Hi Folks Please forgive me if these questions are already answered someplace in the on line documentation, I swear I've looked, but can't find info on these issues, and they're rather important to me. A point toward the right place on the site, or hopefully a quick answer would be greatly appreciated.
I moderate a hobby email list for about 6000 people from a remote location away from the server and sponsor of the list. I am not very technical and my vocabulary may be a bit off too, but hopefully I'll not take up a lot of time with silly questions. Just think of my mistakes as comic relief! <G> we're looking for alternative software to use for running this list and after a rather difficult conversion in the past, I'm hoping to better anticipate and deal with differences we'll find this time. The way we've run the list requires that all messages must be read and approved by me, and at times I also need to 'add' comments to the end of a message. It appears that all approvals are done on the web, rather than through email, is that correct? Is it hard to use an on line web approval system? To add comments, or to reformat the original message in particular? I've used one in the past that was nearly impossible to use and had to abandon it as it more than tripled the time required to do the job! Is it necessary that messages be approved in the same order they were received in? Can digest be manually created via some sort of command or are all digests created automatically based on size or a time of day set up on the system? Is it possible to ban or strip all attachments completely? I realize many of these issues raised are things people should be trained to do before sending in a message, but its impossible to train some folks who can barely turn on a computer to trim previous messages, make a subject line relevant, and wrap words properly - just a few of the issues I deal with every day. At the same time, some questions require a simple answer which I currently add to the end of their messages. If I don't do that 'add' I'll instead get 20 people answering it, so its far preferable that I answer them at once. I do realize messages can be 'deferred' but it would seem simpler to jump around and approve messages in a different order without having to defer things. All this may be moot if there's an option for doing the processing through email as I have always done in the past. Another 'nice to have' option would be if digests are formatted with a list of inclusions at the beginning, including the subject, sender's name, and perhaps a number for each message? I've subbed here with another address to get digest versions, but none have arrived so perhaps Verizon's acting up again and I should check that out. Thank you for any info you can give me, having gone through one change that was less than pleasant, I'm hoping to anticipate any possible issues up front this time. Take care Gail ------------------------------------------------------ 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
