David Andrews wrote: > >I am running Mailman version 2.1.8. I have most list set to delete >held messages after 15 days (last setting on General Settings >Page.) However it doesn't seem to be working? Is there something >else that has to be done -- like a Cron Job enabled or something?
Yes, it relies on cron/checkdbs, but that should run daily unless you have modified (or not installed) Mailman's crontab. In 2.1.8, the following crons should all be run bumpdigests - periodically increment digest volume # checkdbs - send daily moderator request summary and delete old messages disabled - send reminders and disable bouncing users gate_news - gate from news to mail mailpasswds - send monthly password reminders nightly_gzip - gzip the periodig archive .txt files senddigests - send periodic digests -- 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://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 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://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9