[Mailman-Users] Per-list confirm and passwordless unsub

[Dan Mick]

Gergely Soros wrote:
> 
> Dan,
> 
> > > You don't need a Python script; just take the email to listname-off
> > > and format up another email:
> > >
> > > To: '<list>-request@<host.domain>'
> > > Subject: "unsubscribe <list-password> <address>" or
> > > Subject: "unsubscribe <site-password> <address>"
> > >
> > > That should do it.
> >
> > Can you give the poor soul a little more example on how this email is to be
> > "formatted up"?
> 
> Yes, please, is it somewhere in the direction of
> etc/mail/aliases
> 
> listname-off:              "|/bin/mail -s 'unsubscribe list-password ??' < /dev/null"
> 
> ?

Yes, but since you'll have to extract the address from the mail and use it in the
subject where the ?? are, it's going to have to be a program.  (At least with
sendmail; maybe other MTAs let you write processing into your aliases; dunno.)