On 07/23/2013 12:29 AM, Peter Heitzer wrote: > Hello folks, > I have a few mailing lists which show a last_post_time of 1970-01-01. Does > this > really mean that the list has not yet sent any mails to its subscribers, i.e > the > list is inactive?
Yes. > I assume that only a regular post from an allowed mail address forces an > update > to a lists last_post_time variable. Is that correct? Any post that is accepted for delivery to the list members, regardless of how it got accepted, updates last_post_time just before being queued for delivery to the outgoing MTA. > The reason for asking is that I want to get rid of some inactive lists. If the > last_post_time is a reliable criterion for inactivity I could contact the list > owners and ask them if the list could be removed. Yes, it is. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> 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 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
