Re: A list administation query

2005-01-09 Thread Felixk Karpfen
* Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-01-07] : > > There is a difference between an SMTP-reject and a bounce message. =20 > Generally, an SMTP-reject will result in a bounce message only if a=20 > real MTA is sending. Assuming that I have understood the distinction correctly, it appears to vali

Re: A list administation query

2005-01-07 Thread Felixk Karpfen
* Brian Pack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-01-05] : > > On Tuesday 04 January 2005 07:23 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: >> On Tuesday 04 January 2005 11:37 am, Felixk Karpfen wrote: >> > Having lost two mailboxes to the the "Swem-worm flood", I do >> > not willingly post my true address to any public forum.

Re: A list administation query

2005-01-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thursday 06 January 2005 01:20 pm, Alan Chandler wrote: > I seems to me kinder on the internet not to clog up the system any > more than I really need to, and since, as the first link says, most of > the bounce messages don't go back to the originator There is a difference between an SMTP-

Re: A list administation query

2005-01-06 Thread Alan Chandler
On Wednesday 05 January 2005 00:23, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 04 January 2005 11:37 am, Felixk Karpfen wrote: > > Having lost two mailboxes to the the "Swem-worm flood", I do > > not willingly post my true address to any public forum. > > Munging is considered harmful, get your mail admin to

Re: A list administation query

2005-01-04 Thread Brian Pack
On Tuesday 04 January 2005 07:23 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Tuesday 04 January 2005 11:37 am, Felixk Karpfen wrote: > > Having lost two mailboxes to the the "Swem-worm flood", I do > > not willingly post my true address to any public forum. > > Munging is considered harmful, get your mail admin t

Re: A list administation query

2005-01-04 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 04 January 2005 11:37 am, Felixk Karpfen wrote: > Having lost two mailboxes to the the "Swem-worm flood", I do > not willingly post my true address to any public forum. Munging is considered harmful, get your mail admin to reject viruses the right way. http://www.interhack.net/pubs/m

Re: A list administation query

2005-01-04 Thread Felixk Karpfen
On 2005-01-01, Michael D. Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know the answer to your question, but a feature I'd like for mailing > lists to have in general would be "send only subscriptions". === I believe that those are the corr

Re: A list administation query

2005-01-02 Thread Andrew Malcolmson
Carl Fink wrote: Mailman has this as an option (settable by each user individually). I also subscribe several of my e-mail addresses to the lists as "NOMAIL" so I can send mail to the list from any mailbox without worrying about it being rejected. Any reason why Debian doesn't use Mailman? Seems

Re: A list administation query

2005-01-01 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 04:09:28PM -0400, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > I think anyone can post to debian-user (not sure), but many lists only > allow subscribers to post, in an effort to keep out spam. What I'd like to > do is subscribe in such a way that I can post but not recieve the list in

Re: A list administation query

2005-01-01 Thread Michael D. Crawford
I don't know the answer to your question, but a feature I'd like for mailing lists to have in general would be "send only subscriptions". I think anyone can post to debian-user (not sure), but many lists only allow subscribers to post, in an effort to keep out spam. What I'd like to do is subs

A list administation query

2005-01-01 Thread Felixk Karpfen
Is there a "subscribe to list" option that will enable me to post messages to the list and continue to read the posted listings via a newsgroup? Currently, I have to subscribe to "gmane.linux.debian.user" to be able to post messages. Felix Karpfen -- Felix Karpfen Public Key 72FDF9DF (DH/DSA