----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Steve Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Brad Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <mailman-users@python.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Throttling output
> At 3:02 PM -0400 2006-06-14, Steve Campbell wrote: > >> 2. Disable the mailman executable from delivering the outgoing mail, >> but >> create them in the queue (sort of a sendmail queueonly option). I'm not >> sure >> this one is possible, and will kill the entire scheme if not. I see a >> lot of >> possible ways this can be done, but I'm not a python programmer yet, so >> I >> hope this is do-able. > > This is an MTA configuration issue. There's nothing here to "fix" within > Mailman. I think I just discovered that Mailman does deliver to the mqueue directory. I don't know where I got the idea that it delivered outgoing mail on its own. So yes, nothing to fix, just set up the proper outgoing queue runner with a few sendmail configs. > >> 5. Move all of this to it's own server. > > That's a pretty big point. Mailing list servers should not be dependent > on the normal mail servers, and vice-versa. > > In fact, I suspect that once you move the mailing list handling onto a > separate server, all the need for any kind of throttling will go away > completely. Along with switching to Mailman, of course, to finally handle bounces. > >> Number 2 above is the killer, as I'm not sure if the sendmail >> alias/piped >> command would control this, an option in the Mailman configs, or what. > > It's an issue that should be easy enough to fix through modifying the > configuration file. I hope you mean sendmail configuration file!!! Thanks all for the many replies (and great patience), and helping me understand a little more of how Mailman works. Steve > > -- > Brad Knowles, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little > temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." > > -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania > Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 > > LOPSA member since December 2005. See <http://www.lopsa.org/>. > ------------------------------------------------------ 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