On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 21:45:00 +0100, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> I have just made 2 changes to the list configurations on exim.org:-
>
> 1. Monthly list reminders have been switched off.
> It has been a long time since these were considered best
> practice, and routinely sending out clear text passwords
> is not sensible.
Thank you! I hate these annoying mails every month...
>
> 2. VERP has been set on all the lists. This will make the
> handling of non-delivery notifications much more effective.
> If you filter lists based on the envelope sender address then
> this may break your filtering. The message headers should not
> change.
>
> VERP handling will increase the load on the exim.org machines, but
> the reduced throughput on the list in recent years makes this less
> of an issue.
Is VERP really such a big issue? I thought it's a lot cheaper if you let
exim do it, rather than mailman?
Moritz