Re: [Mailman-Users] Trouble with newlist

2004-03-07 Thread Steve Pirk
t;, line 133, in enqueue os.fsync(msgfp.fileno()) AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fsync' -- Steve On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, Steve Pirk wrote: > I am using Slackware 9.1 (fresh install) Here is the > version on python: > Python 2.3.1 (#1, Sep 24 2003, 16:45:45)

Re: [Mailman-Users] Trouble with newlist

2004-03-07 Thread Steve Pirk
lost in the disk crash. :-) -- Steve On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, Richard Barrett wrote: > On 7 Mar 2004, at 10:16, Steve Pirk wrote: > > > After a supposedly clean install of the latest mailman, > > I get this error when adding a list (even the initial > > mailman list): > &

[Mailman-Users] Trouble with newlist

2004-03-07 Thread Steve Pirk
After a supposedly clean install of the latest mailman, I get this error when adding a list (even the initial mailman list): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bin/newlist mailman Enter the email of the person running the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Initial mailman password: To finish creating your mailing list, yo

Re: [Mailman-Users] [mailman-owner@babylon5.babcom.com: Your newmailing list: test]

2001-05-17 Thread Steve Pirk
om/mailman/admin/test executes /home/mailman/cgi-bin/admin passing in the listname "test" as a variable... Steve -- Steve Pirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] . deathcon.com . pirk.com . webops.com . t2servers.com On Thu, 17 May 2001, Phil Stracchino wrote: > OK, now I'm *really* curious

Re: [Mailman-Users] Off-Topic: WebMail recommendations?

2001-05-17 Thread Steve Pirk
ith SquirrelMail at the moment. Steve -- Steve Pirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] . deathcon.com . pirk.com . webops.com . t2servers.com On Wed, 9 May 2001, Dave Melton wrote: > > Sorry for the off-topic post, but at least I confessed my sin in > advance! > > Since this group really seems to k

[Mailman-Users] MTA username question

2001-05-17 Thread Steve Pirk
even tried to create an alias lowercase: LowerCase in /etc/aliases. Still no luck. Is there some inherent reason "why" usernames with mixed case cannot receive mail? Steve -- Steve Pirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] . deathcon.com . pirk.com . webops.com . t2s

Re: [Mailman-Users] one more time

2001-04-26 Thread Steve Pirk
Looks ok to me... Have you restarted the webserver? (kill -HUP on the parent pid?). Also, try removing the "" from around the "real" dir in the alias: OLD: Alias /pipermail/ "/home/mailman/archives/public/" NEW: Alias /pipermail/ /home/mailman/archives/publi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: "could not acquire qrunner lock", etc

2001-04-24 Thread Steve Pirk
deliver mail as fast as the mta, so look there also. Steve -- Steve Pirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] . deathcon.com . pirk.com . webops.com . t2servers.com On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Mike Crowe wrote: > On 23 March 2001, Bill Bradford wrote: > > Upgraded to Python 2.0 this morning, and recompiled/re

Re: [Mailman-Users] What is ADORE

2001-04-23 Thread Steve Pirk
aning up" the hackers code that is running on your box... Anyone else have any input? Steve -- Steve Pirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] . deathcon.com . pirk.com . webops.com . t2servers.com On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is this a virus? > Is this `below' the correct an

Re: [Mailman-Users] admin and lockfile problems

2001-04-18 Thread Steve Pirk
When I upgraded from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2 (I think those were the versions), the install found my lists and upgraded them (including the html associated with the templates). Kinda painless... Steve -- Steve Pirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] . deathcon.com . pirk.com . webops.com . t2servers.com On Wed, 18 Apr

[Mailman-Users] SendDigests error

2001-04-15 Thread Steve Pirk
ame()) socket.error: host not found Any ideas? It is complaining that some host is not found... Regular list messages work ok... -- Steve Pirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] . deathcon.com . pirk.com . webops.com . t2servers.com -- Mailman-Users maillist

Re: [Mailman-Users] mail not getting sent to list

2001-04-14 Thread Steve Pirk
Double check all the crontab entries, and manually test the alias added for the test list. Wierd that it goes into the archive, but does not get mailed out... Steve -- Steve Pirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] . deathcon.com . pirk.com . webops.com . t2servers.com On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Mike Chambers wrote

Re: [Mailman-Users] Rude response! & I got my subscriber list

2001-04-12 Thread Steve Pirk
When I saw this response, I thought it a bug... I have my lists set to "private", only list members can see who is on the list, and the server sent me a list of subscribers ACK! Then I tried it from an account that is not subscribed, and got: * who > Private list: only members may s

