Three things I'd love to see implemented:
Attachment stripping, for when stupid twits send images through the list (Yup, I know about the size limiting, it'd still be a nice feature by itself).
The ability to put members on moderation individually, as well as putting the whole list on moderation.
Persistant cookies, so I don't have to log into the damm thing every time I start the browser. I look after about a million lists (okay, thirty-ish) and logging onto every list every morning to process the bounces is a MAJOR pain. This would obviously be something to make optional, as it could be a secrurity prob, but still ... it'd be nice to have the option.
Thanks to the developers for a GREAT program, BTW. I just upgraded from 1.1 to 2.whateveritis with NO problems at all. I was anticipating major nightmares and hiccups and it just dropped in brilliantly. I am VERY impressed!
bekj
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At 12:22 PM +1100 10/28/00, Bek Oberin wrote:
Attachment stripping, for when stupid twits send images through the list (Yup, I know about the size limiting, it'd still be a nice feature by itself).
I use demime for that. it'd be nice to be able to define whether to allow mime parts and what mime parts to allow (or disallow).
<http://scifi.squawk.com/demime.html>
The ability to put members on moderation individually, as well as putting the whole list on moderation.
you can already do that. privacy options page, "addreses always held for approval"
Persistant cookies, so I don't have to log into the damm thing every time I start the browser.
we've played with this stuff, and I guess this might be an option. I'd *also* like it so that if I log in via the site password (as opposed to a list password) that I'm validated to the entire site. Right now, I have to log in iwth the site password to each list, which if I'm an admin run through everything to discard the spam, gets really tired...
Thanks to the developers for a GREAT program, BTW. I just upgraded from 1.1 to 2.whateveritis with NO problems at all. I was anticipating major nightmares and hiccups and it just dropped in brilliantly. I am VERY impressed!
I'm bringing my new server online as I type, and so far, it's been painless. If it ever finishes, I'll have finally retired majordomo...
-- Chuq Von Rospach - Plaidworks Consulting (mailto:chuqui@plaidworks.com) Apple Mail List Gnome (mailto:chuq@apple.com)
Be just, and fear not.
At 18:30 -0700 10/27/00, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
I'm bringing my new server online as I type, and so far, it's been painless. If it ever finishes, I'll have finally retired majordomo...
As a subscriber to some of the lists Chuq is referring to, I can say that it so far appears that he has done his usual brilliant job with this transition. Chuq is talking about a large collection of lists, some of the lists being very large and active. And almost all are rather visible.
--John (Chuq: have a good weekend. ;-) )
John Baxter jwblist@olympus.net Port Ludlow, WA, USA
At 9:40 PM -0700 10/27/00, John W Baxter wrote:
Chuq is talking about a large collection of lists, some of the lists being very large and active. And almost all are rather visible.
For those wondering, it's www.lists.apple.com. It seems to be surviving the onslaught of loading a few tens of thousands of addresses into it and sending them a bunch of email pretty well.
--John (Chuq: have a good weekend. ;-) )
I'm gonna try. Been a long two weeks doing finish work and final prep.
John Baxter jwblist@olympus.net Port Ludlow, WA, USA
heh -- of course, i'd rather be where you are (our family has a place in Paradise Bay...), if only because it means we'd be able to hit the Coho tomorrow for a quick run to Victoria...
To keep this on topic, though, today, I replaced an old AIX box iwth a new Solaris box, and replaced a majordomo server with one based on Mailman 2.0b6. It runs about 50 lists of up to 10K subscribers, and we had to keep the old system up and running until the moment of switchover, so I was limited in my ability to pre-load subscribers. The entire transfer (minus archives) took just under 12 hours, and seems to have gone over with minimal glitches. Mailman has worked wonderfully, even under the load of having 12 hours of pent up mail, welcome messages sent out to every user when i bulk-subscribed them, and initial messages sent out to all of the lists. I think that qualifies as a peak load....
And now, I'm exhausted... But we hit the dates we had to hit, and it's one less AIX box I have to deal with (hopefully, the last one dies next week..)
-- Chuq Von Rospach - Plaidworks Consulting (mailto:chuqui@plaidworks.com) Apple Mail List Gnome (mailto:chuq@apple.com)
Be just, and fear not.
"BO" == Bek Oberin <gossamer@tertius.net.au> writes:
BO> Persistant cookies, so I don't have to log into the damm thing
BO> every time I start the browser. I look after about a million
BO> lists (okay, thirty-ish) and logging onto every list every
BO> morning to process the bounces is a MAJOR pain. This would
BO> obviously be something to make optional, as it could be a
BO> secrurity prob, but still ... it'd be nice to have the option.A better approach (eventually) will be to authenticate yourself once to Mailman, and then be presented with a page for all the lists you administer. Or if you're just a user, of all the lists you're a member of.
Believe me, I manage many lists on python.org and (in nostalgic spirit of the coming US presidental elections) I feel your pain. :)
BO> Thanks to the developers for a GREAT program, BTW. I just
BO> upgraded from 1.1 to 2.whateveritis with NO problems at all.
BO> I was anticipating major nightmares and hiccups and it just
BO> dropped in brilliantly. I am VERY impressed!Thanks! -Barry
Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
"BO" == Bek Oberin <gossamer@tertius.net.au> writes: BO> Persistant cookies, so I don't have to log into the damm thing BO> every time I start the browser. I look after about a million BO> lists (okay, thirty-ish) and logging onto every list every BO> morning to process the bounces is a MAJOR pain. This would BO> obviously be something to make optional, as it could be a BO> secrurity prob, but still ... it'd be nice to have the option. A better approach (eventually) will be to authenticate yourself once to Mailman, and then be presented with a page for all the lists you administer. Or if you're just a user, of all the lists you're a member of.
This would be utterly glorious :)
In a similar spirit, to log onto the admin database and be presented with the held messages for ALL lists you administer. I find the only really onerous thing about Mailman is having to log onto between 5 and 20 lists every morning to deal with the spam mail that's been sent overnight :(
bekj
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"BO" == Bek Oberin <gossamer@tertius.net.au> writes:
BO> In a similar spirit, to log onto the admin database and be
BO> presented with the held messages for ALL lists you administer.
BO> I find the only really onerous thing about Mailman is having
BO> to log onto between 5 and 20 lists every morning to deal with
BO> the spam mail that's been sent overnight :(I know what you mean!
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