> On 30 Sep 2024, at 09:06, Taco Hoekwater <t...@bittext.nl> wrote: > > Hi, > >> On 29 Sep 2024, at 21:31, Hans Åberg via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> >> wrote: >> >> >>> On 29 Sep 2024, at 20:56, Henning Hraban Ramm <te...@fiee.net> wrote: >>> >>> Am 29.09.24 um 17:57 schrieb Hans Åberg via ntg-context: >>>> Nothing seems to be working on the NTG ConTeXt server login page below, so >>>> I can't change my email address. >>>> https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl/ > > The situation with the mailing list server: mailman3 is confused about all > the accounts that have been imported from the old mailman2 installation: the > front end assumes these accounts have a postorius login attached to it > because that is how it works for new subscribers, but those imported accounts > do not have such an account. There is no easy fix for that that I can apply > as an administrator, unfortunately. The most straightforward solution would > be to create a new subscriber account using the web interface, and then use > the old-fashioned email method to unsubscribe the old account (or send me a > message personally). > > However, a secondary problem is that the mailman web forms are used by > spammers so often that I have registration/signup turned off. The continuous > barrage of invalid password reset requests was negatively affecting the > reputation of the mail server so much that even delivery of proper emails > became a problem. This is another issue that cannot be easily fixed as > administrator, because there is not a lot of detailed control possible on > what messages mailman does and does not send out. Either it sends out no > messages to unknown email addresses, or it always sends out such messages. > > I will try turning signs ups on again for a while, but I probably cannot keep > it open. This situation will likely endure until some future update to > mailman3 gives administrators more control, or until someone knowledgeable in > python can help me patch mailman so that it blocks only the “password reset” > functionality, but not the “sign up” (help?).
An anti-spam measure is requiring email confirmation, typically an email sent to the address to be registered with an HTML link that must be opened and confirmed by clicking on a button. ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / https://mailman.ntg.nl/mailman3/lists/ntg-context.ntg.nl webpage : https://www.pragma-ade.nl / https://context.aanhet.net (mirror) archive : https://github.com/contextgarden/context wiki : https://wiki.contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
