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

Re: Installation problem running install.sh
by Carsten Karkola 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Hello, >However, it looks like an internal problem of /bin/sh. Try >running > > /bin/sh -x ./install.sh /home/slist > >This lists every command before it is executed (with variables >expanded). Maybe it gives some more insight. thanks for your help, now I ended up with ... + 4<& 0 + ../src/setid root + 0< install.sh2 /bin/sh[11]: 4: 0403-007 Generated or received a file descriptor number that is not valid. + exit 1 ... But why not use another shell ?! I tried the same with ksh - no succes, after that I used bash and there were no problems! I'm on an AIX 4.3.2, on Solaris 2.7 x86 it worked also with /bin/sh, maybe it's a problem with the AIX sh ?! So I will force the use of bash ... In bash the output starts with: ... + exec + ../src/setid root ... instead of the +4<& 0. Regards, Carsten ================================================== == == Dipl.-Ing. Carsten Karkola == == TU Dresden - Fak.Bauingenieurwesen - FRZ == == Tel.: +49 351 463 3659 == Fax: +49 351 463 7766 == e-mail: carsten.karkola(a)mailbox.tu-dresden.de == ==================================================

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SmartList and Mhonarc
by Carsten Karkola 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Hello, I tried to use SmartList with Mhonarc, I've found an receipe and wrote the followong lines in the SmartList users .procmailrc file: :0: mmadmin.lock * ^TOmmadmin(a)brzrs2.bau.tu-dresden.de | /usr/local/bin/mhonarc -add -umask 022 \ -outdir /daten/ftp/www/support/mailarchive/mmadmin \ /home/slist/mmadmin/archive/latest slist is the smartlist user mmadmin is the mailinglist But there was no effect. Running the above Mhonarc ( /usr/local/... latest ) command in the shell works fine. Or should I better put these lines in one of the rc.local.sXX files. Or what is the right :0 line ? Thanks for any help. Carsten ================================================== == == Dipl.-Ing. Carsten Karkola == == TU Dresden - Fak.Bauingenieurwesen - FRZ == == Tel.: +49 351 463 3659 == Fax: +49 351 463 7766 == e-mail: carsten.karkola(a)mailbox.tu-dresden.de == ==================================================

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how do I reject attached docs
by David Kelly 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

