[Mailman-Users] Help with Topics
I'm trying to set up Topics for a Mailman 2.1.33 list I administer, and I'm a tad confused. There appears to be no combination of options to allow a member of a list to see _only_ non-topic-specific postings. If you select one or more topics of interest, you will receive the postings under those topics. You will not receive any _topic-specific_ postings that do not match your selections. Furthermore, if you have also set "Do you want to receive messages that do not match any topic filter?" to 'Yes', you will also receive all messages that are _not_ associated with a topic. Otherwise, you will receive _only_ the postings associated with your selected topics. (This appears to function as expected.) However, if you have not selected any topics, you will receive all postings, whether topic-specific or not, regardless the setting of "Do you want to receive messages that do not match any topic filter?". I would like to offer the members of my lists the option of receiving: 1. All of the postings to the list [All topic categories selected + no-match filter=Yes] 2. Specific topics and all non-topic postings [At least one topic category selected + no-match filter=Yes] 3. Specific topics only [At least one topic category selected + no-match filter=No] 4. Only _non-topic_ postings [No topic categories selected + no-match filter=No] Apparently that is not the heuristic being applied. If no topic categories are selected, the no-match filter setting is ignored (i.e. defaults to 'Yes') effectively delivering all listserver traffic to that user, and eliminating option 4. This is "as documented" and embarrassingly empirically demonstrated. :-/ There seems to be no obvious way to say "I want to see only those postings that are not topic-specific". If I put the list's subject_prefix in as the Topic1 regexp (escaped as necessary), would the member be able to select it and specify 'no-match filter=No' to receive _only_ the non-topic-specific postings? (I would test this question myself, but see "embarrassingly empirically demonstrated", above.) If this question has already been addressed in a document somewhere, please point me to it. Thanks! -Chip- -- Mailman-Users mailing list -- mailman-users@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to mailman-users-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.python.org/ Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/ https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-users@python.org/
[Mailman-Users] Help with Topics
[Re-sent after not getting my copy back from the listserver after five hours.] I'm trying to set up Topics for a Mailman 2.1.33 list I administer, and I'm a tad confused. There appears to be no combination of options to allow a member of a list to see _only_ non-topic-specific postings. If you select one or more topics of interest, you will receive the postings under those topics. You will not receive any _topic-specific_ postings that do not match your selections. Furthermore, if you have also set "Do you want to receive messages that do not match any topic filter?" to 'Yes', you will also receive all messages that are _not_ associated with a topic. Otherwise, you will receive _only_ the postings associated with your selected topics. (This appears to function as expected.) However, if you have not selected any topics, you will receive all postings, whether topic-specific or not, regardless the setting of "Do you want to receive messages that do not match any topic filter?". I would like to offer the members of my lists the option of receiving: 1. All of the postings to the list [All topic categories selected + no-match filter=Yes] 2. Specific topics and all non-topic postings [At least one topic category selected + no-match filter=Yes] 3. Specific topics only [At least one topic category selected + no-match filter=No] 4. Only _non-topic_ postings [No topic categories selected + no-match filter=No] Apparently that is not the heuristic being applied. If no topic categories are selected, the no-match filter setting is ignored (i.e. defaults to 'Yes') effectively delivering all listserver traffic to that user, and eliminating option 4. This is "as documented" and embarrassingly empirically demonstrated. :-/ There seems to be no obvious way to say "I want to see only those postings that are not topic-specific". If I put the list's subject_prefix in as the Topic1 regexp (escaped as necessary), would the member be able to select it and specify 'no-match filter=No' to receive _only_ the non-topic-specific postings? (I would test this question myself, but see "embarrassingly empirically demonstrated", above.) If this question has already been addressed in a document somewhere, please point me to it. Thanks! -Chip- -- Mailman-Users mailing list -- mailman-users@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to mailman-users-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.python.org/ Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/ https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-users@python.org/
[Mailman-Users] Help with Topics
Hi All I'm new to this, so go easy on me! I've searched the archives and not found what I'm looking for, so maybe somebody out there can explain it in terms so that I can understand ;-) Having just moved a list over from Yahoo, I'd like to be able to still reach users who are set to No Email. Yahoo provided the facility for Special Notices, and looking through the various options available, it would seem that the Topics category is what I need. However, no matter what I put in the Regexp field, I don't receive a mail with a set word in the subject line. My question is simple - how should the Regexp field be filled? I have put (on various permutations) Subject: ORG in there to no avail. I even added the list tag in there - still no joy. It's driving me mad, but I'm sure that somebody out there knows the answer! Regards MD -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users 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-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Users] Help with Topics
Martin, Your REGEXP can be really simple. In the Topics section of the Admin page, enter some keywords for your REGEXP, , like ORG. Then, when you want to send a message only to those that are subscribed to the 'ORG' topic, include as the first line of your message, either: Subject: ORG OR Keywords: ORG Remember that a subscriber needs to be subscribed to the Topic in order to receive these messages. Any subscriber that is not subscribed to any topic will receive ALL messages. Martin Dennett wrote: Hi All I'm new to this, so go easy on me! I've searched the archives and not found what I'm looking for, so maybe somebody out there can explain it in terms so that I can understand ;-) Having just moved a list over from Yahoo, I'd like to be able to still reach users who are set to No Email. Yahoo provided the facility for Special Notices, and looking through the various options available, it would seem that the Topics category is what I need. However, no matter what I put in the Regexp field, I don't receive a mail with a set word in the subject line. My question is simple - how should the Regexp field be filled? I have put (on various permutations) Subject: ORG in there to no avail. I even added the list tag in there - still no joy. It's driving me mad, but I'm sure that somebody out there knows the answer! Regards MD -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users 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-users/chris.a.adams%40state.or.us Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp -- Christopher Adams Library Systems Analyst Oregon State Library 503-378-4243 258 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users 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-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Users] Help with Topics
On Mar 16, 2005, at 23:42, Martin Dennett wrote: Having just moved a list over from Yahoo, I'd like to be able to still reach users who are set to No Email. Yahoo provided the facility for Special Notices, and looking through the various options available, it would seem that the Topics category is what I need. Note that if someone is set to 'no mail', they will not get any list messages... not even those mentioning a topic they have subscribed to... so I am not sure it is useful in attaining your goal. -- Jim Tittsler http://www.OnJapan.net/ GPG: 0x01159DB6 Python Starship http://Starship.Python.net/ Ringo MUG Tokyo http://www.ringo.net/rss.html -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users 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-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
