[Mailman-Users] Having Problems with Different Port

[Seth Lake]

so the only advise i can get on this subject from the entire list is 'dude,
get a new isp'?  that's it?  sad.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seth Lake" <caver at verizon.net>
To: <mailman-users at python.org>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Having Problems with Different Port


> other non-80 port related issues...
>
> made a group 'Test' locally (via 'www.on-rope.net:8080') and it shows up
in
> the external listinfo and the internal listinfo, but the other
pre-existing
> lists still don't show up locally.
>
> externally if you go to a list info page (1 page in from the entry page)
the
> bottom link 'Overview of all on-rope.net mailing lists' still manages to
> drop the port.
>
> perhaps there should be a...
> DEFAULT_URL_PORT = '80'
> ...variable.
>
> i've put alot of time getting postfix / mailman up and running, it'll be a
> shame to have to scrap it all for qmail / ezmlm.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Seth Lake" <caver at verizon.net>
> To: <mailman-users at python.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:07 PM
> Subject: [Mailman-Users] Having Problems with Different Port
>
>
> Howdy.
>
> Here's my situation...
>
> my DSL ISP (verizon) blocks port 80.  I registered a domain and found a
> dynamic DNS service that will forward requests.  i forward
'www.on-rope.net'
> to 'on-rope.net:8080'.  at my firewall i forward all port 8080 traffic to
> port 80 on the www server.  so far not bad, but now i try to get mailman
> working...
>
> just setting...
> DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'on-rope.net'
> DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'www.on-rope.net'
> ...doesn't work because when your browser hits
> 'http://on-rope.net:8080/mailman/listinfo' mailman says 'no lists on
> on-rope.net:8080'. okay, so try and set...
> DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'on-rope.net'
> DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'on-rope.net:8080'
> ...doesn't work right.  on the main index page there's a main email
address,
> 'mailman at on-rope.net'.  but instead of that, what it should be, it says
> 'mailman at on-rope.net:8080' and i can't figure out where this is set or how
> to change it.
>
> another problem i have is when a user clicks on the archive link the link
> tries to send the user to
'http://www.on-rope.net/mailman/private/<list>/'.
> interestingly, this does not happen on empty archives, only after a
message
> has gone though the list.   i fixed / hacked this problem by putting this
in
> my config file...
> PUBLIC_ARCHIVE_URL = 'http://on-rope.net:8080/pipermail/%(listname)s'
> ...which seemed to work.
>
> so okay, now i seem to have pretty much everything working okay except for
> the mailman email address on the main page.  no big deal, i guess i can
live
> with that.  i'm doing all this at work so i can make sure it works from
> outside the firewall and ISP's blocked ports and all that.  and, at the
end
> of the day, i go home.
>
> hmm, more problems.  i can access any of my web stuff at home.  when i go
to
> my web server ('http://www.on-rope.net/mailman/listinfo' from home, no
need
> for port forwarding) there are no lists.  i edit my apache config and add
> 'Listen *:8080' and then try 'www.on-rope.net:8080' but mailman still says
> no lists.  this may be because of the 'www' but without the hostname my
> brwser just spins it's wheels at home, doesn't know where to get the page
> from.  i notice that there's no port in the page heading when i'm at home,
> at work the main heading is 'on-rope.net:8080 Mailing Lists' but when i'm
at
> home the heading is 'www.on-rope.net Mailing Lists' no matter what port i
> put in.
>
> so how can i access the same lists from home and abroad?  i don't
need/want
> to host more than a few lists and i have a feeling that the virtual host
> system is what's messing with me.  is there a way to turn it off?  i tried
> this...
> add_virtualhost('www.on-rope.net', DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST)
> ...to no avail.  any help is greatly appreciated.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Mailman-Users mailing list
> Mailman-Users at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
> Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
> Searchable Archives:
http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
>
> This message was sent to: caver at verizon.net
> Unsubscribe or change your options at
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/caver%40verizon.net
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Mailman-Users mailing list
> Mailman-Users at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
> Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
> Searchable Archives:
http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
>
> This message was sent to: caver at verizon.net
> Unsubscribe or change your options at
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/caver%40verizon.net