November 2001 - Smartlist - lists.rwth-aachen.de

Re:Large posts getting duplicated
by Doug Mansfield 19 Nov '01

19 Nov '01

As a continuation of my SmartList problem with duplicate resent posts with large bodies (around 4.5K) on one of my lists. I have included the headers from one such article. The first is how the message was received by my box, before any processing by SmartList. The next two are the duplicated re-sends by Smartlist. Notice the message refernces are the same and the archive number is the same, but the outgoing ID's are different. This is consistantly happening (have had three in the last two days). I am unable to duplicate it with a test list though (even copied all rc and processing files to the test list), but the test list only has one subscriber where as the list in question has over 300. This is with procmail and SmartList v 3.15.1 and I am using the default choplist to distribute the messages. Here is the sendmail setup from rc.init: minnames = 32 # minimum number of names per call mindiffnames = 8 # minimum for maxnames-minnames maxnames = 64 # maximum number of names per call maxsplits = 0 # maximum number of parts to split dist in maxsize = 200000 # maximal disk space to be taken up per mail maxconcur = 20 # maximum number of concurrent sendmail calls alt_sendmail="\ choplist $minnames $mindiffnames $maxnames $maxsplits $maxsize $maxconcur dist" minnames mindiffnames maxnames maxsplits maxsize maxconcur #alt_sendmail # uncomment if you'd prefer sendmail # to handle the $listdist expansion sendmailOPT="-oem -odb -oi -om -f$listreq" sendmailOPTp=-oep sendmailOPTq=-odq sendmailQflush="$SENDMAIL -q" I am at a total loss, any idea where to look next? Would a verbose log indicate if choplist was at fault? Thanks for any help... Doug ----- as received by my box-------- >From user(a)telocity.com Sun Nov 11 22:21:06 2001 Received: from fxst.harley.com (dsl-64-192-236-53.telocity.com [64.192.236.53]) by zoostation.cns.ohiou.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id fAC3L5s25514 for <xl-list(a)sportster.org>; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:21:05 -0500 Received: from telocity.com (fxst.harley.com [192.168.1.250]) by fxst.harley.com (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA39381 for <xl-list(a)sportster.org>; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:13:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3BEF3E6E.6070807(a)telocity.com> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:13:50 -0500 From: "user" <user(a)telocity.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; IRIX64 IP28; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011022 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: xl-list(a)sportster.org Subject: and web site References: <200111102100.fAAL01U09447(a)zoostation.cns.ohiou.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ------ first resent message ----- Return-Path: <xl-list-request(a)sportster.org> Received: (from lists@localhost) by zoostation.cns.ohiou.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fAC3LAn25596; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:21:10 -0500 Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:21:06 -0500 Message-ID: <3BEF3E6E.6070807(a)telocity.com> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:13:50 -0500 From: "user" <user(a)telocity.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; IRIX64 IP28; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011022 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: xl-list(a)sportster.org Subject: and web site References: <200111102100.fAAL01U09447(a)zoostation.cns.ohiou.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <8elbdD.A.5OG.iA077(a)zoostation.cns.ohiou.edu> Resent-From: xl-list(a)sportster.org X-Mailing-List: <xl-list(a)sportster.org> archive/latest/103311 X-Loop: xl-list(a)sportster.org List-Post: <mailto:xl-list@sportster.org> List-Help: <mailto:xl-list-request@sportster.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <mailto:xl-list-request@sportster.org?subject=subscribe> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:xl-list-request@sportster.org?subject=unsubscribe> Precedence: list Resent-Sender: xl-list-request(a)sportster.org ------ second resent message ----- Return-Path: <xl-list-request(a)sportster.org> Received: (from lists@localhost) by zoostation.cns.ohiou.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fAC3L7g25542; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:21:07 -0500 Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:21:07 -0500 Message-ID: <3BEF3E6E.6070807(a)telocity.com> Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:13:50 -0500 From: "user" <user(a)telocity.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; IRIX64 IP28; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011022 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: xl-list(a)sportster.org Subject: and web site References: <200111102100.fAAL01U09447(a)zoostation.cns.ohiou.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: <8elbdD.A.5OG.iA077(a)zoostation.cns.ohiou.edu> Resent-From: xl-list(a)sportster.org X-Mailing-List: <xl-list(a)sportster.org> archive/latest/103311 X-Loop: xl-list(a)sportster.org List-Post: <mailto:xl-list@sportster.org> List-Help: <mailto:xl-list-request@sportster.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <mailto:xl-list-request@sportster.org?subject=subscribe> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:xl-list-request@sportster.org?subject=unsubscribe> Precedence: list Resent-Sender: xl-list-request(a)sportster.org

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(Fwd) Re: Does SmartList support multiple 'maintainer=' lines?
by segura＠attcanada.ca 18 Nov '01

18 Nov '01

Can someone please give me an idea about what I might have done wrong? I'm not sure I applied the patch correctly as my test list does not seem to be working properly with two maintainers. It does not respond to any x-commands at all. Can you please let me know what needs to be done with the patch? I just copied and pasted it into the rc.request file at a point that seemed OK, but maybe it was not - is there a best place to put the patch? Or do I need to modify something already there in the rc.request file? TIA Joe <color><param>7F00,0000,0000</param>> http://www.hartzler.net/smartlist/SmartList-FAQ.html#Section_7.1 > > In any case you can have multiple maintainers but not multiple > maintainer lines. After applying the patch in the FAQ you need to > enter the mainainers on one line seperated by a ','.

