[Mailman-Users] Delay in mailman passing messages

2004-07-20 Thread Spencer Yost
Every since switching to mailman, I have been vexed by a performance problem. Originally, I thought it was my old server. It was getting long in the tooth and in the need of retiring. Last month I replaced it and got my lists up and running with no problem on the new server. However, my proble

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman questions

2004-07-20 Thread Jen Onsum
Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman questionsThanks for the response! In the link you included it said I can configure Mailman to remove the footer, but it does not say how. Can you direct me? Jen - Original Message - From: Brad Knowles To: Jen Onsum Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: T

[Mailman-Users] Runaway OutgoingRunner process

2004-07-20 Thread David Carter
Hi all, I seem to have a process that has a mind of its own. It keeps consuming CPU (as much as it can get), but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. No logs are getting updated, and no actions are being performed. This seemed to start this morning when a user was dropped from a list due to an

Re: [Mailman-Users] Wish List

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 8:12 PM -0600 2004-07-20, Richard B. Pyne wrote: I guess it was a combination of things including that you seem to answer most of the questions on the list and frequent the list much more often than Barry, and there is some little thing about both being "B" names ;-) Hmm. If I am answ

Re: [Mailman-Users] Wish List

2004-07-20 Thread Richard B. Pyne
Wiping the egg from my face I guess it was a combination of things including that you seem to answer most of the questions on the list and frequent the list much more often than Barry, and there is some little thing about both being "B" names ;-) I can tell I've been working far too m

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman questions

2004-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Brad Knowles wrote in reply to off list message: >At 2:44 PM -0500 2004-07-20, Jen Onsum wrote: > >> Thanks for the response! In the link you included it said I can >> configure Mailman to remove the footer, but it does not say how. >> Can you direct me? > > You'd have to edit the templa

Re: [Mailman-Users] inserting comments into list of banned members

2004-07-20 Thread Rod Neep
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes Hi Folks - I want to create lists of accepted non- members, rejected nonmembers, etc. Can comments be inserted be or below the list? Something like: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ### ceo is spam - 2004. You need what Mailman thinks may be a v

Re: [Mailman-Users] Delay in mailman passing messages

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 7:52 PM -0400 2004-07-20, Spencer Yost wrote: Specifically my problem is there is a delay of anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours in Mailman's processing of a message. Mail receives the message but then takes a long time passing it to sendmail. I am not talking about delivery time

[Mailman-Users] Delay in mailman passing messages

2004-07-20 Thread Spencer Yost
Every since switching to mailman, I have been vexed by a performance problem. Originally, I thought it was my old server. It was getting long in the tooth and in the need of retiring. Last month I replaced it and got my lists up and running with no problem on the new server. However, my proble

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question regarding newsletter mailout

2004-07-20 Thread John W. Baxter
On 7/17/2004 11:42, "lori petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the past couple of months we have had some weird things happen when we > send out our newsletter. One member got 4 copies, another didn't get his at > all and last month, we had about 20 people who didn't get it either. If the n

[Mailman-Users] Customizing Listinfo page

2004-07-20 Thread Brendan Chard
Using Mailman 2.1.4 on FreeBSD I am attempting to edit the listinfo.html template file so that the edit subscriber options form appears before the subscription form as this is more practical for supporting my user base. I have successfully switched the two forms on the listinfo page and made mino

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman

2004-07-20 Thread John W. Baxter
On 7/20/2004 7:36, "Jeff Barger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 19, 2004, at 10:24 PM, Mr. Bill wrote: > >> Does mailman archive messages? If so, whre does it archive them to. > > The raw mailbox archive is in $PREFIX/archives/private/list.mbox/. The > HTML'd messages are in $PREFIX/arc

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help (tracing spam)

2004-07-20 Thread John W. Baxter
On 7/20/2004 7:13, "Mark Sapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > uhud wrote: >> >> I have newly installed mailman and for privacy reasons decided to hide >> members >> (senders) email addresses when they send a message to the list. >> >> My question is, suppose now a member spams the list, is ther

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman questions

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 2:44 PM -0500 2004-07-20, Jen Onsum wrote: Thanks for the response! In the link you included it said I can configure Mailman to remove the footer, but it does not say how. Can you direct me? You'd have to edit the templates on the server for that list, removing the footers, etc -- Bra

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personalization comes through as attachment

