Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Brad Knowles
At 1:51 PM -0400 2006-08-27, Bob Landman wrote: >If the intent was to make a useful product for people to use for the > fun and education of doing it as a collaborative effort (that is what GNU > is all about isn't it?), then I'd expect the writers of such code to cut > those of us who

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Brad Knowles
At 2:24 PM -0400 2006-08-27, Bob Landman wrote: > Thanks to everyone for the help. May I humbly suggest an edit of the > documentation and error message responses would be helpful? We'll try to remember to clarify the documentation and the error message, but it would help us remember to do th

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Bob Landman wrote: > >I sent mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with who password in the body of the mail >(my password that I retrieved via the usual way) after I had set the list to >allow all list members to get the subscriber list. This is what came back (I >replaced my password with the word "pas

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Dragon
Bob Landman sent the message below at 11:24 AM 8/27/2006: >Mark, Brad, > >I finally got it to work! The password I used was my SUBSCRIBER >password - that failed. What works to get the list is my >ADMINISTRATOR password and that works REGARDLESS of if the list is >set (Privacy) for Administrat

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Landman
] Stupid newbie request Bob Landman sent the message below at 09:24 AM 8/27/2006: >Not true Mark. My list has that option turned off and I checked A,B,C >list pages and none of the subcribers had that box checked. > >And as for running a script - how can I do that when I don't ha

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Landman
I humbly suggest an edit of the documentation and error message responses would be helpful? Bob -Original Message- From: Bob Landman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 1:58 PM To: 'mailman-users@python.org' Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie req

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Landman
othing at all. Bob -Original Message- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 12:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];mailman-users@python.org Subject: RE: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request Bob Landman wrote: >Not true Mark. My list has that option turne

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Landman
it said. Bob -Original Message- From: Brad Knowles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 1:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request At 11:42 AM -0400 2006-08-27, Bob Landman wrote: > I think this is &q

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Brad Knowles
At 12:24 PM -0400 2006-08-27, Bob Landman wrote: > And as for running a script - how can I do that when I don't have command > line authority as Mailman for me is hosted by a commercial website? How > do I run such a script (provided I can find someone to write it for me)? Most of those scrip

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Brad Knowles
At 11:42 AM -0400 2006-08-27, Bob Landman wrote: > I think this is "the" problem. The writers must have assumed that > everyone has access to command line. I don't as I use a commercial > website which hosts Mailman as a service. Mailman was never intended to be run as a commercial service,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Dragon
Bob Landman sent the message below at 09:24 AM 8/27/2006: >Not true Mark. My list has that option turned off and I checked >A,B,C list pages and none of the subcribers had that box checked. > >And as for running a script - how can I do that when I don't have >command line authority as Mailman fo

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Bob Landman wrote: >Not true Mark. My list has that option turned off and I checked A,B,C list >pages and none of the subcribers had that box checked. OK. Then resend your 'who' request to the listname-request address and if the response doesn't contain the list and it is not evident why, post

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Landman
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Hall Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 12:22 PM To: Mailman Users Group Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request Hi Bob, I agree that there should be a way to download the list and asked that question a while back. Basically this

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Landman
uch a script (provided I can find someone to write it for me)? -Bob -Original Message- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 12:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request Bob Landman

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Gary Hall
Hi Bob, I agree that there should be a way to download the list and asked that question a while back. Basically this is what they said ro me. "The alternatives if you only have web access are also described in the FAQ. Both Jim's and my scripts work and have been used on lists with thousands

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Mark Sapiro
Bob Landman wrote: >Peter Green >Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:44:54 -0700 wrote > >Apologies for this, but... > >I can't get my lists to return a list of those members subscribed to >them. I have followed the email commands in the FAQ and get replies >saying that my command 'WHO' has been run, but

Re: [Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Landman
Peter Green Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:44:54 -0700 wrote Apologies for this, but... I can't get my lists to return a list of those members subscribed to them. I have followed the email commands in the FAQ and get replies saying that my command 'WHO' has been run, but I don't get a list in the

[Mailman-Users] Stupid newbie request

2006-08-18 Thread Peter Green
Apologies for this, but... I can't get my lists to return a list of those members subscribed to them. I have followed the email commands in the FAQ and get replies saying that my command 'WHO' has been run, but I don't get a list in the way that I am used to with Listerver. Peter Green Dir