[Mailman-Users] Bug in Mailman version 2.1.4 on lists.chatlabel.de/mailman

2005-01-25 Thread Carsten Henkel
i become this error page on the webinterface: Bug in Mailman version 2.1.4 We're sorry, we hit a bug! If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy of this page to the webmaster for this site with a description of what happened. Thanks! Traceback: Content-type: text/ht

Re: [Mailman-Users] umbrella lists and avoiding duplicates

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Peter Schneider-Kamp wrote: > >Is there nowadays a good way of avoiding dupes, i.e., multiple posts of >the essentially same message to one list? Not that I know of. >Also, I would like to have some umbrella lists. I have found an >old thread in the archives (from April 2001) which proposes >sync

[Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.1.6 beta 2 released

2005-01-25 Thread Tokio Kikuchi
Hi, I put together a tarball for Mailman 2.1.6 beta 2 and placed on my Japanese Mailman site at: http://mm.tkikuchi.net/mailman-2.1.6b2.tgz This is the second beta release of 2.1.6 which are roughly scheduled to be released by the end of February. Please grab it from above site and upgrade your

[Mailman-Users] umbrella lists and avoiding duplicates

2005-01-25 Thread Peter Schneider-Kamp
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Is there nowadays a good way of avoiding dupes, i.e., multiple posts of the essentially same message to one list? Also, I would like to have some umbrella lists. I have found an old thread in the archives (from April 2001) which proposes syncing the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman list failing intermittently

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Tracey McCartney wrote: > >The techs at my hosting service are good but may not know all the subtleties >of this program. Can any of you suggest things we should be looking at? Do I >have access to any logs? > Standard Mailman keeps several logs. Among these are 'post', 'error', 'smtp' and 'sm

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman list failing intermittently

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Tracey McCartney wrote: > >I have several Mailman lists running on a Cpanel hosting service (Total Choice >Hosting - good company). Today, or perhaps starting yesterday, messages to >one of my lists simply stopped, for the most part, going through. >Occasionally throughout the day one has made

[Mailman-Users] Mailman list failing intermittently

2005-01-25 Thread Tracey McCartney
Hi: Newbie to this list, but I've been using Mailman for a couple of years now. I have NEVER had any trouble with it and recommend it to everyone who asks. I have several Mailman lists running on a Cpanel hosting service (Total Choice Hosting - good company). Today, or perhaps starting yester

Re: [Mailman-Users] use of Python strings in template files

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Christopher Adams wrote: > >Thank you for your timely reply. I sort of understand what you are >saying. I edited MailList.py to look like this: > >'verify.txt', >{'email' : newaddr, > 'listaddr' : self.GetListEmail(), > 'listname' : realname, >

Re: [Mailman-Users] use of Python strings in template files

2005-01-25 Thread Christopher Adams
Mark, Thank you for your timely reply. I sort of understand what you are saying. I edited MailList.py to look like this: 'verify.txt', {'email' : newaddr, 'listaddr' : self.GetListEmail(), 'listname' : realname, 'cookie' : cookie,

Re: [Mailman-Users] use of Python strings in template files

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Christopher Adams wrote: >I have posted this question to the list before, but have never resolved it. > >I am looking at the files in the template directory, specifically >newlist.txt and verify.txt. The newlist file is the information sent to >list owners when the list is set up. The verify f

Re: [Mailman-Users] Two questions

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Erin Dalzell wrote: >> If you're changing things rather than just adding, try putting >> VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear() ahead of your mm_cfg.py entries. > >That was the first thing I tried. Just to make sure this isn't something >weird. I am seeing this on the site wide mailing list mailman. I haven't >t

Re: [Mailman-Users] Two questions

2005-01-25 Thread Erin Dalzell
If you're changing things rather than just adding, try putting VIRTUAL_HOSTS.clear() ahead of your mm_cfg.py entries. That was the first thing I tried. Just to make sure this isn't something weird. I am seeing this on the site wide mailing list mailman. I haven't tried other mailing lists yet. T

[Mailman-Users] use of Python strings in template files

2005-01-25 Thread Christopher Adams
I have posted this question to the list before, but have never resolved it. I am looking at the files in the template directory, specifically newlist.txt and verify.txt. The newlist file is the information sent to list owners when the list is set up. The verify file is the information sent to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problems with SUSE Linux 9.1 YOU upgrade from 2.1.3Mailman to 2.1.4 Mailman.

