Unlike many other mail list managers, Mailman includes built-in
bounce handlers to help the list manager deal with address that have
delivery problems. If you run large lists with dynamic membership then
these settings may save you a lot of time in helping to weed out
addresses that go bad.
| Value |
Description |
| Try to figure out error messages automatically?
|
Tells Mailman whether or not to bother you with bounce
messages. Mailman does a pretty good job of figuring out error messages
generated with RFC-compliant mail agents. On large lists with a large number
of subscribers coming and going, this feature will save you a lot of reading
from MAILER-DAEMON. |
| Minimum number of days an address has been
non-fatally bad before we take action. |
In the even that there is a problem reaching a host
or domain, this setting tells Mailman how long to hold onto the delivery
error messages before taking action. In practice, this is a good way of
preventing persons from getting bounced just because their network is flaky
and not reliably reachable. |
| Minimum number of posts to the list since members
first bounce before we consider removing them from the list. |
This amounts to telling Mailman how many times to try
someone before giving up. |
| Maximum number of messages your list gets in
an hour. |
Mailman uses this guesstimate to help figure out some
of the characteristics of the bounce notifications that it receives. Give
this setting your best shot. |
| Action when critical or excessive bounces are
detected. |
This setting tells Mailman what to do when one of the
above conditions are met, or when a "fatal" error is recorded
attempting to deliver to an address.
Do nothing: Mailman will keep attempting to deliver to the address despite
the futility of the effort -- this setting in effect disable automatic bounce
handling.
Disable and notify: Mailman set the problem account to "nomail"
status and notifies you of the problem.
Disable and DON'T notify: sets problem account to "nomail" status
but doesn't bother you with the details.
Remove and notify me: removes the problem account from the list and sends
a note to the list manager. |
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