Hi,... just checked the faq again and cant see the links http://www.mindwell.com/smartlist/contrib/reject_html.txt nor http://www.mindwell.com/smartlist/contrib/reject_garbage.txt However I had the text of one of these pages I saved before, but I am not sure what I *do* with this... the first part goes in rc.local.s00..... as is?.....do I need to adjust anything? and the second part (rejectmsg script)...is this a Perl script?.... how should I set it up? -DK From: rob(a)alegria.com (Rob Lingelbach) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 11:20:20 -0700 Organization: Altruistic Intentions, Hollywood, CA X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.6 beta(2) 2/29/96) To: Dave Hillman <hillman(a)enteract.com>, SmartList(a)informatik.rwth-aachen.de Subject: Re: Disallow 'Content-type: text/html' On Apr 28, 12:23, Dave Hillman wrote: } Subject: Disallow 'Content-type: text/html' > > *Without* restarting the debate regarding the advisability or otherwise > of restricting list submissions to plain text, can someone mail me the > appropriate magic to either send submissions containing 'Content-type: > text/html' to /dev/null or to return them to sender with an appropriate > message. I'll append here my rc.local.s00, followed by my 'rejectmsg' script, followed by the 'quotereject' script. These are all derivative of help given me by others on this group in the past, for which I am thankful. My filtration is fairly restrictive, but that's the way I like it. #$Id: rc.local.s00,v 1.2 1994/09/20 19:33:28 berg Exp $ # # This file contains several examples of how you can customise SmartList # through the RC_LOCAL_SUBMIT_00 hook. # # to kill messages that ask for a "Return Receipt". Lotus Notes # will reply dutifully but in a misconfigured way, to the addresses # in the "To:" header :0 Hhw * ^Disposition-Notification-To: { :0 c | formail -i "Subject: ***asking for Return Receipt"|$SENDMAIL -oi $maintainer :0 | rejectmsg -receipt } # from a suggestion by Tim Pierce <twpierce(a)rootsweb.com> # below was "* ^begin [0-7][0-7][0-7] .*" :0 hBHw * ^begin [0-7][0-7][0-7] [a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+ { :0 c | formail -i "Subject: ***uuencode or winmail.dat***warning"|$SENDMAIL -oi $maintainer :0 | rejectmsg -attach } :0 hBHw * ^Content-Type:[ ]+.*(multipart/|/enriched|coded) { :0 c | formail -i "Subect: ***content REJECT engaged by rob********"| $SENDMAIL -oi $maintainer :0 | rejectmsg -attach } :0 hBHw * ^Content-Type: application.* { :0 c | formail -i "Subect: ***content REJECT engaged by rob*********"| $SENDMAIL -oi $maintainer :0 | rejectmsg -attach } :0 hBHw * ^Content-Disposition: attachment.* { :0 c | formail -i "Subect: ***content REJECT engaged by rob*********"| $SENDMAIL -oi $maintainer :0 | rejectmsg -attach } :0 hBHw * ^Content-Disposition: inline; filename=.* { :0 c | formail -i "Subect: ***content REJECT engaged by rob********"| $SENDMAIL -oi $maintainer :0 | rejectmsg -attach } # mine (rob(a)alegria.com) :0 hBHw * 20^1 ^> * -10^1 ^[^>] { :0c | formail -i "Subject: ***quote REJECT engaged"| $SENDMAIL -oi $maintainer :0 | quotereject -attach } ----cut here----end of rc.local.s00 ----cut here----start rejectmsg script #! /bin/ksh : test=test # /bin/test echo=echo # /bin/echo cat=cat # /bin/cat sed=sed # /bin/sed grep=grep # /bin/grep date=date # /bin/date formail=formail # /usr/local/bin/formail multigram=multigram # ../.bin/multigram $test -z "$listaddr" && $echo "Don't start this script directly, it is used in rc.local.s00" && exit 64 tmprequest=tmp.request tmpfrom=tmp.from function=$1 $cat > $tmprequest sender=`$formail -rtzxTo: < $tmprequest` case $function in -attach) ($formail -i"From: $listreq" -rtA"X-Loop: $listaddr" < $tmprequest ;\ $echo "Your post to the mailinglist appears to contain an attachment or" $echo "enriched text..." $echo "Such posts are not accepted on this mailinglist." $echo "please resubmit your post as a plain text document, and" $echo "contact rob(a)alegria.com if you have any questions.." $echo " " $echo "[message follows]" $echo " "; cat $tmprequest)\ | $SENDMAIL $sendmailOPT $sender shift ;; esac case $function in -receipt) ($formail -i"From: $listreq" -rtA"X-Loop: $listaddr" < $tmprequest ;\ $echo "Your post to the mailinglist appears to contain a request" $echo "for a Return Receipt." $echo "Such posts are not allowed on the TIG due to Lotus Notes'" $echo "tendency to send receipts to all addresses found in the 'To:'" $echo "header, which comes dangerously close to a loop condition." $echo " " $echo "[message follows]" $echo " "; cat $tmprequest)\ | $SENDMAIL $sendmailOPT $sender shift ;; esac -----cut here---end rejectmsg script -----cut here---start quotereject script #! /bin/ksh : test=test # /bin/test echo=echo # /bin/echo cat=cat # /bin/cat sed=sed # /bin/sed grep=grep # /bin/grep date=date # /bin/date formail=formail # /usr/local/bin/formail multigram=multigram # ../.bin/multigram $test -z "$listaddr" && $echo "Don't start this script directly, it is used in rc.local.s00" && exit 64 tmprequest=tmp.request tmpfrom=tmp.from function=$1 $cat > $tmprequest sender=`$formail -rtzxTo: < $tmprequest` case $function in -attach) ($formail -i"From: $listreq" -rtA"X-Loop: $listaddr" < $tmprequest ;\ $echo "Your mail to the mailinglist has been intercepted and" $echo "is being returned to you because it it appears to the list server" $echo "to contain an excessive amount of quoted material." $echo "Brief quoting is fine, but please quote only for context." $echo "Do not quote other messages in their entirety, or quote" $echo "message headers or signature files. " $echo " " $echo "...excessive quoting is a waste of resources." $echo "If you feel that you've edited your message adequately but" $echo "it was still returned to you, you can appeal to the administator," $echo "rob(a)alegria.com" $echo " " $echo "[message follows]" $echo " "; cat $tmprequest)\ | $SENDMAIL $sendmailOPT $sender shift ;; esac -----cut here-----end quotereject script -- Rob Lingelbach | 2660 Hollyridge Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90068 rob(a)alegria.com |"I care not much for a man's religion whose dog or rob(a)info.com | cat is not the better for it." --Abraham Lincoln rob(a)tele.com KB6CUN http://www.alegria.com

