[Mailman-Users] setting up mailman lists from the command line

2021-12-03 Thread Dave Stevens via Mailman-Users
I have a currently small number of internet connected sensors and would like to send email messages to list subscribers about interesting measurements. I would like to send readings to only those subscribers who are interested in specific sensors. I've been using Virtualmin to set up the lists but

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman with Apache on FreeBSD

2016-06-08 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 06/08/2016 12:51 AM, John Poltorak wrote: > > I can now bring up the *admin* page, as well as everything under *cgi-bin*, > but what should happen if browse > > example.org/mailman/ ? I get a *Forbidden* error. Should there be a > redirection to *listinfo* ? You can do that with, e.g. Redi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman with Apache on FreeBSD

2016-06-08 Thread John Poltorak
Hi Odhiambo, Many thanks for your help. I would never have stumbled on the configuration you provided. I won't try to understand it just yet, I'll blindly copy and paste until I have it working. I can now bring up the *admin* page, as well as everything under *cgi-bin*, but what should happen if

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman with Apache on FreeBSD

2016-06-07 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On 7 June 2016 at 20:21, John Poltorak wrote: > I have read these instructions, and don't find them that straightforward - > at least there must be some thing implied. > > It isn't very reassuring when it says this or that *may* be required. I > suppose the instructions are more general than spec

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman with Apache on FreeBSD

2016-06-07 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 06/07/2016 10:21 AM, John Poltorak wrote: > I get a *Forbidden * error after adding this line to httpd.conf > > ScriptAlias /mailman/ /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/ Look in the apache error log and see what it says for this error? You will need /usr/local/mailman/cgi-bin/" Require all

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman with Apache on FreeBSD

2016-06-07 Thread John Poltorak
I have read these instructions, and don't find them that straightforward - at least there must be some thing implied. It isn't very reassuring when it says this or that *may* be required. I suppose the instructions are more general than specific to my environment. I get a *Forbidden * error after

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman with Apache on FreeBSD

2016-06-07 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 06/07/2016 12:15 AM, John Poltorak wrote: > > I'm attempting to configure > > Mailman 2.1.22 with Apache 2.4.20 under FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE > > Any pointers would be appreciated. It's pretty straightforward. See . -- Mark Sapiro The

[Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman with Apache on FreeBSD

2016-06-07 Thread John Poltorak
Hi, I'm new to this list and am hoping someone may be able to point me to some resources for geting Mailman working with Apache on FreeBSD. I did come across one site which showed how to set this up but it was 10 years old and many things may have changed. I'm attempting to configure Mailman 2.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting Up Mailman

2012-04-18 Thread Larry Stone
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Wayne Cook wrote: Your article is a LIFESAVER Larry, and I can GUARENTEE YOU that I'm in over my head! Hopefully with help I can muddle through this and learn something...the links to the screen shots should work now: http://www.mycoachonline.com/mailmanshots/ Screenshots

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting Up Mailman

2012-04-18 Thread Wayne Cook
Your article is a LIFESAVER Larry, and I can GUARENTEE YOU that I'm in over my head! Hopefully with help I can muddle through this and learn something...the links to the screen shots should work now: http://www.mycoachonline.com/mailmanshots/ W :) Wayne Cook wc...@mycoachonline.com http://ww

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting Up Mailman

2012-04-18 Thread Larry Stone
On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Wayne Cook wrote: I'm trying to move mailman from OSX server to OSX client on a mac mini with OSX 10.6 installed on the machine. I'm not a terminal expert, but can usually follow and figure things out, so I'm attempting to follow these instructions as closely as possible:

[Mailman-Users] Setting Up Mailman

2012-04-18 Thread Wayne Cook
I'm trying to move mailman from OSX server to OSX client on a mac mini with OSX 10.6 installed on the machine. I'm not a terminal expert, but can usually follow and figure things out, so I'm attempting to follow these instructions as closely as possible: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman on ubuntu 8.10 / desktop andserver

2009-03-17 Thread Kemp James
From: mailman-users@python.org On Behalf Of Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant) Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:07 PM > > I recently attempted to set up Mailman on my ubuntu machine. > I have been running several lists on an older machine running > etch, which has worked fine, but when attempt

[Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman on ubuntu 8.10 / desktop and server

2009-03-17 Thread Jones, Scott (GE Money, consultant)
I recently attempted to set up Mailman on my ubuntu machine. I have been running several lists on an older machine running etch, which has worked fine, but when attempting the install on 8.10 desktop, I kept running into errors and roadblocks. Is it just me or are there issues and workarounds requi

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman on fc6

2008-03-28 Thread Dave
Hi, Thanks, quoting those domains did it. I'll write if i have more issues, but that was the hurdle. Thanks. Dave. - Original Message - From: "Mark Sapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 1:15 PM

