Mailman 3 May 2007 - Mailman-Users

Re: [Mailman-Users] How to configure a list for invitation-only subscriptions?
by Carter Braxton May 18, 2007

May 18, 2007

Brad Knowles <brad(a)shub-internet.org> wrote: > No, Mailman does not have any method (that I know of) for making > lists "by invitation only". You can require approval from the > Moderator(s) or List Owner(s), but as you observed that's not the > same thing. I think I'm getting close -- so far I've done the following: 1. Disabled the "-subscribe" email address for the list. 2. Edited the list info page to remove the signup option and replaced it with a notice that … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] How to configure a list for invitation-only subscriptions?
by Carter Braxton May 18, 2007

May 18, 2007

On 5/17/07, Patrick Bogen <pdbogen(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Set 'advertised' to 'No' and 'subscribe_policy' to at least 'Require > approval,' if not 'Confirm and approve.' > > Then, send invitations from Member Management > Mass Subscribe. (set > 'Subscribe these users now or invite them?' to 'invite') Thanks -- I thought of trying something like that, trouble is that requires that I would have to manually approve all of those who respond to the invitations, and that could … [View More]

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'Discard all messages marked Defer' not working
by Rick Pasotto May 18, 2007

May 18, 2007

It doesn't work for subscription requests. It still works fine for posts. On a page that had one of each the post was discarded but not the subscription request. On a page with just a subscription request nothing at all happens. Using 2.1.9 on debian. -- "Humankind cannot stand very much reality." -- T. S. Eliot Rick Pasotto rick(a)niof.net http://www.niof.net

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Please help with some list options...
by Mailman Users May 18, 2007

May 18, 2007

> On 5/16/07, Ricardo Kleemann wrote: > > > Is it possible for a list to put each recipient's email address on the > > "To" instead of the list address itself? > > Search through the FAQ Wizard, the documentation, and the archives of > the list for "personalization". In particular, what you're looking > for is "Full Personalization". Look in the $prefix/data directory at a file named sitelist.cfg This documents the "personalization" option. The best way I'… [View More]

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HOWTO for easy subscribe/unsubscribe via a simple webform
by peter pilsl May 18, 2007

May 18, 2007

I run several mailman-lists for people with big distance to everything technical. I noticed that almost noone subscribes using the standard subscription-procedure via mailman-webpages cause these forms are to complex for these users. Lot of people have requested information about this topic in the last years, but I couldnt find a central source on solutions. So I tried to develop a small HOWTO how to create a simple single-fielded webform to subscribe/unsubscribe to a list and customize … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Looking for professional help
by Brad Knowles May 18, 2007

May 18, 2007

On 5/17/07, Brian Carpenter wrote: > If someone has experience in using mhonarch/mharc and has some time to help, > please contact me off list. Thanks. Part of your issue there is that they're not only going to need experience with mhonarc, but they're also going to need (or want to gain) experience with cPanel. Really, these kinds of questions should be directed at your service provider (assuming they installed cPanel for you), or the cPanel folks. They've made some extensive … [View More]

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Re: [Mailman-Users] How to configure a list for invitation-only subscriptions?
by Carter Braxton May 17, 2007

May 17, 2007

On 5/17/07, Brad Knowles <brad(a)shub-internet.org> wrote: > This sort of stuff should be covered in FAQ 3.11, and the related FAQ > entries -- try searching for "announce". Thank you -- I looked at those section of the FAQ and they don't seem to directly address this issue, they talk about broadcast-only lists, restricting posting to specific users, etc. What I'm looking for is a way to cut off all avenues of someone randomly joining unless they have first been sent an invitation. … [View More]

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bounces of invalid emails don't go to owner?
by Ricardo Kleemann May 17, 2007

May 17, 2007

Hi, I see in my maillog email addresses that are bouncing because they are not valid, and I see mailman handling the bounce score, but the owner does not receive the bounce messages. Is there a way to configure such that the owner does receive these bounces? Thanks Ricardo

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Too many moderator requests
by Paul Kleeberg MD Ramsey May 17, 2007

May 17, 2007

I have a moderator who has not dealt with moderator requests for so long that the web page to manage them times out when it attempts to load. We wish do delete all the pending messages. How do I proceed? Paul -- Paul Kleeberg paul(a)fpen.org

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Stripping signatures from list messages
by Rodti MacLeary May 17, 2007

May 17, 2007

Is there any way for members of a discussion list to ask Mailman to 'ignore' the rest of their post, similar to the 'end' command when sending an email to the listname-request address? For example a member may have a large footer signature automatically appended to their message when it leaves their mail server, so adding an 'ignore' signal to the end of their message would stop the signature below from being sent to the entire list. Hope that makes sense! r.

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