Re: [CentOS] advice needed about "554 Too many recipients"

2009-08-17 Thread Barry L. Kline
John R Pierce wrote: > I've setup Mailman for announce-only lists for several people and > they've generally been quite happy with it. You configure it as a > moderated list and only allow the pre-approved moderators to send to the > list, and you configure the list so replies go back to a pr

Re: [CentOS] advice needed about "554 Too many recipients"

2009-08-17 Thread John R Pierce
Brian Mathis wrote: > Mailing list software (like majordomo) are a terrible way to handle > bulk mailing to people. They are not intended to be used for one-way > communication, and by default replies to them will get sent to > everyone else on the list. It is possible to disable this behavior, >

Re: [CentOS] advice needed about "554 Too many recipients"

2009-08-17 Thread Brian Mathis
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:31 AM, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:05:34 +0200: > >> I'll see if I can convince the client to use an alternative method of >> doing this. > > -> mailing list > > Kai > Mailing list software (like majordomo) are a terrible way to handle b

Re: [CentOS] advice needed about "554 Too many recipients"

2009-08-17 Thread Les Mikesell
Rudi Ahlers wrote: > >>> A client of ours just requested to increase the max_recipients in Exim >>> to 300, since he keeps getting "554 Too many recipients" error when >>> sending a marketing email from MS Outlook. >>> >>> I would like to know, what are the implications of increasing the >>> defau

Re: [CentOS] advice needed about "554 Too many recipients"

2009-08-17 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Rudi Ahlers wrote on Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:05:34 +0200: > I'll see if I can convince the client to use an alternative method of > doing this. -> mailing list Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com _

Re: [CentOS] advice needed about "554 Too many recipients"

2009-08-17 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> >> A client of ours just requested to increase the max_recipients in Exim >> to 300, since he keeps getting "554 Too many recipients" error when >> sending a marketing email from MS Outloo

Re: [CentOS] advice needed about "554 Too many recipients"

2009-08-16 Thread Bart Schaefer
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > A client of ours just requested to increase the max_recipients in Exim > to 300, since he keeps getting "554 Too many recipients" error when > sending a marketing email from MS Outlook. > > I would like to know, what are the implications of in

[CentOS] advice needed about "554 Too many recipients"

2009-08-16 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Hi all, A client of ours just requested to increase the max_recipients in Exim to 300, since he keeps getting "554 Too many recipients" error when sending a marketing email from MS Outlook. Before you tell me to use Pine / Mutt / etc to send plain-text emails via mailman, this isn't an option. I