Re: [Mailman-Users] new list, slammed and hosed...

2006-11-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Dr. Scott S. Jones wrote: > >I recently reopened a list for my wife's business. I have a few of my own >lists. I NEVER get any unsolicited postings to my list, which has been up a >few weeks, yet after 2 days of starting my wife's list, I am getting >spammed, hosed and slammed by all sorts of dubio

[Mailman-Users] new list, slammed and hosed...

2006-11-25 Thread Dr. Scott S. Jones
I recently reopened a list for my wife's business. I have a few of my own lists. I NEVER get any unsolicited postings to my list, which has been up a few weeks, yet after 2 days of starting my wife's list, I am getting spammed, hosed and slammed by all sorts of dubious posts. Is there something t

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman and (really) large lists

2006-11-25 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Jack Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As one stat, one of my lists of 10,000 is usually completed within > 24 mins. I usually drop all filter scans during that time, I don't do that. I have a special port on my MTA that only allows Mailman to connect to it and mail coming in that way is not being f

Re: [Mailman-Users] I sent out a mailing, how can I know it's done or not?

2006-11-25 Thread Mark Sapiro
Jack Stone wrote: >I usually look in ~mailman/qfiles/out and when I see "0", that's good enough >for me, although I know there may be some stragglers in the MTA mail queues. >But, MM is through with its part. Prior to Mailman 2.1.9, the entry would be removed from the 'out' queue at the start

Re: [Mailman-Users] I sent out a mailing, how can I know it's done or not?

2006-11-25 Thread Jack Stone
I usually look in ~mailman/qfiles/out and when I see "0", that's good enough for me, although I know there may be some stragglers in the MTA mail queues. But, MM is through with its part. Ralf Hildebrandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Stanley Chen : > We have a list running 100,000+ email addre

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman and (really) large lists

2006-11-25 Thread Jack Stone
As one stat, one of my lists of 10,000 is usually completed within 24 mins. I usually drop all filter scans during that time, plus I use 20 separate mail queues (sendmail) so too many don't pile up in a single queue and has to start over delaying send-outs. These 2 things have affected my speed

Re: [Mailman-Users] I sent out a mailing, how can I know it's done or not?

2006-11-25 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Stanley Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > We have a list running 100,000+ email addresses, and we broadcasted a > message. How can we find out if all messages are successfully sent, or > still in queue? If still in queue, how many message left to be sent? Look into the queue of your MTA Usually the "