Dear List Members,
I would like to know how to put just one person on moderated status.
I will need to know what directory to create and what commands to write in
what files.
IOW, I don't know much!
But, this one person is going to ruin the whole list if I don't put her on
moderated status. If I just boot her off the list she will just come back
under any of a thousand different email address (she has AOL so that would
be easy).
I really do appreciate any help that might be offered. We have smartlist
version 3.4 (I think?).
Thank you!
Cindy
Dear List Members,
ok, here goes, laying my neck on the chopping block....
I wrote yesterday about wanting to know how to put one person on moderated
status.
Reading all the information and printing manuals and stuff for days has
taught me a great deal, but not solved my problem.
I have considered making the whole list moderated (a little more work, but
more necessary at this time to contain this problem). I have figured out
what all I need to do to make it moderated. However, I have not found in
any location the several sets of FAQs and instructions on how to retrieve
the messages that need to be approved and the process to approve or reject
them. All the instructions I have found assume you know how to do this and
go from there.
So, once I make the list moderated, how do I do this basic function?
Thank you!
Cindy
I am a webmaster who is running smartlist on a Red Hat web server. I haven't
figured out how to stop everyone on a list from being able to post to it.
One client would like to be the only one posting to the list. I would
appreciate any light that can be given to my problem. Also, I wonder if
there is some kind of how-to out there that would help me with general
questions about Smartlist. Thank-You
Mark
Steve Bankowitz <Steven.Bankowitz(a)webnoize.com> wrote:
> There is a *small* flowchart in Chapter 11 ``Administering Smartlist''
> in the book _Managing Mailing Lists_ by the O'Reilly people.
Wow, lived with Smartlist for 5 years never know that is a BOOK! ;-)
I was tracing -request function among the code blocks (rc.local
as well as those in ../.bin) and could not figure out some of the
behaviors. I'll take a look.
Thanks!
Zhiliang
Well, I found out the reason (to reply to myself and to put it
as a record) -- the list dist file was missing the line:
"(Only addresses below this line can be automatically removed)"
Line added and "problem" solved. Thanks to whoever attempted to
put any thoughts on this (there was no replies; perhaps too hard ;-)
BTW, does anyone have a flow chart made for Smartlist? :)
Have a nice weekend!
Zhiliang
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Zhiliang Hu wrote:
> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:13:52 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Zhiliang Hu <hu(a)genome.ansci.iastate.edu>
> To: smartlist(a)Lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE
> Subject: unsub difficulties
>
>
> I am working on a list that users have difficulties to unsub.
> The relevant rc.custom configuration is as follows:
>
> match_threshold = 30730
> medium_threshold = 28672
> loose_threshold = 24476
>
> auto_off_threshold = $medium_threshold
> off_threshold = $loose_threshold
>
> auto_unsubscribe = yes
> unsub_assist = 3
>
> However, the list ALWAYS replies to an unsub request as saying
> "You have not been removed, I couldn't find your name on the list"
> ALTHOUGH the multigram matches returned shows the exact email
> address. Specific unsub request as instructed by the list:
> "unsubscribe real@address" (address given by the SmartList) got
> the same results.
>
> Anywhere else obvious that I have missed to look at?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Zhiliang
>
> PS: I have another list, with the same version (v3.11pre7) that
> works fine in this regards. I tried to get related settings
> identical but I must have missed some point ...
>
>
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>
I am working on a list that users have difficulties to unsub.
The relevant rc.custom configuration is as follows:
match_threshold = 30730
medium_threshold = 28672
loose_threshold = 24476
auto_off_threshold = $medium_threshold
off_threshold = $loose_threshold
auto_unsubscribe = yes
unsub_assist = 3
However, the list ALWAYS replies to an unsub request as saying
"You have not been removed, I couldn't find your name on the list"
ALTHOUGH the multigram matches returned shows the exact email
address. Specific unsub request as instructed by the list:
"unsubscribe real@address" (address given by the SmartList) got
the same results.
Anywhere else obvious that I have missed to look at?
Thanks!
Zhiliang
PS: I have another list, with the same version (v3.11pre7) that
works fine in this regards. I tried to get related settings
identical but I must have missed some point ...
We have a weekly newsletter that is sent to about 700,000 readers.
Although we have set the `maxnames' parameter in rc.init to 100,
choplist is dividing the list into batches of about 5,000 addresses
each. So far, I have been unable to extract the inner truth of
choplist from multigram.c. Has anyone else seen this bug, and if
so, have you had any success resolving it?
--
Regards,
Tim Pierce
RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator
and Chief Hacking Officer
Hi Group,
Since I know a lot of you are getting tired of supporting software for Free
because some web host added a free listserver package without offering any support
(or even a support staff who knows the name of the listserver sw they offer).
I have a client who needs a couple of custom things done. Roger Burton West
was kind enough to answer my question from a few weeks back and offer me some
offline support but I simply do not have the time to learn all the procmail
hackery necessary to do what this client wants.
I would like to hire an expert who can customize our Smartlist config to do
several things:
1. He wants to get rid of the default message that Smartlist sends when it cannot
find a subscriber.
2. He would like to receive a delivery confirmation basically telling him:
your message was delivered to the X number of recipients of the X list on X
date at X time.
3. (related to #1) Is to show the persons email address at the top or bottom
of each newsletter sent out (in a kind of X:member of list configuration that
he has seen in NT listserver sw he uses for another website).
4. Some other custom changes he has in mind.
Please reply to me either privately or post to this list and I will get back
to you.
Thanks,
Marc Goldman
