[Mailman-Users] Digest sizes

2008-09-25 Thread Krystal Zipfel
Hello all! I have a question. Under the digest options in the administration page, there is "How big in Kb should a digest be before it gets sent out?" and "Should a digest be dispatched daily when the size threshold isn't reached?". If the KB size of a digest is set to 0 AND the daily dispatch is

Re: [Mailman-Users] list of members question

2008-09-09 Thread Krystal Zipfel
Hi! You can send an e-mail to: listname-request@ With the word "who" and then your administrative password for the list in the subject line. The caveat there is if there are any hidden members, they will not return. AFAIK, you cannot change how many subscribers are shown in the administration

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature Request: Selective Mass Subscription

2008-07-15 Thread Krystal Zipfel
Hello Jim, "I think that by running the server ourselves (and using only addresses from our domains) warrants this admittedly fascist attitude. Perhaps the safest way to handle this (in future releases) is to make mass-subscribe=NO the default setting for new installs, but not removing the opti

Re: [Mailman-Users] mailman servers coordination: find spammers

2008-07-14 Thread Krystal Zipfel
The problem I see with this is much like the DNSBLs and Block lists (spamhaus?). As Jason put it, one person's spam could very much be another person's ham, so mail starts getting rejected by those who outright trust such a database and it is hell trying to get removed from those said lists.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature Request: Selective Mass Subscription

2008-06-24 Thread Krystal Zipfel
That is EXACTLY right. Mark Sapiro wrote: My understanding of this is that "double opt-in" and what I call "confirmed opt-in" are the same thing and that they mean 1. User requests to be on the list via a web form, email, etc. This is the first opt-in. Note that strictly speaking, this probably

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature Request: Selective Mass Subscription

2008-06-24 Thread Krystal Zipfel
Hello, Let me first say I was in no way competing with Cyndi's suggestion, I should probably have prefaced by saying I think the option provided is a good one. And again, we have no modifications to Mailman that is not built in to modify (we have turned off personalization for example, but no

Re: [Mailman-Users] Feature Request: Selective Mass Subscription

2008-06-24 Thread Krystal Zipfel
(figures, apparently my mail program is one of those *broken* ones so apologies, this originally sent off list) Hello Cyndi, I do see where you are coming from, but abuse issues can go the opposite direction from your description, and usually does. The host I work for does NOT turn off mass

Re: [Mailman-Users] AOL's "Client TOS Notification"

2007-07-14 Thread Krystal Zipfel
Remember, AOL is not the only "retarded" ISP out there. Working for a web hosting company, I see this happen all the time. AOL is notorious, but so is Comcast, Bellsouth, and Verizon (to name a few). but hey, if it wasn't for Spam and horrible ISP's that block everyone except themselves... thin