[kwlug-disc] Mailing list question(s)

[Paul Nijjar]

One other bug: if people send HTML mail then Mailman will NOT show the
footer! So you cannot depend upon this as your "unsubscribe"
mechanism. 

- Paul

On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 08:47:11PM -0400, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> 
> As Doug suggested, you have to run through some hoops for Yahoo.
> 
> privacy options -> sender filters -> dmarc_moderation_action
> Set to: Munge From
> 
> I think that is sufficient to allow Yahoo addresses (like mine!) through. 
> 
> Yes, I set the footers manually:
> In Non-digest options -> msg footer, I set:
> 
> --
> %(real_name)s mailing list
> To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-leave@%(host_name)s
> with the subject "unsubscribe", or email
> %(real_name)s-owner@%(host_name)s to contact a human being.
> 
> 
> I also have some settings to try and increase privacy:
> 
> General Options
> - reply_goes_to_list : this list
> - max_days_to_hold: 30
> - admin_member_chunksize: 500 (or higher)
> 
> Privacy Options
> - private_roster: list members
> 
> Privacy Options -> Sender Filters
> - generic_nonmember_action: reject (or discard)
> - nonmenber_rejection_notice : Set some text?
> 
> 
> Also, Mark Steffen and I discovered a bad attack on Mailman: spammers will subscribe their targets to the mailing list in the hopes that those targets will get flooded with spam. Here was the fix: 
> 
> ther people have the same issue
> https://www.ralfj.de/blog/2018/06/02/mailman-subscription-spam.html
> - Set SUBSCRIBE_FORM_SECRET in the subscription form
> - Set SUBSCRIBE_FORM_MIN_TIME . Default is 5 seconds.
> 
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> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 02:31:54PM -0700, Ronald Barnes wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm setting up mailing lists for bclug.ca (lists.bclug.ca) and am having
> > issues with sending email to Yahoo accounts.
> > 
> > 
> > Does anyone (Paul?) have any tips?
> > 
> > 
> > As far as I can tell, I have TLS, SPF, DKIM, and, DMARC (mostly) correctly
> > configured, as well as an rDNS PTR.
> > 
> > 
> > Any general thoughts on running mailing lists (& LUGs) welcome.
> > 
> > 
> > i.e. The list info & unsubscribe footer: does that come from a template
> > modification?
> > 
> > 
> > https://lists.bclug.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce
> > https://lists.bclug.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you!
> > 
> > rb
> > 
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