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how do I reject attached docs
by David Kelly 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

Hi,... just checked the faq again and cant see the links http://www.mindwell.com/smartlist/contrib/reject_html.txt nor

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Odd hypocrisy? Should I switch away from SmartList?
by Patrick Salsbury 22 Jul '01

22 Jul '01

This may be an old topic, since I remember another list member telling me something in private about this a while back. It might even be a FAQ, but I didn't see it the 2 I checked online. Does anyone find it odd/hypocritical that the SmartList list is being run and processed by Mailman? Look in the headers of this or any other message. You'll see these lines, among others: List-subscribe: <http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/smartlist> X-mailman-version: 2.0.5 Seems a bit strange... I've been hearing good things about Mailman for a while, and had it recommended by some friends. This, however, seems to be the highest praise going. So what's the deal? Should I consider migrating all my lists over to Mailman and stop using SmartList? Is there some reason (besides inertia) to keep using it? Curious, -- Pat ___________________Think For Yourself____________________ Patrick G. Salsbury - http://reality.sculptors.com/~salsbury/ Learn about stereolithography: http://reality.sculptors.com/stereolithography.html --------------------------------------------------------- We ARE as gods and might as well get good at it. -- Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Catalog

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Emergency
by David Kelly 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

Hi to all ... we have a massive problem with the W32.Sircam.Worm@mm. I want to temporarily close the lists we have...what's the best way??? DK

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procbounce removes sender instead of bouncer
by Miquel E. Cabanas 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

hi all, I am using SmartList v3.14 to run a small list. Today I was forced to disable the auto-remove features because procbounce insisted in identifying one of the list members as responsible of all bounces related to messages he had submitted to the list instead of the real bouncers. He also claims to get back lots of autoreplies (i.e. vacation messages and the like) and error messages, though it is my understanding that such messages should go back to the list-request, and forwarded exclusively to the list master... I've compared the header of some messages submitted by him to the list with those by other users, and, as expected, they are alike. For the case it might help, this person uses PINE as MUA, other people from his lab using other MUAs do not get unsubscribed, neither complain about getting autoreplies or error messages. Any hint will be appreciated. Miquel -- Miquel E Cabanas ------------------------------------------------------ SeRMN, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Miquel.Cabanas(a)uab.es) ------------------------------------------o-oo--ooo---ooo--oo-o--------

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smartlist on a non root account?
by Llorenc Sole 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

Hi, I've been using smarlist through my ISP and I'm happy with it, but now my ISP has discontinued it and forces me to another system, which is not free of charge and intended for high volume, which is not my case. I wonder if I could install and manage smartlist on my shared account, without my ISP cooperation (which I would not get), but I'm still very new to the unix world. My host is running FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1, qmail is the MTA here (sendmail is also around, I think) and my shell is /bin/csh. First I tried to compile my own smartlist, but the make hangs on a test without any feedback and I have to kill the process. As I could not find what was wrong, I copied the old smartlist files which are still on the server to a subdir on my account. Then I ran createlist and modified .procmailrc accordingly to have mail piped to flist. I do not know what else should I do, but this does not work (maybe hardcoded paths? maybe root permissions?...) I tried to pipe a mailbox file via command line to flist just to see what happens and the output is: % cat /usr/home/myacc/mbox | ./flist test-request flist: Can't find ".etc" in "" I'm lost, I would thank any help to have smarlist running on my account. TIA, Llorenc

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Installation problem running install.sh
by Carsten Karkola 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

Hello, I've looked in the archives, but I couldn't find some tips for my problem: I've unpacked procmail 3.15 and smartlist 3.15 in the same directory, I've installed procmail via make install without problems. I created a user slist with group slist, now I tried to run install.sh in the SmartList directory with ./install.sh /home/slist and get the following error message: /bin/sh[11]: 4: 0403-007 Generated or received a file descriptor number that is not valid. What have I made wrong ? Thanks, Carsten ================================================== == == Dipl.-Ing. Carsten Karkola == == TU Dresden - Fak.Bauingenieurwesen - FRZ == == Tel.: +49 351 463 3659 == Fax: +49 351 463 7766 == e-mail: carsten.karkola(a)mailbox.tu-dresden.de == ==================================================

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How to send and address each message individually?
by Rene Pijlman 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

Hello, Is there a way to let SmartList address and send each message individually? I want the subscriber to see her own e-mail address in the "To:" header, so they know which address to unsubscribe. I know this is less efficient, but my list is still relatively small. Regards, René Pijlman

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