2005-01-25 Thread Tim Smith
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:03:32 -0800, Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someone might want to ask SuSE why they are distributing and installing > this patch without checking the required dependency. That is ultimately my question, too. :) I'll try to drop a line on the SuSE lists. -

Re: [Mailman-Users] Can't delete user with "quotes" around name

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Eric Elder wrote: >I'm trying to delete a user using the web interface that has been >accidentally signed up with quotes around their name like this: >"username"@domain.com > >I can't change anything about this user...can't change their mod bit, >hide bit or any other attribute either. > >Is the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Problems with SUSE Linux 9.1 YOU upgrade from 2.1.3Mailman to 2.1.4 Mailman.

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Tim Smith wrote: > >Just wanted to make a report here about some problems I had upgrading >Mailman from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4 using Yast Online Update (YOU) in Suse 9.1 >AMD64. > > >I got some help from Don Burns from this list, he told me all I need >to do is install python-xml. (Thanks Don!!) > >So,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Can't delete user with "quotes" around name

2005-01-25 Thread Michael Wollschleager
Do you have access to the command-line tools? If so, when I encounter this, I do a list_members on the list, dumping it to a file. Then I edit the file to remove the user, then use sync_members to get things to a manageable state. Mike On Jan 25, 2005, at 11:58 AM, Eric Elder wrote: I'm tryin

[Mailman-Users] Can't delete user with "quotes" around name

2005-01-25 Thread Eric Elder
I'm trying to delete a user using the web interface that has been accidentally signed up with quotes around their name like this: "username"@domain.com I can't change anything about this user...can't change their mod bit, hide bit or any other attribute either. Is there another way to delete th

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to generate user list?

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Stephen Edmondson wrote: >I have my mailing list setup in announce-only mode and have had trouble >pulling a list of all of the users. Via the FAQ, I've sent out requests >to the mailman-request address and only received this back: > >" >The results of your email command are provided below. Atta

[Mailman-Users] Problems with SUSE Linux 9.1 YOU upgrade from 2.1.3 Mailman to 2.1.4 Mailman.

2005-01-25 Thread Tim Smith
[NOTE: This is a "I did it!" story.. the fix is at the bottom of this post :) ) Just wanted to make a report here about some problems I had upgrading Mailman from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4 using Yast Online Update (YOU) in Suse 9.1 AMD64. It broke my web-based GUI, and spit this error into my apache error

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman dont send messages

2005-01-25 Thread Carsten Henkel
Guten Abend Mark Sapiro, Am Dienstag, 25. Januar 2005 um 19:02 schrieben Sie: MS> Carsten Henkel wrote: MS> See MS> http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.014.htp thank you, it works. have a nice day -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen Carsten Henkel

[Mailman-Users] How to generate user list?

2005-01-25 Thread Stephen Edmondson
I have my mailing list setup in announce-only mode and have had trouble pulling a list of all of the users. Via the FAQ, I've sent out requests to the mailman-request address and only received this back: " The results of your email command are provided below. Attached is your original message. -

Re: [Mailman-Users] list passwords

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Ernest Byaruhanga > >when i use ./mmsitepass -c, i create a new list creator password >succesffully, and i can log into the list admin site with it. however, >even the old list-creator password is still able to be used to log in to >the list admin interface. is there somefile where these passwords

Re: [Mailman-Users] Fetchmail? + mailmain + SMTP on different servers

2005-01-25 Thread Glen Low
On 26/01/2005, at 1:44 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: Glen Low wrote: If I understand the process properly (after doing the appropriate research), why would I need a procmail step at all? I set up my fetchmail to poll a POP3 server for incoming mail to LISTNAME-admin, LISTNAME-bounces etc. Each fetchmail

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman dont send messages

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Carsten Henkel wrote: > >im using suse 9.1 with mailman 2.1.4. mailman has a problem with >sending mails: >Jan 25 18:24:25 2005 (31930) delivery to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed with code >-1: (-2, 'Name or service not known') See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq06.014.htp -

Re: [Mailman-Users] make global change to list template?