Re: [Mailman-Users] no mail, no errors

2001-04-06 Thread Steve Pirk
Type mailq and see if messages are queued up for delivery. If they are, the problem may be that you have not inserted the crontab entries for the user mailman. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com webops.com - disclaimer.com -- On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Jason Wehmhoener wrote:

Re: [Mailman-Users] Using Netscape Enterprise Server 3.51

2001-04-05 Thread Steve Pirk
The pipermail rule would look something like: (all on one line) NameTrans fn="pfx2dir" from="/pipermail" dir="/home/mailman/archives/public/" and the cgi might resemble: NameTrans fn="cgi" from="/mailman" dir="/home/mailman/cgi-bin" Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman redundancy

2001-04-04 Thread Steve Pirk
This helps a lot... Thank you! It all makes sense now. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com webops.com - disclaimer.com -- On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Christopher P. Lindsey wrote: > > Yes. The sendmail.cw file specifies which hosts should be treated > the same as localhost,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman redundancy

2001-04-04 Thread Steve Pirk
>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 4/4/01, 12:06:41 PM, Steve Pirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: > [Mailman-Users] Mailman redundancy: > > > > A simpler solution wo

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman redundancy

2001-04-04 Thread Steve Pirk
A simpler solution would be to use backup mail servers. It would be fairly hard (IMHO) to keep multiple mailman installs in sync. I would use the main DSL server to actually run the list, but add in 2 other MX servers to "hold" your mail until your line comes back... zone file: INMX 5

Re: [Mailman-Users] List configuration options, available now ornot?

2001-03-30 Thread Steve Pirk
Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com webops.com - disclaimer.com -- On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, JC Dill wrote: > > I have 2 outstanding questions about mailman configuration options: > > 1) Does mailman have a configuration setting such that everyone who is > subscribed to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Moved mailman to new server

2001-03-30 Thread Steve Pirk
Noah, Check to make sure you added the "crontab" entries on the new server. They are listed by running crontab -l as the user mailman. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com webops.com - disclaimer.com -- On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Noah Cantor wrote: > i'm positive the email i

Re: [Mailman-Users] Automatic Reject

2001-03-29 Thread Steve Pirk
I do not believe that mailman can do this by itself, but it can be easily managed in sendmail. Read up on spam fitering (spammers db file). Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com webops.com - disclaimer.com -- On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, dansan wrote: > Dear gurus :) > > Hey, I

Re: [Mailman-Users] cron error : gate_news, permission denied

2001-03-29 Thread Steve Pirk
Unless you are using the "gateway to news" functions in mailman, this cron entry can be commented out or removed. Not sure why you are getting the error, but commenting out the cron entry is a quick fix :-) Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com webops.com - disclaimer.com

Re: [Mailman-Users] To upgrade or not to upgrade

2001-03-16 Thread Steve Pirk
If the lists are not being heavily used, by all means upgrade. 2.0.3 is the latest version (I believe), and should install cleanly over the 1.x version. The make install will upgrade all the listinfo and html pages automatically. If you still have your old install, check the config.status file fo

Re: [Mailman-Users] Avoiding Requests for Approval

2001-03-14 Thread Steve Pirk
Sounds like the other "lists" are configured so that the "from" address is the poster, and not the list. Since a poster to the other list may not be a subscriber to your list, your list holds it for administrative approval. If you know the people who run the other lists, then you might be able to

Re: [Mailman-Users] insert hyperlink in footer

2001-03-13 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
That might work, but most web based e-mail readers convert e-mail addresses and URL's to html for you. I might try it on a test list, but if you want to do it right, youi would most likely have to do the footer as multi-part MIME. Would be a mess. The e-mail address for the list, and the webaddre

Re: [Mailman-Users] Qrunner probs. with Sendmail

2001-03-13 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
Dave, Assuming that the domain truly is "beersellers.net", I think it is a mailer problem. I tried to telnet to beersellers.net 25 and got immediately booted: Trying 208.248.173.68... Connected to beersellers.net. Escape character is '^]'. Connection closed by foreign host. Do you have TCP wrapp

Re: [Mailman-Users] Qrunner probs. with Sendmail

2001-03-13 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
One of the things I noticed that would cause slow mail delievery was reverse lookup of your IP. A lot of mail servers try and authenticate you box when you make a mail connection, and being able to do an nslookup of your IP address really helps. I have mine configured to try to send messages for

