[Mailman-Users] sending mail to members in batches

[Mark Sapiro]

Darryl Hamilton wrote:
>
>I'm wondering if there is a setting in mailman to send mail out to
>members of a list in batches - for example send 100, wait 30 seconds,
>send to the next 100, wait 30 seconds, and so on.
>
>The problem is we've got a list with 1000+ members, but there is a
>per-hour outgoing mail limit of 600 (and we'd rather not change it).


Well I don't think this will solve your problem, because it doesn't
address the delay between transactions, but the maximum number of
recipients per SMTP session is set in Defaults.py with

SMTP_MAX_RCPTS = 500

and can be changed in mm_cfg.py


>This is a cPanel install (and from what I've heard, they distribute a
>custom version of mailman), but they don't have any settings I can
>change. I've seen the Exim tweaks and will be looking at implementing
>them, but I'm not sure if it'll be enough.
>
>I've had a look through all of the archives, and googled until my
>fingers bled (ok, not really), and the only thing I've found was a
>reference to what I think is another customised version of mailman or
>something completely different (it mentioned settings that I can't find
>anywhere).
>
>Any help appreciated, and if this is in an FAQ somewhere, then I do
>apologise.

Well, what is in the FAQ

>Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py

is article 6.11 that suggests places other than this list to go for
help with cPanel installations. This list generally can't offer much
help. In fact, wrt my response above, I don't even know if mm_cfg.py
makes sense in a cPanel installation.

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