[Mailman-Developers] Maybe you guys can help me

[Paul Tomblin]

I tried asking this on mailman-users, and got totally ignored both times I
asked.  Here is my problem:  One of my mailing list users has an ISP that
refuses email for hours at a time, and the ISP that they get their email
through, panix.com, sends a warning if it's undelivered for four hours.
Problem is, mailman treats that warning as an error, and if it happens for
a few days in a row (even if the problem corrects itself for part of the
day and delivers the mail), it bounces her off my mailing lists.

The problem is that I don't know Python.  As far as I can tell, the fix to
ignore these warnings should go in Mailman/Bouncers/Postfix.py, but that's
all I can figure out.  Can somebody help me?

Here is a sanitized version of the bounce:

----- Forwarded message from mailman at xcski.com -----

Subject: Bounce action notification
From: mailman at xcski.com
To: XXXXXXX-owner at xcski.com
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 16:36:23 -0400
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=6.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_REAL_NAME 
	autolearn=no version=2.63

This is a Mailman mailing list bounce action notice:

    List:       XXXXXXX
    Member:     XXXXXXX at echonyc.com
    Action:     Subscription disabled.
    Reason:     Excessive or fatal bounces.
    


The triggering bounce notice is attached below.

Questions? Contact the Mailman site administrator at
mailman at xcski.com.

Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 16:36:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: MAILER-DAEMON at panix.com (Mail Delivery System)
Subject: Delayed Mail (still being retried)
To: XXXXXXX-bounces at xcski.com

Content-Description: Notification
This is the Postfix program at host l2mail1.panix.com.

####################################################################
# THIS IS A WARNING ONLY.  YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE. #
####################################################################

Your message could not be delivered for 4.0 hours.
It will be retried until it is 5.0 days old.

For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster>

			The Postfix program

<XXXXXXX at echonyc.com>: connect to echonyc.com[198.67.15.2]: Connection refused

Content-Description: Delivery error report
Reporting-MTA: dns; l2mail1.panix.com
Arrival-Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 10:05:49 -0400 (EDT)

Final-Recipient: rfc822; XXXXXXX at echonyc.com
Action: delayed
Status: 4.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; connect to echonyc.com[198.67.15.2]: Connection
    refused
Will-Retry-Until: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:05:49 -0400 (EDT)

[snip]
-- 
Paul Tomblin <ptomblin at xcski.com> http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
I think I'd like to see a Simpsons episode starting up with Bart Simpson
writing 'I will not attempt to undermine the Usenet Cabal'.
              -- J. D. Falk