[Mailman-Users] Archive Viewing

2014-12-10 Thread rex
How soon after setting archive to yes should I see messages in the archive? I've had it set to yes for a couple of days but the archive is still empty. -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/lis

Re: [Mailman-Users] Advantages - Files

2014-12-10 Thread rex
Agreed about Yahoo. I get lots of spam from friends who have had their Yahoo mail hacked. I finally convinced my wife to stop using Yahoo. Quoting "Stephen J. Turnbull" : Keith Bierman writes: > Obviously, since we're all here we've chosen mailman and related > tools. But for a relatively

Re: [Mailman-Users] Advantages - Files

2014-12-10 Thread rex
Mark, That sounds great! Easy and no grueling programming in unfamiliar territory. Rex Quoting Mark Sapiro : On 12/10/2014 03:56 AM, r...@rexgoode.com wrote: They wanted to know if there was a "files" area where they could upload things like Word documents, etc. I told them there wasn't.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Advantages - Files

2014-12-10 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Keith Bierman writes: > Obviously, since we're all here we've chosen mailman and related > tools. But for a relatively small group of novices wouldn't the old > egroups.com (taken over by yahoo ages ago, but lives on) Friends don't let friends use Yahoo! services. They demonstrably have secur

Re: [Mailman-Users] Archive merge and search

2014-12-10 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Mark Sapiro writes: > And that's OK. If you want to allow the text content from a post with an > attached message, then include message/rfc822. If you want to remove > everything from a message attached to a post (e.g. a message forwarded > "as attachment" to the list), then don't include mess

Re: [Mailman-Users] Advantages - Files

2014-12-10 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 12/10/2014 03:56 AM, r...@rexgoode.com wrote: > > They wanted to know if there was a "files" area where they could upload > things like Word documents, etc. I told them there wasn't. But there is in a way at least. If you allow these as attachments in Content filtering or don't filter content

Re: [Mailman-Users] Archive merge and search

2014-12-10 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 12/10/2014 01:41 AM, Hal wrote: > On 18/11/2014 17:31, Mark Sapiro wrote: >> >> In Mailman's Content filtering msection you want the following: >> >> filter_content: Yes >> filter_mime_types: empty >> pass_mime_types: >> multipart >> text/plain >> text/html >> filter_filename_exte

Re: [Mailman-Users] Advantages - Files

2014-12-10 Thread Keith Bierman
Obviously, since we're all here we've chosen mailman and related tools. But for a relatively small group of novices wouldn't the old egroups.com (taken over by yahoo ages ago, but lives on) or google groups be an appropriate solution? They've got shared file areas, moderation, web and email interfa

Re: [Mailman-Users] Advantages - Files

2014-12-10 Thread Tracey McCartney
Rex: Instead of rolling your own, you might consider throwing up a Drupal site. Drupal is free, and it has a module called Mailman Manager that integrates Mailman with Drupal. The site can be your files repository. As a bonus, your list members can manage their subscriptions through the Drupal s

Re: [Mailman-Users] Advantages - Files

2014-12-10 Thread rex
Hmmm. A python pickle. Dill or sweet? Sounds interesting. I can probably read python if I try. Might actually like it Sent from my android device. -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/ma

Re: [Mailman-Users] Advantages - Files

2014-12-10 Thread Carl Zwanzig
On 12/10/2014 3:56 AM, r...@rexgoode.com wrote: They wanted to know if there was a "files" area where they could upload things like Word documents, etc. [...] Is there a way for me to detect that they have logged in and give them access to be able to up- and download files to an area I provid

Re: [Mailman-Users] Advantages - Files

2014-12-10 Thread rex
Well, everyone, my disadvantages/advantages list was successful in getting people to join my mailman list. There were a few holdouts, but the main players decided that the list was a good idea and signed up. The rest will probably follow when their discussion dries up and everything that's

Re: [Mailman-Users] Archive merge and search

2014-12-10 Thread Hal
On 18/11/2014 17:31, Mark Sapiro wrote: On 11/18/2014 06:35 AM, Hal wrote: So for any new messages from now on I want my list to work this way: 1) HTML formatted postings should be converted to plain text before reaching other members. In Mailman's Content filtering msection you want the fo