[Mailman-Users] some suggestions for mailman 2

[Dan Mick]

> >        - I'd be *most useful* to have a another subscriber option
> >        which indicated that the subscriber wasn't really a person
> >        but was, in reality, a sublist. For those subscribers
> >        monthly notices (which should also be a per-subscriber thing
> >        IMO) and other administrativia would be sent to owner-<subscriber>
> >        (or <subscriber>-owner, or <subscriber>-admin).
> 
> 
> Umm, that's what the entire "umbrella list" concept is for; it's switches 
explicitly
> do that.  Or were you wanting to mix people and lists?

Speaking personally, I've yet to understand what "umbrella list"
means, or how it changes Mailman's operation.  Anyone who understands
this want to take a shot at explaining it?