[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I am running a Mailman from Debian stable (2.1.5-8sarge2), and I experimented >the following issue: > > - even if disabled in Defaults.py and not enabled in mm_cfg.py, > VERP seems to be activated from time to time. I am guessing it is > activated only when something already bounced on a user (?). > Most mail sent out don't have the VERP (user=host+id) stuff at all > as Sender:, and when they have something it's a cookie: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That's a VERP probe. >My questions: > > - is there a `mailman_display_config' command which would return the > *actually used* mailman configuration (maybe I am looking at the > wrong config file or Defaults.py file) ? No. > - how to disable VERP *completely * ? > >In my case, VERP cannot work, because + is *not* used for multi-addresses >recipients. > >Excerpt from config: > grep VERP mm_cfg.py /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Defaults.py mm_cfg.py should be in the same directory as Defaults.py unless this is a Debian thing. > > VERP_DELIVERY_INTERVAL = 0 > VERP_PERSONALIZED_DELIVERIES = No > VERP_CONFIRMATIONS = No > VERP_PASSWORD_REMINDERS = No You seem to have edited out quite a bit of the grep result :-) You are running Mailman 2.1.5. VERP probes were introduced in 2.1.5 and couldn't be turned off. This was recognized to be a mistake, so beginning in 2.1.6 they are controlled by VERP_PROBES which defaults to No. In 2.1.5, you could effectively change the sender of the probe from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by changing VERP_PROBE_FORMAT, but this will break bounce processing because in 2.1.5, disabling a bouncing user relies on receiving a bounced probe with the token. Your choices are: Upgrade (maybe not easy/possible with a Debian package). Complain to Debian. Modify Mailman/Bouncer.py to either implement mm_cfg.VERP_PROBES or just remove VERP probes all together. See <http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/mailman/branches/Release_2_1-maint/mailman/Mailman/Bouncer.py?r1=7147&r2=7190> Turn off bounce processing for 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