On Friday 27 Sep 2002 12:02 pm, Fred Showker wrote: > Greetings > > QUESTIONS FOR MAILMAN > > #1 Sudden deluge of SPAM hitting the list > > Under the "Security" section of the ADMIN it says: > > "... See "forbidden" > > However I cannot find "forbidden" anywhere on any of the > help pages or any of the other pages. Also searched the > documentation and the word doesn't occur there either. > > Will those 'frequent' spammers be blocked if I add their > domains to the block screen? > > How do I block them without getting a notice? > > Hold posts with header value matching a specified regexp. > Allows you to filter out known addresses or domains that > function primarily as spam providers. > > I do not want to "HOLD" those posts, I want them blocked and > deleted without being notified. > > #2 Sudden deluge of "bounces" or "undeliverables" > > The list has been operating fine for months using this set > of subscribers. Suddenly, yesterday, I get 160 "undeliverables" > from known good addresses. Some of them also actually got > posted. Today I get 7 more pages of bounces.
The beta version of Mailman is much more prowerfull I would upgrade. I have had no problems with it so far. > > #3 Bouncing Non-Subscribers > > I would rather "DISCARD" and delete all posts from non-subscribers > and NOT get any notice of any kind. > The option doesn't seem to be available. How do I do that? Again the beat version of Mailman has this > > #4 When are duplicates deleted? > > If I get duplicate addresses, are they deleted immediately? > Dunno that one..... > #5 Remote "Unsubscribe" > > Is there a better way to "UNSUBSCRIBE" people using an email? > > It is rediculously tedious to remove people (who post a "Remove Me" > to the list) by going to the member management page. > If you've got a list of 50,000 subscribers, you have to first > load all the initial page, then try to find the page where the > address is located, then find that person to UNSUBSCRIBE them. > The users send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the commaand unsubscribe [password] [address=<address>] in the body. I am sure this is not just the beta version. Send an email to the smae address with the command help In the body for a list of commands > As a side note: the interface is better than most other listservers > however your comments on the "help" buttons are usually no help. > They usually just repeat what was said on the main page. Many > times they are cryptic, or phrased in such a way that it is > unclear what option to actually pick. > Yes I find this too... John ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