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman on fc6

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Sapiro
Dave wrote: >I'm trying to set up mailman and postfix on an fc6 vps box. The fqdns >they use are not mine for this domain, which i'm wondering if that's an >issue. I have edited mm_cfg.py url_hosts set it to www.domain.com and >email_hosts option to domain.com, i won't be using any virtual

[Mailman-Users] setting up mailman on fc6

2008-03-28 Thread Dave
Hello, I'm trying to set up mailman and postfix on an fc6 vps box. The fqdns they use are not mine for this domain, which i'm wondering if that's an issue. I have edited mm_cfg.py url_hosts set it to www.domain.com and email_hosts option to domain.com, i won't be using any virtual domains, a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman

2006-09-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
Robert Bannocks wrote: > >I want to run mail man as part of the main name space, i.e. >[EMAIL PROTECTED], however the machine it runs on will be called >someother.nhm.ac.uk, and >the alias I want for the web front end will be lists.nhm.ac.uk. Am I >correct in doing this by setting the following

[Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman

2006-09-01 Thread Robert Bannocks
Hi, A few simple questions. I want to run mail man as part of the main name space, i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED], however the machine it runs on will be called someother.nhm.ac.uk, and the alias I want for the web front end will be lists.nhm.ac.uk. Am I correct in doing this by setting the followi

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-20 Thread Mike Wharton
-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman Mike Wharton wrote: > >I have added all items to mailman and http config files. I have >successfully created the list and added the alias info, however, still >no luck > >I have found the error log and e

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-20 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mike Wharton wrote: > >I have added all items to mailman and http config files. I have successfully >created the list and added the alias info, however, still no luck > >I have found the error log and error is as follows... > > ... >[Sun Nov 20 16:59:53 2005] [error] [client 202.45.112.36] Prematur

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-19 Thread Mike Wharton
Any ideas? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Sapiro Sent: Sunday, 20 November 2005 11:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman Mike Wharton wrote: > >I am running m

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-19 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mike Wharton wrote: > >I am running mailman on a server whose name is s1.##.net.au >I have a virtual server on this machine - ##.com.au > >I want the user to use www.##.com.au/mailman when accessing the lists > > >Is this correct? > >In the httpd/conf.d I have placed the s1.hostnet.net.

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-19 Thread Mike Wharton
-Users] setting up mailman Mike Wharton wrote: > >What I get is... > >Internal Server Error > >The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable >to complete your request. > >Please contact the server administrator, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and inform

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-19 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mike Wharton wrote: > >What I get is... > >Internal Server Error > >The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable >to complete your request. > >Please contact the server administrator, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and inform them of >the time the error occurred, and anything you

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-19 Thread Mike Wharton
-Users] setting up mailman Mike Wharton wrote: >OK... thanks for spelling that out for a newbie like me... I continued >to get nothing in the Command Shell of webmin so I used telnet to >telnet to the server and it all worked as expected in the shell there. >I must be a problem wit

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mike Wharton wrote: >OK... thanks for spelling that out for a newbie like me... I continued to >get nothing in the Command Shell of webmin so I used telnet to telnet to the >server and it all worked as expected in the shell there. I must be a problem >with webmin (or maybe webmin is not meant to b

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-18 Thread Mike Wharton
e- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Sapiro Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2005 12:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman Mike Wharton wrote: > >I am a total newbie when it comes to linix and am

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mike Wharton wrote: > >I am a total newbie when it comes to linix and am learning as I go so I may >not have fully understood your suggestion. I typed these into the command >line in the webmin interface on my server. That's the problem. Sorry I wasn't more specific about what to do. Here's anothe

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-18 Thread Mike Wharton
e into the command line in the webmin interface on my server. Still no luck. Mike -Original Message- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2005 7:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mike Wharton wrote: > >When I attempt to run /var/mailman/bin/newlist mailman to create the >newsite I get the following error... > >> /var/mailman/bin/newlist mailman >Enter the email of the person running the list: Traceback (most recent call >last): > File "/var/mailman/bin/newlist", line 219,

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-17 Thread Mike Wharton
Thanks Con, I did this and the result was > /var/mailman/bin/check_perms No problems found Any other thoughts? Mike >I believe you'll find it's a permissions issue. Try running ~mailman/ >bin/check_perms and see what it says >Con Wieland >University of California at Irvine >Network and Aca

[Mailman-Users] setting up mailman

2005-11-17 Thread Mike Wharton
Hi, I am trying to set up mailman on my server running Fedora 2. I have installed Mailman 2.1.5-10.fc2. I have followed the setup instruction contained in the Install document included with the install. I have done the following... Set the mailman.confg file /etc/httpd/config.d to point to my d

[Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman

2005-10-31 Thread Popak Roshan
Hi, I have installed the mailma successfully, In our school we use mailing list to inform thousands of students about the campus events, we run tiger (mac os X server) and as I look at the old configuration in our old servers (10.3), I can see the previous admin that he placed the list folder (con

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman website

2005-03-11 Thread Timothy Horie
Mark Sapiro wrote: What does the Apache log say about these errors? I see the bug. Forgot a trailing slash after cgi-bin. It works now. Thanks! -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailm

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman website

2005-03-11 Thread Mark Sapiro
Timothy Horie wrote: >I tried http://www.thorie.com/mailman/admin >And got a 404 error >I think that for some reason, apache or the cgi user id isn't able to >access /home/tak/mailman/cgi-bin >Do I need to change the permissions for /home/tak or /home/mailman? /home/mailman? do you mean /home/ta

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman website

2005-03-11 Thread Mark Sapiro
Timothy Horie wrote: >I tried http://www.thorie.com/mailman/ >(with the extra slash at the end) >And instead of a 404 error, I got a 403 forbidden error. > >The permissions on my /home/tak/mailman/cgi-bin are: >drwxrwsr-x 2 tak mailman 4096 Mar 11 08:32 cgi-bin > >Do I need to change that to www

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman website

2005-03-11 Thread Timothy Horie
I tried http://www.thorie.com/mailman/admin And got a 404 error I think that for some reason, apache or the cgi user id isn't able to access /home/tak/mailman/cgi-bin Do I need to change the permissions for /home/tak or /home/mailman? I vaguely remember a problem I had before where apache wouldn't

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman website

2005-03-11 Thread Timothy Horie
I tried http://www.thorie.com/mailman/ (with the extra slash at the end) And instead of a 404 error, I got a 403 forbidden error. The permissions on my /home/tak/mailman/cgi-bin are: drwxrwsr-x 2 tak mailman 4096 Mar 11 08:32 cgi-bin Do I need to change that to www-data that apache runs as? I did

[Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman website

2005-03-11 Thread Timothy Horie
Hello I installed Mailman and I tried to follow step 4 Final system set-up, but I don't understand what I am supposed to do. There are the things I did: 1) I added ScriptAlias /mailman/ /home/tak/mailman/cgi-bin/ to /etc/apache/httpd.conf 2) I copied /home/tak/mailman/icons/*.{jpg,png} to /var/w

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting Up Mailman to Send Bounce Messages to Me

2004-11-04 Thread Mark Sapiro
Jay Sage wrote: >I run a list for an organization that sends information to >its members using Mailman. I would like to be notified >whenever a message to a subscriber bounces so that I can >contact the member directly (perhaps by telephone) to find >out what their correct email address is, or to

[Mailman-Users] Setting Up Mailman to Send Bounce Messages to Me

2004-11-04 Thread Jay Sage
I run a list for an organization that sends information to its members using Mailman. I would like to be notified whenever a message to a subscriber bounces so that I can contact the member directly (perhaps by telephone) to find out what their correct email address is, or to help them with whateve

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman on Sendmail

2004-05-10 Thread Brad Knowles
At 12:29 PM -0500 2004/05/09, John Carlson wrote: How did you set up Sendmail to forward email to your Exchange Server? This doesn't really have anything to do with Mailman. There are a variety of ways to solve this problem, depending on your specific needs. Check the sendmail FAQ at

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman on Sendmail

2004-05-10 Thread Richard Barrett
On 9 May 2004, at 18:29, John Carlson wrote: How did you set up Sendmail to forward email to your Exchange Server? Putting define(`SMART_HOST', `FQDN-of-your-outbound-SMTP-relay') in the sendmail.mc file might do it. But there is no reason why Mailman cannot use SMTP to talk direct to an outbo

[Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman on Sendmail

2004-05-10 Thread John Carlson
How did you set up Sendmail to forward email to your Exchange Server? Thanks John Carlson Network Administrator Minnesota Ag Group -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: h

[Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman for the first time

2004-04-02 Thread Oklahoma Information Technologies Group
The following may seem unorthodox but it is my current configuration. I am using an M$ Exchange Server for my MTA behind a Redhat Router/Firewall. My mailman installation resides on this same RH router/firewall. I want to configure mailman to send and receive the messages via the Exchange Server

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up mailman on lunarpages.com

2004-03-30 Thread Thomas Hochstein
Wendy Johnson schrieb: > I want to configure mailman so I can use it to send > email to those who subscribe. I do not want > subscribers to post to this list. Then make the list or all users except yourself "moderated". > I also do not need users to set up a password. But it does not hurt if t

