Mailman configuration changes?

Mailman configuration changes?

Posted by: nes
Posted on: 2007-07-25 12:40:00

Hi, I host a dozen or so mailman discussion lists on Dreamhost, and in the last day or so I've noticed that some of the configuration options have changed - untouched by me.

In particular the "public name of the list" has changed back to, say, "Listname", from the lower case "listname" that I prefer.

But more importantly, the subject line prefix has changed, too. For instance, if I've got a list members@foo.bar, I usually change the prefix to "[Foo Members]" instead of the default "[Members]" which isn't as useful for folks scanning their inboxes and trying to identify/filter list messages. All of a sudden the lists got the prefix changed back to the default, "[Members]".

So, before I go through and change all those back again, I was wondering if anyone else has seen this and identified other configuration parameters that I should check.

Yes, I filed a support incident -- and will post back any info I get from Dreamhost.


Re: Mailman configuration changes?

Posted by: rlparker
Posted on: 2007-07-25 13:06:00

The only list I am currently running at DreamHost has not experienced the changes you describe, but it *does* sound like DH might have changed something on you. I'd be really interested in support's response to your ticket! wink

--rlparker

Re: Mailman configuration changes?

Posted by: nes
Posted on: 2007-07-30 14:13:00

According to support, the affected fields are

acceptable_aliases
archive_private
real_name
subject_prefix

It's not yet clear whether they'll be able to restore the old values or whether I'll need to go through and fix them all.

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