[Mailman-Users] Help! "Recipient list too long" message is held for approval

Bill Christensen billc_lists at greenbuilder.com
Fri May 23 20:59:52 CEST 2008


The acceptable number of recipients can be adjusted at:

http://<list domain>/mailman/admin/<listname>/privacy/recipient

Ceiling on acceptable number of recipients for a posting.
(Details for max_num_recipients)

Defaults to 10



At 8:48 AM -0700 5/23/08, Knabe, Troy wrote:
>On 5/23/08 8:14 AM, "webct" <webct at hccs.edu> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>We are using mailman which comes with Mac OS X server 10.5.  I think,
>I have set it up correctly for most of the part but there is one
>lingering issue with sending a message with other email addresses.
>
>I get "Recipient list too long" error message and the email is held
>for moderator's approval.  How do I make mailman remember to send
>messages across with long list of recipients.
>
>Thanks.
>fuzbuz.
>
>
>
>Under "Privacy Optionis" and "Recipient Filters" there is a "Ceiling 
>on acceptable number of recipients for a posting".  I believe the 
>default value is 10.  This has nothing to do with the number of list 
>members, but the number of other addresses in the To:, CC:, and BCC: 
>fields of the email that causes this be invoked.
>
>-Troy
>
>
>
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