I have a list I use for announcements only (no user posts). My provider just moved the list from one server to another, and did so by copying the list membership. Unfortunately, the new list just had default settings, and my list members all started getting lots of emails as replies were sent out to everybody, etc. [Even caused some unsubscribing, as members suddenly thought they were going to be flooded by emails].
I changed list_post_header to NO, and that stopped the rampant replies, etc. Also, the copier forgot to set me as mod on my entry in the list, so my apology emailed got bounced. I set my mod bit on, and resent the apology, but it doesn't seem to have gone out. At least neither I nor my wife received it.
What exactly are the settings to make a list "announcements-only" and to make sure I can still post? Thanks
Chuck Puckett, Esq., BS, ~MS, ThD
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"The unexamined life is not worth living." (Socrates) "The unexamined faith is not worth believing." (Chuck) "Anger is a wind that blows out the lamp of the mind." (Arabian proverb) "I don't want to steal the show... I only want to borrow it for a while." (Chuck)
Hi Chris:
I have some instructions regarding this topic that I provide my mailman hosting clients. You can access them at:
http://www.emwd.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarti cleid=19
Kind regards, Brian Carpenter
EMWD - Executive Officer
-----Original Message----- From: mailman-users-bounces+brian=emwd.com@python.org [mailto:mailman-users-bounces+brian=emwd.com@python.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Puckett Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 1:01 PM To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: [Mailman-Users] announcements only: setting?
I have a list I use for announcements only (no user posts). My provider just moved the list from one server to another, and did so by copying the list membership. Unfortunately, the new list just had default settings, and my list members all started getting lots of emails as replies were sent out to everybody, etc. [Even caused some unsubscribing, as members suddenly thought they were going to be flooded by emails].
I changed list_post_header to NO, and that stopped the rampant replies, etc. Also, the copier forgot to set me as mod on my entry in the list, so my apology emailed got bounced. I set my mod bit on, and resent the apology, but it doesn't seem to have gone out. At least neither I nor my wife received it.
What exactly are the settings to make a list "announcements-only" and to make sure I can still post? Thanks
Chuck Puckett, Esq., BS, ~MS, ThD
blocked::http://www.puckettpublishing.com www.puckettpublishing.com
"The unexamined life is not worth living." (Socrates) "The unexamined faith is not worth believing." (Chuck) "Anger is a wind that blows out the lamp of the mind." (Arabian proverb) "I don't want to steal the show... I only want to borrow it for a while." (Chuck)
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Chuck Puckett wrote
I changed list_post_header to NO, and that stopped the rampant replies, etc. Also, the copier forgot to set me as mod on my entry in the list, so my apology emailed got bounced. I set my mod bit on, and resent the apology, but it doesn't seem to have gone out. At least neither I nor my wife received it.
I'm confused. If anything, you would want moderation set Off for you, not On, and On for everyone else.
What exactly are the settings to make a list "announcements-only" and to make sure I can still post? Thanks
See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.011.htp for our suggestions.
-- Mark Sapiro msapiro@value.net The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
It fails either way.
Chuck Puckett, Esq., BS, ~MS, ThD
www.puckettpublishing.com
"The unexamined life is not worth living." (Socrates) "The unexamined faith is not worth believing." (Chuck) "Anger is a wind that blows out the lamp of the mind." (Arabian proverb) "I don't want to steal the show... I only want to borrow it for a while." (Chuck)
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:msapiro@value.net] Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 12:58 PM To: Chuck Puckett; mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] announcements only: setting?
Chuck Puckett wrote
I changed list_post_header to NO, and that stopped the rampant replies,
etc.
Also, the copier forgot to set me as mod on my entry in the list, so my apology emailed got bounced. I set my mod bit on, and resent the apology, but it doesn't seem to have gone out. At least neither I nor my wife received it.
I'm confused. If anything, you would want moderation set Off for you, not On, and On for everyone else.
What exactly are the settings to make a list "announcements-only" and to make sure I can still post? Thanks
See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.011.htp for our suggestions.
-- Mark Sapiro msapiro@value.net The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
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Chuck Puckett wrote:
It fails either way.
and
But I have made it so that I am not-mod, everybody else is mod. I understand that it is correct.
Yes, but that's only part of it.
Have you read the FAQ at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.011.htp and followed all the settings there?
Mark Sapiro msapiro@value.net The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California Better use your sense - B. Dylan
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Yes. I had already followed those instructions.
Chuck Puckett, Esq., BS, ~MS, ThD
www.puckettpublishing.com
"The unexamined life is not worth living." (Socrates) "The unexamined faith is not worth believing." (Chuck) "Anger is a wind that blows out the lamp of the mind." (Arabian proverb) "I don't want to steal the show... I only want to borrow it for a while." (Chuck)
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:msapiro@value.net] Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:45 PM To: Chuck Puckett Cc: mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] announcements only: setting?
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Chuck Puckett wrote:
It fails either way.
and
But I have made it so that I am not-mod, everybody else is mod. I understand that it is correct.
Yes, but that's only part of it.
Have you read the FAQ at http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.011.htp and followed all the settings there?
Mark Sapiro msapiro@value.net The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California Better use your sense - B. Dylan
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Chuck Puckett wrote:
Yes. I had already followed those instructions.
So what happens to the message you try to post? Is it held for some reason? Do you get anything back?
If it just disappears into a black hole, try setting Privacy options...->Sender filters->generic_nonmember_action and Privacy options...->Sender filters->member_moderation_action to Hold or something other than Discard so you can see which if either of thes applies to your post.
If you have access to Mailman's logs, look in the vette log too.
Mark Sapiro msapiro@value.net The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California Better use your sense - B. Dylan
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