[Mailman-Users] throwing away attachments [?]

2002-07-24 Thread CJoe
Dear all, I wonder how I can get Mailman to trash all kinds of attachments (html and whatever may be attached to the plain text part of the email) before messages are sent to the distribution list. This attachment issue is a real pain because it is the vector of all destructive code spreading

[Mailman-Users] Re: The 386 PC and Linux

2001-06-23 Thread CJoe
err, are you going to order a 386/486 ? ... you can find Pentiums at 100-166 MHz (which run fast on Linux) for a few (very few) dollars ... Linux will run on 386/486s. As console (non-xwindows) it will run with 8 Mb of RAM. X-Windows requires more RAM (at least 16, 32 recommended). X-Wind

[Mailman-Users] Re: Looping digest - help!

2001-06-20 Thread CJoe
How can new mailers allow Mailman (or the mailer where Mailman is run) send 395 digests of the same number of bytes, headers, etc. to a remote host ? As far as I understand, most mail systems have spam filters, nowdays. This implies that "machine-gunning" mail delivery is stop

[Mailman-Users] background image/mailman interface

2001-06-19 Thread CJoe
Dear all, I wonder whether it is possible to change the Mailman background image so the background fits the general design of our web site. cheers, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ -- Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.or

[Mailman-Users] cannt access the Admin interface

2001-06-18 Thread CJoe
I was connected to the Admin web interface from home and the connection was dropped by the server. Now, I am online again but cannot access the Mailman Admin interface. Why is this so and how can I fix it ? Thanx you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ --

[Mailman-Users] filter doesnt work

2001-06-18 Thread CJoe
Dear all, I set up MAILMAN to handle administrativia commands but this doesnt work. Today, I found out people can send a message with a single uns**cribe command and it is distributed. The forum reaches over 2500 scientists and this is truly annoying. How can I get MAILMAN to

[Mailman-Users] need urgent assistance

2001-06-17 Thread CJoe
Dear all, I run into trouble: I have started a 2000+ list and I found out NAME-OF-THE-LIST@ is not the same as name-of-the-list@ People will use both- and what is worse: if I use the name-of-list@ MAILAN wont even return an error message! How do I fix this alias probl

[Mailman-Users] keep formated text ?

2001-06-13 Thread CJoe
Dear all, I am truly amazed by the features incorporated to MAILMAN...itsfunctionality is like the very expensive/commercial LSoft's Listserv ... I upload (to auto-responses) formated text like this: I have a quick question: it is possible to maintain the text fo

[Mailman-Users] mailman jobs via email (?)

2001-02-07 Thread CJoe
hi all; I wonder whether it is possible to command mailman through "jobs" ... (ie through command lines and jobs sent via email). For instance, in case I want to - add 2000 users at once, - delete or put nomail 25 users, - search for a certain users or all of the users from a certain d

[Mailman-Users] Re[2]: 20 Million Fresh E-mail Addresses

2001-02-06 Thread CJoe
I am not sure about the Mailman spamfilters *but* those involved in the development of the app might have a close look at Listserv (the one from LSoft) and how that package handles spam: there is a worldwide net which detects spam in minutes and blocks off any further attempts to flood

[Mailman-Users] RFCs ... (mailman+mailer) ...

2001-01-29 Thread CJoe
dear all, i was truly happy to get to know of the existence of mailman (and its features) from our sysadmin, a few days ago; it is truly nice to read mailman has most of the features commercial & expensive listserv has ... i have a few questions: (a) does mailman make a copy of the messag