[Mailman-Users] Issues with sending messages to list

2008-11-18 Thread Vikram Goyal
Hi there, I manage three announcement only lists. I had some issues with the server they were running on, because of which, I had to restart the server. However, since starting the server, I can't seem to be able to send any mails to any of the three lists. I checked the mail logs (/var/log

[Mailman-Users] Mailman Site Admin email Problem

2008-11-18 Thread Sean Murphy
Mailman used to send me an email as the "site admin" that a new list has been created. I use the web interface to create new lists. This email had the aliases I needed to add to the /etc/mail/aliases file in the body of the email. I have upgraded Mailman months ago but didn't notice that I

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam gatewayed from Usenet to mail bypasses our spam filters

2008-11-18 Thread Andrew Hodgson
Mark Sapiro wrote: >As indicated in another reply, another approach would be to have >gate_news run the message through the spam checks directly before >queueing it. Another way could be to have a moderated group, with the moderation address set to the Mailman list post address, though this has

Re: [Mailman-Users] Attachment URL in the archive is mangled.

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Dale
Hi Mark In answer to your questions ... I am using Mailman version: 2.1.5 Subscribers can choose digest if they want. The link is broken in the digest messages, just like in the archive. The broken link happens for every PDF file, even though the PDF arrives with the email. (Doesn't arrive in

Re: [Mailman-Users] Attachment URL in the archive is mangled.

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mark Dale wrote: > >In the archives, the URL to attachments is getting mangled. > >Somehow an "=" gets inserted into the URL (see snippet below), and the >links returns "Private archive file not found". > >If I remove the "=" from the URL, all is well. > >Can anyone shed any light on this, and how

Re: [Mailman-Users] Attachment URL in the archive is mangled.

2008-11-18 Thread Brad Knowles
on 11/18/08 6:52 PM, Mark Dale said: Somehow an "=" gets inserted into the URL (see snippet below), and the links returns "Private archive file not found". That's URL-encoded line folding that is not being properly interpreted by the recipient. If I remove the "=" from the URL, all is well

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moving lists without shell access

2008-11-18 Thread Brad Knowles
on 11/18/08 6:36 PM, Scott Race said: Is there a way to move lists from one server to another without shell access? I am able to download the archives from the admin interface, but don't have ssh access Thanks! There's no way to import the archives without using the command-line interfac

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

2008-11-18 Thread Brad Knowles
on 11/18/08 6:12 PM, Jewel said: _This is my postfix mail log - so if I see it was sent here like the above example doesn't that mean it has left my machine and it out of my control at that point?_ For that one copy of that one message, yes -- it's been delivered. And that delay only covers

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

2008-11-18 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Jewel writes: > Brad Knowles wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> I am using Postfix and when I send a test to the mailman list, which I > >> am a member of I can see it being sent in the maillog: > >> Nov 18 17:39:42 lists postfix/smtp[3953]: DBFB98C0011: > >> to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam gatewayed from Usenet to mail bypasses our spam filters

2008-11-18 Thread skip
Stephen> In general, there really is a tradeoff here. Although Skip Stephen> seems happy enough, as I guess SpamBayes catches most (all?) of Stephen> the spam his system catches. SpamBayes is one of the things that mail.python.org does for incoming mail. Based on my own personal filt

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam gatewayed from Usenet to mail bypasses our spam filters

2008-11-18 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Mark Sapiro writes: > >>That's probably not a great idea as ToUsenet comes pretty late in the > >>pipeline. > > > >ToUsenet is only involved in gating mail from the list to the > >newsgroup. Newsgroup to mailman is handled by cron/gate_news which > >drops messages directly in Mailman's incom

Re: [Mailman-Users] listname-bounces@

2008-11-18 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Michael Welch writes: > So, I have a feature suggestion: Add an autoreply option for > -bounces incoming emails. Executive summary: not likely to help, not likely to happen. This is just going to annoy people who can't easily help themselves (Outlook and Blackberry users, apparently). You rea

[Mailman-Users] Attachment URL in the archive is mangled.

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Dale
Hi All In the archives, the URL to attachments is getting mangled. Somehow an "=" gets inserted into the URL (see snippet below), and the links returns "Private archive file not found". If I remove the "=" from the URL, all is well. Can anyone shed any light on this, and how I might correct th

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

2008-11-18 Thread Jewel
This is my postfix mail log - so if I see it was sent here like the below example doesn't that mean it has left my machine and it out of my control at that point? Brad Knowles wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Postfix and when I send a test to the mailman list, which I am a member of

[Mailman-Users] Moving lists without shell access

2008-11-18 Thread Scott Race
Is there a way to move lists from one server to another without shell access? I am able to download the archives from the admin interface, but don't have ssh access Thanks! -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

2008-11-18 Thread Jewel
Brad Knowles wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Postfix and when I send a test to the mailman list, which I am a member of I can see it being sent in the maillog: Nov 18 17:39:42 lists postfix/smtp[3953]: DBFB98C0011: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=ims.washburnlaw.edu[198.252.9.211]:25,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

2008-11-18 Thread Brad Knowles
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Postfix and when I send a test to the mailman list, which I am a member of I can see it being sent in the maillog: Nov 18 17:39:42 lists postfix/smtp[3953]: DBFB98C0011: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=ims.washburnlaw.edu[198.252.9.211]:25, delay=0.11, delays=0.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

