[Mailman-Users] Rejection Message

2007-11-04 Thread Martin Dennett
When posting to a list, if I reply to a reply to a reply, I get a rejection from the server saying The message's content type was not explicitly allowed - but prior to this, the messages get accepted. Any ideas what may be causing this, and what the admin can do (no command line access) to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Rejection Message

2007-11-04 Thread Martin Dennett
Mark Thanks as ever. The incoming mail was (appeared to be) in plain text, so I've made an amendment in Thunderbird's settings to reply in plain text. I'll see what happens next time I try to reply as previous. Rgds MD Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: When posting to a list

Re: [Mailman-Users] Rejection Message

2007-11-04 Thread Martin Dennett
And just to throw a bit more fuel on the fire, my reply to Mark bounced as Reason: spam source blocked :-) Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: When posting to a list, if I reply to a reply to a reply, I get a rejection from the server saying The message's content type

Re: [Mailman-Users] Topics and senders

2007-04-15 Thread Martin Dennett
Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: Mark Sapiro wrote: What Mailman version is this, and is it a package or a source install? I've only actually tested this on 2.1.5, but I see nothing in the code in other versions that would affect it. It's version 2.1.9.cp2

Re: [Mailman-Users] Topics and senders

2007-04-04 Thread Martin Dennett
Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: Mark Sapiro wrote: Check Mailman's smtp and smtp-failure logs to see how many recipients Mailman sent to and if there were any failures at the smtp level. Also check the bounce log for bounces and the MTA logs. Out of my reach

Re: [Mailman-Users] Topics and senders

2007-04-04 Thread Martin Dennett
Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: Mark Sapiro wrote: If you enable delivery for these test members, do they receive either ordinary or urgent posts? Yep - both types. Just tried them out now. What Mailman version is this, and is it a package or a source

Re: [Mailman-Users] Topics and senders

2007-04-03 Thread Martin Dennett
Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: I have a test list, and tried this out. I subscribed a couple of extra accounts of mine to the list, and set them to No Mail (disabled by administrator). Sending a mail to the list with the Urgent: password header worked for my normal account

Re: [Mailman-Users] Topics and senders

2007-04-03 Thread Martin Dennett
Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: No, definitely not. As explained above, this account I'm sending from now received the message OK. I amended the settings for this account to digest only and the mail got through as a regular mail, as you explained, so I'm at a loss

[Mailman-Users] Topics and senders

2007-04-02 Thread Martin Dennett
Hi I have a topic set up which I use to be able to send to ALL members of the list, even if they choose to read on the web only (similar to the Yahoo Special Notices feature). However, if anyone replies to a mail that follows the rule, all members subscribed to the topic also receive those

Re: [Mailman-Users] Topics and senders

2007-04-02 Thread Martin Dennett
that the password doesn't appear ;-). Don't want my more savvy members checking things out and discovering what they shouldn't ;-) Rgds MD Mark Sapiro wrote: Brad Knowles wrote: At 8:10 AM +0100 4/2/07, Martin Dennett wrote: Is there anyway I can amend the topic so that only

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman-Users Digest, Vol 35, Issue 26

2007-01-16 Thread Martin Dennett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Filter based on message text From: Mark Sapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:53:49 -0800 To: Martin Dennett [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mailman Users mailman-users@python.org To: Martin Dennett [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mailman

Re: [Mailman-Users] Filter based on message text

2007-01-16 Thread Martin Dennett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Filter based on message text From: Mark Sapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:53:49 -0800 To: Martin Dennett [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mailman Users mailman-users@python.org To: Martin Dennett [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mailman

[Mailman-Users] Filter based on message text

2007-01-15 Thread Martin Dennett
Hi Just wondering if it's possible (via spam filters?) to take action on a mail depending on text found in the body of an email? Had a quick check of the FAQ's and didn't see anything that looked applicable. I don't have command line access Rgds MD

Re: [Mailman-Users] AOL Rant

2006-11-16 Thread Martin Dennett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: [Mailman-Users] AOL Rant From: Raquel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:03:03 -0800 To: Mailman-Users@python.org To: Mailman-Users@python.org I've been hosting a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Banning members

2006-11-11 Thread Martin Dennett
Having added [EMAIL PROTECTED] to the List of addresses which are banned from membership in this mailing list., I've still got 3 debora addresses to approve. Do you have any ideas? MD -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org

Re: [Mailman-Users] Banning members

2006-11-11 Thread Martin Dennett
Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: Having added [EMAIL PROTECTED] to the List of addresses which are banned from membership in this mailing list., I've still got 3 debora addresses to approve. Do you have any ideas? Your RE is missing a dot. It says 'debor

[Mailman-Users] Banning members

2006-11-10 Thread Martin Dennett
I'm aware of the Mailman syntax for banning domains, but I'd like to ban members now whose email address *starts* with a given string! I've had a lot of requests lately from debora to join my list, always followed by something else before the @ and at various domains. I tried following the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Banning members

2006-11-10 Thread Martin Dennett
Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: I'm aware of the Mailman syntax for banning domains, but I'd like to ban members now whose email address *starts* with a given string! I've had a lot of requests lately from debora to join my list, always followed by something else before

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mails not writing to archive immediately

2006-10-27 Thread Martin Dennett
Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: I've just been mailed by one of my users to say that the archive for my list is not up to date. Having just checked prior to sending this, I found that by clicking on the Date link for this month, the last message written to it is nearly a week

