Re: [Mailman-Users] open list and unsubscription

2008-04-12 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >What functionality would I lose if I just changed the code that processed the >info being delivered to "list-xyz-request"? What if I changed, in /etc/alias, >"|mailman request list-xyz" to a "|my-code.pl list-xyz". What's this my-code.pl stuff? Shouldn't that be my-

Re: [Mailman-Users] can't get "open" list to work

2008-04-12 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Mark Sapiro writes: > If something that looks like a 'request' is sent to the list posting > address, and the General Options administrivia setting is set to Yes, > that message is held for approval as a post, not as a request, so a > human can decide if it is a misdirected request or a valid

Re: [Mailman-Users] open list and unsubscription

2008-04-12 Thread bergenpeak
What functionality would I lose if I just changed the code that processed the info being delivered to "list-xyz-request"? What if I changed, in /etc/alias, "|mailman request list-xyz" to a "|my-code.pl list-xyz". This code would simply determine if this was a subscribe or unsubscribe request,

Re: [Mailman-Users] open list and unsubscription

2008-04-12 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Is there a way to configure mailman so that a user can e-mail unsubscribe to a >list but not need to perform a confirmation (or having to provide their pswd). Only by requiring admin approval for unsubscribes. In that case, the request is held for admin approval and th

[Mailman-Users] open list and unsubscription

2008-04-12 Thread bergenpeak
Is there a way to configure mailman so that a user can e-mail unsubscribe to a list but not need to perform a confirmation (or having to provide their pswd). Thanks -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/ma

Re: [Mailman-Users] Attachments and blank messages

2008-04-12 Thread Mark Sapiro
Sciamano wrote: > >If this may help: to my MUA, the Excite user messages appear as >multipart/mixed, with multipart/alternative content and Plain Text >Documents. For this message, pass_mime_types with 'multipart', 'message/rfc822' and 'text/plain' only will deliver a message to the list which is

Re: [Mailman-Users] Attachments and blank messages

2008-04-12 Thread Sciamano
On 4/12/08, Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Won't this make all > >messages from the Excite user be rejected? > > Not if there is any text/plain part in the message. If the Excite > user's message is multipart/alternative with text/plain and text/html > alternative parts and then a

Re: [Mailman-Users] can't get "open" list to work

2008-04-12 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >All of the tests below where based on a user sending a mail with "subscribe" >to the mail distro [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I instead have the user send the >subscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], they get added to the distro without >confirmation or approver interaction.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Attachments and blank messages

2008-04-12 Thread Mark Sapiro
Sciamano wrote: >On 4/12/08, Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The above will remove everything which is not a text/plain part from >> the delivered messages. > >That's what I'm worried about, considering the fact that Excite >appends HTML automatically to outgoing messages. Won't this

Re: [Mailman-Users] can't get "open" list to work

2008-04-12 Thread bergenpeak
All of the tests below where based on a user sending a mail with "subscribe" to the mail distro [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I instead have the user send the subscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], they get added to the distro without confirmation or approver interaction. Ok, that's the behavior that

Re: [Mailman-Users] Attachments and blank messages

2008-04-12 Thread Sciamano
On 4/12/08, Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems like a problem with the MUAs (mail clients) reading the > message rather than the message. That might be the issue, since I can read the messages correctly using KMail. > Set your content filtering as follows to do what you say you

Re: [Mailman-Users] Attachments and blank messages

2008-04-12 Thread Mark Sapiro
Sciamano wrote: > >Basically, I don't want any attachments except for text files, nor any >HTML messages sent to the list. > >The list seems to work fine for most of the subscribers, except for >two of them, whose messages are creating problems: one who uses his >office email account and whose serv

Re: [Mailman-Users] can't get "open" list to work

2008-04-12 Thread Mark Sapiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I've got a number of mail lists I'd like to run without requiring the user to >performan a confirmation or for the list-admin to approve. I've added to >"mm_cfg.py" the lines: > >DEFAULT_SUBSCRIBE_POLICY = 0 >ALLOW_OPEN_SUBSCRIBE = yes > >and then stopped and restarted

[Mailman-Users] can't get "open" list to work

2008-04-12 Thread bergenpeak
I've got a number of mail lists I'd like to run without requiring the user to performan a confirmation or for the list-admin to approve. I've added to "mm_cfg.py" the lines: DEFAULT_SUBSCRIBE_POLICY = 0 ALLOW_OPEN_SUBSCRIBE = yes and then stopped and restarted mailman. If I send a message wi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman sends only to listadmins

2008-04-12 Thread combie
>> This is your problem. All your list members are receiving digests rather than individual messages, YES! THX a lot! >>And please remove me from the owner list. Done ! -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.o

[Mailman-Users] Attachments and blank messages

2008-04-12 Thread Sciamano
Hello, I'm using Mailman to manage a mailing list, which was previously hosted on yahoogroups. I like it so far, but I'm encountering what I think is a filtering problem. Basically, I don't want any attachments except for text files, nor any HTML messages sent to the list. The list seems to work