[Mailman-Users] setting up mailman on lunarpages.com

2004-03-29 Thread Wendy Johnson
Perhaps mailman is too sophisticated for my needs. I have a site hosted by lunarpages which offers mailman for free. I want to configure mailman so I can use it to send email to those who subscribe. I do not want subscribers to post to this list. I also do not need users to set up a password. Ho

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman for a virtual domain

2003-11-11 Thread amealing
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 06:45, Brendan Boyle wrote: > I've been asked to help set up mailman for a client of mine at his ISP. > The ISP has installed mailman from the rpm that comes with Redhat 9. > The server that my clients website is on hosts multiple domains and we > need to now configure mailm

[Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman for a virtual domain

2003-11-10 Thread Brendan Boyle
I've been asked to help set up mailman for a client of mine at his ISP. The ISP has installed mailman from the rpm that comes with Redhat 9. The server that my clients website is on hosts multiple domains and we need to now configure mailman for just his site (with the distinct possibility that o

[Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman

2003-08-10 Thread William Collins
?Can you set up Mailman for me? I have webspace, but lack the skills needed to download and set up the program. I have used Mailman in the past and really like it. Thanks for your time. Will Collins-- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Mailman-Users] Setting up Mailman on Sendmail

2003-02-11 Thread Staven Bruce
I am trying to set up Mailman on Sendmail. However I am having some trouble. This is my first time around using Linux 8.0 and Sendmail 8.12. I am using Mailman/Sendmail in conjunction with our company's Exchange 5.5 server. I have a seperate IP address and DNS entry for Mailman/Sendmail, but I can'

Re: [Mailman-Users] setting up Mailman

2002-12-01 Thread Jon Carnes
Could it be what the error says it is: a permissions problem? Have you run the ~mailman/bin/check_perms program from Mailman? In particular you need to look at the owner/group for the ~mailman/locks directory and its rights mask. I suspect that you may have more problems than just that. You might

[Mailman-Users] setting up Mailman

2002-12-01 Thread Ron Bogerd
Morning everyone, I just started setting up Mailman on a Debianserver using apt-get install ... All seem to go well but if I try to use mailman i see the following errormessage in /var/log/mailman/error: Dec 01 11:24:03 2002 qrunner(10720): IOError : [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/ma

[Mailman-Users] setting up mailman/sendmail

2001-04-24 Thread Steve Lee
Hello. I'm trying to setup mailman with sendmail. I have both setup and am able to subscribe to the list. There after an email is send to the person requesting to be on the list. When the person responds for a comfirmation, the mail is undelieverable. this is what sendmail log reports. mrsh: w

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman: Internal Server Error ?

2001-03-26 Thread Remco Rijnders
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 10:57:47AM +0100, Philippe Rodriguez wrote: > Maybe ... > > Is your logs/error file writable ? Yep: [root@spring /home]# ls -l mailman/logs total 4 -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman 0 Mar 20 06:54 error -rw-rw-r-- 1 mailman mailman74 Mar 22 04:10 smtp

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman: Internal Server Error ?

2001-03-26 Thread Philippe Rodriguez
Maybe ... Is your logs/error file writable ? Did you run bin/check_perms -f (with root user) after installing mailman ? I think the link is not the problem, but what URL do you use to access your pages. The first one you should try is http:///mailman/admin And you should have sthg like

RE: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman: Internal Server Error ?

2001-03-25 Thread Alex Yu
> I looked at the logfile and though it exists, it is as empty > as it can be Did you compile with web server's uid and gid? Alex -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman: Internal Server Error ?

2001-03-23 Thread Remco Rijnders
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Philippe Rodriguez wrote: > You can have a look to $prefix/logs/error ... maybe. Hi Phil, I looked at the logfile and though it exists, it is as empty as it can be :/ Any other suggestions? Remmy -- Remco Rijnders, ICQ: 760542 | Linux picard 2.2.16 is up 48 days, 17:25 h

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman: Internal Server Error ?

2001-03-23 Thread Philippe Rodriguez
You can have a look to $prefix/logs/error ... maybe. Phil. On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Remco Rijnders wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to get Mailman compiled and installed from source and > experiencing some difficulties with it. I've created a testlist but > when I try to access the given URL I

[Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman: Internal Server Error ?

2001-03-22 Thread Remco Rijnders
Hello all, I am trying to get Mailman compiled and installed from source and experiencing some difficulties with it. I've created a testlist but when I try to access the given URL I receive an internal server error. According to the documentation this means that the GID or UID permissions are wr

[Mailman-Users] Setting up mailman

2001-03-22 Thread Rodney File
My webhost provider has moved all of my accounts to new servers and currently going through a software retraining curve. Nothing like learning to use all new software with only a few days before the new servers go live. What is the simplest way to setup mailman to be used as a newsletter maili