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["Pinson, Brian" <address@concealed>]

I ran the "sympa.pl --open_list=listname" and it just couldn't find that 
list. 

-----Original Message-----
From: address@concealed 
<address@concealed> On Behalf Of David Verdin
Sent: Monday, October 5, 2020 5:39 AM
To: address@concealed
Subject: Re: [sympa-users] Sympa Install

 From a server to another server, the simplest is to close the list, 
move the list (and archive) irectory to the other server, then reopen 
the list.

It should be enough to retrieve all data.

Regards,

David

On 02/10/2020 18:16, Pinson, Brian wrote:
> Is there a simple way to move lists from one sympa system to another?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@concealed 
> <address@concealed> On Behalf Of Pinson, Brian
> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2020 9:53 AM
> To: Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <address@concealed>; 
> address@concealed
> Subject: RE: [sympa-users] Sympa Install
>
> Figured I'd ask 😃 I have sent it over to our AD team.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <address@concealed>
> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2020 9:24 AM
> To: Pinson, Brian <address@concealed>; address@concealed
> Subject: Re: [sympa-users] Sympa Install
>
> On 10/1/20 4:20 PM, Pinson, Brian wrote:
>> Thank you for sharing! Can you or someone explain the this part? 
>> Specifically the last part with all the numbers.
>>
>>      get_dn_by_email_filter
>> (&(objectcategory=person)(mail=[sender])(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.
>> 113556.1.4.803:=2)))
>>
>>
> Sorry I can't .. this filter was provided by the client so I simply pasted 
> it into the auth.conf.
>
> As I said, the actual configuration might differ between AD installations. 
> Ask your AD admins for the correct string.
>
> Regards
>           Racke
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: address@concealed
>> <address@concealed> On Behalf Of Stefan Hornburg
>> (Racke)
>> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2020 9:15 AM
>> To: address@concealed
>> Subject: Re: [sympa-users] Sympa Install
>>
>> On 10/1/20 4:02 PM, Pinson, Brian wrote:
>>> I was able to get it figured out. There was a typo in my sympa.conf file… 
>>> Thanks to everyone that helped!
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any pointers on getting sympa to work against AD
>>> with LDAP? The documentation I saw on sympa’s site didn’t go into
>>> much detail. I found the auth.conf file but how does work? I made the 
>>> changes and it still seems to be using the local authentication method.
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sympa-community.github.io/manual/
>>> customize/ldap-auth.html__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!r5XltFUOlox0-bl-ucftpd4r2cE_
>>> 4Bz2jp83g7Kw4zL9_zWySHC15v1MEQajZoQ$
>>>
>> I suppose the actual configuration depends on your local setup.
>>
>> Here is a real life example from one of my clients (redacted for privacy):
>>
>> --- snip ---
>> ldap
>>      regexp .*
>>      host ldap.linuxia.de:636
>>      bind_dn address@concealed
>>      bind_password nevairbe
>>      timeout 20
>>      suffix dc=linuxia,dc=de
>>      get_dn_by_uid_filter (uid=[sender])
>>      get_dn_by_email_filter 
>> (&(objectcategory=person)(mail=[sender])(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))
>>      email_attribute mail
>>      scope sub
>>      use_ssl 1
>>      ca_file /etc/ssl/linuxia-chain.pem
>>      ca_verify required
>>
>>
>> user_table
>>    regexp .*
>> --- snap ---
>>
>> The blank line between the two entries is mandatory.
>>
>> Regards
>>           Racke
>>
>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> *From:* address@concealed
>>> <address@concealed> *On Behalf Of *Colas Nahaboo
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 1, 2020 2:38 AM
>>> *To:* Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <address@concealed>
>>> *Cc:* address@concealed
>>> *Subject:* Re: [sympa-users] Sympa Install
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> ATTENTION: This email originated from a sender outside of MCW. Use 
>>> caution when clicking on links or opening attachments.
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> -
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Well, I guess the RPM package can work. It is just that before using