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 3:31 PM -0400 2004-07-20, Anne Ramey wrote: When I set up personalization with mailman, I get it normally in most mail clients. But in Outlook, it's coming through as an attachment. Is there any way to fix this? Do I need to upgrade my mailman? See

Re: [Mailman-Users] Personalization comes through as attachment

2004-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Anne Ramey wrote: >When I set up personalization with mailman, I get it normally in most >mail clients. But in Outlook, it's coming through as an attachment. >Is there any way to fix this? Do I need to upgrade my mailman? > >Using Mailman version: 2.1.2 > See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/fa

[Mailman-Users] Personalization comes through as attachment

2004-07-20 Thread Anne Ramey
When I set up personalization with mailman, I get it normally in most mail clients. But in Outlook, it's coming through as an attachment. Is there any way to fix this? Do I need to upgrade my mailman? Using Mailman version: 2.1.2 Anne -- Mai

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: inserting comments into list of banned members

2004-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Richard wrote: >My >question is, can comments be included, >either between listings, or at the bottom? >Something like: > >rejected_nonmembers >___ > > ceo @ spamstersinternational.com > ### ceo is a spammer - 2004. > jdoe @ xxx.net > ### jdoe is permanently banned fr

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: inserting comments into list of banned members

2004-07-20 Thread Dan Phillips
On Jul 20, 2004, at 10:42 AM, Richard wrote: rejected_nonmembers ___ ceo @ spamstersinternational.com ### ceo is a spammer - 2004. jdoe @ xxx.net ### jdoe is permanently banned from the list. sales @ bigco.com ### bigco is now owned by gigantico - 2004. ___

[Mailman-Users] Re: inserting comments into list of banned members

2004-07-20 Thread Richard
Try this again. Mailman provides mechanisms for creating lists of rejected nonmembers, accepted nonmembers, etc. Also, regular expressions can be included within these lists. My question is, can comments be included, either between listings, or at the bottom? Something like: rejected_non

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 8:24 PM -0600 2004-07-19, Mr. Bill wrote: Does mailman archive messages? If so, whre does it archive them to. It can, yes. Assuming you installed Mailman in /usr/local/mailman (the default, if you installed from source), they would be in /usr/local/mailman/archives on the server where Mail

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 3:24 PM -0600 2004-07-19, Julie Nelson wrote: We have recently lost our webkeeper and I am trying to mail out this newsletter that we have set up through mailman. I know nothing, can you tell me what to do? Not without a lot more information. See

Re: [Mailman-Users] Lists

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 8:53 AM -0400 2004-07-15, Kristal Hebden wrote: I am interested in your mailing lists, but am curious how secure the lists are - are names distributed to any companies? (I am basically concerned about spam, since it is a free service) I don't understand your question. Can you clarify?

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 5:53 PM +0300 2004-07-19, uhud wrote: My question is, suppose now a member spams the list, is there a way I can find out which member it is? Check your logs and the "Received:" headers of the message. See also . -- B

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman questions

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 4:46 PM -0500 2004-07-19, Jen Onsum wrote: 2) When mass subscribing people, everyone is automatically set to receive plain mailings. Is there a way for people not to be automatically set to receive plain mailings when mass subscribing? It's getting really annoying going through and uncheckin

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question regarding newsletter mailout

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 11:42 AM -0700 2004-07-17, lori petersen wrote: For the past couple of months we have had some weird things happen when we send out our newsletter. One member got 4 copies, another didn't get his at all and last month, we had about 20 people who didn't get it either. Any suggestions would be

Re: [Mailman-Users] Free listservers. Archives. Attachments. Microsoft software.

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 9:42 AM -0400 2004-07-20, Don Saklad wrote: What free listservers are there with archives that will display the text of messages with attachments formatted in microsoft software like .doc ?... You mean automatically convert those documents into a more readable format? No. If you search the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman question

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 9:51 PM -0400 2004-07-14, C. L. Etheridge wrote: Hello sorry to trouble you with my question. Does Mailman address list recipients individually? I am currently doing an (opt-in!) e-mail newsletter distributed via Smartlist. Smartlist and Majordomo do not address recipients individually.

Re: [Mailman-Users] convert config.db to pck?

