Webmaster PF writes: > 1. How to filter out Out of Office replies to the list.
This is almost impossible to do genericly, because the presence of an autoreply to the list indicates that that member is using stupid software (it's very easy to detect a standard mailing list post because it contains a List-Id field in the header, and a good autoreply program won't reply in that case). That in turn means it could say almost anything, and won't conform to any standard format. You probably do know what format these members use, but Mailman currently (2.1.x) doesn't provide ways to filter on message body content. You probably will get better performance from using an external filter (eg, your spam-checker) to remove these posts, as well. > 2. Is there a way to prevent duplicate postings when people cross post? No. This cannot be done reliably because Mailman does not have a central database of users, so it would need a (very expensive) scan of list memberships to check whether the current addressee is a member of other lists. Unless your members are in the habit of attaching "video minutes" of hour-long meetings, it's more efficient to use a received messages database on the user end, anyway. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 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://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