2008-11-18 Thread jewel . brueggeman-makda
I am using Postfix and when I send a test to the mailman list, which I am a member of I can see it being sent in the maillog: Nov 18 17:39:42 lists postfix/smtp[3953]: DBFB98C0011: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=ims.washburnlaw.edu[198.252.9.211]:25, delay=0.11, delays=0.03/0.02/0.05/0.01, dsn=2.0.0

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Jewel wrote: >At first mail was being delivered - then it stopped - and now it's >delivering again but everytime it has been delivering the messages are >delivered out of order and the delay can be anywhere from 10 min - 4 >hours. Is your incoming MTA greylisting? This can cause delays and ou

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

2008-11-18 Thread Brad Knowles
Jewel wrote: I am not sure how to "follow a post" from MTA to Mailman and back to MTA to confirm my machine is processing correctly. That depends on your MTA and what is in the MTA logs. You should be able to track them by message-id when they come in, and again when they go back out, and t

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

2008-11-18 Thread Jewel
At first mail was being delivered - then it stopped - and now it's delivering again but everytime it has been delivering the messages are delivered out of order and the delay can be anywhere from 10 min - 4 hours. I looked at the FAQ and I know this is not my issue because users from gmail, aol

Re: [Mailman-Users] The Mysterious Disappearing Disk Space (fwd)

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
J.A. Terranson wrote: > > I have looked through the archives for something similar to my >issue, and I noticed that by searching on "disk full", I get similar >reports beginning in roughly July of 08. > > As with these other reports, I have noticed *tremendous* >disappearing space.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Jewel wrote: >I really need someone to help me. I have confirmed that mail is coming >from my server but then it disappears. I don't know what logs to look >at or what items to check to check if the problem is in fact my machine >not able to process the mail. You've raised a few issues: mi

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam gatewayed from Usenet to mail bypasses our spam filters

2008-11-18 Thread skip
cron/gate-news doesn't look all that obtuse. Perhaps I can simply import the SpamBayes machinery and run it before delivering the message to the list. Skip -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/lis

Re: [Mailman-Users] listname-bounces@

2008-11-18 Thread Michael Welch
Thanks to all, lots of info in there. I see now that it is probably not user error that is causing this, but that some users have a version of Outlook that may inadvertently picking up the address from the Sender: header. So, I have a feature suggestion: Add an autoreply option for -bounces inc

[Mailman-Users] Incoming Mail not being processed?

2008-11-18 Thread Jewel
I really need someone to help me. I have confirmed that mail is coming from my server but then it disappears. I don't know what logs to look at or what items to check to check if the problem is in fact my machine not able to process the mail. -- Jewel --

Re: [Mailman-Users] mail delivery not consistent and very slow

2008-11-18 Thread Jewel
I know it's not a gmail problem because it's happening with so many lists. I did notice that my CPU is almost always at 100% due to python - don't know why. I know my machine is spitting out lots of mail but cannot figure out what there is such a delay. Ed at JustBrits wrote: Jewel wrote:

Re: [Mailman-Users] mail delivery not consistent and very slow

2008-11-18 Thread Ed at JustBrits
Jewel wrote: ---I recently upgraded my Mailman onto a new machine. It appeared ---everything was running smoothly except now I have users saying they are ---posting and not seeing it come through. All messages are successfully ---posting to the archives and I am seeing most messages get delivere

Re: [Mailman-Users] One private archive not appearing online

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Jewel wrote: >The index.html is blank! Not sure how long it's been that way. Is >there a way to generate or create a new one? Normally, it gets rewritten with each archived post. Has this list received any posts since you noticed the problem? If there is a good archives/private/LISTNAME.mbox

[Mailman-Users] mail delivery not consistent and very slow

2008-11-18 Thread Jewel
I recently upgraded my Mailman onto a new machine. It appeared everything was running smoothly except now I have users saying they are posting and not seeing it come through. All messages are successfully posting to the archives and I am seeing most messages get delivered but not 100%. I hav

Re: [Mailman-Users] appearance of member list (2.1.9)

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Ralph Stahl wrote: > >normally (?) the member list shows all members from A to Z at one page. >I have seen a list, where a kind of "tabs" is above it with links >"A"..."Z", and only the members with one of these letters are listet at >one page. It seems to be not very useful to me, I'd like to chan

Re: [Mailman-Users] Securing My Mailman Lists

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Jeff Bernier wrote: > >I have changed the Admin password on the server, and also changed (or thought >I did) the Admin passwords for the Mailman lists as well. > >The old admin password is still working for theses lists. How can I completely >remove this old password? Use Mailman's bin/mmsitepa

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam gatewayed from Usenet to mail bypasses our spam filters

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mark Sapiro wrote: >Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> > It might be easier to get Mailman's news-to-mail gateway to mail >> > incoming Usenet messages to the list address instead of directly >> > distributing them to the subscribers though. >> >>That's probably not a g

Re: [Mailman-Users] spam gatewayed from Usenet to mail bypassesour spam filters

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > It might be easier to get Mailman's news-to-mail gateway to mail > > incoming Usenet messages to the list address instead of directly > > distributing them to the subscribers though. > >That's probably not a great idea as ToUsenet comes p

Re: [Mailman-Users] listname-bounces@

2008-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Michael Welch wrote: > >Right, that must be because this list's Sender: header does not look like a >real email address. I wonder why ours are different. This thread has been well covered. I just want to add a couple of things: As mentioned in other replies, the difference in the 'bounces' addr

[Mailman-Users] Some messages not being posted or delivered

2008-11-18 Thread Jewel
I am having reports from some of my lists that some messages are not getting through to the members but they are visible through the archives. Also I have seen posts go through to the list but not the archives. I have not idea where to start. I know of a particular user who is having problem