[Mailman-Users] no require password for unsubscribe?

Terry Davis tdavis at birddog.com
Fri Jan 11 21:12:28 CET 2002


Anyone have an answer for me here?  Here is my original question:
I want to be able to allow my users to unsubscribe from a list without a 
password.  How can I setup a list this way?



Michael Johnson (firewing) wrote:

> If nothing else (security concerns aside), it'll alleviate confusion on 
> subscribers' part who often get frustrated when they don't realize (or 
> read the message they are sent or the information pages) that to unsub 
> they need their password.
> 
> At 04:44 PM 1/10/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> 
>> I want to be able to allow my users to unsubscribe from a list without 
>> a password.  I understand this can be dangerous but this is a 
>> controlled list and my users are going to be sub-par as far as 
>> intelligence goes. I notice that when I do a mass subscribe, it 
>> auto-generates a password for every user, if I could make that blank 
>> somehow, that would rock. But would the password being blank mean 
>> there is no password?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> -- 
>> Terry Davis
>> Systems Administrator
>> BirdDog Solutions, Inc.
>> (402) 829-6059
>> www.birddog.com
>>
>>
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