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
John T. Jones wrote: > >Is there a way to make a global edit to the list signature (the part I >want to edit comes at the very end of each message, the part about >getting a password reminder, unsubscribing, etc.)? I've taken over the >management of several list and I'd like to change the email

Re: [Mailman-Users] Fetchmail? + mailmain + SMTP on different servers

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Glen Low wrote: >> >If I understand the process properly (after doing the appropriate >research), why would I need a procmail step at all? > >I set up my fetchmail to poll a POP3 server for incoming mail to >LISTNAME-admin, LISTNAME-bounces etc. Each fetchmail rc line has mda >set directly to ma

[Mailman-Users] mailman dont send messages

2005-01-25 Thread Carsten Henkel
Guten Abend mailman-users, im using suse 9.1 with mailman 2.1.4. mailman has a problem with sending mails: Jan 25 18:24:25 2005 (31930) delivery to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed with code -1: (-2, 'Name or service not known') did you have any idea ? the adress [EMAIL PROTECTED] is aktiv. i can send

[Mailman-Users] make global change to list template?

2005-01-25 Thread John T. Jones
Hi All, Newbie question Is there a way to make a global edit to the list signature (the part I want to edit comes at the very end of each message, the part about getting a password reminder, unsubscribing, etc.)? I've taken over the management of several list and I'd like to change the email add

Re: [Mailman-Users] Fetchmail? + mailmain + SMTP on different servers

2005-01-25 Thread Glen Low
On 14/01/2005, at 12:40 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: If the MTA runs elsewhere and you can retrieve the incoming mail with fetchmail and run it through procmail, you can use procmail to pipe it to the wrapper appropriately. If I understand the process properly (after doing the appropriate research), why

Re: [Mailman-Users] newbie permission problems

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Julie S. Lin wrote: > >Just installed mailman, command line works beautifully >however when I try to use the web interface to create a list >i get Error: You are not authorized to create new mailing lists There is only one way that message is issued and that is when the password entered in the "L

Re: [Mailman-Users] Two questions

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Erin Dalzell wrote: >I am running Mailman 2.1.5 on Mac OS X 10.3.7. I have two questions: >1) what owner/group should the files in my mailman directory be? Group is the important one. It should be the group your mailman ID is in and not the group your web server runs as. If you're running Apple's

Re: [Mailman-Users] Strange bounce messages - why is it allowed throughand how do I find out?

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Lars Bungum wrote: >I'm running a list of about 500 people, and have encountered a strange >problem lately, namely that bounce messages from an address > >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" are being sent to the list. The subject is like this: > >Autoreply: {digest-subject} > >and body like this: >"This email a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Web interface not working

2005-01-25 Thread Johnny Dahlén
Brad Knowles wrote: At 10:50 AM +0100 2005-01-25, Johnny Dahlén wrote: I have set up mailman on gentoo Linux and can't get the web interface working. The cgi-scripts are running as reading information works ok, ie I can log in, list subscribers, view all settings. But update doesn't work. I chan

Re: [Mailman-Users] list passwords

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Ernest Byaruhanga wrote: > >i have a small problem with passwords - when i change a list >administrator's password from the web interface, both the old password >that i use when creating the list and the new password will still work >when i try to login to th list as admin. There is only one admin

Re: [Mailman-Users] Disabling warnings to disabled members

2005-01-25 Thread Brad Knowles
At 11:42 AM + 2005-01-25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there some way to stop sending warnings a disabled members, while the list owner still receives the notification that the member is disabled. No, not that I know of. Mailman handles all this stuff automatically. You can influence it by

Re: [Mailman-Users] Filter for (no subject)

2005-01-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Bob McLeran wrote: >On the list I administer we get a few emails with no subject. Depending >on the email client used to send the mail, the subject line shows up >with "(no subject)" or a variant, or a blank line. We're havn't been >able to figure out how to filter out those emails, despite usi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Web interface not working

2005-01-25 Thread Brad Knowles
At 10:50 AM +0100 2005-01-25, Johnny Dahlén wrote: I have set up mailman on gentoo Linux and can't get the web interface working. The cgi-scripts are running as reading information works ok, ie I can log in, list subscribers, view all settings. But update doesn't work. I change a setting, press

[Mailman-Users] Filter for (no subject)

2005-01-25 Thread Bob McLeran
On the list I administer we get a few emails with no subject. Depending on the email client used to send the mail, the subject line shows up with "(no subject)" or a variant, or a blank line. We're havn't been able to figure out how to filter out those emails, despite using several variations.

