[Mailman-Users] Allowing users to join without specifying pas swords

[J C Lawrence]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:46:57 -0500 
Joel Votaw <Joel.Votaw at bops.com> wrote:

> Hmmm, the README says that script only currently works with
> unsubscribe requests, but does not handle subscribe requests.  Is
> there any way to subscribe without supplying a password?

If you subscribe by mail as versus the web interface, the system
auto-generates and assigns a password.

> It looks like Mailman is designed from the ground up with the
> assumption that passwords will be used.  Is that correct?

Yes.

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