[Mailman-Users] Wish: Change address.

[Dave Melton]

Hey Dan, when can you have that butt-wiping fix ready?
I've got a few users that need all the help they can get!

IMHO, the "change email address and retain settings" action
is only one of a number of things someone might want to do.
Subscribing under multiple addresses is quite legitimate as
well, particularly for members-only lists.  I have users that
are subscribed to the same list under at least 3 different 
addresses.  Personally, I'll usually subscribe under a new
address and make sure I'm getting messages before I unsub the
previous asddress.  

I'll agree that simplifying an address change would be nice, 
but most of the people that can't figure out unsub/resub are
just going to send me a "Can you change my email address?"
message anyway!

I think this change would fit in quite well with adding the
notion of "real names" to the database.  The ability to
locate and tweak all of your subscriptions and settings (either 
within a list or across a server) based on your name would be 
a great addition to Mailman.

Now, before Dan gets uptight -
1) Mailman is great, just as it is (and worth lots more than
   what I paid for it)
2) Open source rules!!!
3) Given #2, I'm not going to complain about anything unless 
   I've got the time and energy to code what I want.

My humble $0.02,
  Dave Melton


On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Dan Mick wrote:

> Thomas Roessler wrote:
> > 
> > On 2001-02-06 14:18:02 -0800, Dan Mick wrote:
> > 
> > > Explain to these users that there is no "identity" they have on
> > > the mailing list except their subscription name;
> > > "danmick at yahoo.com" is a completely different person than
> > > "dmick at west.sun.com" as far as the software is concerned.  So
> > > there really is no difference at all between
> > > unsubscribe/resubscribe and "change", nor can there be.
> > 
> > So what?  I'm not talking about the basic concept, but about the
> > user interface and actions needed to accomplish a certain effect.
> > 
> > There's no reason (maybe with the exception of feasibility ;-) why
> > this unsubscribe/resubscribe action shouldn't be hidden behind a
> > simple user interface, which could - at the same time - (1) preserve
> > all the user's settings, and (2) could even give users an option to
> > automatically perform this operation for all lists under this
> > mailman instance's control.
> 
> Yes, that's inarguable.  You could also make it so that the mailing
> list software wipes the user's butt for them; it's only a matter of
> hardware and the right testing procedure.
> 
> IMO, there are more-pressing problems, but obviously opinions differ.
> 
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