[Mailman-Users] Disabling warnings to disabled members

2005-01-25 Thread pessoa
Dear all, Is there some way to stop sending warnings a disabled members, while the list owner still receives the notification that the member is disabled. I would like to have mailman do bounce processing, but decide for myself when to actually remove a member completely from the list. Thanks! P

[Mailman-Users] Web interface not working

2005-01-25 Thread Johnny Dahlén
Hi I have set up mailman on gentoo Linux and can't get the web interface working. The cgi-scripts are running as reading information works ok, ie I can log in, list subscribers, view all settings. But update doesn't work. I change a setting, press submit, but the change doesn't show. I can see

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman causing high CPU load

2005-01-25 Thread Brad Knowles
At 2:25 AM +0100 2005-01-25, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a problem with one of my mailman mailing lists. When someone trys to send an email to that list exim will create a couple of processes sending the emails to the mailinglist members. Two of these processes will stay alive for approx.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Reports

2005-01-25 Thread Brad Knowles
At 4:37 PM + 2005-01-24, James Becker wrote: Does Mailman produce any reporting on its mailings? Nope. If you want that, you need to take the logs from your MTA and process them through something like "lire" from logreport.org. -- Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Those who would give up

[Mailman-Users] Mailman installation query

2005-01-25 Thread K. Thirumaran
Hi, Are you the Vamsi from Rose-Hulman? Cheers! Thiru -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://

[Mailman-Users] list passwords

2005-01-25 Thread Ernest Byaruhanga
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hello mailman-users, i have a small problem with passwords - when i change a list administrator's password from the web interface, both the old password that i use when creating the list and the new password will still work when i try to login to th lis

[Mailman-Users] Mailman causing high CPU load

2005-01-25 Thread aiken.bcd
Hello, I have a problem with one of my mailman mailing lists. When someone trys to send an email to that list exim will create a couple of processes sending the emails to the mailinglist members. Two of these processes will stay alive for approx. 2 minutes and run at 100% CPU usage. Sometimes i

[Mailman-Users] newbie permission problems

2005-01-25 Thread Julie S. Lin
BlankHi Just installed mailman, command line works beautifully however when I try to use the web interface to create a list i get Error: You are not authorized to create new mailing lists It would appear that my apache configuration is user apache, group apache is okay and ScriptAlias /mailman/

[Mailman-Users] Strange bounce messages - why is it allowed through and how do I find out?

2005-01-25 Thread Lars Bungum
I'm running a list of about 500 people, and have encountered a strange problem lately, namely that bounce messages from an address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" are being sent to the list. The subject is like this: Autoreply: {digest-subject} and body like this: "This email adress do not exist" so it ap

[Mailman-Users] Unsubscribe/Send Password not working

2005-01-25 Thread Eric Elder
My mailman's working fine... people can subscribe and they get the confirmation message, and users can post messages to the list. But when they try to unsubscribe or get their password sent to them using the web interface, they never get a confirmation message sent to them. Where would I look

[Mailman-Users] Reports

2005-01-25 Thread James Becker
I have just swapped our company to Mailman from a not so good win32 application, I have a demonstration system setup working to how the win32 app worked (but better). Does Mailman produce any reporting on its mailings? I send a HTML mailing from a php admin page that sends the email to Mailman

[Mailman-Users] Unsubscribe/Send password not working

2005-01-25 Thread Eric Elder
My mailman's working fine, people can subscribe and they get the confirmation message, and users can post messages to the list. But when they try to unsubscribe or get their password sent to them using the web interface, they never get a confirmation message sent to them. Where would I look to