Re: [Mailman-Users] List Woes

On 9/23/2004 18:29, "Brad Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:22 AM -0700 2004-09-23, Fred Macondray wrote: ... >> 2) ONLY a few authorized addresses can send to the list? > > In the web admin interface for your list, go to the "Privacy > options..." section, then down to "Sender filters"

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mime used in digest

Judy Petersen wrote: >It appears that two of our list members are suddenly receiving their digests >in MIME format. I read a message about it that suggested AOL was doing this >and the user has an AOL address so I referred her. Seems AOL says they don't >cause any changes to these emails (what I e

Re: [Mailman-Users] Questions about the "Mass" subscribe option

Dana Rasmussen wrote: > >Does the mass subscribe option allow for bulk additions from a file containing the >list of addresses? > Yes, see the Membership Management...->Mass Subscription page for details. >Can you invite people to join a list using the mass subscribe option? I would like >the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Questions

Brad Knowles wrote: >At 2:11 PM -0700 2004-09-17, Cheryl LaSalle wrote: > >>c.. Is there any way that the subject line of the confirm e-mail can be >> made "friendlier". Seeing something like "confirm >> 82b57cdc0f01bb4c4954c6346583539ebee04502" in a subject line is daunting >> to an unsus

Re: [Mailman-Users] Please Help!

Brad Knowles wrote: >At 11:22 AM -0700 2004-09-16, Danny Welch wrote: > >> Now I can't seem to find out >> how to change the delivery method back to HTML format. Can you please help >> me! I would greatly appreciate it. > > Mailman gives you

[Mailman-Users] Re: Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 7, Issue 62

sorry i am unable to open MIM files -- 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 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailm

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help on privacy options !?!

On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 05:37:47PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So I was wondering if you can tell Mailman to automatically > except mail from non-list members, but who are listmembers > from the other 2 lists, in the Privacy section. Of course > non-list members who are not member of any of t

Re: [Mailman-Users] gid problems or something else??

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 10:09:26AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > for approval. Havng me approve/deny list subscribers can > be useful, but for my purposes, I'd much rather let my users > automagically subscribe, unsubscribe, change their addresses, > and so forth _without_ my

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: Help on privacy options !?!

Brad Knowles wrote: > At 2:03 PM -0500 2004-09-23, Chris Barnes wrote: > >> Is there a running "wish list" of features for those of us who aren't >> programmers? > > > Yes. See . > And, here is where you can post your feature request. http://sourceforge.net/tra

[Mailman-Users] topic regep exclude

In the topic definition form, how can one specify a topic that is only messages that DOES NOT have the string [G2] in it. Is there a way to test regeps without setting up a separte test list? Thanks much... Howard -- Mailman-Users mailing list [

Re: [Mailman-Users] low level smtp error

At 9:34 PM +0200 2004-09-23, vlado wrote: Sep 23 21:22:41 2004 (754) delivery to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed with code -1: (111, 'Connection refused') Sep 23 21:22:41 2004 (754) Low level smtp error: (111, 'Connection refused'), msgid: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This looks like an MTA problem -- the mac

[Mailman-Users] Re: Help on privacy options !?!

At 2:03 PM -0500 2004-09-23, Chris Barnes wrote: Is there a running "wish list" of features for those of us who aren't programmers? Yes. See . -- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety

Re: [Mailman-Users] Installation question

At 12:00 PM -0700 2004-09-23, Dana Rasmussen wrote: Is it absolutely necessary to have root access to install Mailman? Pretty much. Do we have any other options to ensure a successfull installation? Contract out the computer resources to a place that will provide Mailman services via softwa

Re: [Mailman-Users] requests for consideration?

At 2:13 PM -0400 2004-09-23, Andy Morris wrote: Just set up my lists last night and this morning i got emails from each list with this information. I go to the site and nothing is there for my approval? What is this? Go to the Mailman FAQ Wizard at

Re: [Mailman-Users] Reject message

At 4:09 PM +0300 2004-09-23, nikos wrote: Does anybody know how to change the reject messages for nonlist users or list users? As the list moderator, when you decide to reject a given request, you can provide text to explain your decision. Alternatively, you can edit the appropriate "refuse.t

Re: [Mailman-Users] List Woes

At 11:22 AM -0700 2004-09-23, Fred Macondray wrote: 1) ONLY the explicit reply to address is included in the announcements. Setting a list "Reply-to:" header is usually a bad idea. See . As for making the list announce-only, go to the Mailman F

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: Newbie requesting basic how-to

At 10:39 AM -0500 2004-09-23, Jon Roland wrote: In production mode, where the machine is serving visitors from the Internet, no, but for development and learning how to set one up, a lot of people have to make use of more limited hardware. Not all of us have the luxury of being able to develop

