Re: [Mailman-Users] Setup an announce list

2003-03-25 Thread Richard Barrett
At 20:52 24/03/2003, Rod Neep wrote:
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Richard Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
At 06:20 24/03/2003, Brian Read wrote:

The latest downloadable version of mailman is 2.1.1, try here:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailman/
Usually the sourceforge is the best place to get the latest MM.

See: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=103

You will also find patches for the latest stable release on sourceforge 
and a CVS repository for the current MM development in progress.
We are a tiny bit cautious about upgrading from 2.0.13 to 2.1.1 on a live 
system.

Are there any problems, or advice on things to be careful of?

Regards
Rod
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I'm probably not the ideal person to ask about this. I have the benefit of 
a backup server which I use to rehearse MM upgrades and correct problems 
before doing the real thing on our dedicated primary MM server. I need to 
do that as I use/maintain a number of MM upgrade patches and need to 
produce upgraded versions of those when new MM releases come out.

I also use a Sendmail mailer (patch #644810) rather than maintaining a file 
of mail aliases. I guess one of the big changes from 2.0.13 to 2.1.1 is the 
revised mail aliases for each list and so I didn't have to deal with that.

My own experience with the 2.0.13 to 2.1.1 upgrade was that at a basic 
level it was trouble free. I just read the INSTALL and UPGRADE documents 
and got on with it.. I tend to take the view that it has to be done and it 
will not get any easier by waiting. MM 2.1.1 has some nice extra features 
which I wanted the benefit of them. That said I only ran the beta versions 
of 2.1 on my backup machine on test; I'm not that keen to risk beta 
software for production use.

I suggest a post to the mailman-users list asking about risk/experience on 
the upgrade to 2.1.1 will be more useful than any further comment from me.

Best of luck

Richard
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Re: [Mailman-Users] Setup an announce list

2003-03-25 Thread Dallas Bethune
On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 08:32 am, Richard Barrett wrote:

We are a tiny bit cautious about upgrading from 2.0.13 to 2.1.1 on a 
live system.

Are there any problems, or advice on things to be careful of?

Regards
Rod
My experience my be a little unique because I actually upgraded from 
Mailman 1.1 to 2.1.1, but I did run into some problems.  About 1/3 of 
my lists didn't upgrade properly for some reason so I ended up sort of 
painfully reconstructing them from the information I did have.  I'd 
suggest dumping the configurations of all your lists before you start 
just to make sure recovery is relatively easy.

	Dallas

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Re: [Mailman-Users] Setup an announce list

2003-03-24 Thread Richard Barrett
At 06:20 24/03/2003, Brian Read wrote:

The latest downloadable version of mailman is 2.1.1, try here:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailman/
Usually the sourceforge is the best place to get the latest MM.

See: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=103

You will also find patches for the latest stable release on sourceforge and 
a CVS repository for the current MM development in progress.


cheers

Brian

At 04:35 24/03/2003, Rod Neep wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], ghhalley 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Jan,

I found the answer off of the Mailman FAQ search engine.  I am in the
process of implementing this solution.  Below is the link to the
question 3.11
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?query=newsletter%2Fannouncement
%2Fone-wayquerytype=simplecasefold=yesreq=search
Peace,
George
Hmmm OK. I am trying to do the same thing:
create an announcement list.
The FAQ refers to the following:

  Set the member_moderation_action to Reject and add a nice rejection
  notice text to the following text box.  Say something like this is
  an announcement list, to reach the band, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Set the generic_nonmember_action to Reject or Discard.

Those options do not appear to be available in version 2.0.13 (which is 
the latest downloadable version of Mailman).

I have no problem with the other settings in the configuration, but it 
would be nice to be able to (nicely) auto-reject posts to the list by 
those not specified.

Regards
Rod
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Re: [Mailman-Users] Setup an announce list

2003-03-24 Thread Rod Neep
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], 
Richard Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
At 06:20 24/03/2003, Brian Read wrote:

The latest downloadable version of mailman is 2.1.1, try here:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailman/
Usually the sourceforge is the best place to get the latest MM.

See: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=103

You will also find patches for the latest stable release on sourceforge 
and a CVS repository for the current MM development in progress.
We are a tiny bit cautious about upgrading from 2.0.13 to 2.1.1 on a 
live system.

Are there any problems, or advice on things to be careful of?

Regards
Rod
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Re: [Mailman-Users] Setup an announce list

2003-03-23 Thread Rod Neep
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], ghhalley 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Jan,

I found the answer off of the Mailman FAQ search engine.  I am in the
process of implementing this solution.  Below is the link to the
question 3.11
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?query=newsletter%2Fannouncement
%2Fone-wayquerytype=simplecasefold=yesreq=search
Peace,
George
Hmmm OK. I am trying to do the same thing:
create an announcement list.
The FAQ refers to the following:

  Set the member_moderation_action to Reject and add a nice rejection
  notice text to the following text box.  Say something like this is
  an announcement list, to reach the band, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Set the generic_nonmember_action to Reject or Discard.

Those options do not appear to be available in version 2.0.13 (which is 
the latest downloadable version of Mailman).

I have no problem with the other settings in the configuration, but it 
would be nice to be able to (nicely) auto-reject posts to the list by 
those not specified.

Regards
Rod
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Re: [Mailman-Users] Setup an announce list

2003-03-23 Thread Brian Read
The latest downloadable version of mailman is 2.1.1, try here:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mailman/

cheers

Brian

At 04:35 24/03/2003, Rod Neep wrote:
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], ghhalley 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
Jan,

I found the answer off of the Mailman FAQ search engine.  I am in the
process of implementing this solution.  Below is the link to the
question 3.11
http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?query=newsletter%2Fannouncement
%2Fone-wayquerytype=simplecasefold=yesreq=search
Peace,
George
Hmmm OK. I am trying to do the same thing:
create an announcement list.
The FAQ refers to the following:

  Set the member_moderation_action to Reject and add a nice rejection
  notice text to the following text box.  Say something like this is
  an announcement list, to reach the band, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Set the generic_nonmember_action to Reject or Discard.

Those options do not appear to be available in version 2.0.13 (which is 
the latest downloadable version of Mailman).

I have no problem with the other settings in the configuration, but it 
would be nice to be able to (nicely) auto-reject posts to the list by 
those not specified.

Regards
Rod
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Re: [Mailman-Users] Setup an announce list

2003-03-17 Thread ghhalley
Jan,

I found the answer off of the Mailman FAQ search engine.  I am in the
process of implementing this solution.  Below is the link to the
question 3.11

http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?query=newsletter%2Fannouncement%2Fone-wayquerytype=simplecasefold=yesreq=search

Peace,
George


Hi all,

I'm trying to setup an announce list on which only a few people should be 
able to post, but I can't find a good way to do it. I see only a suitable 
option general - emergency, but I think that is not the one I should 
use... 

Can anybody point me right please?

   Best regards / Jan



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Re: [Mailman-Users] Setup an announce list

2003-03-17 Thread Brian Read
Look here:

http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?query=announcequerytype=simplecasefold=yesreq=search

cheers

Brian

At 17:05 17/03/2003, Jan Banan wrote:
Hi all,

I'm trying to setup an announce list on which only a few people should be
able to post, but I can't find a good way to do it. I see only a suitable
option general - emergency, but I think that is not the one I should
use...
Can anybody point me right please?

   Best regards / Jan

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