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 9:29 AM -0400 2004-07-20, Dave Stern - Former Rocket Scientist wrote: I still need to copy over and convert $MAILMAN/lists/* right? I presume the big deal is {config|request}.db. I can use dumpdb to get that to ascii, how do I load it into the new as config.pck? IIRC, the Mailman/bin/update

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman

2004-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mr. Bill wrote: >Does mailman archive messages? If so, whre does it archive them to. By default yes. To mailman/archives/private/ with symlinks in mailman/archives/public/ for public archives. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californ

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help

2004-07-20 Thread Jeff Barger
On Jul 19, 2004, at 10:53 AM, uhud wrote: Hello all, I have newly installed mailman and for privacy reasons decided to hide members (senders) email addresses when they send a message to the list. My question is, suppose now a member spams the list, is there a way I can find out which member it i

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman question

2004-07-20 Thread Jeff Barger
On Jul 14, 2004, at 9:51 PM, C. L. Etheridge wrote: Hello sorry to trouble you with my question. Does Mailman address list recipients individually? I am currently doing an (opt-in!) e-mail newsletter distributed via Smartlist. Smartlist and Majordomo do not address recipients individually. I

Re: [Mailman-Users] Lists

2004-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Kristal Hebdenwrote: > >I am interested in your mailing lists, but am curious how secure the >lists are - are names distributed to any companies? (I am basically >concerned about spam, since it is a free service) > Mailman is list server software, not an e-mail list hosting service. See

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman

2004-07-20 Thread Jeff Barger
On Jul 19, 2004, at 10:24 PM, Mr. Bill wrote: Does mailman archive messages? If so, whre does it archive them to. The raw mailbox archive is in $PREFIX/archives/private/list.mbox/. The HTML'd messages are in $PREFIX/archives/private/list/ -Jeff ---

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman questions

2004-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Jen Onsum wrote: >I have three questions about Mailman... > >1) Is there a way to list the entire membership list on one page, instead of having a >different page for each letter of the alphabet? > http://your.domain/mailman/roster/list-name (or request by e-mail who command) >2) When mass sub

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman questions

2004-07-20 Thread Jeff Barger
On Jul 19, 2004, at 5:46 PM, Jen Onsum wrote: I have three questions about Mailman... 1) Is there a way to list the entire membership list on one page, instead of having a different page for each letter of the alphabet? You could change the DEFAULT_ADMIN_MEMBER_CHUNKSIZE variable to something lar

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question regarding newsletter mailout

2004-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
lori petersen wrote: > >For the past couple of months we have had some weird things happen when we send out >our newsletter. One member got 4 copies, another didn't get his at all and last >month, we had about 20 people who didn't get it either. > This is unlikely to be a Mailman issue. It is mo

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help (tracing spam)

2004-07-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
uhud wrote: > >I have newly installed mailman and for privacy reasons decided to hide members >(senders) email addresses when they send a message to the list. > >My question is, suppose now a member spams the list, is there a way I can find >out which member it is? The Received: headers should g

[Mailman-Users] Mailman question

2004-07-20 Thread C. L. Etheridge
Hello sorry to trouble you with my question. Does Mailman address list recipients individually? I am currently doing an (opt-in!) e-mail newsletter distributed via Smartlist. Smartlist and Majordomo do not address recipients individually. In other words, an e-mail send to a list via Smartlis

[Mailman-Users] Lists

2004-07-20 Thread Kristal Hebden
Hi, I am interested in your mailing lists, but am curious how secure the lists are - are names distributed to any companies? (I am basically concerned about spam, since it is a free service) Thanks! Kristal Kristal Hebden School of IST 329H IST Building University Park PA 16802

[Mailman-Users] Mailman

2004-07-20 Thread Mr. Bill
Does mailman archive messages? If so, whre does it archive them to. Thanks. Bill -- 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 Search

[Mailman-Users] Help

2004-07-20 Thread Julie Nelson
We have recently lost our webkeeper and I am trying to mail out this newsletter that we have set up through mailman. I know nothing, can you tell me what to do? Julie Julie Nelson Development Coordinator Casting Certification Coordinator Federation of Fly Fishers [EMAIL PROTECTED] 406-585-7592

[Mailman-Users] Help

2004-07-20 Thread uhud
Hello all, I have newly installed mailman and for privacy reasons decided to hide members (senders) email addresses when they send a message to the list. My question is, suppose now a member spams the list, is there a way I can find out which member it is? Tnanks! Uhud ---

