broken mailing list manager for clug

[Thomas Horsten]

2009/4/26 Paul M <paul+clug at mansfield.co.uk>:
>
> I got another "you've been disabled" message, so I clicked on the link
> as per the message, and it looks like mailman is STILL b0rked! I
> definitely didn't receive this message on Friday, so I presume that when
> mailman barfs it can't send out the reminders, and then by the time they
> get there they are pointless.
>
> |Bad confirmation string
> |Invalid confirmation string: 12d8e39c16d3ba1e43de68491c6e6a82e2ab04aa.

I know there are issues with the confirmation strings with Excessive
Bounces. Apparently it is a known but rare bug in that version of
Mailman (it doesn't affect other confirmation strings e.g. in the
subscription requests).

I will try to get around to upgrading the Mailman ASAP. Until then,
please log in to the web interface on the list using your Mailman
password, if this Excessive Bounces problem happens.

One reason for the excessive bounces, as I found out when
investigating Paul's problem a few weeks ago, is that some people's
mail servers bounce the mails that you send to the list yourself when
it tries to send a copy back to you (because it doesn't accept the
mailing list server as a valid sender for emails *from* you).

You can resolve this by disabling the option "Receive your
own posts to the list?" from the Mailman control panel.

Of course if you don't understand why your mails are being bounced,
please forward the disconnect notification and I can find out from the
server logs.

Cheers
Thomas