From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 15 00:31:13 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAFF616A4CE for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:31:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from a2.scoop.co.nz (aurora.scoop.co.nz [203.96.152.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D01ED43D41 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:31:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a2.scoop.co.nz (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j0F0V4pb065387; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:31:04 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from andrew@scoop.co.nz) Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:31:04 +1300 (NZDT) From: Andrew McNaughton To: Charles Swiger In-Reply-To: <4B078DEB-664F-11D9-97FA-003065ABFD92@mac.com> Message-ID: <20050115132706.W9021@a2.scoop.co.nz> References: <20050114131102.GA95157@totem.fix.no> <4B078DEB-664F-11D9-97FA-003065ABFD92@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (a2.scoop.co.nz [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:31:05 +1300 (NZDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/643/Sun Dec 26 11:47:31 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j on a2.scoop.co.nz X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: FreeBSD-ISP List cc: Anders Nordby Subject: Re: Tools to wash email-lists for bouncing addresses X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:31:14 -0000 On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Charles Swiger wrote: > On Jan 14, 2005, at 8:11 AM, Anders Nordby wrote: >> I have some mail lists with a lot of bouncing addresses that has been >> ignored for too long. How can I automatically wash them? I'd like to >> have a list of addresses to remove based on bounced mails, and that have >> been bouncing for a certain period or number of times. Preferably >> without sending probes, but if I have to I might consider that too. What >> are you guys doing to handle such issues? Is there any tools you would >> recommend? > > Use Mailman for your mailing list software; Mailman is smart enough to > understand bounces from list traffic and disable or remove old addresses. > The FreeBSD lists are using Mailman now... That works OK for simple mailing lists. I've got distribution lists where people can select the material they want based on word filters and the like, so every posting goes to a different set of people. I've been wondering if it would be possible to use parts of mailman for handling bounces and the like which are currently a major problem. Has anyone tried something like this? Any suggestions? Andrew McNaughton -- The United States is committed to the worldwide elimination of torture and we are leading this fight by example." - George Bush, 26 June 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew McNaughton Living in a shack in Tasmania andrew@scoop.co.nz Between the bush and the sea Mobile: +61 422 753 792 http://staff.scoop.co.nz/andrew/cv.doc http://www.scoop.co.nz/