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mhm

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Mailman sync -- not working. I have something wrong, but what?
April 14, 2010, 09:37:56 pm
I've been following the instructions at http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Mailman+synchronization trying to get this working (on Dreamhost). 

Ultimately what I end up with is:
Running /usr/sbin/sync_members -w=no -g=no -f /home/user/example.com/bin/sync2mailman.txt web 2>&1 sh: /usr/sbin/sync_members: No such file or directory

I think the problem is in the last few lines of code,
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SyncList('All Contacts (Smart Group)','7'); // specify your mailing list name and CiviCRM group id here
// repeat for each list
?>
Is the mailing list name I'm specifying here my CiviMail smart group? Or is it my Dreamhost list "name" (web@example.com)? 
(Neither works - both giving the error above, and neither actually does anything to the Dreamhost list.)

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Re: Mailman sync -- not working. I have something wrong, but what?
April 15, 2010, 08:22:17 pm
Well, a little investigation shows that the part of the script that pulls the data out of CiviCRM is working fine. I now have a txt file chock full of information. It's just not making it into Dreamhost's Announcement List. Off to their forums to see if I can find some help. . .

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Re: Mailman sync -- not working. I have something wrong, but what?
April 15, 2010, 09:04:46 pm
Decided to try support there instead. Got a quick but unpleasant response:

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Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately this is not possible. The
DreamHost Announcement list service can not be used with third party
software.

And now we know. Does not and will not work with Dreamhost.

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Re: Mailman sync -- not working. I have something wrong, but what?
April 15, 2010, 09:36:23 pm
Just talked to Hostmonster's support, and they won't support this usage either.
Anyone know who will, or a non VPS that will allow sending to a list of 1000?
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