[Mailman-Users] New user question

[AerosmithFanClub.com List Admin]

	Well damn that sucks.  This is one of the areas of this program that 
whoever wrote it got just a little too anal.  It is JUST a mailing 
list.  Heck I ran a list under Majordomo for 8 years w/o a single spam 
coming across the list and no one getting unsubscribed without them doing 
it themselves.  That is a great product.  It is very easy to use and 
nowhere near as complicated and cumbersome as Mailman.  I had to change 
because my host changed server packages and they only use Mailman now.
	My suggestion is to make this a LOT simpler and do away with all the 
levels of control and protection.  Its way overkill.  The simplicity of 
using plain old email to subscribe and/or unsubscribe is much preferred 
over the web interface and passwords.  On top of that all those damn extra 
headers that are added to each email are a total pain.  If you (whoever you 
are) would make it so that each list could be configured the way he list 
master wants rather than force certain methodologies on us would greatly be 
appreciated.

Thanks...

At 09:29 PM 5/11/2002 -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
 >
 >>>>>> "AcLA" == AerosmithFanClub com List Admin
 >>>>>> <listadmin at aerosmithfanclub.com> writes:
 >
 >    AcLA> All I am asking (and asking again) is if there is a way to
 >    AcLA> set up an initial list of subscribers all with the common
 >    AcLA> password?
 >
 >Now without a bit of Python programming and shell access, or with a
 >lot of manual admin'ing of the list.
 >
 >FTR, MM2.1 can be run in a way that the presence of passwords is
 >largely invisible to your membership.  While they'll still have them,
 >if all they want to do is subscribe, read list traffic, and
 >unsubscribe, they'll never have to know their password.  There are
 >mailback confirmations for subscribing and unsubscribing.
 >
 >-Barry