Re: Listmail disappearing: bad spam filters?

I know I'm sooooo going to regret this, but, there is a setting (you can do it
per list also) that I've just added to the default ones:

configset DEFAULT inform <<ENDAAB
connect | fail | inform
reject | succeed | inform
tokenbounce | succeed | inform
subscribe | succeed | inform
unsubscribe | succeed | inform
post | fail | inform
ENDAAB

Any post that fails will now (or is supposed to) generate a message informing
*why* it failed ...

This goes to the list owner, so most of it will hit my mailbox, but if you want
to disable it, just modify inform for your particular lists to turn it off ...

And yes, if I'm reading right, if you get rid of any of those lines, it
defaults to no-inform, so, for instance, tired of getting subscribe/unsubscribe
requests?  remove those lines ...


--On Tuesday, October 17, 2006 09:14:56 -0700 Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
wrote:

> All,
>
> HEY!  This is the second time I've brought up list mail mysteriously
> vanishing, and it's like my reports of the problem are vanishing too.  Can I
> *please* have some attention from someone with access to the mail servers?
>
>> I moderate three of the main PostgreSQL lists.  For the last month or so,
>> we've been having chronic issues with e-mails from certain users getting
>> blocked.  That is, they don't show up in the moderation queue.  They may
>> show up in the spam trap, but it's hard for me to tell: Maia does NOT
>> provide a search interface, so I can't find them amount the 500+ e-mails in
>> the trap.
>>
>> Blocked e-mails include even ones from regular PostgreSQL contributors like
>> Gevik.
>>
>> Can someone please help troubleshoot this?   People's mails are not getting
>> through to the list, and they're getting very frustrated.
>>
>> Below is one such blocked user.   He's tried to send this post multiple
>> times since he subscribed.
>>
>> --Josh Berkus
>>
>> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>>
>> Subject: Postgres v MySQL 5.0
>> Date: Monday 16 October 2006 09:33
>> From: "Duncan Garland" <duncan.garland@ntlworld.com>
>> To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
>> Cc: "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>
>>
>> How do you position Postgres against MySQL 5.0?
>>
>> MySQL is more popular but I've always regarded it as a bit lightweight. I'm
>> told that this is no longer the case with 5.0. Why choose Postgres over
>> MySQL 5.0?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
> Josh Berkus
> PostgreSQL @ Sun
> San Francisco



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