[Mailman-Users] qfiles commands directory? Tried to delete outgoing message....

2003-02-21 Thread NOW Website Coordinator
I was trying to stop an outgoing message and wasn't quite sure where to do it. I deleted two files in the qfiles/commands directory which seemed to be relevant, but it was too late, the message was on its way out. I've accepted that fact, now my questions are: 1) What problems could I have cau

Re: [Mailman-Users] 2.1 install glitches

2003-02-21 Thread Phil Stracchino
One more question, if people will bear with me My Postfix mailserver answers (for now) to both smtp.babcom.com and smtp.caerllewys.net, and accepts mail for both. Apache likewise serves both www.babcom.com and www.caerllewys.net. I want my lists to have mail addresses such as [EMAIL PROTECT

[Mailman-Users] Shunting problem

2003-02-21 Thread cary
- I create a new list - Subscribe my self to the list - Send a test message - Mass subscribe 50 email addresses to the new list - Send a message It never arrives and it shunted. I checked the error log and I get this. This is a little frustrating as new lists work but fail the moment I add new use

Re: [Mailman-Users] MemoryError in htmlformat.py

2003-02-21 Thread Jon Carnes
Hmmm Now that is a good question! I assume you tried copying the heldmsg files back into the data directory and then running the web-admindb (and that didn't work?) If so then try sending a message to the list that would be held for moderation and then replace the heldmsg-...pck file that is

Re: [Mailman-Users] reject all...

2003-02-21 Thread Spam Collector
Right on! I'll inquire to see if I can get this done. C. On 21 Feb 2003, Jon Carnes wrote: > This is a feature of Mailman version 2.1. Upgrade to version 2.1.1 > > On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 02:57, Spam Collector wrote: > > > > Hello.. > > Anyone know of a way to do a "reject all"? My lists get

Re: [Mailman-Users] reject all...

2003-02-21 Thread Spam Collector
Thanks, I am aware of the FAQ, and the process that you suggested, however I am not the owner of the machine, IE I run the lists via the gui, , but do not have command line access. Ideally I thought this forum would be the best place to ask, and sugest that in the "held messages" area there be

[Mailman-Users] EFF Mailing List Query

2003-02-21 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
FYI, >From the latest EFF mailer... -Barry snip snip * Mailing List Headaches? Contact us. EFF believes that delivery of legitimate e-mail needs to be carefully protected as a fundamental part of any solution to the spam problem. Unfortunately, we've la

[Mailman-Users] 2.1 install glitches

2003-02-21 Thread Phil Stracchino
I finally got Mailman-2.1.1 doing what I want, but a certain amount of trial and error in the data directory was involved. It appears if you have a umask set when you install it, you will end up with incorrect and non-working permissions on data/aliases and data/aliases.db. -- .* Figh

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.2.1 and Apache running on adifferent port

2003-02-21 Thread Larry Rosenman
--On Friday, February 21, 2003 21:42:50 -0300 Jorge Godoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! I have apache running on port 8080 and when I try using the administrative interface for, e.g., creating a mailing list, it redirects or try accessing port 80. Mailman isn't keeping the ":8080" after the d

[Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.2.1 and Apache running on a different port

2003-02-21 Thread Jorge Godoy
Hi! I have apache running on port 8080 and when I try using the administrative interface for, e.g., creating a mailing list, it redirects or try accessing port 80. Mailman isn't keeping the ":8080" after the domain name. Is it a bug of mine or from Mailman's code? TIA, -- Godoy. <[EMAIL PR

[Mailman-Users] Problem with bogus un-unsubscribable user

2003-02-21 Thread Jay Sekora
Hi. One of the list-admins at my site was testing the bulk-subscription box under Mailman 2.1, and tried to subscribe an address that looked like (as he described it to me) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Foo Bar) but there must have been a tab in there because (according to mm_list_members) the addres

[Mailman-Users] Problem with multiple subscription confirmation messages

2003-02-21 Thread S. Krishnan
Hi, I just upgraded my mailman 2.0.13 install to 2.1.1 by downloading and installing from source. The previous version worked fine. However, 2.1.1 has a major issue with subscription messages. Every time someone subscribes to a list, mailman sends them a mailing list subscription confirmation no

[Mailman-Users] arch failure (MM2.1)

2003-02-21 Thread Rupa Schomaker
So, i wanted to re build my web archives... Running: bin/arch --wipe listname did a bunch of work and then (python 2.1 from debian): Pickling archive state into /var/lib/mailman/archives/private/kiwi/pipermail.pck Traceback (most recent call last): File "bin/arch", line 187, in ? main()

Re: [Mailman-Users] upgrade

2003-02-21 Thread _andreas
hmm, no, USE_CRYPT=0 did not work. I am using 2.1 full version. Maybe there is a way to convert the user database to the current format? _andreas. - Original Message - From: "Jon Carnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andreas Moxnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Mailman users Mailing list" <[EMAIL

Re: [Mailman-Users] upgrade

2003-02-21 Thread Jon Carnes
Interesting... That is not supposed to happen in version 2.1 (are you running the full version or one of the betas?) >From the archives come wisdom in form of words from Barry: === I'm guessing somewhere along the way Python got upgraded and the status of the crypt libraries changed (either they w

Re: [Mailman-Users] reject all...

