>> In fact, it is quite easy to argue that with a programmatic interface
>> and access to cron my "spread out the pain" request is better
>> implemented there.
Stephen> "There" being in Mailman itself? Or in cron? (It's not
Stephen> obvious to me whether Mailman could do thi
s...@pobox.com writes:
> Stephen> If Mailman can do it *better* than cron, that would be another
> Stephen> matter. That point is arguable, but my personal preference
> Stephen> would be to provide a generic feature that both cron and other
> Stephen> possible schedulers could
On Apr 05, 2010, at 06:15 AM, s...@pobox.com wrote:
>I haven't followed MM3 discussions closely, but if there is some sort of
>extension capability or programmatic API it might be useful to provide a
>demonstration of how to reproduce the defunct monthly mailing using such an
>interface.
Yes to b
On Apr 04, 2010, at 06:34 PM, David Andrews wrote:
>At 11:25 PM 4/1/2010, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>>David Andrews writes:
>>
>> > Some other list software, I believe, has a feature that sends out a
>> > canned message once a month, such as list rules. I would like to see
>> > this in MM3
>>
Stephen> If Mailman can do it *better* than cron, that would be another
Stephen> matter. That point is arguable, but my personal preference
Stephen> would be to provide a generic feature that both cron and other
Stephen> possible schedulers could take advantage of.
In fact, it is
[ on the topic of the demise of the monthly mailing ]
I haven't followed MM3 discussions closely, but if there is some sort of
extension capability or programmatic API it might be useful to provide a
demonstration of how to reproduce the defunct monthly mailing using such an
interface.
Is MM3 fa
David Andrews writes:
> I disagree, not everyone who runs a list has access to the command
> line, and/or the means or ability to set up a Cron Job, so something
> through the Web UI would be useful!
Of course it would be useful to people who are using platforms that
were designed to make Ma
At 11:25 PM 4/1/2010, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
David Andrews writes:
> Some other list software, I believe, has a feature that sends out a
> canned message once a month, such as list rules. I would like to see
> this in MM3
-1. This is mission creep. A cron job will serve perfectly well
On Apr 02, 2010, at 09:30 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>That's a good point. I think a better way to handle this might be an
>Urgent flag (I guess we can't use Precedence for this, unfortunately,
>list mail should still be bulk in most cases) accompanied by an
>appropriate authentication.
Whic
s...@pobox.com writes:
> I assume the monthly reminder emails have be canned for a reason. They do
> have the nice property of sending something to every subscribed address,
> even those who are set NOMAIL.
That's a good point. I think a better way to handle this might be an
Urgent flag (I g
Stephen> David Andrews writes:
>> Some other list software, I believe, has a feature that sends out a
>> canned message once a month, such as list rules. I would like to see
>> this in MM3
Stephen> -1. This is mission creep. A cron job will serve perfectly
Stephen> well
David Andrews writes:
> Some other list software, I believe, has a feature that sends out a
> canned message once a month, such as list rules. I would like to see
> this in MM3
-1. This is mission creep. A cron job will serve perfectly well.
Something that assists in setting up such cron
At 03:01 PM 4/1/2010, Mark Sapiro wrote:
s...@pobox.com wrote:
>
>At any rate, that solves one problem but creates another, right? In MM3 how
>will you weed out bad email addresses? Again, this may already be accounted
>for somehow. If so, I'd be happy to learn how you do it without attempting
s...@pobox.com wrote:
>
>At any rate, that solves one problem but creates another, right? In MM3 how
>will you weed out bad email addresses? Again, this may already be accounted
>for somehow. If so, I'd be happy to learn how you do it without attempting
>to send email to an address then process
Barry> Or how about we just get rid of them? :)
I wasn't sure what you meant until I saw Mark's reply. I guess I wasn't
listening to the silence between the notes. ;-)
At any rate, that solves one problem but creates another, right? In MM3 how
will you weed out bad email addresses? Again,
s...@pobox.com wrote:
>Perhaps this is on the feature request list already, or better yet, Barry
>borrowed Guido's time machine when I wasn't looking, however...
As barry already noted, there will be no reminders in MM 3.
>I help administer a number of python.org mailing lists. MM sends out
>
On Apr 01, 2010, at 11:59 AM, s...@pobox.com wrote:
>I realize that getting Mailman to grok more rejection notice formats is a
>worthwhile goal, however I think it would also be helpful to spread the pain
>of invalid email addresses more evenly through the month, at least across
>mailing lists but
On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 11:59:05AM -0500, s...@pobox.com wrote:
> Perhaps this is on the feature request list already, or better yet, Barry
> borrowed Guido's time machine when I wasn't looking, however...
>
> I help administer a number of python.org mailing lists. MM sends out
> subscription rem
Perhaps this is on the feature request list already, or better yet, Barry
borrowed Guido's time machine when I wasn't looking, however...
I help administer a number of python.org mailing lists. MM sends out
subscription reminders on the first of each month. This inevitably leads to
a huge number
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