>>> the Debian package of Sympa (that I used apache, mysql, postfix), I
>>> have been installing from source, and looking at the amount of manual
>>> work left once the RPM package was installed, I thought that it did not 
>>> save much compared to installing by hand, so why bother (and adding one 
>>> more dependency, aka potential for failure)?
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> Out of curiosity, I will try to use the Debian package on Ubuntu however, 
>>>  before resorting to installing by hand.
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>> On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 at 08:39, Stefan Hornburg (Racke) <address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>> wrote:
>>>
>>>      On 9/30/20 11:57 PM, Colas Nahaboo wrote:
>>>      > Just a warning on the linux distribution packages I tried 2 months 
>>> ago:
>>>      >
>>>      >   * Ubuntu doesn't work (archiving doesn't work) and has not been 
>>> maintained for 2 years.
>>>      >   * Debian works nicely, and updates sympa versions.
>>>      >   * RHEL is not  useful. It just copies files, but do not attempt 
>>> to really install things (no database setup, no
>>>      >     integration with the mail system, ...) and I don't think it 
>>> will be of any use for upgrading.
>>>      >
>>>
>>>      Thanks for your valuable input. I can improve the Debian packages, 
>>> but the other ones are out
>>>      of my scope.
>>>
>>>      I have a client with Sympa installed on CentOS 7 from RPM. Last 
>>> upgrade was fine there.
>>>
>>>      Regards
>>>               Racke
>>>
>>>      >
>>>      >
>>>      > On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 23:02, Pinson, Brian <address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed> <mailto:address@concealed
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed>>> wrote:
>>>      >
>>>      >     Thank you! That helped. Final stretch here... so I go to the 
>>> webpage and I'm getting:
>>>      >
>>>      >     Forbidden
>>>      >
>>>      >     You don't have permission to access /sympa on this server.
>>>      >
>>>      >
>>>      >     Anything come to mind with this?
>>>      >
>>>      >     -----Original Message-----
>>>      >     From: address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>
>>>      >     <address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>> On Behalf Of Stefan
>>>      Hornburg
>>>      >     (Racke)
>>>      >     Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 2:12 PM
>>>      >     To: address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed> 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed>>
>>>      >     Subject: Re: [sympa-users] Sympa Install
>>>      >
>>>      >     On 9/30/20 9:08 PM, Pinson, Brian wrote:
>>>      >     > I'm getting stuck with configuring the sendmail part.
>>>      >     > 
>>> (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sympa-community.github.io/manual/install/configure-mail-serve__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!r5XltFUOlox0-bl-ucftpd4r2cE_4Bz2jp83g7Kw4zL9_zWySHC15v1MlBjKTtM$
>>>      
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sympa-community.github.io/manual/install/configure-mail-serve__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!s0RhBNoCKz8XH3jbRbv0tJ0QY8cvIgMuqNkNZKQ9M12pXKIegLsrpCQUYz8vvO8$>
>>>      >     > r-sendmail.html)
>>>      >     >
>>>      >     > Particularly the alias part. What is the "$SENDMAIL_ALIAS" 
>>> thing it's talking about?
>>>      >
>>>      >     These variables are explained here: 
>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sympa-community.github.io/manual/layout.html__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!r5XltFUOlox0-bl-ucftpd4r2cE_4Bz2jp83g7Kw4zL9_zWySHC15v1M5cM1KAw$
>>>      
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sympa-community.github.io/manual/layout.html__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!s0RhBNoCKz8XH3jbRbv0tJ0QY8cvIgMuqNkNZKQ9M12pXKIegLsrpCQUEeWgc8E$>.
>>>      >
>>>      >     Regards
>>>      >             Racke
>>>      >
>>>      >     >
>>>      >     > -----Original Message-----
>>>      >     > From: address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>
>>>      >     > <address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>> On Behalf Of Stefan
>>>      Hornburg
