Is there a digest format for the GTALUG talk mailing list?
I went through the mailing list configuration page and while I found a ton of things that can be tweaked, there appeared to be nothing on getting a daily digest format of this mailing list. Is there such a thing for GTALUG? Paul King
sciguy via talk wrote on 2022-12-18 02:22:
I went through the mailing list configuration page and while I found a ton of things that can be tweaked, there appeared to be nothing on getting a daily digest format of this mailing list. Is there such a thing for GTALUG?
I had to check for myself, and ... yeah, no "digest" options on the website. There may be a way around that: Send a message to talk-request@gtalug.org, with subject containing the word "help" (no quotes). The results show sending another message to that address can get one on the digest version of the list:
subscribe [password] [digest|nodigest] [address=<address>] Subscribe to this mailing list. Your password must be given to unsubscribe or change your options, but if you omit the password, one will be generated for you. You may be periodically reminded of your password.
The next argument may be either: `nodigest' or `digest' (no quotes!). If you wish to subscribe an address other than the address you sent this request from, you may specify `address=<address>' (no brackets around the email address, and no quotes!)
BCLUG via talk wrote on 2022-12-18 05:08:
Send a message to talk-request@gtalug.org:
subscribe [password] [digest|nodigest] [address=<address>]
The next argument may be either: `nodigest' or `digest' (no quotes!). If you wish to subscribe an address other than the address you sent this request from, you may specify `address=<address>' (no brackets around the email address, and no quotes!)
I just tested it, and it doesn't switch me to digest, would need to unsubscribe and resubscribe:
The results of your email command are provided below. Attached is your original message.
- Results: You are already subscribed!
On 2022-12-18 8:12, BCLUG via talk wrote:
BCLUG via talk wrote on 2022-12-18 05:08:
I just tested it, and it doesn't switch me to digest, would need to unsubscribe and resubscribe:
I just tried unsubscribing and resubscribing -- I was never given the option to have a digest format there either. Paul
sciguy via talk wrote on 2022-12-18 09:04:
BCLUG via talk wrote on 2022-12-18 05:08:
I just tested it, and it doesn't switch me to digest, would need to unsubscribe and resubscribe:
I just tried unsubscribing and resubscribing -- I was never given the option to have a digest format there either.
Probably the option wasn't set at the first item this page: https://gtalug.org/mailman/admin/talk/digest
Can list members choose to receive list traffic bunched in digests?
I tried subscribing to the digest with a different account:
- Results: No one can subscribe to the digest of this list!
Thanks for looking into this folks. I'll be highlighting this oversight as we review and renew the GTALUG infra. On 2022-12-18 13:59, BCLUG via talk wrote:
sciguy via talk wrote on 2022-12-18 09:04:
BCLUG via talk wrote on 2022-12-18 05:08:
I just tested it, and it doesn't switch me to digest, would need to unsubscribe and resubscribe:
I just tried unsubscribing and resubscribing -- I was never given the option to have a digest format there either.
Probably the option wasn't set at the first item this page:
https://gtalug.org/mailman/admin/talk/digest
Can list members choose to receive list traffic bunched in digests?
I tried subscribing to the digest with a different account:
- Results: No one can subscribe to the digest of this list!
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On 2022-12-18 13:59, BCLUG via talk wrote:
Probably the option wasn't set at the first item this page:
https://gtalug.org/mailman/admin/talk/digest AFAICT, the list uses Mailman. The digest feature needs to be turned on and also needs a cron job to be run.
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Does anyone else want digests? At what frequency? | From: sciguy via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | I went through the mailing list configuration page and while I found a ton of | things that can be tweaked, there appeared to be nothing on getting a daily | digest format of this mailing list. Is there such a thing for GTALUG? What would you want from a digest? I'm looking at the configuration page for the list administrator. - digest isn't enabled (I can change that) - digest frequency choices: Yearly Monthly Quarterly Weekly Daily Default is monthly. Only one frequency is possible, for all users. - I guess that all digests get archived indefinitely. It sounds like you were looking for daily. I'll turn the capability on now. Can you (sciguy) tell us if you get digests to your liking? (This message should be in the first digest.)
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