[Mailman-Users] Mailman digests

[David Osborne]

I've set up Mailman 1.0 (with Exim as MTA, on Solaris 2.5) and have been 
putting it through its paces with a view to replacing majordomo with it. It 
looks good so far!

Here's an item for the wishlist and a couple of questions...

WISHLIST ITEM:
A list I run under majordomo appears only as a digest and I moderate the posts 
to it; I can see how to replicate this in Mailman.
    However, one feature I use for my present digest doesn't seem to be 
available in Mailman: generating the digest based not on size but on the age of 
the oldest message waiting to go out. I currently use "digest_maxdays = 14" in 
majordomo so that, assuming messages are posted and approved, the digest should 
appear about every two weeks. Can this be added to Mailman?

QUESTION 1:
A digest generated by Mailman doesn't seem to be "burstable" like a majordomo 
digest -- I use exmh (2.0.2) with MH (6.8.4) as my mailer and the "burst 
digest" option complains the message isn't in digest format. There are a couple 
of RFCs defining digest format (953, 1153) but I haven't checked to see which 
of Majordomo or Mailman is more correct. I think MH's "burst" is sensitive to 
the correct digest format but making Mailman digests burstable would be useful.

QUESTION 2:
Are digests archived or archivable (as digests) anywhere in pipermail, or only 
the individual messages which make them up?

thanks in advance

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