October 2000 - Smartlist - lists.rwth-aachen.de

How to put someone on moderated
by Cindy 20 Oct '00

20 Oct '00

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

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moderated lists
by Cindy 20 Oct '00

20 Oct '00

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

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by Speedy＠usa.net 19 Oct '00

19 Oct '00

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How To Customize The List
by Kingdom Media, Inc. 18 Oct '00

18 Oct '00

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

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Re: unsub difficulties
by Zhiliang Hu 13 Oct '00

13 Oct '00

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

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Re: unsub difficulties
by Zhiliang Hu 13 Oct '00

13 Oct '00

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 ... > > > _______________________________________________ > Smartlist mailing list > Smartlist(a)lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE > http://MailMan.RWTH-Aachen.DE/mailman/listinfo/smartlist >

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unsub difficulties
by Zhiliang Hu 11 Oct '00

11 Oct '00

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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can person looking for a smartlist consultant email me
by Paonia Ezrine 10 Oct '00

10 Oct '00

thanks Paonia paonia(a)ainnovations.com

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choplist doesn't pay attention to $maxnames?
by Tim Pierce 10 Oct '00

10 Oct '00

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

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Looking to Hire a Smartlist Expert
by Marc Goldman 10 Oct '00

10 Oct '00

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

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