Hello, My isp decided to close his Mailman server, so you know the bit about fools and angels...
Following the link below I got my list up and running only to find Mailman can send so many posts in so short a time that I overloaded my isp's smtp server with dire results :( http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/running_gnu_mailman_at_home (I found you have to add forwarding addresses and aliases for list-bounces which this article ignores) So Mailman 2.1.12 on ubuntu with fetchmail, postfix, smtp relay via isp OK, i have more names than a family list, so investigating ideas for throttling I am left confused. 1. I read Mailman FAQ 4.51 "How do I limit the rate (throttle) at which Mailman sends mail?" 2. I see the policyd link but this look a little complex (and scary) for my needs (<2000 members, outgoing posts only, one per month tops, maybe switch on postfix/fetchmail/mailman only when needed) 2. I see a patch for SMTPDirect that looks like it might be good and perhaps an easier route 3. Then I see Mailman FAQ 4.72 "How do I configure Mailman to use an external SMTP server?" 4. confusion because this says "In mm_cfg.py add or modify: DELIVERY_MODULE = 'SMTPDirect' SMTPHOST = 'mail.example.com' " and they are not in my mm_cfg.py and anyway we are running with postfix ??? does SMTPDirect replace having postfix do the smtp-ing? ??? the patch patches SMTPDirect so it won't do anything if I do not explicitly declare it in mm_cfg.py? ??? what will happen then? ??? should I just patch it anyway and it will go for me? Someone please illuminate me a bit here on the true path ahead. thanks for any and all comments Anne ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
