[Mailman-Users] Personalization with HTML

2003-02-18 Thread Andrew Snook
Hi everyone, I am attempting to create a personalized mailing list that is sent in HTML format. I have successfully configured MailMan to allow for personalization, and after testing it have found it to work. What I would like to do is send out HTML e-mails where users will see "Dear Name" within

Re: [Mailman-Users] hotmail bouncing

2003-02-18 Thread David
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Larry Hansford wrote: > At 07:13 AM 2/18/2003, David wrote: > > > >On 13 Feb 2003, Jon Carnes wrote: > > > > > Some folks on the list have hypothesized that this is due to some spam > > > rules setup on hotmail servers (but not consistent across all their > > > servers). > > >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moderation problem

2003-02-18 Thread Paul Dekkers
Hi, Ah, but there is no way to do this by default? (I guess when there are new user I have to specify that they require modification each time?) Thank you for pointing me at this option however, must have overlooked it - sorry :-| Now that this works I still bother about the other issue: when I

[Mailman-Users] modify a user's full name

2003-02-18 Thread Clark Cooper
In Mailman 2.1, is there a way from command line to make changes to the optional fullname of a given email address? thanks, Clark -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ:

Re: [Mailman-Users] 2.01 and 2.1 side by side?

2003-02-18 Thread Marilyn Davis
I did this with no problem on my development machine, i.e., no real list traffic. I handle all list addresses through the alias file. If you are handling them inside exim, I don't know what to do to make it work. I just placed the two mailmen in different $config directories, which are reflected

[Mailman-Users] 2.01 and 2.1 side by side?

2003-02-18 Thread Warren Woodward
We have several hundred lists running on a 2.0.1 server, and frankly I'm more than a little concerned about attempting to move the server to 2.1 (if for no other reason than the prospective support nightmare of getting all these list owners used to the new code). But I have been impressed with

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moderation problem

2003-02-18 Thread John DeCarlo
Paul, If you go to the Membership List section for web admin and go to the bottom, you will find: "Set everyone's moderation bit, including those members not currently visible". Change that to On and click on the Set button. Your list will now be one where all messages require the moderator's

Re: [Mailman-Users] Customizing Help Template

2003-02-18 Thread John DeCarlo
Jeremy, If you want to better understand the available commands by email, and can look at the Python and understand it, here is what I have figured out so far. Note that some of it may be wrong. :-) I started because I want the "who" command to return a section of people unsubscribed because

[Mailman-Users] List Archive Link wrong if host_name set to default

2003-02-18 Thread Jerry Stratton
I've just upgraded from 2.0.13 to 2.1.1, and the "Go to list archive" link points to lists.sandiego.edu (the value of DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST in Defaults.py) as long as the list's "Host name this list prefers for email." is also set to lists.sandiego.edu. If I change "Host name this list prefers for

Re: [Mailman-Users] hotmail bouncing

2003-02-18 Thread Larry Hansford
At 07:13 AM 2/18/2003, David wrote: On 13 Feb 2003, Jon Carnes wrote: > Some folks on the list have hypothesized that this is due to some spam > rules setup on hotmail servers (but not consistent across all their > servers). > > Try modifying SMTP_MAX_RCPTS (in the file mm_cfg.py): > # Ceilin

[OT] [Mailman-Users] Challenge

2003-02-18 Thread Simon White
18-Feb-03 at 10:35, Keith Mastin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > >17-Feb-03 at 17:39, Keith Mastin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > >> Because they're running XP, I can't suggest that they allow me to drop > >> in a linux firewall because of the bugs in the XP tcp/ip stack, not > >> unless they agree to

[Mailman-Users] Re: sys.exit(0) causes no cgi output

2003-02-18 Thread Richard Barrett
At 18:22 17/02/2003, Karl Berry wrote: Red Hat 7.2 (i686), apache 1.3.26, python 2.2.2, mailman 2.1.1 (also happened with 2.1). After applying the htdig patches, we found that calls to http://.../mailman/htdig/... got an internal server error (HTTP 500). (An example full url: http://tug.org/mail

Re: [Mailman-Users] A Known bug with confirmation string & excessive bounces

2003-02-18 Thread VLists.Net Support
Altho I haven't seen the problem on any of the lists I run on my own server, I have experienced this exact problem on both mailman-users and mailman-developers lists here. What gets me about this is that altho it says I'm generating excessive bounces, I get the bounce notification just fine. Bu

[Mailman-Users] Re: A Known bug with confirmation string & excessive bounces

2003-02-18 Thread David Gibbs
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have sent this in before but I guess the powers that be are NOT > interested. There is definitely something wrong with the bounce process > with regards to the Confirmation string. Can anyone explain how confirm

[Mailman-Users] Re: A Known bug with confirmation string & excessive bounces

2003-02-18 Thread David Gibbs
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have sent this in before but I guess the powers that be are NOT > interested. There is definitely something wrong with the bounce process > with regards to the Confirmation string. Now I can confirm this ... I'v

Re: [Mailman-Users] Challenge

2003-02-18 Thread Keith Mastin
>17-Feb-03 at 17:39, Keith Mastin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : >> Because they're running XP, I can't suggest that they allow me to drop >> in a linux firewall because of the bugs in the XP tcp/ip stack, not >> unless they agree to back down to Win2k, which they can no longer >> purchase licences an

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moderation problem

2003-02-18 Thread Paul Dekkers
Hi, Hmm, maybe this are unresolvable issues? :-| I hope not... Paul Paul Dekkers wrote: Hi, I installed Mailman-2.1.1 and was wondering if it's possible to moderate all traffic by default for most|all users: I saw the option for emergency moderation, and in that case all mail is held for mode

Re: [Mailman-Users] hotmail bouncing

2003-02-18 Thread David
On 13 Feb 2003, Jon Carnes wrote: > Some folks on the list have hypothesized that this is due to some spam > rules setup on hotmail servers (but not consistent across all their > servers). > > Try modifying SMTP_MAX_RCPTS (in the file mm_cfg.py): > # Ceiling on the number of recipients that ca

[Mailman-Users] aliases

2003-02-18 Thread Pilar Sancho
Someone knows where I can find information of in order that they serve all them you aliases that is necessary to put for every list: newlist: "|/var/mailman/mail/mailman post newlist" newlist-admin:"|/var/mailman/mail/mailman admin newlist" newlist-bounces: "|/var/mailma

Re: [Mailman-Users] Challenge

2003-02-18 Thread Simon White
17-Feb-03 at 17:39, Keith Mastin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > Because they're running XP, I can't suggest that they allow me to drop > in a linux firewall because of the bugs in the XP tcp/ip stack, not > unless they agree to back down to Win2k, which they can no longer > purchase licences and sup