Re: [exim] Exim & Mailman

--On 15 November 2007 10:31:54 -0800 "John W. Baxter"
<jwblist3@???> wrote:

> On 11/15/07 3:51 AM, "Ian Eiloart" <iane@???> wrote:
>
>> Then it checks whether generic_nonmember_action is set to "2" - the
>> current value for "reject". NB this isn't future proof, it's hard coded
>> and shouldn't be.
>
> The value 2 is unlikely to change before an upcoming major revision to
> Mailman kills Ian's program anyhow.
>
> Mailman 2.2 is a significant revision, and will among other things
> eliminate the piping of messages into Mailman (substituting LMTP
> delivery, I think, although I dropped off their developer mailing list
> about when that was close to being finalized).

that would be nice - provided that they're actually going to be able to
reject the messages at LMTP time, and not bounce them. I've had this debate
with developers of Mailman and other mailing list managers, and failed to
convince them of the necessity. :(

> Mailman 3 changes nearly
> everything.

I think you have the tense wrong there :) It will change everything.
Probably before the end of the century.

>
> The pickles are going away--I've forgotten whether it is in 2.2 or in 3.0
>
> --John



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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
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