[Mailman-Users] Re: Newbie requesting basic how-to

At 9:52 AM -0500 2004-09-23, Chris Barnes wrote: Quite frankly, "old underpowered laptops" shouldn't be used as server machines (running a MLM is a server application, even if it is one that doesn't consume many resources). Actually, I do that kind of thing myself. See

Re: [Mailman-Users] Posts being moderated when they shouldn't

At 9:46 AM -0500 2004-09-23, Chris Barnes wrote: I have done everything I can think of to get these messages to go through without requiring moderator approval, but I am obviously missing something. What is "implicit destination" and how do I get it to just process the message? Implicit desti

[Mailman-Users] low level smtp error

Dear friends I know this topic was already talked on this list but i checked the archive and did not find the right answer for my problem. I'm running mailman on Fedora C2 with apache web server. The web works fine. I was able to create list. After installation i created the mailman list. When i

[Mailman-Users] Re: Help on privacy options !?!

Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So I was wondering if you can tell Mailman to automatically except >> mail from non-list members, but who are listmembers from the other >> 2 lists, in the Privacy section. Of course non-list members who are >> not member of any of the other 2 lists sh

[Mailman-Users] Installation question

Hello, My organization has contracted with a consultant for computer server resources. The consultant in turn, is contracting with the actual provider of computer hardware and communication resources. Our consultant does not have Root access on the server. Is it absolutely necessary to have roo

[Mailman-Users] Mime used in digest

It appears that two of our list members are suddenly receiving their digests in MIME format. I read a message about it that suggested AOL was doing this and the user has an AOL address so I referred her. Seems AOL says they don't cause any changes to these emails (what I expected them to say). Any

[Mailman-Users] Re: Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 7, Issue 61

sorry i cannot open MIM files -- 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 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-us

[Mailman-Users] List Woes

Greetings, I've got an active list (therefore can't really test things anymore) and I've got a couple problems. One: When people reply to postings, the reply goes to both an explicit email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and to the list posting address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). and Two: Messages sent to the li

[Mailman-Users] requests for consideration?

Just set up my lists last night and this morning i got emails from each list with this information. I go to the site and nothing is there for my approval? What is this? The "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list has -1 request(s) waiting for your consideration at: Thanks, Andy -

Re: [Mailman-Users] gid problems or something else??

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 11:53:40AM +0200, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 12:35 PM -0700 2004-09-20, Gary Kline wrote: > > > If re-running ./configure with the option > > `--with-mail-gid=daemon', that would be the easiest fix. > > You are correct -- this is most likely to be the easiest

[Mailman-Users] Re: Re: Newbie requesting basic how-to

Jon Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Barnes wrote: >> Quite frankly, "old underpowered laptops" shouldn't be used as server >> machines (running a MLM is a server application, even if it is one >> that doesn't consume many resources). > > In production mode, where the machine is serving vi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: Newbie requesting basic how-to

Chris Barnes wrote: Quite frankly, "old underpowered laptops" shouldn't be used as server machines (running a MLM is a server application, even if it is one that doesn't consume many resources). In production mode, where the machine is serving visitors from the Internet, no, but for development a

RE: [Mailman-Users] messages from "checkdbs" cron job

I ran "check_db -a -v" but none of the config.db or config.pck files were found to be corrupted. A few were missing for the newer lists but the help for "check_db" says that is nothing to worry about. Ruben -Original Message- From: Jim Tittsler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

[Mailman-Users] Re: Newbie requesting basic how-to

Jon Roland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course not. Just a simple GUI front end for installing and setting > up a Mailman site, that would incorporate expert knowledge about > various environments so that the user doesn't have to struggle with > manually editing configuration files, finding need

[Mailman-Users] Posts being moderated when they shouldn't

I have done everything I can think of to get these messages to go through without requiring moderator approval, but I am obviously missing something. What is "implicit destination" and how do I get it to just process the message? As list administrator, your authorization is requested for the

[Mailman-Users] Reject message

Hello list Does anybody know how to change the reject messages for nonlist users or list users? Thank you Nikos -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moderator's approvals

At 10:22 PM -0400 2004-09-21, David Sumner wrote: I have set up a new list using mailman. In the send filter area I have indicated that non-members messages are to be accepted and that works. However, when members of the list submit to it their mail needs to be approved. Can someone sugg

Re: [Mailman-Users] Can't seem to get permissions straightened out

At 6:16 PM -0400 2004-09-21, Steve Pfister wrote: I'm running apache as user nobody, and sendmail is running the mailman script as mailnull. There is a mailman user, from the RedHat installation, but I've changed its uid to be the same as the mailnull user. Therein lies the problem

