[Mailman-Users] Question about mailing lists

[Mark Sapiro]

Mark Sapiro wrote:

>Danny Shain wrote:
>>
>>FAQ Entry 1.7. I've set up Mailman, created a list, and added myself to the
>>list, but I don't get any messages!
>>
>>That's my problem.  Maybe it's because I'm using mailman through a third
>>party (Lunarpages webhosting), but I don't see anything about cronjobs or
>>aliases, etc.  But I send emails to the mailing list, the emails show up in
>>the mailing list archives, and yet nobody on the list receives messages.
>
>
>Since you refer to cronjobs and aliases, I assume you have seen FAQ
>4.78 <http://wiki.list.org/x/A4E9>. The problem is most of the things
>that FAQ refers to are not available to you in a hosted environment.


Then again, maybe you haven't as that stuff is also referenced in FAQ
1.7.


>Since the messages are getting archived, a lot is working.
>
>Do the members have delivery enabled and not digest mode? I.e. are the
>"nomail" and "digest" columns unchecked in the Membership List?
>
>Is mail bouncing? I.e. make sure bounce_processing and the
>Notifications are set to Yes on the Bounce processing page. Then click
>on member addresses in the Membership List and make sure there's no
>indication of bouncing near the top of the membership page.
>
>If all the above seems OK, you'll have to get help from the hosting
>service.


Do you get any messages from Mailman? I.e., do new subscribers get the
list welcome message? Did the list owner get the list created message?

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