Re: [Mailman-Users] Lists work... updated question

2004-07-20 Thread Doug Lipman
Dan Phillips was kind enough to answer my first question off-line. His advice got me much farther along in installing mailman My problem continues, though, but I can't figure out the cause. This may be related to the email aliases? I have copied this list of aliases to the /etc/aliases file for

[Mailman-Users] Mailman questions

2004-07-20 Thread Jen Onsum
I have three questions about Mailman... 1) Is there a way to list the entire membership list on one page, instead of having a different page for each letter of the alphabet? 2) When mass subscribing people, everyone is automatically set to receive plain mailings. Is there a way for people not t

[Mailman-Users] Question regarding newsletter mailout

2004-07-20 Thread lori petersen
Hello, I have no idea if I am contacting someone who may be able to assist me. For the past couple of months we have had some weird things happen when we send out our newsletter. One member got 4 copies, another didn't get his at all and last month, we had about 20 people who didn't get it eit

[Mailman-Users] Free web based discussions. Archives. Attachments. Microsoft software.

2004-07-20 Thread Don Saklad
What free web based discussions are there with archives that will display the text of messages with attachments formatted in microsoft software like .doc ? -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mai

[Mailman-Users] Free listservers. Archives. Attachments. Microsoft software.

2004-07-20 Thread Don Saklad
What free listservers are there with archives that will display the text of messages with attachments formatted in microsoft software like .doc ?... -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-u

Re: [Mailman-Users] error indexing message by date in archive

2004-07-20 Thread Guillaume Rousse
Guillaume Rousse wrote: The attached testcase mbox, when processed by the archive script, wrongly index the first mail to currente date (july 2004) instead of its real date (february 2002). CUriously, the second one is OK. Any idea ? I finally found what the problem is. The archiver is unable to

[Mailman-Users] convert config.db to pck?

2004-07-20 Thread Dave Stern - Former Rocket Scientist
I want to move lists from one machine (mailman 2.0.x) to a newer 2.1.x installation. Assuming I - tailor new host http.conf as needed - set mmsitepass on new - modify mm_cfg.py, - use web redirects from the old to the new - redirect aliases on old to new - scp $MAILMAN/archive/private/ to new ho

[Mailman-Users] Mail not going through to all lists

2004-07-20 Thread Thomas Waters
There was a power outage and now Mailman isn't working., The web admin pages function, but mail is not going through. From the FAQ, I think it is a stale lock. I've found two locks: -rw-rw-r-- 2 mailman mailman 67 20 Jul 19:51 master-qrunner -rw-rw-r-- 2 mailman mailman 67 20 Jul 19:51

Re: [Mailman-Users] Host server needed

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 11:37 AM +0100 2004-07-20, Jill Mytton wrote: However I am changing jobs at the beginning of October so I need to find a new host. I would prefer not to use the university I am moving to (in any case I dont know yet whether they use mailman) so I am looking for someone to host this for me.

Re: [Mailman-Users] personalised emails

2004-07-20 Thread Brad Knowles
At 9:32 AM + 2004-07-20, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I dont want to send generic emails. Is this doable? Instructions would be nice but pointers at docs are very welcome. I would prefer a polite answer and not "RTFM" The short answer is that a certain amount of customization is possible, bu

[Mailman-Users] Mailman -1 requests still

2004-07-20 Thread Daniel Powell
I tried copying the pck files and managed to just fubar up the config for the mailman list where it thought it was the same as the other list that I copied from. i did an rmlist -a mailman stopped the mailman services newlist mailman start mailman services at 8 AM this morning. I got the message

[Mailman-Users] Host server needed

2004-07-20 Thread Jill Mytton
Dear All I am currently at the University of East London and the IT department there using mailman to run various email groups including one for me which functions as a support group for former members of a cult. However I am changing jobs at the beginning of October so I need to find a new host.

Re: [Mailman-Users] personalised emails

2004-07-20 Thread Ian A B Eiloart
--On Tuesday, July 20, 2004 9:32 am + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I am new to mailman and mailing list software. I am trying to setup a mailing list for a charity which would like to send periodic emails to the patrons. They would like to send emails but dont want the users to email e

[Mailman-Users] personalised emails

2004-07-20 Thread m.weerasinghe
Hello All, I am new to mailman and mailing list software. I am trying to setup a mailing list for a charity which would like to send periodic emails to the patrons. They would like to send emails but dont want the users to email each other so I am thinking of setting up a readonly list. I am n