[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Bug#272487: mailman: Problem solved: doesn't use VERP

[Cord Beermann]

reopen 272487
retitle 272487 mailman: Provide more information about VERP-Usage
severity 272487 normal
thanks

Hallo! Du (Lionel Elie Mamane) hast geschrieben:

>> You should note that mailman uses VERP-Mails to sent out
>> Bounce-Probes, and if it not possible to run Mailman without VERP
>> you should really stress the fact in NEWS.Debian or something.
>
>> Else mailman will still work, but automagic bounce-processinmg and
>> unsubscribing won't work.
>
>It is possible to run Mailman without VERP support in the MTA; just
>don't tell Mailman to use VERP. As far as I know, it doesn't do any
>VERP-like thing by default; it has to be explicitly enabled in
>mm_cfg if you _want_ to use it.
>
>You sure you don't have any VERP settings in your mm_cfg? If you don't
>have any VERP settings in mm_cfg and mailman _still_ does VERP-like
>things, then please reopen the bug.

I'm sure. and you are mostly right. Mailman runs without VERP. The one
thing i found that didn't work is the probe for a bounce, when a
subscriber has exceeded the allowed bounce count.

Cord