Re: [exim] [exim-announce] Exim list changes

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Auteur: Moritz Wilhelmy
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Aan: exim-users
Onderwerp: Re: [exim] [exim-announce] Exim list changes
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