>>>      >     > (Racke)
>>>      >     > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 10:52 AM
>>>      >     > To: address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>
>>>      >     > Subject: Re: [sympa-users] Sympa Install
>>>      >     >
>>>      >     > On 9/30/20 5:48 PM, Pinson, Brian wrote:
>>>      >     >> Wish me luck! Going to try the RPM.
>>>      >     >>
>>>      >     >
>>>      >     > Let us know how it goes ... maybe you can suggest 
>>> improvements to the documentation if you find it unclear or
>>>      >     missing useful information.
>>>      >     >
>>>      >     > Good luck
>>>      >     >
>>>      >     >     Racke
>>>      >     >
>>>      >     >> -----Original Message-----
>>>      >     >> From: address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>
>>>      >     >> <address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>> On Behalf Of David Verdin
>>>      >     >> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 10:25 AM
>>>      >     >> To: address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>
>>>      >     >> Subject: Re: [sympa-users] Sympa Install
>>>      >     >>
>>>      >     >> Another point of attention: The distribution has no impact 
>>> on Sympa
>>>      >     >> administration. Around 45 % of installs are under Redhat 
>>> (or Fedora,
>>>      >     >> centos, etc.), 45 % under Debian (or Ubuntu and the like) 
>>> and most of
>>>      >     >> the 10% remaining are FreeBSD.
>>>      >     >>
>>>      >     >> The only impact of distribution is which Sympa version is 
>>> packaged.
>>>      >     >>
>>>      >     >> About it, Soji maintains the RPM, so RedHat can always have 
>>> the
>>>      >     >> latest version packaged, but you need to set up the 
>>> dedicated
>>>      >     >> repository. I don't know how it works for Debian if you 
>>> want the
>>>      >     >> latest version packaged. It seems that current version in 
>>> Debian is
>>>      >     >> something like
>>>      >     >> 6.2.40 which is good enough.
>>>      >     >>
>>>      >     >> Personally, I always install from sources, so I don't care 
>>> and use
>>>      >     >> Ubuntu servers.
>>>      >     >>
>>>      >     >> Cheers!
>>>      >     >>
>>>      >     >> David
>>>      >     >>
>>>      >     >> On 30/09/2020 17:14, Pinson, Brian wrote:
>>>      >     >>> We are generally a RHEL or OEL shop. But, from what I've 
>>> discovered is Debian seems to be the go-to option. Is
>>>      >     the Sympa documentation accurate for the Debian install? I 
>>> haven't found that their documentation is the best.
>>>      >     >>>
>>>      >     >>> Thank you so much for you input. We are trying to move 
>>> away from
>>>      >     >>> Mailman and Sympa seems promising if I could just get it 
>>> installed!
>>>      >     >>> 😃
>>>      >     >
>>>      >     >>>>>
>>>      >     >>> -----Original Message-----
>>>      >     >>> From: address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>
>>>      >     >>> <address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>> On Behalf Of Stefan
>>>      Hornburg
>>>      >     >>> (Racke)
>>>      >     >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 10:12 AM
>>>      >     >>> To: address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>
>>>      >     >>> Subject: Re: [sympa-users] Sympa Install
>>>      >     >>>
>>>      >     >>> On 9/30/20 4:54 PM, Pinson, Brian wrote:
>>>      >     >>>> I'm starting from scratch. I'm basically just wanting to 
>>> feel out what the community recommends. We have one
>>>      >     system running Ubuntu but it just doesn't seem to be working 
>>> right. We have to reset our passwords almost everyday
>>>      >     right now. I would just rather rebuild as I think something 
>>> was installed incorrectly the first time.
>>>      >     >>>>
>>>      >     >>> The community has several opinions and different 
>>> infrastructure concerns, so there is no general
>>>      recommendation.
>>>      >     >>>
>>>      >     >>> Here is the list of what I prefer:
>>>      >     >>>
>>>      >     >>> Distribution: Debian
>>>      >     >>> Web server: Nginx (faster and more consistent than Apache)
>>>      >     >>> Database: PostgreSQL (more mature and less surprises than 
>>> MySQL /
>>>      >     >>> MariaDB) Mail server: Exim (but Postfix is fine too)
>>>      >     >>>
