[Mailman-Users] Error checking on bulk subscribe files
Jesse Sanford
jesse at seedboxconnect.com
Sat Apr 29 19:42:27 CEST 2006
Hi folks,
I'm learning a lot about Mailman all of a sudden.
I had a user move a list from another provider onto an install on my
system yesterday. Instead of uploading a <CR>-delimited file with
one email address per line, they uploaded a tab-delimited file with a
tab between each address. As an added factor, they mistakenly had
the interface set to send a welcome message.
Interestingly, the effect of this was that no one got subscribed to
the list because Mailman read every single address as a null email
address with the actual email address quoted. Mailman then happily
proceeded to pass 8,000+ null-addressed welcome messages to my mail
server, which decided to ignore the quotes and send all the messages
out!
Is this a bug or a feature? =)
--
Jesse Sanford <jesse at seedboxconnect.com>
System Designer, Seedbox Connect
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