[Mailman-Users] New list's SMTP failures

[Nick Wyman]

Well, I was hopeful, but the owner and hostname config for the mailman list are valid.

Can you tell me how mail sent to mailman at mydomain.com should be processed?  Is this an address which must be functional for receiving incoming email?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:mark at msapiro.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2017 1:26 PM
> To: Nick Wyman <nwyman at viablecomputing.com>; Mailman Users <mailman-
> users at python.org>
> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] New list's SMTP failures
> 
> On 11/01/2017 11:00 AM, Nick Wyman wrote:
> >
> > This is not cpanel.  This is a virtual host running Ubuntu 14.04 and mailman
> 2.1.23.
> 
> 
> OK.
> 
> 
> > Things have been running smooth for 1+ year but seem to have been tripped
> up by spam to mailman at mydomain.com.
> 
> 
> It's possible that it's the 'mailman' list that has the 'com' host name.
> That might be it.
> 
> 
> > Perhaps the "mailman" list is misconfigured?
> >
> > I don't have a mailman user account, the Ubuntu mailman setup created a
> "list" user.  So I'm not sure how the above mail should be routed.
> 
> 
> Yes, in Debian/Ubuntu the Mailman user is 'list'. The "site list" which
> every Mailman 2.1 installation must have is normally named 'mailman' and
> is 'mailman' in the Debian/Ubuntu package.
> 
> You can access the web UI for the 'mailman' list at the same URL you use
> for other lists' admin UI but with 'mailman' as the list name. You can
> set a site password for your installation via Mailman's bin/mmsitepass
> and use that password to log in to the list.
> 
> Do that and check the host_name for that list. Also make sure the
> 'owner' address is good. Or you can do it with 'withlist'.
> 
> $ bin/withlist -l mailman
> Loading list mailman (locked)
> The variable `m' is the mailman MailList instance
> >>> m.host_name
> 'com'
> >>>
> 
> Assuming that's the result, set it as in
> 
> >>> m.host_name = 'mydomain.com'
> 
> also look at
> 
> >>> m.owner
> 
> and set that if needed, and finally after making changes
> 
> >>> m.Save()
> >>>             <- enter control-D here to exit
> Unlocking (but not saving) list: mailman
> Finalizing
> 
> --
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