Global vs list-specific settings
Greetings,
I'm writing to verify the setting of send_reminders.
For some of my disabled lists I have send_reminders yet today (the 1st of the month) I see notifications being sent out.
I checked the setting for mailman, mailman's superuser, and see that send_reminders is set to 'Yes'
Does the mailman send_reminders setting override individual lists' send_reminders settings.
It seems that it does, but I am writing to verify this.
Much thanks,
Max Pyziur pyz@brama.com
Max Pyziur wrote:
Does the mailman send_reminders setting override individual lists' send_reminders settings.
No. The setting for send_reminders on the site (mailman) list affects only that list. Here are the rules:
The sending of periodic (monthly) reminders is done by Mailman's cron/mailpasswds. If this job is not being run by cron, no reminders will be sent.
If cron/mailpasswds is run, reminders will be sent for those lists for which send_reminders is Yes. If send_reminders is No, no reminders will be sent for that list.
For lists with send_reminders = Yes, users can individually opt out of reminders by setting their own "Get password reminder email for this list?" option to No. The converse is not true. I.e. setting this option to Yes will not cause a periodic reminder for this list to be sent to this user if the list's send_reminders = No.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
Max Pyziur wrote:
Does the mailman send_reminders setting override individual lists' send_reminders settings.
No. The setting for send_reminders on the site (mailman) list affects only that list. Here are the rules:
The sending of periodic (monthly) reminders is done by Mailman's cron/mailpasswds. If this job is not being run by cron, no reminders will be sent.
If cron/mailpasswds is run, reminders will be sent for those lists for which send_reminders is Yes. If send_reminders is No, no reminders will be sent for that list.
For lists with send_reminders = Yes, users can individually opt out of reminders by setting their own "Get password reminder email for this list?" option to No. The converse is not true. I.e. setting this option to Yes will not cause a periodic reminder for this list to be sent to this user if the list's send_reminders = No.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
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