On 6/22/16 11:04 PM, Dave Nathanson wrote:
I'd like some help in making a case to convince my hosting company to upgrade from Mailman 2.1.17.
See the NEWS file at <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/view/head:/NEWS> for all the features and bug fixes since 2.1.17.
My primary issue with MM 2.1.17 is about list messages from members who don't have their human names configured into their email clients, resulting in a list message from an unknown. It is just from "via listname <listname@example.com>" Since I'm still stuck on 2.1.17. I don't know what I am missing in the newer versions. I just know that it's been over 2 years since 2.1.17 which has an annoying omission due the the whole DEMARC thing.
You have set from_is_list to Munge From. As Andrew says, in 2.1.18 and beyond, there is a more selective dmarc_moderation_action setting that does this munging only for post From: a domain with DMARC policy p=reject and optionally p=quarantine. Also, at some point (see the NEWS file for when) this munging was fixed to use the user's real_name list setting if the display name was not in the email.
What are the advantages of upgrading beyond 2.1.17? How best to make a good case to convince them to upgrade their MailMan? What version should I ask for?
You should look at the NEWS for all the things that are enhanced/fixed since 2.1.17. You should ask for the latest possible version. Note that the Mailman that manages this and over 300 other @python.org lists is at the head of the 2.1 branch at <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mailman-coders/mailman/2.1/>. The latest 'official release' is 2.1.22 and 2.1.23 is coming soon.
It is possible, even likely, that your hosting company has installed a downstream packege (.rpm or .deb) for which there is no upgrade available. In this case, upgrading may be tricky, but at least if it is Debian/Ubuntu, see <https://wiki.list.org/x/17891606>, and in any case, we're here to help.
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