Re: [Mailman-Users] Is there a way to post "silently" to a mailing list?

2014-12-05 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Andrew Stuart writes: > It sounds like there’s no built in way so I’ll probably just modify > the source so that a message to BCC results in a silent post. I find that setting the list to require the list as an explicit addressee is one of the most effective filters for spam that makes it throu

[Mailman-Users] Apache 2.4 and Mailman

2014-12-05 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Lindsay Haisley writes: > Recent Ubuntu server installs of Apache 2.4 need "Require all granted" > in place of, or in addition to "Allow from all" to grant access The old "allow from ..." syntax has been deprecated in favor of the "require ... granted" syntax for quite a while. Recent Apache h

Re: [Mailman-Users] MHonArc Patch for Mailman

2014-12-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
Mark Sapiro wrote: > Just for fun, I applied both the prerequisite modinc-2.1.12-0.1.patch > and the mhonarc-2.1.12-0.1.patch to Mailman 2.1.18-1 OK, it's raining here (hooray!) and a slow day, so I went further and created . This is Richard's

Re: [Mailman-Users] Is there a way to post "silently" to a mailing list?

2014-12-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 12/05/2014 02:45 PM, Andrew Stuart wrote: > > It sounds like there’s no built in way so I’ll probably just modify the > source so that a message to BCC results in a silent post. I’d be interested > to hear if anyone thinks that approach is likely to cause problems. An alternative way would

Re: [Mailman-Users] Is there a way to post "silently" to a mailing list?

2014-12-05 Thread Andrew Stuart
The reason is so list users are able to record additional information (effectively “notes”) against a mail discussion thread, without making the list noisy. Those notes can then be seen in the archive. It sounds like there’s no built in way so I’ll probably just modify the source so that a mess

Re: [Mailman-Users] MHonArc Patch for Mailman

2014-12-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 12/05/2014 01:14 PM, Karl Zander wrote: > > Pipermail seems place the file into separate URL and give it a generic > filename. Maybe I am missing some setting and Pipermail can keep the > message and attachment together? You're probably not overlooking any setting. The pipermail archiver re

Re: [Mailman-Users] MHonArc Patch for Mailman

2014-12-05 Thread Karl Zander
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 22:19:20 -0800 Mark Sapiro wrote: Just for fun, I applied both the prerequisite modinc-2.1.12-0.1.patch and the mhonarc-2.1.12-0.1.patch to Mailman 2.1.18-1 Both patches failed to patch Mailman/Version.py because the 2.1.18-1 DATA_FILE_VERSION is 105 and in 2.1.12 it was

Re: [Mailman-Users] MHonArc Patch for Mailman

2014-12-05 Thread Karl Zander
On Fri, 05 Dec 2014 10:05:58 +0900 "Stephen J. Turnbull" wrote: I doubt that has been updated. Recently, most users seem to prefer the bundled archiver (Pipermail), or 3rd party services. Richard used to be a regular on Mailman channels but I haven't seen him for a while. My main intere

Re: [Mailman-Users] Posting silently

2014-12-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 12/05/2014 07:55 AM, Nelson, Brian wrote: > > I can offer a reason for silent posting. When I originally set up my email > list it was hosted elsewhere without an archive. I have many months to years > of old posts saved that I would love to get into the archive of the current > host...a s

Re: [Mailman-Users] FW: [Eevb-gf] FW: SpikeKey Beach Winter Clinic

2014-12-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 12/05/2014 09:40 AM, Richard Heiles wrote: > > When I send out a mass email to all of the groups some of the > emails go through fine but some end up getting converted to untitled > attachments like the ones here. ... > -Original Message- > From: eevb-gf-boun...@cosmoweb.net [mailto:eev

[Mailman-Users] FW: [Eevb-gf] FW: SpikeKey Beach Winter Clinic

2014-12-05 Thread Richard Heiles
Hi Mark, I use Mailman for emails to 20,000 players who compete in my events. I have the lists broken down into groups based on the region of the country where they live. When I send out a mass email to all of the groups some of the emails go through fine but some end up getting converted to untit

[Mailman-Users] Posting silently

2014-12-05 Thread Nelson, Brian
All, I can offer a reason for silent posting. When I originally set up my email list it was hosted elsewhere without an archive. I have many months to years of old posts saved that I would love to get into the archive of the current host...a silent post would make that really easy. -Brian B

Re: [Mailman-Users] Apache 2.4 and Mailman

2014-12-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 12/05/2014 11:07 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > > I'll consider adding something more generic about allowing access. I have updated the pages at , and

Re: [Mailman-Users] Apache 2.4 and Mailman

2014-12-05 Thread Mark Sapiro
On 12/04/2014 10:40 PM, Lindsay Haisley wrote: > This is a relatively minor thing, but perhaps it should be mentioned in > the Install docs on > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-install/node10.html > > Recent Ubuntu server installs of Apache 2.4 need "Require all granted" > in place of,