[Mailman-Users] Re: Writing to list bounces with 'user doesn't exist'

On 12 May 2025, at 14:18, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: This isn't a problem yet. The fact that DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST and $myorigin are not in $mydestination looks like a potential problem to me, but we'll deal with any issues here once you get mail into the pipes that go to Mailman. So I had `myor

[Mailman-Users] Re: Writing to list bounces with 'user doesn't exist'

ll get you the rest). -Guy On 2025 May 12, at 10:08, Sean McBride wrote: Hi all, So I have/had a working postfix+dovecot setup, and then I installed mailman2. It largely works. The web interface works, I can create lists, list creation emails are sent to the admin (me), but trying to wri

[Mailman-Users] Re: Writing to list bounces with 'user doesn't exist'

It sounds like you still have a working postfix+dovecot setup. :-) Yes, I suppose so! But I keep poking at it so much, I worry :) Indeed I wouldn't expect dovecot to know any such user, so I'm not sure what step I've missed... In my postfix main.cf I have: Unfortunately, you've left out th

[Mailman-Users] Writing to list bounces with 'user doesn't exist'

Hi all, So I have/had a working postfix+dovecot setup, and then I installed mailman2. It largely works. The web interface works, I can create lists, list creation emails are sent to the admin (me), but trying to write to a list (as a member) fails with a bounce. My maillog shows: ``` May 1

[Mailman-Users] Re: Is postfix owner_request_special needed for mailman2?

It's set to `no` because `yes` is the default and the appropriate setting for MM 2.1 is `no` except it shouldn't matter because owner-listname is not a MM 2.1 address and while listname-request is, in a MM 2.1 installation recipient_delimiter is normally set to `+`. Thanks Mark, Indeed my del

[Mailman-Users] Re: Is postfix owner_request_special needed for mailman2?

On 7 May 2025, at 20:45, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > If 'recipient_delimiter' is set to '+', which is the modern > convention, this setting is a no-op, because no splitting on '-' would > be done anyway. Check the setting with "postconf recipient_delimiter". Stephen, Thanks very much for your

[Mailman-Users] Is postfix owner_request_special needed for mailman2?

Hi all, I'm migrating a server with older postfix & older mailman2 and noticed one setting in postfix's main.cf: owner_request_special = no The postfix docs for this setting say: "Enable special treatment for owner-listname entries in the aliases(5) file, and don't split owner-listname and

[Mailman-Users] Re: "Error: Unknown virtual host" trying to create new list from web UI

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:21:55 -0700, Mark Sapiro said: >I suspect the permissions issue may have been in doing the MTA task, so >if you have "MTA = 'Postfix'" in mm_cfg.py, your data/aliases(.db) >didn't get updated. You can run `bin/genaliases` to fix that. I ran it and it output nothing. >I thi

[Mailman-Users] Re: "Error: Unknown virtual host" trying to create new list from web UI

On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 22:42:23 -0700, Mark Sapiro said: >On 7/29/20 10:24 PM, Sean McBride wrote: >> >> After reading the comments in that file and FAQ 4.29, I *think* the >correct solution is to append the following 5 lines to my mm_cfg.py: >> >> DEFAULT_EM

[Mailman-Users] "Error: Unknown virtual host" trying to create new list from web UI

Hi all, I'm running mailman 2.1.x. I haven't had need to create a new list in years, but now I need to. Trying to do so from the web UI here: results in: "Error: Unknown virtual host: mail.rogue-research.com". After searching for this, I now

Re: [Mailman-Users] Now that Python 2 is dead in 2020 what are people's plans with mailman2?

On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:36:59 -0500, Dimitri Maziuk via Mailman-Users said: >On 4/10/19 12:49 PM, Sean McBride wrote: >> On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:38:34 -0500, Dimitri Maziuk via Mailman-Users said: >> >>> How much support for python 2 have you been getting until now, and wh

Re: [Mailman-Users] Now that Python 2 is dead in 2020 what are people's plans with mailman2?

On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:38:34 -0500, Dimitri Maziuk via Mailman-Users said: >> Now that all support for Python 2 is supposed to go away in 2020 are >> people going to move off of mailman 2? > >How much support for python 2 have you been getting until now, and why >do you believe you will need it

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman 2 and 3

On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 09:16:41 -0700, Mark Sapiro said: >Mailman 2 is definitely end of life. I am the only one actively >supporting it at this point and while I continue to offer help and fix >bugs, it's not what I want to be doing. Is there any planned date where security updates end? Cheers, S

Re: [Mailman-Users] My first time setting up mailman, some misc questions/comments

, which is of course not what Python wants. 2) Does postfix need to be on the same host as Mailman? Thanks, -- Sean McBride, B. Eng s...@rogue-research.com Rogue Researchwww.rogue-research.com

Re: [Mailman-Users] My first time setting up mailman, some misc questions/comments

apourwave newer notes and you can decide then if you want to paste it in... >You also need to register as a user and let us know your registered user >name. Yes, sorry, I read too fast. Done that too now. :) Cheers, -- ____ Sean McB

Re: [Mailman-Users] My first time setting up mailman, some misc questions/comments

ll.pdf. >If so, you can update that yourself. >See the first paragraph at <http://wiki.list.org/FrontPage> to obtain >write access to the wiki. email sent, thanks. Cheers, -- ____ Sean McBride, B. Eng s...@

Re: [Mailman-Users] My first time setting up mailman, some misc questions/comments

ikely >it hasn't been backported. :-( I'll be doing this on El Capitan. So far I can say that mailman builds. :) I guess I'll keep notes, and share them here when done. Cheers, -- Sean McBride, B. Eng s...@rogue-research.com Rogu

[Mailman-Users] My first time setting up mailman, some misc questions/comments

u accept launchd config files matching those of crontab.in for inclusion? Thanks, -- ________ Sean McBride, B. Eng s...@rogue-research.com Rogue Researchwww.rogue-research.com Mac Software Developer