[Mailman-Developers] Inactivity deletion of maillist users ?
Hi all ! It seems like some kind of automatic unsubscribe would be a nice maillist function. It could relieve much of the burden of keeping the member list up to date from the administrators. 1. There could be an inactivity warning after a configurable time of inactivity. If the user doesn't answer, he is automatically unsubsribed. 2. There could also be a possibility to send an activity check mail to all members. Those who doesn't answer are automatically unsubscribed. Those who are unsubscribed get a polite letter telling that they are welcome back, of course. Erling Hellenäs ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers 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-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
[Mailman-Developers] creating a list of moderators
Hi, I'm a site administrator and I'd like to be able to automatically compile a list of 'list moderators' so that I can send them all announcements. I can't find a way to do this in the current version, and I saw similar functionality being requested on the 'wishlist', so I assume that it has yet to be implemented. I'm new to Mailman, but I'd like to try writing a script to do this. Can anyone advise me on how to go about it/where to start? Any ideas? Many thanks! Dave Benson ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers 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-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Developers] creating a list of moderators
Um, take a look at `bin/list_owners -m`. It might be nice to have a sort of live mailing list for them rather than a list of their addresses, though. --Robby On Jan 11, 2006, at 12:41, David Benson wrote: I'm a site administrator and I'd like to be able to automatically compile a list of 'list moderators' so that I can send them all announcements. I can't find a way to do this in the current version, and I saw similar functionality being requested on the 'wishlist', so I assume that it has yet to be implemented. I'm new to Mailman, but I'd like to try writing a script to do this. Can anyone advise me on how to go about it/where to start? ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers 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-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Developers] creating a list of moderators
Something like this? import cPickle, os, os.path, sys MAILMANHOME='/var/mailman' ;# change to suit sys.path.append(MAILMANHOME) moderators = [] for dir in os.listdir(os.path.join(MAILMANHOME, 'lists')): o = cPickle.load(open(os.path.join(MAILMANHOME, 'lists', dir, 'config.pck'))) for email in o['moderator']: email in moderators or moderators.append(email) return moderators On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 12:41 -0500, David Benson wrote: Hi, I'm a site administrator and I'd like to be able to automatically compile a list of 'list moderators' so that I can send them all announcements. I can't find a way to do this in the current version, and I saw similar functionality being requested on the 'wishlist', so I assume that it has yet to be implemented. I'm new to Mailman, but I'd like to try writing a script to do this. Can anyone advise me on how to go about it/where to start? Any ideas? Many thanks! Dave Benson ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers 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-developers/jag%40fsf.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showfile=faq01.027.htp -- Joshua Ginsberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free Software Foundation - Senior Systems Administrator signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers 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-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Developers] creating a list of moderators
David Benson wrote: Hi, I'm a site administrator and I'd like to be able to automatically compile a list of 'list moderators' so that I can send them all announcements. I can't find a way to do this in the current version, and I saw similar functionality being requested on the 'wishlist', so I assume that it has yet to be implemented. It's already mostly there: The command list_owners -m prints all owners and moderators of all mailing lists on your machine. Getting these into a mailing list should not be that hard... Cheers, Hans-Martin ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers 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-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Developers] Inactivity deletion of maillist users ?
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 02:56:50PM +0100, Erling Hellenäs wrote: Hi all ! It seems like some kind of automatic unsubscribe would be a nice maillist function. It could relieve much of the burden of keeping the member list up to date from the administrators. 1.There could be an inactivity warning after a configurable time of inactivity. If the user doesn't answer, he is automatically unsubsribed. 2.There could also be a possibility to send an activity check mail to all members. Those who doesn't answer are automatically unsubscribed. Personally I'd call that a big nuisance. As a long-time lurker on the list, who nonetheless reads it, I'd much prefer not to be dropped off just because I have not much to say. I'd expect this is not an uncommon situation. Would that fewer people with little to say, would say little, on some other lists I have been on. Having administered lists of up to 15k subscribers using Mailman, I'll also submit that unsubscribing people with legitimate and still-active email addresses isn't much of a burden. Certainly not compared with the burdens of - unsubscribing people whose email boxes are no longer there but whose former ISPs file all identifying marks off the bounce messages, for example, the email address of the intended recipient: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your recent mail to a user at im.clueless.com was not deliverable. Please resend the message. - spam, spam, spam, and spam - locating and unsubscribing people who can't be troubled to unsubscribe but who instead start submitting anonymous complaints to the likes of SpamCop - locating and unsubscribing people who request to be unsubscribed but who are not subscribers, and who are not technically savvy enough to send you all the received headers so you could at least hazard a guess as to the route (forwards, mailing lists subscribed to mailing lists etc) by which the mail reached them The check of all members that really helps in my experience is the monthly password reminder. It reminds a lot of people who are not interested any longer to unsubcribe, and it elicits bounces from inactive mailboxes, most of which are susceptible to diagnosis by Mailman's excellent bounce handling. -- Dan Wilder [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers 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-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