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Couldn't read ".rc.local.init
by Jeff Dougherty 16 Nov '01

16 Nov '01

Hello, Another problem: When I receive bounced messages..this says could not read rc.local.init. I have rc.init and several rc.local.r* Am I missing this file and can someone send me an example of what would be in the file? Thank you. ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- grjr(a)satx.rr.com (reason: 550 5.0.0 Mail Refused - generalprotectionfault.net - See http://security.rr.com/index.html#security) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- procmail: Couldn't read ".rc.local.init" procmail: Couldn't read ".rc.local.init" ... while talking to txmx01.mgw.rr.com.: >>> MAIL From:<chat-request(a)intrepid-video.com> <<< 550 5.0.0 Mail Refused - generalprotectionfault.net - See http://security.rr.com/index.html#security Jeff mailto:Jeff@intrepid-video.com www.9-11-2001tragedy.com FAX 1-413-280-0677 Intrepid Video & Electronics Harrisburg, PA 17111 717-909-8844 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net www.thetoolcaddy.com

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Changing reply TO:
by Jeff Dougherty 16 Nov '01

16 Nov '01

Hello, On one of my list, I need to have reply to: go to the list, rather than the individual. I uncommented the line, and it still does not work.: #reply_to reply_to = "Resent-Reply-To: chat(a)intrepid-video.com" # uncomment (and perhaps change # it to "Reply-To") to force replies # to go to the list Jeff mailto:Jeff@intrepid-video.com www.9-11-2001tragedy.com FAX 1-413-280-0677 Intrepid Video & Electronics Harrisburg, PA 17111 717-909-8844 www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net www.thetoolcaddy.com

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stopping Smartlist from sending sender back copy
by Greg Matheson 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

I thought it would be difficult to get smartlist to not send a copy to the sender and only to all the other addresses in dist, but it wasn't. I uncommented the RC.LOCAL.S20 line in rc.custom, and in rc.local.s20, I put: # get sender address # and make new dist (distless) without sender :0 { SENDER_ADDRESS=`formail -rtzxTo:` } :0 c | $HOME/disjust.pl $SENDER_ADDRESS and in disjust.pl I have: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $sender = shift @ARGV; open D, "dist"; open DL, ">distless"; while ( <D> ) { print DL unless /$sender/; } and I changed rc.submit from: alt_sendmail="\ choplist $minnames $mindiffnames $maxnames $maxsplits $maxsize $maxconcur dist" to alt_sendmail="\ choplist $minnames $mindiffnames $maxnames $maxsplits $maxsize $maxconcur distless" And it seems to work. Now I have to think a way of making it configurable. -- Greg Matheson There is nothing as good as a Chinmin College practical theory. --Kurt Lewin's practicality maxim corollary Taiwan Penpals Archive <URL: http://netcity.hinet.net/kurage>

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Thanks Charlie!
by Les 15 Nov '01

15 Nov '01

I'd do this off-list, but for some reason your mail server rejects my mail now... says my ISP is 'spam domain' (*sigh*). So, thanks for all the 'Smartlist 101'! Les

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suid
by William Ahern 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

is there a way to configure smartlist on a system-wide basis w/o having to use suid on flist? suid binaries make me nervous.... tia, Bill

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archives
by Les 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

Hi, Anyone have a simple recipe for automating the archive's transfer to an html file? I'd like for my subscribers to be able to browse the archives.... And, is the archive enabled by default?, mine doesn't respond to the mail query to (listname)@domain subject='archive'. Thanks, Les -- -- Les Sharp, half man, half budgie Wings Taiwan: http://www.wingstaiwan.com New email: les(a)wingstaiwan.com

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HTML vs Subscribe / Unsubscribe
by Alan Northam 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

It appears that when someone subscribes to my list using an HTML formated email the subscription goes unprocessed. Same with unsubscribe. Is there a way for Smartlist to handle these kinds of subscription / unsubscribe requests? Thanks for your help, Alan

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signal dist sends to $childpid
by Greg Matheson 14 Nov '01

14 Nov '01

I have problems with led, the Smartlist wrapper around your editor, hanging on FreeBSD that I didn't have on Linux and other Unixes. So I changed line 142 to: $test -z "$childpid" || $kill -15 $childpid That is, instead of sending a HUP (1) to the editor (but is it the editor, or another dist, or what?), I substituted a TERM (15). And the problem of led hanging goes away. I think it must be a peculiarity of FreeBSD HUP, but I don't know enough about this to know whether I may not be terminating Smartlist as it distributes the mail instead, something which I don't want to do. -- Greg Matheson If there is one thing we learn from the Chinmin College study of language learning, it is that language learners learn more than we learn. Taiwan Penpals Archive <URL: http://netcity.hinet.net/kurage>

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