Re: [Mailman-Users] ****SPAM**** Re: Block reply to all

2010-05-02 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
"Shop at \" Just Brits \"" writes: > So my only remaining question is "Why a MM List at all. ?" ?? So that members can update their own addresses and other information (eg, turn delivery off when on vacation). The MUA group solution requires that the director update that information. Also, whe

Re: [Mailman-Users] Block reply to all

2010-05-02 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
rpsch...@knology.net writes: > Let me give further explanation of why I need this. The site I > support is a community band. When there is an email set to > everyone from the director about something, we do not want each > person to reply to all. They should only be replying back to the >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Limitations on the subscriptions

2010-05-02 Thread Mark Sapiro
Nicolas Seichepine wrote: > >The problem is that no matter how many times I repeat to administrators and >users to use only these addresses, subscriptions are regularly made with other >addresses, which are rejected and generate a lot of bounces. > >I would like to know if there is a mean to veri

Re: [Mailman-Users] Nonexistent user receiving a monthly passwordreminder

2010-05-02 Thread Mark Sapiro
Pat Plummer wrote: > >A few months ago, I had to restore my server from back up due to catastrophic >drive failure. Since then I have had a single user that was deleted over 3 >years ago that has begun to get monthly password reminders for a list she no >longer belongs to. Her name does not show

[Mailman-Users] Limitations on the subscriptions

2010-05-02 Thread Nicolas Seichepine
Hello, I take care of a server with mailman 2.1.5 and numerous lists, but I administer only a small part of them. Besides, my SMTP relay allows me to send e-mails only on a particular domain (university addresses). The problem is that no matter how many times I repeat to administrators and u

[Mailman-Users] Nonexistent user receiving a monthly password reminder

2010-05-02 Thread Pat Plummer
I have an interesting problem. I have been reading google hits and mailman archives for the last several hours and have not been able to find anything that addresses the above problem. Here's the deal: A few months ago, I had to restore my server from back up due to catastrophic drive failure.

Re: [Mailman-Users] ****SPAM**** Re: Block reply to all

2010-05-02 Thread Shop at " Just Brits "
I am sure [most Mark -:)] know that I AM a huge fan & supporter of MM even tho I am stuck with the cPanel version. I have been reading all the mails on this subject with a bunch of questions swirling around my teeny brain -:) !! << Let me give further explanation of why I need this. The site I

Re: [Mailman-Users] ****SPAM**** Re: Block reply to all

2010-05-02 Thread Mark Sapiro
rpsch...@knology.net wrote: >Let me give further explanation of why I need this. The site I support is a >community band. When there is an email set to >everyone from the director about something, we do not want each person to >reply to all. They should only be replying back >to the person

Re: [Mailman-Users] ****SPAM**** Re: Block reply to all

2010-05-02 Thread rpschwar
Let me give further explanation of why I need this. The site I support is a community band. When there is an email set to everyone from the director about something, we do not want each person to reply to all. They should only be replying back to the person who sent the email (the director).

Re: [Mailman-Users] Changing host names, revisited... POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS?

2010-05-02 Thread Mark Sapiro
Tanstaafl wrote: >On 2010-05-02 5:22 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > >> If your list mail goes to @example.com and example.com is a local >> domain in Postfix (i.e. in mydestinations), you don't want >> POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS at all and you don't want any references >> to Mailman's virtual-mai

Re: [Mailman-Users] Block reply to all

2010-05-02 Thread Grant Taylor
Geoff Shang wrote: Frankly, I think the best approach would be just to moderate the list. If people realise that follow-ups aren't going to get posted, they'll stop sending them. *chuckle* From my experience, you over estimate some of the user base that I have had the pleasure of supporting

Re: [Mailman-Users] Block reply to all

2010-05-02 Thread Geoff Shang
Hi, Frankly, I think the best approach would be just to moderate the list. If people realise that follow-ups aren't going to get posted, they'll stop sending them. Geoff. -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.p

Re: [Mailman-Users] Changing host names, revisited... POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS?

2010-05-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-05-02 5:22 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > On 5/2/2010 12:41 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> The first question I have is about POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS. In the >> FAQs about changing hostnames, this setting is not mentioned. >> >> Now, this server only hosts lists for one domain: example.com. >> >>

Re: [Mailman-Users] Changing host names, revisited... DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST

2010-05-02 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-05-02 5:03 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > If you go to the list's listinfo page, what does it say the list posting > address is? If it says listn...@example.com, then either you had > different settings when you created the list, or you changed the list's > host_name attribute on the General Opti

Re: [Mailman-Users] Changing host names, revisited... final steps...

2010-05-02 Thread Mark Sapiro
Tanstaafl wrote: > >Is there any special order for making these changes, or just: > >1. Make the changes to mm_cfg.py per below > >2. Restart mailman > >3. Run $prefix/bin/withlist -l -a -r fix_url to fix all existing lists > >4. Restart mailman > >5. Done...? It probably isn't necessary to resta

Re: [Mailman-Users] Changing host names, revisited... POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS?

2010-05-02 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 5/2/2010 12:41 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > > The first question I have is about POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS. In the > FAQs about changing hostnames, this setting is not mentioned. > > Now, this server only hosts lists for one domain: example.com. > > So - should I also change that setting to lis

[Mailman-Users] Changing host names, revisited... final steps...

2010-05-02 Thread Tanstaafl
Lastly... Is there any special order for making these changes, or just: 1. Make the changes to mm_cfg.py per below 2. Restart mailman 3. Run $prefix/bin/withlist -l -a -r fix_url to fix all existing lists 4. Restart mailman 5. Done...? Thanks again, Charles *** My current a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Changing host names, revisited... DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST

2010-05-02 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 5/2/2010 1:21 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > The second question I have is about the DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST setting... > > Currently, people send to my lists using listn...@example.com and > everything is working fine. But, while prepping for this change I found > this commented section from someone's mm_c

Re: [Mailman-Users] Block reply to all

2010-05-02 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 5/2/2010 12:10 PM, rpsch...@knology.net wrote: > > This is what I'm trying to do. User x sends a post to listy. User z > receives the post from the list. > > I want user Z only to be able to reply to user x and otherwise to be > required to send a new, origional, not-preply message to the list

[Mailman-Users] Changing host names, revisited... DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST

2010-05-02 Thread Tanstaafl
The second question I have is about the DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST setting... Currently, people send to my lists using listn...@example.com and everything is working fine. But, while prepping for this change I found this commented section from someone's mm_cfg.py (these comments aren't in mine for some re

[Mailman-Users] Changing host names, revisited... POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS?

2010-05-02 Thread Tanstaafl
Ok, I got sidetracked a long time ago, and because this isn't pressing, it went to a back-burner, but I'm ready to do this now. My apologies in advance if I'm being overly cautious, but I've avoided a lot of problems, some major, by asking a lot of questions before doing something like this that I'