Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.1.12 - Python 2.4.[456]incompatibility

2009-04-22 Thread Mark Sapiro
Barry Finkel wrote: >On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:52:05 Mark Sapiro wrote: > >>There is an internal inconsistency in the 3.0.2 email package that >>shipped with Python 2.4.4 through 2.4.6. This has to do with the >>Charset.Charset() constructor setting input_charset to a unicode which >>then causes Type

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman 2.1.12 - Python 2.4.[456] incompatibility

2009-04-22 Thread Barry Finkel
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:52:05 Mark Sapiro wrote: >There is an internal inconsistency in the 3.0.2 email package that >shipped with Python 2.4.4 through 2.4.6. This has to do with the >Charset.Charset() constructor setting input_charset to a unicode which >then causes TypeError: decoding Unicode is

Re: [Mailman-Users] Setting Password reminder problem

2009-04-22 Thread Mark Sapiro
Gary Elsner wrote: >I have 2 mail lists and in General Options set both lists to NO on "Sending >monthly password reminders". All new subscribers are still set to YES when >they join. These are two different settings. If the list's "Send monthly password reminders? (send_reminders)" is No,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Want posts from mylist to mylist to be held

2009-04-22 Thread Mark Sapiro
Donna Dierker wrote: > >Recently, a spam message was successfully posted to mylist. The "From" >field showed myl...@myserver.edu (i.e., the same address that one uses >when posting *to* mylist). Looking in the list of subscribers, I don't >see 'mylist' as a member. And typically posts do not com

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman + postfix issue

2009-04-22 Thread Mark Sapiro
David Fernandez Lopez wrote: > >I'm trying to configure mailman+postix in a debian machine and I found some >problems... >It seems that postfix don't know how to pipe emails to correct location >(mailman) and is trying to deliver the message to a mailbox that do not >exists > >Apr 21 16:19:44 davos

Re: [Mailman-Users] Sending bulk mail (400,000 users)

2009-04-22 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 09:38:05PM +0530, Phoenix Kiula wrote: > Hi. I need to send annoucements to a large opt-in list. > > Having never done this before [...] Since you've never done this before, and you mention that the list has 400K users, I urge extreme caution. Unless you/your operation ha