Re: [Mailman-Users] Difficulties with mailman 2.1.5

2006-11-19 Thread John A. Martin
>>>>> "Brad" == Brad Knowles >>>>> "Re: [Mailman-Users] Difficulties with mailman 2.1.5" >>>>> Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:52:50 -0600 Brad> What really needs to happen is the Debian guys need to get Brad> 2.1.9 and &q

Re: [Mailman-Users] Difficulties with mailman 2.1.5

2006-11-19 Thread Brad Knowles
At 8:20 AM -0500 11/18/06, Alan McConnell wrote: > Now here is an "ignoramus" question, from one who knoweth not Python: > If mailman is "powered by Python", why is not an upgrade from mailman > 2.1.5 to, say, 2.1.9, accomplished by simply grabbin the new python > scripts(hey, they are simply

Re: [Mailman-Users] Difficulties with mailman 2.1.5

2006-11-18 Thread Mark Sapiro
Alan McConnell wrote: > >Now here is an "ignoramus" question, from one who knoweth not Python: >If mailman is "powered by Python", why is not an upgrade from mailman >2.1.5 to, say, 2.1.9, accomplished by simply grabbin the new python >scripts(hey, they are simply text files, right?) and dropping t

Re: [Mailman-Users] Difficulties with mailman 2.1.5

2006-11-18 Thread Alan McConnell
First of all, thanks to Stephen and Brad for their illuminating and informative replies! On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 10:04:43PM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > Brad Knowles writes: > . . . . . > That seems likely, as the current stable version of Debian ("sarge") > is distributed with 2

Re: [Mailman-Users] Difficulties with mailman 2.1.5

2006-11-18 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Brad Knowles writes: > >> One thing that would help is if your ISP was running the latest > >> version of Mailman -- we're now on version 2.1.9. There have been a > At 3:10 PM -0500 11/17/06, Alan McConnell wrote: > >Yes. My question, addressed to you, or to any Debian > >expert

Re: [Mailman-Users] Difficulties with mailman 2.1.5

2006-11-17 Thread Brad Knowles
At 3:10 PM -0500 11/17/06, Alan McConnell wrote: > Hi, Brad, I've been silent, uncourteously not thanking you > for your helpful message, because I wanted to act on > your suggestions before replying. Not a problem. I appreciate your attention to detail. > I have been in touch with the tec

Re: [Mailman-Users] Difficulties with mailman 2.1.5

2006-11-17 Thread Alan McConnell
Hi, Brad, I've been silent, uncourteously not thanking you for your helpful message, because I wanted to act on your suggestions before replying. I have been in touch with the tech staff at PatriotNet(to whom I'm cc-ing this, and they have responded that they are running Debian, with its well-kn

Re: [Mailman-Users] Difficulties with mailman 2.1.5

2006-11-12 Thread Mark Sapiro
Brad Knowles wrote: >At 3:47 PM -0500 11/11/06, Alan McConnell wrote: Brad has covered this pretty well, but here's a bit more. >> 1. It often takes two or more repetitions to log on to the >> administrative page. I am always careful about typing my >> password. > >On first blush, this

Re: [Mailman-Users] Difficulties with mailman 2.1.5

2006-11-11 Thread Brad Knowles
At 3:47 PM -0500 11/11/06, Alan McConnell wrote: > 1. It often takes two or more repetitions to log on to the > administrative page. I am always careful about typing my > password. On first blush, this sounds a lot like the problem discussed in FAQ 4.65 at

[Mailman-Users] Difficulties with mailman 2.1.5

2006-11-11 Thread Alan McConnell
I am the administrator of an E-list run by mailman at my ISP, PatriotNet, and as admin I'm experiencing difficulties. (PatriotNet has installed v 2.1.5) These difficulties are, in ascending order of importance: 1. It often takes two or more repetitions to log on to the administrative page. I a