Re: [Mailman-Users] "relaying prohibited by admin" error

2002-08-12 Thread Matthias Jänichen
At 14:30 13.08.02 +0800, Wolfram Knipp wrote: ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (reason: 550 relaying to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> prohibited by >administrator) is lists.mydomain.org a different server or just a virtual domain on the same machine? In that case you should add it to the list of localhosts. For

[Mailman-Users] "relaying prohibited by admin" error

2002-08-12 Thread Wolfram Knipp
hi, I've just completed (I think) configuring my mailman.. now, whenever I try send a mail to a list I've created, I get returned this: - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (reason: 550 relaying to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> prohibited by administra

[Mailman-Users] Can I pay for Technical support? re: MailMan?

2002-08-12 Thread Steve Shultz
We are downloading Mailman on our Linux box. Is there paid technical support available? Who can tell us what the capacity is on a 1-meg. out dsl line---that is, how many, on the average emails can be sent via Mailman? Are there issues with AOL and other ISP's that we must be aware of-- in order

Re: [Mailman-Users] GID (again but archives don't help)

2002-08-12 Thread Odhiambo Washington
* Roelf Schreurs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20020813 00:36]: wrote: > Hi > > I just installed mailman 2.1b3 > > uid=1086(mailman) gid=1086(mailman) groups=1086(mailman) > > ./configure --prefix=/opt/mailman --with-username=1086 --with-groupname=1086 > > su-2.05a$ ls -l > -rwxr-sr-x 1 mailman mailm

[Mailman-Users] Trying to get mailman to play well with Postfix virtual domains

2002-08-12 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
Hi, I have setup a a mailman (2.1b3) system alongwith with Postfix 1.1.11 The postfix box is configured as follows myhostname = mail.dom1.ain mydomain = dom1.ain myorigin = $myhostname mailman 2.1b3 was setup by default with URLHOST and EMAILHOST = mail1.dom1.ain I then set up a postfix virtua

[Mailman-Users] newlist.py error after a debian install

2002-08-12 Thread bear
I used apt-get to install mailman (2.0.12-2) and when I run newlist I get the following: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/newlist", line 223, in ? main() File "/usr/sbin/newlist", line 171, in main mlist.Create(listname, owner_mail, pw) File "/usr/lib/mailman/Mail

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman question

2002-08-12 Thread John W Baxter
At 17:49 -0400 8/3/2002, Dusty wrote: >Is there a way that my site's visitors can just add themselves to my list >directly from my home page? I just want a simple form that lets them add >their email address and hit submit. Yes...build a form that subscribes them using the email interface, assum

[Mailman-Users] Wishlist Items

2002-08-12 Thread Rajesh Patel
Dear Sir   I hope this is going to the right place. I would like to request the following two features:   (1) On subscription, the email sent out requires the user to ACTIVATE the mailing request before they actually get added to the list. This is to address an issue where people are sometime

[Mailman-Users] Hello

2002-08-12 Thread Geoff Taylor
Hi,   Can i use this mailman thing via windows XP?   I tried to send an email to via MS Outlook but got a response saying my mail message was invalid...   Would appreciate your assistance...   Thanks, Geoff.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Wishlist Items

2002-08-12 Thread Chuq Von Rospach
On 8/12/02 3:57 PM, "G. Armour Van Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But > if the confirmation message included a note *from me*, whom they know, and > then > offered them the chance to ignore the message and not subscribe, or to reply > to be > subscribed, this would be a good process. No, ba

Re: [Mailman-Users] Wishlist Items

2002-08-12 Thread G. Armour Van Horn
Tom Whiting wrote: > > (2) A feature that allows a user to register someone else (a friend) with > > an Introduction ADDED to the subscription email that is sent. So I could > > subscribe a friend and add a personal messge so they know I sent this to > > them ... > VERY VERY not good idea (though

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: Mailman mailing lists - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)

2002-08-12 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Chris Winterrowd wrote: > How well does Mailman scale, and what's the largest number of lists that > anyone has reported having? I'm looking to replace majordomo which just > crossed 18,000 lists and the growth is increasing exponentially. Any > success stories or horror stories are welcome!

Re: [Mailman-Users] I have problem on configuration of mailman.

