[Mailman-Users] change digest/non-digest frequency
Hello, I'm setting up Mailman on a new XServe. There are a few things I haven't found in the documentation: -Is it possible (and how would I) change the frequency of digest and non-digest mail delivery? For example, it would be handy to be able to set a list to send a digest of all unsent mail at the same time each week on a Friday. (Allow the boss to keep up to date with mail to a list without causing frequent interruptions.) It would also be useful for Mailman to queue non-digest mail on a daily basis and send it out between 12 and 2pm. (Using mailman as interface to help desk with limited hours). I'm pretty familiar with *nix, but new to specific system admin tasks. My apologies if this was easily found elsewhere! Cheers, Morgan -- Maggie's Centres - building a life beyond cancer Look out for our new London event - The Maggie's Metro Life Hike, Friday 16th Sept 2005 - walk 17 miles overground, overnight around the route of the Tube's Circle Line - call 0207 385 1059 for details Or would you like to go to Machu Picchu, Namibia or the Sahara with Maggie's? Or run in The Great North Run, The Loch Ness Marathon, The Edinburgh Marathon, The London Triathlon or the London Marathon? Call 0141 330 3368 for more info. -- 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] [Mailman-Users] change digest/non-digest frequency
On May 13, 2005, at 00:54, Morgan R. Tamplin (test account) wrote: -Is it possible (and how would I) change the frequency of digest You can change the frequency of periodic digest generation by changing the mailman crontab entry that runs the cron/senddigests script. (And if you don't want the change to affect all of your lists, look at the --listname argument documented at the beginning of the script.) and non-digest mail delivery? Does it really matter when it is *delivered*? Your mail server should be able to collect the mail even if the helpdesk user wasn't available. (You might be able to have your MTA freeze certain messages in its queue, and thaw them for delivery at certain times. An Exim system filter could do that for you for example. But again, why not just let them be delivered by the mail system and just not picked up by the user until they are available?) Or if you mean you want mail to a list to bounce rather than be sent or even held, you could remove the mail alias except during specified hours. -- Jim Tittsler http://www.OnJapan.net/ GPG: 0x01159DB6 Python Starship http://Starship.Python.net/crew/jwt/ Mailman IRC irc://irc.freenode.net/#mailman -- 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
