The problem is you cannot disable the VERP bounce probe (ping) even if you disable VERP in the mm_cfg.py
---------------------------------------- MANA TANGATA > -----Original Message----- > From: Fil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 2:15 PM > To: Mailman Developers > Subject: [Mailman-Developers] VERPing: ouch! > > > Hi, > > I think there's a small design flaw with the once-in-a-wile > VERPing scheme. > My biggest list is 180k subscribers, and I've set up Mailman > to VERP once > every 10th message. Well, it happened today that the big list > was hit by its > VERP time, and it's a bit awful - it looks like the list has > taken control > of Mailman, and no other mail can pass through it. > > I think it might be wiser to say "every 10th recipient" is > VERPed at each > sending, than what we have now. Of course, it needs rotating > things, or > randomizing them, so it's not a two-lines of code I guess. > > Meanwhile I'll just have to disable VERP for this list (or > for the whole > server). > > -- Fil > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman-Developers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/somu > chfun%40atlantismail.com > _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org