2002-08-12 Thread Tom Whiting
On Wednesday 07 August 2002 10:57 pm, Sophal Chey wrote: > Dear sir, >My name's Sophal Chey. I live in Cambodia. I'm a man 22. >I would like you to aid me to install+configure of mailman to work with > qmail. My server's OS is Redhat Linux 7.2. I've already installed and > configured qmail

[Mailman-Users] subscribe requests

2002-08-12 Thread zeek
Nowhere have I found a way to answer "subscribe" requests automagically w/Mailman. Does anyone have an add-on or patch for this? Cheers, -zeek -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-u

Re: [Mailman-Users] subscribe requests

2002-08-12 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
zeek wrote: > Nowhere have I found a way to answer "subscribe" requests automagically > w/Mailman. Does anyone have an add-on or patch for this? The only way I've been able to make this work is to disable passwords all together. Note that this applies to the 2.0.x stable version of Mailman.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Wishlist Items

2002-08-12 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "RP" == Rajesh Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RP> Last of all I have a general question which I do not see RP> addressed in the FAQ - how is a request like this handled and RP> is there any feedback so I can tell if this request is going RP> anywhere anytime soon? Mailm

[Mailman-Users] I have problem on configuration of mailman.

2002-08-12 Thread Sophal Chey
Dear sir, My name's Sophal Chey. I live in Cambodia. I'm a man 22. I would like you to aid me to install+configure of mailman to work with qmail. My server's OS is Redhat Linux 7.2. I've already installed and configured qmail and python work properly. But the mailman is not yet. I've

Re: [Mailman-Users] post approval

2002-08-12 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
arislist wrote: > why is it when i approve the message for > posting.. no ones recieve it? Did you install the qrunner cron task? No message gets delivered to list members if the crontask isn't running. Read your INSTALL file again and follow the steps to install the crontask for your inst

Re: [Mailman-Users] Wishlist Items

2002-08-12 Thread Tom Whiting
> (1) On subscription, the email sent out requires the user to ACTIVATE the > mailing request before they actually get added to the list. This is to > address an issue where people are sometimes registered without their > consent! If you'll go into the mailing list options, I believe there is a se

Re: [Mailman-Users] Compiling CGI-Wrappers

2002-08-12 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Kind request: Please do not post in HTML. -- "Sigifredo A. González Alvarado" wrote: > I'm triying to create some CGI-Wrappers from some python files, how do i > compile them? and How do i compile the python files on Mailman/Cgi into the > cgi-bin directory? Mailman takes car

Re: [Mailman-Users] Wishlist Items

2002-08-12 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Kind request: Do not post in HTML. -- Rajesh Patel wrote: > (1) On subscription, the email sent out requires the user to ACTIVATE the > mailing request before they actually get added to the list. This is to > address an issue where people are sometimes registered without their cons

[Mailman-Users] Unofficial patches pages

2002-08-12 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
I've created a couple of pages off the Mailman wiki: http://www.zope.org/Members/bwarsaw/MailmanDesignNotes/FrontPage for collecting unofficial patches. SourceForge's patch manager is fine for managing the patches (uploading, updating, describing, commenting on, etc.), but really lousy for

[Mailman-Users] Re: Mailman mailing lists - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)

2002-08-12 Thread Chris Winterrowd
How well does Mailman scale, and what's the largest number of lists that anyone has reported having? I'm looking to replace majordomo which just crossed 18,000 lists and the growth is increasing exponentially. Any success stories or horror stories are welcome! Thanks, Chris Winterrowd [EMAIL

[Mailman-Users] nightly htdig cron job errors

2002-08-12 Thread Roelf Schreurs
Hi I have the following error when running the nightly htdig cronjob. Anybody know why? [root@dmx cron]# ./nightly_htdig ./nightly_htdig:63: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level def main(): ./nightly_htdig:211: SyntaxWarning: import * only allowed at module level def main(

[Mailman-Users] Compiling CGI-Wrappers

2002-08-12 Thread Sigifredo A . González Alvarado
Hello,   I'm triying to create some CGI-Wrappers from some python files, how do i compile them? and How do i compile the python files on Mailman/Cgi into the cgi-bin directory?   Thanks, Janov...

Re: [Mailman-Users] Good Bye!

