[Mailman-Users] Whitelisting & Blacklisting domains

2008-09-01 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
I am configuring a company private mailman server, where we want people inside the company to be able to subscribe and unsubscribe freely... And block any attempts from anyone outside the company. Is there some whitelisting/blacklisting/pattern matching capability, to automatically accept subscrip

Re: [Mailman-Users] want to slow down the post of server

2008-09-01 Thread Brad Knowles
On 9/1/08, Burcu I™nci wrote: what can i do for this problem,i think about to slow down mailman's post, will it work? Go to the Mailman FAQ wiki page at and search for "throttle". -- Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LinkedIn P

Re: [Mailman-Users] monthly password reminders

2008-09-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > >And is there a way to prevent people from using their own passwords? You would have to disable the user set password in Mailman/Cgi/subscribe.py and Mailman/Commands/cmd_subscribe.py and disable the password change in Mailman/Cgi/options.py. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [Mailman-Users] monthly password reminders

2008-09-01 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Sep 1, 2008, at 6:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IT Security is a little antsy about having these passwords floating around through the email system (don't ask). Would they be willing to accept these passwords being mailed around if you were to disable individuals' ability to set their o

Re: [Mailman-Users] monthly password reminders

2008-09-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >on a different but related tact, what could I alter in the cron script to send >out a 'reminder' that the user belongs to the list, but not actually send the >password? IT Security is a little antsy about having these passwords floating >around through the email system

Re: [Mailman-Users] monthly password reminders

2008-09-01 Thread Alan . Rubin
Mark/list, on a different but related tact, what could I alter in the cron script to send out a 'reminder' that the user belongs to the list, but not actually send the password? IT Security is a little antsy about having these passwords floating around through the email system (don't ask). Regar

Re: [Mailman-Users] monthly password reminders

2008-09-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Is that a singular reminder that is requested and not a periodic one (if >monthly >reminders are set off)? If the list's send_reminders is set to No, no periodic reminders are sent for that list regardless of the user's setting on the user options page. If the user c

Re: [Mailman-Users] Deleting Held Messages

2008-09-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
David Andrews wrote: > >I am running Mailman version 2.1.8. I have most list set to delete >held messages after 15 days (last setting on General Settings >Page.) However it doesn't seem to be working? Is there something >else that has to be done -- like a Cron Job enabled or something? Yes,

Re: [Mailman-Users] monthly password reminders

2008-09-01 Thread Alan . Rubin
Mark, Is that a singular reminder that is requested and not a periodic one (if monthly reminders are set off)? Regards, Alan Rubin Technician Unix DCS Midrange Services Phone: +61 (08) 8999 6814 Fax: +61 (08) 8999 7493 e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Mailman-Users] monthly password reminders

2008-09-01 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Is there any way, besides editing the options.html template file, to completely >disable regular/monthly password reminders? According to the list options >page, >whether or not a list sends out reminders individual subscribers can still >change this setting. Granted

[Mailman-Users] Deleting Held Messages

2008-09-01 Thread David Andrews
Hi: I am running Mailman version 2.1.8. I have most list set to delete held messages after 15 days (last setting on General Settings Page.) However it doesn't seem to be working? Is there something else that has to be done -- like a Cron Job enabled or something? Dave ---

[Mailman-Users] monthly password reminders

2008-09-01 Thread Alan . Rubin
Hello, Is there any way, besides editing the options.html template file, to completely disable regular/monthly password reminders? According to the list options page, whether or not a list sends out reminders individual subscribers can still change this setting. Regards, Alan Rubin Technician

Re: [Mailman-Users] want to slow down the post of server

2008-09-01 Thread James Reid
I think you could set things up so that mailman talks to sendmail / postfix via tcp, which could then be throttled using shorewall -Original Message- From: Zbigniew Szalbot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 1 September 2008 10:08 PM To: James Reid Cc: 'Burcu İnci'; mailman-users@pyt

Re: [Mailman-Users] want to slow down the post of server

2008-09-01 Thread Burcu İnci
Thanks much, but no problem with my bandwith,my server take mails or mailman post mails properly, Burcu İNCİ -Original Message- From: Zbigniew Szalbot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 3:08 PM To: James Reid Cc: 'Burcu İnci'; mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re:

Re: [Mailman-Users] want to slow down the post of server

2008-09-01 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hi, James Reid: The best way I have found to throttle the number of messages coming out of mailman is to use something like the QOS service found in Shorewall. This allows you to control how much of the available bandwidth is used going out of your server + prioritise SMTP with other protocols.

Re: [Mailman-Users] want to slow down the post of server

2008-09-01 Thread James Reid
Hi Burcu, The best way I have found to throttle the number of messages coming out of mailman is to use something like the QOS service found in Shorewall. This allows you to control how much of the available bandwidth is used going out of your server + prioritise SMTP with other protocols. Regard

Re: [Mailman-Users] want to slow down the post of server

2008-09-01 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hi, Burcu İnci: hi, i have a list about 36000 member in same domain.when i want to post an email and approve it there is not any problem in mailman server and gateways. but when it start to delivered to my sendmail server,my server load incresase so much and it stop to work properly. what can i

[Mailman-Users] want to slow down the post of server

2008-09-01 Thread Burcu İnci
hi, i have a list about 36000 member in same domain.when i want to post an email and approve it there is not any problem in mailman server and gateways. but when it start to delivered to my sendmail server,my server load incresase so much and it stop to work properly. what can i do for this proble

Re: [Mailman-Users] changing message number

2008-09-01 Thread Mustafa Akgul
> > Mustafa Akgul wrote: > > > >I will move a few lists to mailman, from ecartis. > >I want to retain message numbers, and continue current > >sequence. So I need to start message number from a > >non-zero number. > > > >How can I do that ? > > > >I am new to mailman. I can undump, config