[Mailman-Users] Mails not writing to archive immediately

2006-10-26 Thread Martin Dennett
I've just been mailed by one of my users to say that the archive for my list is not up to date. Having just checked prior to sending this, I found that by clicking on the Date link for this month, the last message written to it is nearly a week old. Downloading the Gzip'd text file (which

Re: [Mailman-Users] Another puzzler

2006-10-06 Thread Martin Dennett
Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: Brad Knowles wrote: At 7:23 AM +0100 10/4/06, Martin Dennett wrote: There is no other information in the bounce message, so how do I find out who the message is really trying to be delivered to? This kind of problem

Re: [Mailman-Users] Approving mails

2006-10-04 Thread Martin Dennett
Mark Sapiro wrote: Mark Sapiro wrote: You can still do it, but your Approved: line must be in a message sent to the listname-request and with the subject of the sub-part message, i.e. confirm 40 digit hex token (perhaps preceded by Re :, but not by Re : . I think I fumble

[Mailman-Users] Another puzzler

2006-10-04 Thread Martin Dennett
This one has me completely baffled. Whenever a mail is hitting one of my lists, I'm getting an undeliverable bounce message. The message comes from [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the body of the mail states: The message that you sent was undeliverable to the following: bhaggett (UNUSED)

Re: [Mailman-Users] Another puzzler

2006-10-04 Thread Martin Dennett
Brad Knowles wrote: At 7:23 AM +0100 10/4/06, Martin Dennett wrote: There is no other information in the bounce message, so how do I find out who the message is really trying to be delivered to? This kind of problem is what VERP was designed to make much easier to detect. Check

[Mailman-Users] Approving mails

2006-10-03 Thread Martin Dennett
Hi I've checked the FAQ's and can't see (probably because wood and trees springs to mind) how to approve mails without having to go to the web to do it. The message I get telling me there's a mail awaiting approval states: If you reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header intact,

[Mailman-Users] Daft question time

2006-09-23 Thread Martin Dennett (Gmail)
I've had mails from a number of ex-users of saying that they're told they're no longer members when they try to post (they're not!) but that they can still see the archives. Is it just a case of setting the Is archive file source for public or private archival? on the Archiving Options page to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Daft question time

2006-09-23 Thread Martin Dennett (Gmail)
Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett wrote: I've had mails from a number of ex-users of saying that they're told they're no longer members when they try to post (they're not!) but that they can still see the archives. Is it just a case of setting the Is archive file source for public

[Mailman-Users] Running Mailman software

2006-08-10 Thread Martin Dennett (Gmail)
possibility), I'd need *real* dummy instructions on how to go about this. Comments please. Rgds Martin Dennett -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http

[Mailman-Users] Blocking entire domains

2006-07-08 Thread Martin Dennett (Gmail)
Probably in common with most list admins, I get lots of requests to join from spam addresses. A lot of these seem to be from the same domain name for example [EMAIL PROTECTED] How do I add an entry into the banned members list which would stop all 123abc.com members joining - in such a way

Re: [Mailman-Users] Blocking entire domains

2006-07-08 Thread Martin Dennett (Gmail)
Patrick Bogen wrote: On 7/8/06, Martin Dennett (Gmail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for example [EMAIL PROTECTED] How do I add an entry into the banned members list which would stop all 123abc.com members joining - in such a way that I would never see the request and therefore have to action

Re: [Mailman-Users] Blocking entire domains

2006-07-08 Thread Martin Dennett (Gmail)
Patrick Bogen wrote: On 7/8/06, Martin Dennett (Gmail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for example [EMAIL PROTECTED] How do I add an entry into the banned members list which would stop all 123abc.com members joining - in such a way that I would never see the request and therefore have to action

Re: [Mailman-Users] Blocking entire domains

2006-07-08 Thread Martin Dennett (Gmail)
Mark Sapiro wrote: Martin Dennett (Gmail) wrote: Would that also be applicable to, for example, addresses after the @ where more than one option exists? I'm thinking of ms*.hinet.net - I've got a lot of banned members where the * is a number, and I don't fancy having to block ms1

[Mailman-Users] [Fwd: Mailman User options page]

2006-06-16 Thread Martin Dennett
closing the browser window, but most of the users of my list wouldn't think of that ;-) Rgds Martin Dennett -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http

Re: [Mailman-Users] AOL Whitelist

2005-09-22 Thread Martin Dennett
Jon Harris wrote: Hi List After about a year of trying, I think I have finally got AOL to whitelist my (subscription only!) mailing list :-( http://postmaster.aol.com/cgi-bin/whitelist.pl (if anyone is interested) In the mailing list I have around 1500 members with aol addresses with their

[Mailman-Users] Trouble posting to a list

2005-04-21 Thread Martin Dennett
Martin Dennett -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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

[Mailman-Users] Membership lists

2005-03-28 Thread Martin Dennett
to the topic that I've set up specificially to be able to contact them all. Is there a way to force everybody to subscribe to a topic when they first join the list, as this could save a lot of time in the future? Regards Martin Dennett

Re: [Mailman-Users] AOL Issues

2005-03-23 Thread Martin Dennett
Dave Dewey wrote: Quoting Heather Madrone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): This has been happening on and off for some time. There's no good way to tell which address is reporting the list as spam (AOL certainly won't tell you), so it cannot be easily removed. Actually there is. If you use VERP and

[Mailman-Users] Help with Topics

2005-03-16 Thread Martin Dennett
Hi All I'm new to this, so go easy on me! I've searched the archives and not found what I'm looking for, so maybe somebody out there can explain it in terms so that I can understand ;-) Having just moved a list over from Yahoo, I'd like to be able to still reach users who are set to No Email.