2003-02-21 Thread Jon Carnes
This is a feature of Mailman version 2.1. Upgrade to version 2.1.1 On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 02:57, Spam Collector wrote: > > Hello.. > Anyone know of a way to do a "reject all"? My lists get a ton of spam, > and it gets old selected reject over and over.. > > Thanks! > > C. > -

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problems with Apache on different port

2003-02-21 Thread Jon Carnes
A couple of folks have done this and they needed to use ~mailman/bin/fix_url.py to modify the url's inside the configurations of their existing lists in order for it work. You may also need to modify the default urls in ~mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py Note: a redirect to the port will not work as the

[Mailman-Users] Authentication doesn't "stick" for virtual domain

2003-02-21 Thread Rupa Schomaker
I have mailman setup with two virtual domains. Emails seem to work fine, but authentication on one of the virtual domains does not work. Primary: www.rupa.com/mailman/... works fine virtual: list.gurukuli.com/mailman/... doens't. The symptom is that I can "login" on the virtual, but any action a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Multiple-domain Mailman question

2003-02-21 Thread Jon Carnes
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 19:14, Phil Stracchino wrote: > I think I may be trying to do something unsupported. No. It is supported, and a common occurrence. Feel free to read the archives. > > I just upgraded my Mailman installation from v2.0.6 to v2.1.1, and at > the same time I'm preparing to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Monthly password reminders

2003-02-21 Thread Jon Carnes
Apples and Oranges? When I set the list to no monthly reminders (Web-Admin/general) then that stays set - even after I add folks to the list. Is it changing for you? When I add folks to the list (Web-Admin/members/add), there is the option to send them a "welcome message", but there is no indivi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Upgrade to 2.1

2003-02-21 Thread Andy Firman
> >I am upgrading to 2.1 now from 2.0.13 > >a couple of questions > >How safe is it to install into the previuos mailman directory > > (/home/mailman)? If I do not install in the old directory how easy is it > > to copy my lists across? > > I upgraded my production MM 2.0.13 to MM 2.1 (and later th

Re: [Mailman-Users] reject all...

2003-02-21 Thread Matthew Davis
* Spam Collector ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Anyone know of a way to do a "reject all"? My lists get a ton of spam, > and it gets old selected reject over and over.. Check FAQ 1.12 > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- Matthew Davis http://dogpound.vnet.net/ Thesaurus:

[Mailman-Users] Re: Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 5, Issue 69

2003-02-21 Thread Warren Hoffman
We set the count to 90k and daily which results in one digest 99.9% of the time. I do appreciate that people on slow connections might prefer smaller digests, but then they could get individual messages or read the mail selectively via a web interface. I suspect most people on this list are on

Re: [Mailman-Users] MM 2.1 topics question...

2003-02-21 Thread Jon Carnes
In logic class we learned that the opposite of: A or B was: not(A) and not(B) The "or" changes to "and" HtH - Jon Carnes On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 14:04, Jeff Hahn wrote: > I'm playing with topics to see how they work. > > I want to hold any message that doesn't match an existing topic. > > (actu

Re: [Mailman-Users] MemoryError in htmlformat.py

2003-02-21 Thread Jon Carnes
What version of Mailman are you using? (it looks like one of the 2.1.x versions). Hope you have already fixed this by now, but just in case, here is something you can try. Look in the data directory for Mailman - this is where the held messages are stored. You can actually scan the heldmsg file

[Mailman-Users] Problems with Apache on different port

2003-02-21 Thread Jorge Godoy
Hi! I have apache listening on port 8080 here, so I access the mailman interface as http://server.home.com:8080/mailman/ -- this works just fine but then my problems start. Every link I click links correctly to the page, except for the port number on the URL. It prevents me from using the webint

Re: [Mailman-Users] Digests for this list

2003-02-21 Thread John DeCarlo
Warren, How do you set up digests on the lists you run? Because the related question is why the Mailman 2.1 defaults are to send a digest when it hits a certain size (30 K). I can't speak for Barry, but in deference to people with slow email access, keeping the size of each digest down makes i

Re: [Mailman-Users] User AKAs?

2003-02-21 Thread John DeCarlo
Alan, This works, though it is not exactly what you are asking for. Set up multiple accounts for each person, with every variation of email address you expect to receive. Then set all but one of them to "nomail". This allows them to be recognized as members while still only receiving one copy

[Mailman-Users] Digests for this list

2003-02-21 Thread Warren Hoffman
Just out of curiosity, I get several digests a day from this list. The 'norm' for digests (elsewhere) is to send digests daily (unless size is extraordinary). If that isn't fast enough, users can select regular delivery or regularly review the archives for responses to their messages. Was sendi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Upgrading to 2.1 - a couple of Qs

2003-02-21 Thread Richard Barrett
At 09:16 21/02/2003, david.gordon wrote: I want to go from 2.0.13 to 2.1.1. I (think I) understand I need to install 2.1 then move my current list archives etc over to the new directory. Its all in the documents! First, you can go directly from 2.0.13 to 2.1.1. There is no need to do the upgrad

[Mailman-Users] Upgrading to 2.1 - a couple of Qs

2003-02-21 Thread david.gordon
I want to go from 2.0.13 to 2.1.1. I (think I) understand I need to install 2.1 then move my current list archives etc over to the new directory. Its all in the documents! I don't understand this, what is the concept here? Don't I just rename the new MM21 directory to the 'old' name and everything

Re: [Mailman-Users]

2003-02-21 Thread Simon White
20-Feb-03 at 23:27, Matthew Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > * Pawan Singh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Is there any way to hide the maling lists > > To make it not publicly advertized on the web page, set 'advertised' to 'No' > on the "Privacy" page. Pawan, Great to see you on the list. G