2002-08-12 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "PC" == Paul Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PC> Come to the defense of the innocent and you get your name PC> dragged through the mud! Thanks for the attempted support to PC> those that supported me! I won't make any further comments to PC> those of you that trashed me

Re: [Mailman-Users] CGI problem

2002-08-12 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
"V.S.Mony" wrote: > Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 99, GOT gid 48. (Reconfigure to take > 48?) Seems your cgi-gid is 48, not 99. -- W | I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere. + Ashley M. Kirchner

[Mailman-Users] post approval

2002-08-12 Thread arislist
i set my mailman on which posters messege should be approved by the admin before sending it why is it when i approve the message for posting.. no ones recieve it? please help me asap -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail

[Mailman-Users] CGI problem

2002-08-12 Thread V.S.Mony
Hi, had installed mailman. I am having rpm installation of apache. The gid of mail is 12 and gid of nobody is 99. I gave the nobody gid for the cgi-gid. Then i got the following error Can you help me out. Thanks Venkat Mailman CGI error!!! The expected gid of the Mailman CGI wrapper did not

[Mailman-Users] Patches and Version #

2002-08-12 Thread Sean Yo
Hello, I've recently installed Mailman under Mandrake 8.0 (Python 2.0) and I just finished patching from 2.0.10 to 2.0.13 - it worked without a hitch. (As far as I can tell...) However, when I run the version script in /home/mailman/bin it is still reporting 2.0.10. Is this a problem? I as

[Mailman-Users] Is it possible to have 2 lists of the same name under diff virtual domains

2002-08-12 Thread Yusuf Goolamabbas
Hi, I am a Mailman newbie though I know a bit about MTA's such a sendmail/postfix. Whilst playing with Mailman 2.1b2 and Postfix 1.1.11, I saw that if I created a list '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', I would not be able to create a second list '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' where dom1.ain is in mydestination and dom2.a

[Mailman-Users] GID (again but archives don't help)

2002-08-12 Thread Roelf Schreurs
Hi I just installed mailman 2.1b3 uid=1086(mailman) gid=1086(mailman) groups=1086(mailman) ./configure --prefix=/opt/mailman --with-username=1086 --with-groupname=1086 su-2.05a$ ls -l -rwxr-sr-x 1 mailman mailman 18005 Aug 12 15:37 mailman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Command died with status 2: "

Re: [Mailman-Users] link update

2002-08-12 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
> "PEB" == Paul E Brabson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PEB> I noticed that the link for Chris Kolar and the list manager PEB> documentation is incorrect on page PEB> http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/MM21/mgrs.html. The PEB> correct link should be http://staff.imsa.edu/~ckol

Re: [Mailman-Users] MailMan with Apache: error "attempt to invokedirectory as script"

2002-08-12 Thread Vince LaMonica
On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Johannes Posel wrote: } Ok, I changed httpd.conf, restarted Apache, but still the same error } :& Ok, make sure you're surfing to: http://www.yourdomain.org/mailman/listinfo or http://www.yourdomain.org/mailman/admin If you don't specify 'listinfo' or 'admin' after '/mailma

Re: [Mailman-Users] Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 0, GOT gid 12. (Reconfigure to take 12?)

2002-08-12 Thread Tom Whiting
On Monday 12 August 2002 03:28 pm, Support wrote: > - Transcript of session follows - > Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 0, GOT gid 12. (Reconfigure to take > 12?) > 554 5.3.0 unknown mailer error 2 > Imagine that, it even told you how to fix the error. Try reading docs next time be

[Mailman-Users] Failure to exec script. WANTED gid 0, GOT gid 12. (Reconfigure totake 12?)

2002-08-12 Thread Support
Hi, I set up mailman 2.0.12 on RH7.3 running sendmail.(sendmail running as root, apache as nobody,mailman running as mailman) i created a list, allowed FollowSymLinks in pipermail alias in apache, added the appropriate aliases in the /etc/aliases file, and added a symlink /etc/smrsh/wrapper -> /

[Mailman-Users] Bug problem

2002-08-12 Thread Political Ethiopia
Dear Sirs, I have been running pol.ethiopia mail list for some years now. These days however, I have been blocked acess by the following message: "Bug in Mailman version 2.0.8 We're sorry, we hit a bug! Please inform the webmaster for this site of this problem. Printing of traceback and

RE: [Mailman-Users] Phantom subscriber

2002-08-12 Thread Woodie Sayles
I believe that is what's happening because I did see a different email address in the header. What exactly is going on though? Thanks for your quick reply on my first question. Woodie Sayles Webfoot.Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (727) 442-5770 (727) 442-3380 - fax Fast, friendly, professional web desig

