Re: [Mailman-Users] Auto-response for moderated new subscribes?
On Feb 9, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: Cyndi Norwitz wrote: I looked through the list admin commands. The General page has a place for an auto-reply to new subscribers (appended to the regular welcome) but nothing for those who are pending. Then there is the Auto-Reply page which has places for auto-responses to anyone mailing to -owner or -request. Using a less busy list with moderated subscriptions, I edited those 2 sections to send an auto-response (different wording so I could tell them apart), saved the page, then I subscribed myself at a previous unused address. I got the moderator request immediately at my regular address but have not received an auto-response at the new address. It's been over half an hour. Am I missing something or does this feature not exist? How did you request subscription? If you requested via the web, the autoresponder doesn't apply. I used the web. But so will 99.99% of our subscribers. Also, you will get at most 1 autoresponse from -request within autoresponse_graceperiod, so if you got one to this address while testing, you won't get another until the original graceperiod expires or you set autoresponse_graceperiod to 0. I set it to 0 when I set it up. In short, you can set autorespond_requests to respond once per graceperiod to the sender of a messsage to the -request (or -subscribe or -join) address (which may or may not be a subscribe request), but you can't set a message to be sent to anyone requesting a subscription. Bummer. Thanks for the quick response. Might this be added to a wish list? I'm sure a lot of listowners with moderation set for subscriptions would love that feature. Thanks, Cyndi -- 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
Re: [Mailman-Users] Auto-response for moderated new subscribes?
Cyndi Norwitz wrote: > >I looked through the list admin commands. The General page has a >place for an auto-reply to new subscribers (appended to the regular >welcome) but nothing for those who are pending. Then there is the >Auto-Reply page which has places for auto-responses to anyone mailing >to -owner or -request. > >Using a less busy list with moderated subscriptions, I edited those 2 >sections to send an auto-response (different wording so I could tell >them apart), saved the page, then I subscribed myself at a previous >unused address. I got the moderator request immediately at my >regular address but have not received an auto-response at the new >address. It's been over half an hour. > >Am I missing something or does this feature not exist? How did you request subscription? If you requested via the web, the autoresponder doesn't apply. Also, you will get at most 1 autoresponse from -request within autoresponse_graceperiod, so if you got one to this address while testing, you won't get another until the original graceperiod expires or you set autoresponse_graceperiod to 0. In short, you can set autorespond_requests to respond once per graceperiod to the sender of a messsage to the -request (or -subscribe or -join) address (which may or may not be a subscribe request), but you can't set a message to be sent to anyone requesting a subscription. -- Mark Sapiro The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter 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
[Mailman-Users] Auto-response for moderated new subscribes?
I looked in the FAQ but could not find anything. One of the lists I run is advertised to the public but subscriptions are moderated (need approval). The other moderator and I would like a way to send out a form letter automatically to people when their subscription is pending that lists the basic info we want from them and where to send it. I looked through the list admin commands. The General page has a place for an auto-reply to new subscribers (appended to the regular welcome) but nothing for those who are pending. Then there is the Auto-Reply page which has places for auto-responses to anyone mailing to -owner or -request. Using a less busy list with moderated subscriptions, I edited those 2 sections to send an auto-response (different wording so I could tell them apart), saved the page, then I subscribed myself at a previous unused address. I got the moderator request immediately at my regular address but have not received an auto-response at the new address. It's been over half an hour. Am I missing something or does this feature not exist? I use Mailman through an ISP that does not give root access. They make a few changes to the code, mostly minor. We use version 2.1.11. Thanks, Cyndi -- 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