Re: [Mailman-Users] Maybe Slightly OT, Bounces with "host name loopup failure"

At 9:14 PM +0100 2004-09-22, Tim Walter wrote: the ISP resolutely refuses to answer the phone etc! but what can I do in the meantime, is it my prob or elsewhere etc. This seems to be a problem with the ISP. If they won't answer the phone, I don't think there's much you can do to solve it. --

Re: [Mailman-Users] moderation not working

At 10:49 AM -0700 2004-09-21, Jeff Nelson wrote: According to the docs, 2.1.5 is supposed to *work* with Python 2.1.3, though the later version is recommended. I'm thinking that this wasn't the problem after all. :-{ Python 2.3 is actually required for Mailman 2.1.5. See

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to access the member password database?

At 11:38 AM +0200 2004-09-21, Ivo Marino wrote: In order to be able to do this I would like to know where the user password databases for the various mailman mailing lists are stored on the local file system. This way I could parse the db from PHP (web server) level. I don't think it's stored

Re: [Mailman-Users] Probe Message Problem

At 10:55 PM -0400 2004-09-20, Gary Kaplan wrote: Untitled DocumentThe probe message that my list is sending out to members who have had messages bounce list all the other users addresses who have had bounces. How can I fix this. Could you give us some more details as to precisely what your pro

Re: [Mailman-Users] gid problems or something else??

At 12:35 PM -0700 2004-09-20, Gary Kline wrote: If re-running ./configure with the option `--with-mail-gid=daemon', that would be the easiest fix. You are correct -- this is most likely to be the easiest fix. -- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Those who would give up essenti

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman Questions

At 2:11 PM -0700 2004-09-17, Cheryl LaSalle wrote: a.. We are migrating from another list program to Mailman and adding members via Mass Subscription. Is there any way to skip the Confirm step in this situation? Sure. Go to the "Privacy options..." page for your list and turn off the "conf

Re: [Mailman-Users] Membership management

At 4:29 PM -0800 2004-09-16, Mark Mcgee wrote: I use the mailman script to mange three lists. The lists are only for the moderator to post to, like a newsletter. I have not been able to see how to manage subscribers easily. I want to associate a name with the e-mail address but it appears that

Re: [Mailman-Users] Please Help!

At 11:22 AM -0700 2004-09-16, Danny Welch wrote: Now I can't seem to find out how to change the delivery method back to HTML format. Can you please help me! I would greatly appreciate it. Mailman gives you to option of converting HTML-formatted mes

Re: [Mailman-Users] simple newsletter delivery

At 1:18 AM +1000 2004-09-17, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I actually want to keep it very simple and not give the people on the list the option to post anything... I just want to be able to send tem all one newsletter every week. I checked all of the options and couldn't figure out which options

Re: [Mailman-Users] Documentation -Is this all there is?

At 10:10 AM -0500 2004-09-16, Susan McClure wrote: Our mailman admin who set things up has left, and I am trying to come up to speed. Am I missing some key, basic, sys-admin type "Administration Guide" for Mailman? I found all the stuff at http://www.list.org/ but the Sys Admin stuff is on

Re: [Mailman-Users] Errors During Make-Install

You probably have a problem with your Python installation. _socket is part of the standard Python library providing support for the UNIX/BSD socket interface. Unless and until you can run python from the command line and enter the command "import socket" without getting an exception raised then

Re: [Mailman-Users] Newbie requesting basic how-to

--On Thursday, September 23, 2004 1:29 am +0200 Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 5:08 PM +0100 2004-09-22, Ian Eiloart wrote: I think that what is called for is an installer package, using one of the various installer systems out there. Now, that would NOT entail creating an applica

[Mailman-Users] Can't seem to get permissions straightened out

I'm using 2.1.4 under RedHat Linux 9. It seems to mostly work, but I seem to have problems getting all the permissions straight for my /var/mailman directory. If I run /var/mailman/bin/check_perms, no problem is found (usually), but newly created files don't seem to have the correct permissions. I'

[Mailman-Users] Please Help!

Hello, I am a user of Mailman Mailing List through my webhosting provided by Intermedia.net. I need some help with my mailing list settings. When I first setup the private list I was sending messages in HTML format and they would be delivered in HTML format. Since then I have had a virus/worm/h

[Mailman-Users] gid problems or something else??

Hi People, I spent most of the weekend trying to install Mailman; no-joy. I got close late Saturday night when I received a "wwlist-request" from my Mailman server on 'sage.thought.org'. When I sent in the reply to "coonfirm" it bounced; the retur