Mailman version We'

Re: [Mailman-Users] New user question

2002-05-11 Thread AerosmithFanClub.com List Admin
Well damn that sucks. This is one of the areas of this program that whoever wrote it got just a little too anal. It is JUST a mailing list. Heck I ran a list under Majordomo for 8 years w/o a single spam coming across the list and no one getting unsubscribed without them doing it th

Re: [Mailman-Users] New user question

2002-05-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "AcLA" == AerosmithFanClub com List Admin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: AcLA> All I am asking (and asking again) is if there is a way to AcLA> set up an initial list of subscribers all with the common AcLA> password? Now without a bit of Python programming and shell access

Re: [Mailman-Users] bounce processing

2002-05-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "KC" == Kevin Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KC> I subscribed a test user, non existant one...it has about15 KC> bounces to it - and still going... I would like fatal bounces KC> to stop on the 3rd try - no logic - as this is a low volume KC> information only list. A

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: 2.1 upgrade - fails on "topics"

2002-05-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "DG" == David Gibbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DG> I think there are some problems with the update code ... I've DG> sent some sample data to Barry. We'll see what comes of it. Someone else may have followed up by now (I'm doing some weekend catchup on the various list traffic).

Re: [Mailman-Users] Errors getting web pages, using 2.0.8

2002-05-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "KM" == Kevin McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: KM> Messages are sent just fine, archive files are created, but KM> when I try to retrieve web pages (archives, listinfo, etc.), I KM> get messages in /home/mailman/logs/errors that contain this: KM> admin(3434): [- Mail

Re: [Mailman-Users] unexpected EOF

2002-05-11 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "RJ" == Ron Jarrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RJ> Are you using the SMTPdirect method or the sendmail delivery RJ> method? If you're using sendmail, stop. It's a really badly RJ> named method. The method of choice is smtpdirect. The RJ> sendmail method would be more p

[Mailman-Users] Authorize-only lists

2002-05-11 Thread Simon
Hi, How do I make authorize-only lists? Lists where a list-owner will need to authorize users upon each subscription. Best regards, Simon -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users

Re: [Mailman-Users] 2.1 release (approx) + Mass subscribe?

2002-05-11 Thread Donal Hunt
Don't have a date for you, but can tell you that 2.1b2 already contains the mass unsubscribe feature you are looking for. Regards Donal DCU > Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 15:02:33 +0100 (IST) > From: "adam (dahamsta)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Mailman-Users] 2.1 releas

Re: SORRY, it was a MISTAKE -- Re: [Mailman-Users] someone unsubscribedsomeone else by web w/o password

2002-05-11 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Andreas Schamanek wrote: > In fact, somebody fooled me, knowing the password. I hope you have a polite way of telling them to go to hell (in such a way that they'll look forward to the trip). :) -- H | "Life is the art of drawing without an eraser." - John Gardner +-

Re: [Mailman-Users] The moderation/SPAM queue

2002-05-11 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
"AerosmithFanClub.com List Admin" wrote: > > A correctly configured list will get ZERO spam. yeah, and i'm santa claus. get real, man. the more "correctly" you configure a list, the less usable it becomes. there is a trade-off. don't sound off about things you haven't really thought about. -

[Mailman-Users] 2.1 release (approx) + Mass subscribe?

2002-05-11 Thread adam (dahamsta)
Hi, Don't want to take up valuable space on the dev list, so perhaps someone here can answer my inane questions: - Is there an approximate date for release of 2.1 stable? - Will 2.1 have a web-based mass unsubscribe feature? Ta, adam --

[Fwd: [Mailman-Users] (no subject)]

2002-05-11 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
dear yahoo postmaster ! this gentleman David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has been a major nuisance on the mailman-users mailing list for a while the message quoted below is so far the worst of a number of highly abusive messages to a volunteer community list. i'd like to ask you to immediately

SORRY, it was a MISTAKE -- Re: [Mailman-Users] someone unsubscribedsomeone else by web w/o password

2002-05-11 Thread Andreas Schamanek
Folks, Sorry for bothering you. On Sat, 11 May 2002, Andreas Schamanek wrote: > But at the moment all looks like somebody was able to > unsubscribe a list's member without knowing this member's > password. ... In fact, somebody fooled me, knowing the password. Mailman is working fine (and

[Mailman-Users] someone unsubscribed someone else by web w/o password

2002-05-11 Thread Andreas Schamanek
Hi folks, I am not yet absolutely sure about what has happened exactly. But at the moment all looks like somebody was able to unsubscribe a list's member without knowing this member's password. My web logs show access POST /mailman/subscribe/mylist-l POST [EMAIL PROTECTED] and immediat

[Mailman-Users] Held-messages for moderated list are stuck

2002-05-11 Thread Wayne Spivak
Is there a manual way to release them? Using Mailman 2.0.5, python 1.5 Thank you Prof. Wayne Spivak SBA * ConsultingR - Systems for Business & Accounting SBA.NET.WEBR - Internet & World Wide Web Consulting divisions of SBA * Consulting, Ltd. 2711 Bellmore Avenue, Bellmore, New York 11710-