[Mailman-Users] Phantom subscriber

2002-08-12 Thread Woodie Sayles
I have a list where someone had subscribed, and then unsubscribed. Now, every time a post goes out to the list, I get an error message saying that his email address was not found in the Public Name & Address list. Of course he's not, because he has unsubscribed.   I've tried to subscribe and

Re: [Mailman-Users] /etc/aliases in sendmail

2002-08-12 Thread Richard Barrett
Further to what I said on 2nd Aug, I have now adapted the 2.1b2 contrib mm-handler to work with MM 2.0.x and I'm now using it instead of an aliases file in conjunction with Sendmail on our mailing list server. Works OK and will put me in better shape for the switchover to MM 2.1. In addition

Re: [Mailman-Users] queue runner keeps crashing

2002-08-12 Thread Franz Georg Köhler
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 04:12:49PM +0100, Richard Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 15:35 12/08/2002 +0200, Franz Georg =?iso-8859-15?Q?K=F6hler?= wrote: >>All of the sudden, Mailman V. 2.0.11 stopped working, I'm getting those >>messages in the log file: >> >> [...] >> >>Mailman successfull

Re: [Mailman-Users] queue runner keeps crashing

2002-08-12 Thread Richard Barrett
At 15:35 12/08/2002 +0200, Franz Georg =?iso-8859-15?Q?K=F6hler?= wrote: >All of the sudden, Mailman V. 2.0.11 stopped working, I'm getting those >messages in the log file: > > >Aug 12 15:17:03 2002 qrunner(453): Traceback (innermost last): >Aug 12 15:17:03 2002 qrunner(453): File "/usr/lib/mail

[Mailman-Users] queue runner keeps crashing

2002-08-12 Thread Franz Georg Köhler
All of the sudden, Mailman V. 2.0.11 stopped working, I'm getting those messages in the log file: Aug 12 15:17:03 2002 qrunner(453): Traceback (innermost last): Aug 12 15:17:03 2002 qrunner(453): File "/usr/lib/mailman/cron/qrunner", line 283, in ? Aug 12 15:17:03 2002 qrunner(453): kids

Re: [Mailman-Users] how to unsubscribe

2002-08-12 Thread Detlef Neubauer
"Philippe Rasquinet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > from this mailing list? Take a look at http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users or look in your mail headers. Please send no Cc. I answer only via the list. Detlef Neubauer -- .oO GnuPG Key auf http://www.keyserver.net/ Oo. ---

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mail List Not Working

2002-08-12 Thread Richard Barrett
At 13:07 12/08/2002 +, Venu wrote: >Hi, > >I have configured mailman on my Linux system. Using the newlist command i >have created a list and added one user through the web interface. > >When i send a mail to this list it bounces back > >error is " unknown user: "testlist" " > >testlist is th

[Mailman-Users] Mail List Not Working

2002-08-12 Thread Venu
Hi, I have configured mailman on my Linux system. Using the newlist command i have created a list and added one user through the web interface. When i send a mail to this list it bounces back error is " unknown user: "testlist" " testlist is the list name. Am i missing anything in the confi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Checking body for words

2002-08-12 Thread Madhu Menon
At 03:48 PM 12-08-02, Richard Barrett wrote: >I think you would be better off considering use of something like Spam >Assassin (http://spamassassin.org/) to stop junk mail getting as far as >your mail list handler rather than expecting Mailman to provide that type >of mail filtering in addition

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman+postfix+wrapper

2002-08-12 Thread Tom Whiting
> > What is the probleam here???. ny sigestions Check that your cron files are in place. Check your $mailmandir/qfiles don't actually HAVE the message still waiting. Check that you have subscribed yourself to the list. Check that you don't have issues with the options (suid) on whichever drive

[Mailman-Users] Mailman+postfix+wrapper

2002-08-12 Thread Alan Roberto Romaniuc
Hi Im using mailman 2.0.11 with postfix on a redhat 7.3. I created a list called test, but when I send a message to test-request@myserver, I get no awnser. My error log is OK (empty), and postfix log (maillog) says that the message was delivered to destination: E36AB75

Re: [Mailman-Users] Checking body for words

2002-08-12 Thread Richard Barrett
At 02:04 10/08/2002 +0530, Madhu Menon wrote: >Hello. > >I was wondering if someone could help me with this problem. > >What I want to do is block any mail that has the word "viagra" in it in >the body (or any other phrase I specify). Is there some way to do this >through the mailman admin inter