Re: [Mailman-Users] 100s of copies of the same mail

2004-12-17 Thread Mark Sapiro
jimk's second account wrote: >I wanted to set up the list so that only I could post to it and that all >replys >and all other posts would be automatically rejected. i'm not sure if i have >done it correctly though. Well, clearly you didn't since all those users posts went through, See http://ww

Re: [Mailman-Users] 100s of copies of the same mail

2004-12-17 Thread Hunter Hillegas
; > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] 100s of copies of the same mail > > Mark Sapiro wrote:. > >> If you have set the list for reply goes to this list, the above >> situation is just one of many good reasons not to do this. See >> http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py

Re: [Mailman-Users] 100s of copies of the same mail

2004-12-17 Thread jimk's second account
Mark Sapiro wrote:. If you have set the list for reply goes to this list, the above situation is just one of many good reasons not to do this. See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.048.htp I wanted to set up the list so that only I could post to it and that all replys

Re: [Mailman-Users] 100s of copies of the same mail

2004-12-16 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mark Sapiro wrote: > >You set up the list and subscribed 1500 people of which some (a few, a >hundred, more?) are clueless about e-mail lists. 1500 people get the >test message. Some (see previous sentence for number) reply to the >list saying don't send this to me. Now all 1500 subscribers get tho

Re: [Mailman-Users] 100s of copies of the same mail

2004-12-16 Thread Mark Sapiro
Jim Newton wrote: >i recently set up a mailing list of about 1500 subscribers. >and then i sent a couple of test messages. now many people >are complaining to me that they are getting several hundreds >of copies of the test messages every day and it has been >about a week later. > >Will anyone vo

[Mailman-Users] 100s of copies of the same mail

2004-12-16 Thread Jim Newton
i recently set up a mailing list of about 1500 subscribers. and then i sent a couple of test messages. now many people are complaining to me that they are getting several hundreds of copies of the test messages every day and it has been about a week later. Will anyone vollunteer to help me figure