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 text

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 Debian-ize that codebase, and then ship that out Brad to all their customers. Problem

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 experts here is:

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 2.1.5.

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 them into

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

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 tech

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 sounds a

[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

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