On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 01:24:36PM -0400, James Ralston wrote: > <snip> > The primary issue we are encountering is that the vast majority of our > lists (even the ones with hundreds of subscribers) are > announcement-type lists, not discussion-type lists. The list owners > are using the lists to reach coworkers, specific customers, course > attendees, etc. The list admins know exactly which addresses are on > their lists, because they've added them all themselves. > <snip> > > The issue is that people in this situation *want* to see the > individual bounces, and they want to see them *immediately*, because > the bounces contain important information that they might need to act > upon. <snip> > > The more I think about this, the more I think that silently discarding > bounces is an error. While some bounces are irrelevant (e.g. vacation > messages), in the majority of cases, bounces are information that some > entity should act upon. There should be two (and only two) options: > > 1. Mailman processes all bounces. > 2. All bounces are forwarded to the list administrator(s). <snip> > > Thoughts?
The way Mailman is being used at your site is very similar to what we at the Tilburg University are doing (and, I bets, _lots_ of other big sites). What you're proposing seems to be what we need (we've been lucky thus far: I haven't had a raging VIP at my desk (yet!)) . Very likely, there are more interested sites. Thanks, Bye, Joost -- Joost van Baal http://abramowitz.uvt.nl/ Tilburg University [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Netherlands
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