Re: [Mailman-Users] User aliases

2007-11-01 Thread Brad Knowles
On 11/1/07, Mikael Hansen wrote: > I like this because it does not artificially inflate the number of > members on a list. But it is unfortunately very probable I would one > night wake up bathed in sweat fearing that I may not have removed a > corresponding whitelist entry at the time a given

Re: [Mailman-Users] User aliases

2007-11-01 Thread Mikael Hansen
On Nov 1, 2007, at 21:32, Mikael Hansen wrote: > On Nov 1, 2007, at 20:40, Mark Sapiro wrote: > >> whitelist = Privacy options...->Sender filters- >>> accept_these_nonmembers That's interesting. Your sentence was wrapped so that the greater than sign came to begin the following line and as such

Re: [Mailman-Users] User aliases

2007-11-01 Thread Mikael Hansen
On Nov 1, 2007, at 20:40, Mark Sapiro wrote: > whitelist = Privacy options...->Sender filters- > >accept_these_nonmembers I like this because it does not artificially inflate the number of members on a list. But it is unfortunately very probable I would one night wake up bathed in sweat fear

Re: [Mailman-Users] User aliases

2007-11-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
Brad Knowles wrote: > >In addition, an admin can also subscribe users and set them to be >NOMAIL, or add an address to the whitelist. whitelist = Privacy options...->Sender filters->accept_these_nonmembers -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay

Re: [Mailman-Users] Posts to list returned

2007-11-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
Steven wrote: >I just took those virtual mappings out of the /etc/mail/aliases file >and re-ran newaliases. I tested via telnet and the message posted to >the list! So, apparently my "listinquestion" aliases weren't in both >aliases files originally. There are two separate things. Aliases of

Re: [Mailman-Users] User aliases

2007-11-01 Thread Brad Knowles
On 11/1/07, Mikael Hansen wrote: > I am sorry to ask such a basic question, but would it be possible for > a list member (or the moderator or the list admin or the site admin) > to create a user alias, defined as allowing a user's second email > address to post to a list based on the membershi

[Mailman-Users] User aliases

2007-11-01 Thread Mikael Hansen
I am sorry to ask such a basic question, but would it be possible for a list member (or the moderator or the list admin or the site admin) to create a user alias, defined as allowing a user's second email address to post to a list based on the membership of that user's primary email address

Re: [Mailman-Users] Posts to list returned

2007-11-01 Thread Brad Knowles
On 11/1/07, Steven ** wrote: > Seems like my "[EMAIL PROTECTED] listinquestion" lines > are not being parsed. Are those supposed to go in the aliases file? > I'm thinking no. So, where should they be? Yes, in the aliases file. However, you should have a colon after the alias and before

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to change the creation of a new list emailfrom the through-the-web interface?

2007-11-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
Brad Knowles wrote: >If you're going to implement any kind of anti-spam system, make sure >to implement that only within your MTA (sendmail, postfix, Exim, >whatever). Make sure that you don't ever accept a message and then try >to bounce it --that's called "backscatter" and makes you as bad

Re: [Mailman-Users] Posts to list returned

2007-11-01 Thread Steven **
I just took those virtual mappings out of the /etc/mail/aliases file and re-ran newaliases. I tested via telnet and the message posted to the list! So, apparently my "listinquestion" aliases weren't in both aliases files originally. -Steven On 11/1/07, Steven ** <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Upo

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman list read-only

2007-11-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
Ben O'Shea wrote: >Ok, I'm across all that. The thing is, we have had a few users >actually post messages to this list and I get a message saying the >post requires moderator approval. I then go and approve the message, >however each day I am notified about the same messages (i.e. ones I >have "ap

Re: [Mailman-Users] Posts to list returned

2007-11-01 Thread Brad Knowles
On 11/1/07, Steven ** wrote: > 3. $ cat /etc/aliases [ ... deletia ... ] > $ sudo newaliases > WARNING: local host name (montgoss-server) is not qualified; see > cf/README: WHO AM I? > /etc/mail/aliases: 21 aliases, longest 52 bytes, 1218 bytes total Note that these two file names

Re: [Mailman-Users] Posts to list returned

2007-11-01 Thread Steven **
Upon further inspection, they are identical... now. I'm guessing they weren't before. Because, now when I run newaliases, I get: $ sudo newaliases WARNING: local host name (montgoss-server) is not qualified; see cf/README: WHO AM I? /etc/mail/aliases: line 28: missing colon /etc/mail/aliases: li

Re: [Mailman-Users] Posts to list returned

2007-11-01 Thread Steve Burling
--On November 1, 2007 8:59:53 PM -0500 Steven ** <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3. $ cat /etc/aliases > ## mailman mailing list > mailman: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" > mailman-admin:"|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" > $ sudo newaliases > WARNI

Re: [Mailman-Users] Posts to list returned

2007-11-01 Thread Steven **
But those two files are identical. -Steven On 11/1/07, Steve Burling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --On November 1, 2007 8:59:53 PM -0500 Steven ** > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 3. $ cat /etc/aliases > > ## mailman mailing list > > mailman: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post ma

Re: [Mailman-Users] Posts to list returned

2007-11-01 Thread Steven **
>From FAQ: 1. $ sudo check_perms No problems found 2. $ ps auxww| grep mailmanctl |grep -v grep list 5213 0.0 0.4 8696 4560 ?Ss Oct30 0:00 /usr/bin/python/usr/lib/mailman/bin/mailmanctl -s -q start $ ps auxww | egrep 'p[y]thon' list 5213 0.0 0.4 8696 4560 ?

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to change the creation of a new list email from the through-the-web interface?

2007-11-01 Thread Brad Knowles
Whatever you do, DON'T implement your anti-spam system inside of a tool like procmail. If you're going to implement any kind of anti-spam system, make sure to implement that only within your MTA (sendmail, postfix, Exim, whatever). Make sure that you don't ever accept a message and then try

[Mailman-Users] How to change the creation of a new list email from the through-the-web interface?

2007-11-01 Thread Williams, Paul
We are planning to implement spam blocking as I found in some postings on the net. Presenty, when we create a new list it sends an email of the form The mailing list `xyz' has been created via the through-the-web interface. In order to complete the activation of this mailing list, the proper /

[Mailman-Users] [Mailman-User]Localhost settings

2007-11-01 Thread Smita
Hi I have installed and configured mailman One issue is still remaining please help me regarding .. need some help how do settings related to web interface my company url is www.google.com/a/oscpro.in and my mail-Id is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and also my gmail-id is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web server is