[Systers-dev] Gsoc(orm):Few technical problems

[Jennifer Redman]

Hi Kanika Vats,

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 2:36 PM, kanika vats <kanika.krikan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
> Before the start of coding period I had problems with my mailman(that i had
> locally installed on my system as given in step by step system installation
> procedure<
> http://systers.org/systers-soc/doku.php/step_by_step_system_installation_-_production
> >)not
> sending messages. I solved that problem , mailman is able to send messages
> to the subscribers (like the welcome and invitation messages or the
> notifications to the administrator)but i recently found out few more
> problems that i have not been able to remove. These are definitely because
> of me running systers code on my system. As this problem is on your side
> and
> not a fault of yahoos/gmail server so thought of taking some help.
>
> Although mailman is able to subscribe the members,invite them,notify the
> administrator..the members are not able to post messages to the mailing
> list,also if they subscribe by filling their information on subscribe page
> then also nothing happens. I guess the problem lies somewhere around having
> artemis.systers.org as the default email host?
>
> 1) In the general options of the administrative interface the host name is
> always automatically set to artemis.systers.org as a result of which the
> subscribe -unsubscribe page consist of the following line:
>
> To post a message to all the list members, send email to
> systers-admin at artemis.systers.org <final_test at artemis.systers.org>.(well I
> had created 'systers admin' list in the mailman I installed)


Exactly and this has more to do with me not updating the instructions for
localized development.  You want everything that reads
artemis.systers.orgto be "localhost" so you can access on your own
system.


>
>
> 2) But now when the mebers try to post to the list,they get a message:
>
> --> You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has
>      been automatically rejected.  If you think that your messages are
>      being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at
>      systers-admin-owner at systers.org<
> http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=systers-admin-owner@systers.org
> >
> .
>
> Now mails send here "  systers-admin-owner at systers.org
> "<
> http://in.mc947.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=systers-admin-owner@systers.org
> >will
> goto Kathy Gee(my apologizes to her for the spams ),and also me
> getting
> this message means that these mails are going to the mail server of
> systers....(so the above result was quite expected) This was not only the
> case with systers-admin list that i created but also other test list that i
> created.I tried this out with localhost instead of artemis.systers.org but
> it didnt work.


Ok so you don't want to use systers.org at all in any urls, but rather
customize for your local install.


> How can I figure out the reasons for such problem.I require your help to
> solve these problems related to the mailman/syster setup.


I'll take a look and sort out the documentation to be more generic for a
localhost install.

Jen