[Mailman-Users] question about reply-to munging

2003-01-29 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
dear all, i set up a mailman list a long time ago with reply-to munging enabled. i'd rather not change that, because i foresee a billion emails "why aren't my emails going to the list anymore"? normally, sent email doesn't contain "reply-to:" unless the user specifically sets it. is there a way

Re: [Mailman-Users] how to delete non-member postings offhand

2001-12-11 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
; - Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Jay Salzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 3:10 PM > Subject: [Mailman-Users] how to delete non-member postings offhand > > > > hi there, > >

[Mailman-Users] how to delete non-member postings offhand

2001-12-11 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi there, we're getting too much spam to the list -- it's getting to be a hardship. currently, we don't allow non-members to post to the list. a non-member posting gets put into a queue to be approved/rejected. is there a way to just reject these postings without admin intervention? pete --

[Mailman-Users] what is ?

2001-11-22 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi all, i'm using an external archive, and would like to change the html on the subscriber page that points to the archive: To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the Archives. i assume that somehow gets transformed into "http://whatever-the-archi

[Mailman-Users] welcome msg is seriously fscked up under opera

2001-11-21 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi all, here's the welcome message for my list: Here are the rules: 1. Don't send HTML email. Don't send attachments to the list. 2. No flaming. 3. The list manager is Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Think of him as the "system ad

[Mailman-Users] not being told of pending administrative requests

2001-11-21 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi there, people need "confirm+approval" to subscribe to my list. i have "should admin get immediate notice of new requests" set to "yes". and the list admin's email address is correctly set to me. however: 1. user subscribes to list 2. user gets confirmation notice 3. user replies to confirma

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman and Virtual Hosting

2001-11-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
i found this on the archives while searching for something else. thought it was useful, so i cut-n-pasted it to a file for future keeping. might be (part of) what you're looking for. pete > The feature list mentions support for virtual domains. And how does one > make mailman aware of virt

[Mailman-Users] recovering from faulty base url for mailman web interface

2001-11-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi all, i'm a list manager (not site administrator). i fsck'ed up and put the wrong url for the base mailman url. i noticed a file /home/mailman/lists/vox/config.db, which i don't have read or write permissions to. is this where list configs are stored? is it a berkeley db file? is there a w

Re: [Mailman-Users] a question about umbrella lists

2001-11-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
e the list vox-announce. This will populate vox-announce with > all the users of your other two lists, and Mailman will automagically toss > out any duplicate entries. > > Run the script out of cron every hour and you'll be in good shape. > > Jon Carnes > - Original M

[Mailman-Users] list archive question

2001-11-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
i noticed that *searchable* archives are on the wishlist. imho, an archive is almost useless without some kind of search mechanism. is there an ETA for this feature? pete -- "You may not use the Software in connection with any site that disparages Microsoft, MSN, MSNBC, Expedia, or their prod

[Mailman-Users] a question about umbrella lists

2001-11-20 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
hi all, my linux user group runs 3 mailing lists: vox, vox-tech and vox-announce. i would like all subscribers of vox and vox-tech to also be subscribed to vox-announce (which only officers can post to). the trouble is, if vox-announce is an umbrella list for both vox and vox-announce, then peo

Re: [Mailman-Users] help with configuring mailman

2001-10-01 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
begin: Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > > i'm trying to follow the mailman config instructions, but am having > trouble. > > i'm on debian woody, using exim as the MTA. > > > > when i run check_perms, i get the following error message: > > > > # ./check_perms > > Traceback (innermost las

[Mailman-Users] help with configuring mailman

2001-10-01 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
dear all, i'm trying to follow the mailman config instructions, but am having trouble. i'm on debian woody, using exim as the MTA. when i run check_perms, i get the following error message: # ./check_perms Traceback (innermost last): File "./check_perms", line 280, in ? checkcgi()