[H-SASIG] [Sysadmin] Bug/Feature with mailman.

[Raymond Smith]

Hi Matthew,

2009/9/29  <matheist76 at westnet.com.au>:
>                Just today I found I was not getting emails from the Admin
> list.
[...]
> One might call this a bug. I'm not sure it could be a feature.  Either way
> it is something that needs to be documented or fixed.

I have added the following text to the http://www.humbug.org.au/SysAdmin page:

<blockquote>
==== Mailman and @humbug.org.au aliases ====

When subscribing an @humbug.org.au alias and the corresponding
destination address you should set the "no email" option on the
destination address not the alias.

The reason is that doing it the other way around (disable delivery for
the alias, enable for the destination) may disable delivery for both
addresses. At least one user (Matthew Franklin) has reported this
problem, while at least one user (Raymond Smith) has it working with
alias enabled and destination disabled.
</blockquote>

Thanks for your patience,

Raymond