Re: [Mailman-Users] Why my Mailman Send monthly reminder of passwdto our users twice

2001-03-13 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
This is an option on the "General Options" html page of the admin interface. It is labled: Send monthly password reminders or no? Overrides the previous option. (Details) Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com webops.com - disclaimer.com On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Muhammad As

Re: [Mailman-Users] [Fwd - Frm: fsf-global-admin@gnu.org, Subj: 1 FSF-Global admin request(s) waiting]

2001-03-12 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
You just missed the announcement. Go to soundforge to get the patch. Very small, and easy to install. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com webops.com - disclaimer.com On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > "Bradley M. Kuhn" wrote: > > admin(2845): except E

Re: [Mailman-Users] Convert from mailman 2.0 to 2.2

2001-03-12 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
I would say that you should run configure first. Then install. You might want to look at your old config.status from 2.0 and make sure you pass the new version the same parameters (like mail gid etc.) Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com webops.com - disclaimer.com On Su

Re: [Mailman-Users] Fw: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 1

2001-03-11 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
I would check the permissions of you mailman install. It looks like the setuid bit might be misssing. IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/mailman/lists/test/config.db' 554 "|/home/mailman/mail/wrapper mailcmd test "... unknown mailer error 1 Make sure you run the commands to properly se

Re: [Mailman-Users] Can't find some fundemental documentation

2001-03-09 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
I believe the "options" for this function are under the Mail-News and News-Mail gateways link in the Admin menus. http://yourhost.com/mailman/admin/yourlist/ Not sure where any other documentation resides (except people on this list :-) Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com

Re: [Mailman-Users] The perennial question: Moving lists?

2001-03-08 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
The way I did it was to tar up the entire contents of /home/mailman making sure that file ownership and permissions were retained in the tar file. I then extracted the tarball into /home/mailman on the target machine. I added the aliases, and installed the crontab stuff. I then configured the web

Re: [Mailman-Users] 3rd REPOST: File Ownerships

2001-03-08 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
Have you run the "set group sticky bit" commands? The files should be: ls -l /home/mailman/lists/somelist/request.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 2 Mar 7 17:00 request.db And the directory permissions should be: drwxrwsr-x 10 mailman mailman 1024 Mar 8 14:32 lists/ and drwxrws

Re: [Mailman-Users] Howto Configure Announcement list

2001-03-08 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
I just tried to set one up... You are right, there does not seem to be any "good" options for doing announce only. Here is one possibility, under "Details" of addresses of members accepted for posting (field below "restrict posting to members"): o If member_posting_only is 'yes', then entries ad

Re: [Mailman-Users] HELP! emergency please

2001-03-08 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
Make sure you have installed the crontab files... in /home/mailman/cron there is a file called crontab.in As the user mailman, run crontab -e (to edit the user mailman's crontab and read in crontab.in or copy paste it into the edit section. Exit the editor and the crontab is installed. This sho

Re: [Mailman-Users] Question

2001-03-08 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
If by private homepage you mean a box that you have a web account on, but do not have administrative access to, the answer is no. Mailman requires root access to the box to install, and should be run as it's own user. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner/Admin deathcon.com - pirk.com webops.com - disc

Re: [Mailman-Users] call for help - please

2001-03-08 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
I believe it is safe to comment this cron entry (gate_news). From the crontab comments, it seems to be a method to send/receive messages to news servers... Anyone else have some ideas? Also, the path /usr/lib/mailman is not a typical place to put user home dirs. Remember, "mailman" is a user on t

Re: [Mailman-Users] Desperate plea for help ....

2001-03-08 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
I replied to this once before I believe... Have you tried using "1" instead of "12"? I would mess around with various settings, trying it each time. Make sure you "make install" as user mailman. I could be that some of the files cannot be exec'd properly because of permissions Steve [EMAIL P

Re: [Mailman-Users] Help with error - Mailman 2.0.1 / Python 2.0 /Exim

2001-03-06 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
Check the /home/mailman/logs/error file. I think you will see that the wrappers failed because of "GID" problems (the group that mailman runs as). Someone earlier posting the same kind of problem. As far as I can tell, When it reports "wanted N, got N1", you need to rebuild mailman (./configure -

[Mailman-Users] Moving servers

2001-03-05 Thread Orion (Steve Pirk)
I saw a message in the archives about moving a mailman server, and the instructions were to move all of the list(s), and then reconfigure the defaults to point to the new webserver. I will be moving the webserver part also (basically moving everything to a bigger server), so the piece I seem to b