Joe Espinoza wrote: >Regarding an earlier question on changing the headers; > >I guess something similar can be achieved by; > >- Changing the name of the list, to something less obvious > >- Enabling the 'Moderated' option for all users by default, so that >way anyone that attempts to post to the list...will not be able to. It >will sit in queue instead and wait for me to release it > >Does this sound ok? Is there a better way to achieve something like >this? What are your thoughts?
It seems you want an "announcement" list. In that case, moderating everyone is the way to go. See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.011.htp for more info. >Also, can I easily "change the name of the list" from the Mailman UI >or do I have to >create a new one? No. You can't change the name of a list from the Mailman web UI. If you have sufficient access to the Mailman installation, you can change the name of a list as follows. Note that I've never actually done this, so there may be gotchas somewhere that I haven't thought of. Change the name of the lists/listname directory. Change the real_name attribute on the list's General options page to match the new neme except perhaps for case. Change the name of the archives/private/listname directory. Change the name of the archives/private/listname.mbox directory. Change the name of the archives/private/listname.mbox/listname.mbox file. If there are public archives change the name and target of the archives/public/listname symlink. Rebuild the archives with bin/arch. It might be easer to create a new list. >One more thing, since I'm still a big n00be on email related stuff; > >What are the advantages of setting up a mailing list such as this, >instead of copying and pasting tons of email addresses in the 'bcc' >field? > >I've noticed that when I have done the 'copy & paste' method, I get >delivery failures/bounce messages, because I'm sending to way too many >recipients. Is this one way how a mailing list provides a greater >advantage? Just sending to one email address instead of many? Again, it seems you're thinking of an "announcement" list since a Bcc list doesn't work for a discussion list and a Cc list has privacy concerns. A big advantage of a mail list manager vs. a Bcc list is the one you note. A properly installed and configured mail list manager interacts with its MTA in a way that insures that the mail will be sent to all list members even if this is thousands or tens of thousands of recipients. A Bcc list is subject to whatever limitation you might encounter in the number of recipients that can be specified for a single SMTP transaction. The Bcc is also cumbersome to manage and error prone. Also, the mail list manager can provide other services such as subscription management, automated bounce processing, etc. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
