VERPing and Personalization (was Re: [TriLUG] Iptables help)

[Tanner Lovelace]

Jon Carnes said the following on 3/24/04 10:45 AM:

> On the lists I monitor, I just send out a monthly verp (normally the FAQ
> or password reminder).  That catches a lot of the bounces that aren't
> getting processed.

Jon,

Just so I get this straight in my head, then.  You're setting

VERP_PASSWORD_REMINDERS = Yes

and not turning on

OWNERS_CAN_ENABLE_PERSONALIZATION = Yes
VERP_PERSONALIZED_DELIVERIES = Yes

So, you aren't VERPing every message but rather just the monthly
reminders (which can be turned off).  How about

VERP_DELIVERY_INTERVAL = 0

I think I've got the bounce stuff fixed now, and I did turn on
VERPing each individual message for a bit to see if that worked.
It does, but it slows down delivery a bit since it can't batch
send messages.  Also, someone (Magnus?) suggested on irc that
VERPing the individual messages could mess up some black/white/gray
listing setups.  I'm less concerned with that than I am about
the possiblities for VERP to help us control bouncing accounts,
but I wanted to discuss it here first.  So, at the moment, I've
set mailman to VERP password reminders and confirmations but not
individual messages.  List owners can turn that on if they want,
though.

So, what do people think?  (How many people are still going WTF is
VERP? :-)

Cheers,
Tanner
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