>>>      >     >>> Regards
>>>      >     >>>           Racke
>>>      >     >>>
>>>      >     >>>
>>>      >     >>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>      >     >>>> From: address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>
>>>      >     >>>> <address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>> On Behalf Of Stefan
>>>      >     >>>> Hornburg
>>>      >     >>>> (Racke)
>>>      >     >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 9:52 AM
>>>      >     >>>> To: address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>
>>>      <mailto:address@concealed 
>>> <mailto:address@concealed>>
>>>      >     >>>> Subject: Re: [sympa-users] Sympa Install
>>>      >     >>>>
>>>      >     >>>> On 9/30/20 4:42 PM, Pinson, Brian wrote:
>>>      >     >>>>> Good Morning all,
>>>      >     >>>>>
>>>      >     >>>>> Is there anyone out there that has a good step-by-step
>>>      >     >>>>> installation for Sympa? All the ones that I have tried 
>>> are either incomplete or just don't work.
>>>      >     >>>>>
>>>      >     >>>>>
>>>      >     >>>>>
>>>      >     >>>>> Any guidance is greatly appreciated!
>>>      >     >>>> Hello Brian,
>>>      >     >>>>
>>>      >     >>>> it depends on a couple of things:
>>>      >     >>>>
>>>      >     >>>> How do you install it? From sources?
>>>      >     >>>> Which distribution is installed on your server?
>>>      >     >>>>
>>>      >     >>>> Database?
>>>      >     >>>> MTA?
>>>      >     >>>> Web server?
>>>      >     >>>>
>>>      >     >>>> Regards
>>>      >     >>>>         Racke
>>>      >     >>>>
>>>      >     >>>>
>>>      >     >>>> --
>>>      >     >>>> Ecommerce and Linux consulting + Perl and web application 
>>> programming.
>>>      >     >>>> Debian and Sympa administration. Provisioning with 
>>> Ansible.
>>>      >     >>>>
>>>      >     >>>>
>>>      >     >>>
>>>      >     >>> --
>>>      >     >>> Ecommerce and Linux consulting + Perl and web application 
>>> programming.
>>>      >     >>> Debian and Sympa administration. Provisioning with Ansible.
>>>      >     >>>
>>>      >     >
>>>      >     >
>>>      >     > --
>>>      >     > Ecommerce and Linux consulting + Perl and web application 
>>> programming.
>>>      >     > Debian and Sympa administration. Provisioning with Ansible.
>>>      >     >
>>>      >
>>>      >
>>>      >     --
>>>      >     Ecommerce and Linux consulting + Perl and web application 
>>> programming.
>>>      >     Debian and Sympa administration. Provisioning with Ansible.
>>>      >
>>>      >
>>>      >
>>>      > --
>>>      > Colas Nahaboo - 
>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://colas.nahaboo.net__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!r5XltFUOlox0-bl-ucftpd4r2cE_4Bz2jp83g7Kw4zL9_zWySHC15v1MVKZ9gsg$
>>>      
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/colas.nahaboo.net__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!s0RhBNoCKz8XH3jbRbv0tJ0QY8cvIgMuqNkNZKQ9M12pXKIegLsrpCQUinnjIWM$>
>>>      
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://colas.nahaboo.net__;!!H8mHWRdzp34
>>> !r5XltFUOlox0-bl-ucftpd4r2cE_4Bz2jp83g7Kw4zL9_zWySHC15v1MV7FAwPo$
>>>      
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/colas.nahaboo.net__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!
>>> s 0RhBNoCKz8XH3jbRbv0tJ0QY8cvIgMuqNkNZKQ9M12pXKIegLsrpCQUj-puZPU$>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      --
>>>      Ecommerce and Linux consulting + Perl and web application 
>>> programming.
>>>      Debian and Sympa administration. Provisioning with Ansible.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Colas Nahaboo -
>>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://colas.nahaboo.net__;!!H8mHWRdzp34
>>> !r5XltFUOlox0-bl-ucftpd4r2cE_4Bz2jp83g7Kw4zL9_zWySHC15v1MVKZ9gsg$
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/colas.nahaboo.net__;!!H8mHWRdzp34!
>>> s 0RhBNoCKz8XH3jbRbv0tJ0QY8cvIgMuqNkNZKQ9M12pXKIegLsrpCQUj-puZPU$>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Ecommerce and Linux consulting + Perl and web application programming.
>> Debian and Sympa administration. Provisioning with Ansible.
>>
>
> --
> Ecommerce and Linux consulting + Perl and web application programming.
> Debian and Sympa administration. Provisioning with Ansible.
>
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