Mark,
I have a question about two our digest settings - how do the two settings work.
- How big in Kb should a digest be before it gets sent out? 0 implies no maximum size.(Edit digest_size_threshhold) 1000
My understanding when total size of posted messages reaches 1000KB, the digest volume will be sent out to all digest users; when the size does not reach 1000KB, the digest volume will not be sent. Maybe within one day, digest users can receive multiply issues with same volume number; maybe within one day, digest uses do not receive any digest email.
- Should a digest be dispatched daily when the size threshold isn't reached?(Edit digest_send_periodic) Yes
The setting lets me confusing. When above size threshold 1000KB isn't reached within one day, will all digest users receive a digest or not? I do the tests - when size threshold is not reached, I can't receive digest volume every day. When size threshold is reached, I can receive multiply volumes within one day if I send enough many tests; or I can receive one digest volume with one day if I send emails over 1000KB; or I can receive one new digest volume within several days (How often should a new digest volume be started? Daily) if I send some small emails every day.
One of customers wants to receive daily digest volume every day.
How do we set the above two settings?
Thanks,
Carl
On 12/19/2014 09:26 AM, Xie, Wei wrote:
Yes, if the list is active and the approximate size of the digest reaches digest_size_threshhold multiple times in a day, a digest will be sent each of these times [1]. As far as incrementing the volume number is concerned, this occurs periodically based on digest_volume_frequency and has nothing to do with the number of digests.
If digest_send_periodic is yes, a digest will be sent whenever cron/senddigests runs and there are any messages since the previous digest.By default, Mailman's crontab specifies running cron/senddigests daily at noon.
Again note that digest_volume_frequency has nothing to do with when digests are sent. It only controls how often the digest volume number is incremented.
One of customers wants to receive daily digest volume every day.
How do we set the above two settings?
Assuming cron is running with a default crontab, digest_send_periodic = Yes will send a digest daily at noon if there have been any messages since the prior digest (regardless of how that was sent).
Additionally and independently, if digest_size_threshhold is non-zero [2], a digest will be sent whenever the size of the mailbox in which messages are accumulated for the digest reaches digest_size_threshhold.
[1] This can cause lots of digests. The digest reaches the threshold size and is sent. A user replies to the digest, quoting the entire digest in the reply. This single message is now large enough to trigger another digest and the process continues ...
[2] Prior to Mailman 2.1.16, there was a bug <https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/558274> that caused a digest_size_threshhold setting of zero to produce a digest on every message rather than not on size at all.
-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan
On 12/19/2014 09:26 AM, Xie, Wei wrote:
Yes, if the list is active and the approximate size of the digest reaches digest_size_threshhold multiple times in a day, a digest will be sent each of these times [1]. As far as incrementing the volume number is concerned, this occurs periodically based on digest_volume_frequency and has nothing to do with the number of digests.
If digest_send_periodic is yes, a digest will be sent whenever cron/senddigests runs and there are any messages since the previous digest.By default, Mailman's crontab specifies running cron/senddigests daily at noon.
Again note that digest_volume_frequency has nothing to do with when digests are sent. It only controls how often the digest volume number is incremented.
One of customers wants to receive daily digest volume every day.
How do we set the above two settings?
Assuming cron is running with a default crontab, digest_send_periodic = Yes will send a digest daily at noon if there have been any messages since the prior digest (regardless of how that was sent).
Additionally and independently, if digest_size_threshhold is non-zero [2], a digest will be sent whenever the size of the mailbox in which messages are accumulated for the digest reaches digest_size_threshhold.
[1] This can cause lots of digests. The digest reaches the threshold size and is sent. A user replies to the digest, quoting the entire digest in the reply. This single message is now large enough to trigger another digest and the process continues ...
[2] Prior to Mailman 2.1.16, there was a bug <https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/558274> that caused a digest_size_threshhold setting of zero to produce a digest on every message rather than not on size at all.
-- 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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