[Mailman-Users] Creating New List via Web Interface

[J C Lawrence]

On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:09:11 -0500 (CDT) 
Christopher Lindsey <lindsey at ncsa.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> One component is critical no matter what approach is taken...
> Mailman needs to have some sort of routine that checks against a
> file containing already existing addresses ( anything aliased or
> in /etc/passwd in most cases).

You can do this (somewhat) by trying a resolve on the MTA.

> I personally find it easier to create a new list on the
> commandline, but I'd rather punt the entire job (except for
> aliases) to the end user.  Otherwise I end up sending questions
> back and forth, etc...

How about the following approach:

  There is a web interface.

  It allows a list to be created and configured, but does not
instantiate the aliases or anything else to actually make it "live".

  At the end of the configuration/etc work, a "SUBMIT" button may be
hit which sends an email to the mailman-owner with the URL for the
list and the proposed aliases.  The mailman-owner than does whatever
he wants with it (eg hand edit the aliases into
~mailman/data/aliases)..

The nice thing about this approach is that it removes all the
priviledged account problems, the "oh god someone hacked in and
is running a warez list without me noticing" problem, and further,
requires minimal changes to the current code (the admin interface
would need to be touched to not publish lists "in edit").

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