September 2000 - Smartlist - lists.rwth-aachen.de

check rc syntex
by Zhiliang Hu 28 Sep '00

28 Sep '00

I have a rc.local.00 recipe modified from Rob Lingelbach <rob(a)alegria.com> to catch multipart/html/coded/... mails which has been working well for quite a while. Recently I noticed some mails sneaked through my list. I checked everything and could not find a clue. I attach the log error and a sample of the rc below and hope some of you could spot some syntex error that is obvious to you but not to me ;-) Thanks in advance! Zhiliang PS: Due to the mail editor the copied lines were forced some extra line breaks -- in my recipe I do have proper line breaks/continuations ("\") -------- log -------- procmail: Error while writing to " formail -r -i "From: $listreq" -A"X-Loop: $listaddr" | \ (/usr/bin/cat; /usr/bin/cat info/reject.attach $tmprequest) | \ $SENDMAIL -t " --------------------- rc.local.s00 (sample) --------------------- # Modified from Rob Lingelbach rob(a)alegria.com tmprequest=tmp_request :0 c | /usr/bin/cat > $tmprequest :0 BH * ^This is a multi-part message* { :0 c | formail -i "Listmaster: <--Intercepted for multi contents-->"| \ $SENDMAIL -oi $maintainer :0 | formail -r -i "From: $listreq" -A"X-Loop: $listaddr" | \ (/usr/bin/cat; /usr/bin/cat info/reject.attach $tmprequest)|\ $SENDMAIL -t } :0 BH * ^Content-Type:.*(multipart|enriched|coded|mixed) { :0 c | formail -i "Listmaster: <--Intercepted for enriched content-->"| \ $SENDMAIL -oi $maintainer :0 | formail -r -i "From: $listreq" -A"X-Loop: $listaddr" \ -i "Listmaster: <--Intercepted for Enriched content-->" | \ (/usr/bin/cat; /usr/bin/cat info/reject.attach $tmprequest) | \ $SENDMAIL -t }

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Need help with header
by jack williams 28 Sep '00

28 Sep '00

I am trying to creat a header for all emails going through my mail list but the instructions say to add the following to my rc.local.s20 file but I have no idea what file it is refering to. I do not have a file named that. do I create one or is it a part of my rc.submit file that I need to modify. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Jack Williams 2.10: How can I add a short message file to the top or the bottom of all the mailing list messages? Uncomment the line "RC_LOCAL_SUBMIT_20 = rc.local.s20" from your rc.custom file, and add the following to your rc.local.s20 file: # # Adding a disclaimer in front of every mail: # :0 fhw | cat - header.txt # # Appending a footer to every outgoing mail: # :0 fbw | cat - footer.txt You will also need to create a file called header.txt or one called footer.txt, which contains the text to add to the message (this file can be empty though, so you can create the files, but only fill them in when you need to add something) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

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introduction and request for help
by Cindy 28 Sep '00

28 Sep '00

Hello. I am a newbie at running the list software. It is part of my web hosting package, but no online or paper manual comes with it. There is the help file that consists of about one paragraph on the server. I need to know if there is a handbook or a web page with more instructions for {SmartList v3.11pre7 1997/04/28 written and created by Stephen R. van den Berg}? For instance, I need to know how to ask for more than one message out of the archive say messages 20 through 45. I appreciate any help that might be offered. I promise to read the manual if there is one! Cindy For products designed for chemically sensitive people, try http://www.zavanahbay.com

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subscriber looks like daemon
by Jim Osborn 27 Sep '00

27 Sep '00

I've got a subscriber called "mail@<his-domain-name>.com" which makes sense to him, but causes SmartList to reject his posts. Does anyone know of a trick I can use to slip his posts past the daemon screens? I always put a bypass capability in screens I add to rc.local files, but I don't know of any similar bypasses for things like this. TIA Jim

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Delivery Confirmation
by Marc Goldman 26 Sep '00

26 Sep '00

Hello all, I have a client who has certain requests for the newsletter that he is running which will be maintained by Smartlist. He would like to receive a delivery confirmation basically telling him: your message was delivered to the X number of recipients of the X list on X date at X time. Is this possible, how would I implement this? Also, is it possible to use an address other than list-request@domain to unsubscribe? Apparently, he feels that his list members would find it easier to click on a list-unsub-request@domain to unsubscribe. Is this possible? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Marc Goldman

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Re: check rc syntex
by Zhiliang Hu 21 Sep '00

21 Sep '00

> procmail: Error while writing to " formail -r -i "From: $listreq" > -A"X-Loop: $listaddr" | \ > (/usr/bin/cat; /usr/bin/cat info/reject.attach $tmprequest) | \ > $SENDMAIL -t " Since the rc.local.s00 is called from rc.custom, the list default parameters for $listreq, $listaddr and $SENDMAIL should pass along, is it true? Zhiliang

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Dist files
by Susan and Jack Brooks 21 Sep '00

21 Sep '00

I maintain several mail list for a club, one of which contains the entire current membership. Since members are constantly being added and removed and only current member are retained on the list, I find it easiest if I maintain the list myself manually. I've tried to set the list up with each Email address followed by the individuals name because this will make it easier find an individual if I have to remove them from the list later on. I thought, from the manual, that anything following the Email address by at least one space would be ignored. This did not work, nor did adding two #'s one space after the Email address, in an attempt to "comment" the remainder of the line. I needed to get the list on line, so I deleted everything after the Email addresses and it works just fine now, but how can I incorporate a name associated with each Email address? Thanks in advance, Jack Brooks

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flist -- how do I test?
by Wade Parker 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

I'm setting up SmartList on my in-house mail server. The server is running Debian 2.2 and using exim 3.12 as my MTA, procmail 3.13.1, and SmartList 3.13.1. The aliases for the list test ok when I run: exim -bt <listname(a)domain.org> But when I submit a test subscription, the exim log produces a correct piping to flist as seen in the log excerpt: 2000-09-20 11:41:56 13bmwV-0003ER-00 <= dnewman(a)chickenusa.org H=(chickenusa.org) [209.8.37.151] P=esmtp S=1531 id=39C8D94B.1F367604(a)chickenusa.org 2000-09-20 11:41:56 13bmwV-0003ER-00 => |/var/list/.bin/flist WashingtonReport-request <WashingtonReport-request(a)chickenusa.org> D=system_aliases T=address_pipe 2000-09-20 11:41:56 13bmwV-0003ER-00 Completed But nothing happens. The address is not added to dist. I have "LOGABSTRACT = yes" and "VERBOSE = yes" in the list's rc.custom, but I get no log file. How do I test that flist is operating? Thank you for your assistance. -- Wade Parker National Chicken Council

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Looking for web based utilities
by Sarah K. Miller 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

I'm in the process of setting up mailing lists for a very large organization. I need to find a set of web based utilities to allow the list maintainers to point and click their way through list administration (subs/unsubs/digesting/etc). Any suggestions?? -- Sarah Miller List Administrator Digitaleve.org

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Re: subscribe.txt questions
by Zhiliang Hu 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

It is in .bin/subscribe > Subject: subscribe.txt questions > > 1) When someone subscribes to one of my lists they get this "header" which > appears above the text contained in subscribe.txt: > > You have added to the subscriber list of: > mylist(a)mydomain.com > the following mail address: > subscriber(a)somedomain.com > > How can I get rid of this, along with the transcript of the original > subscription, so that I can include only a simple url (to an html based > subsciption/unsubscription page) and some other basic instructions? > > Many thanks, > > Simon Troup

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