Eric Hamburg wrote: >I run a site with a bunch of lists and I want to retain addresses an in some >lists, while keeping parameter settings (e.g. notifications on >subscriptions, mod flags, etc., ) but not have any activity, e.g., posting, >take place/allowed while list is flagged as inactive.
You could just move the listname/ subdirectory out of the lists/ directory. This will render the list effectively non existent, but all the list settings,membership info and member options will be preserved in the listname/config.pck file. Public archives will still be accessable, but private ones won't because the user can't be validated. To reactivate the list, just move the listname/ directory back into the lists/ directory. If your MTA is Exim integrated with Mailman, the list will effectively disappear and attempted posts, etc. will bounce in the same way as for a list that never existed. If your MTA uses aliases, you can leave them in place and attempted posts, etc. will still bounce with a reason like post script, list not found: listname On the other hand, if your MTA uses aliases, you could just remove the aliases for the inactive list to prevent posting and other email access to the list, and replace them when you want to reactivate the list. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp