[Mailman-Users] Blocking Unsubscribe?

[Tom Ryan]

The latest betas of mailman can allow the admin to block unsubscribe 
requests. However, you can't block the users setting "nomail", etc.

Seems we're almost there, just not quite :)

tom

On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Nathan Beittenmiller wrote:

> About five minutes after I sent this, I came up with a solution that
> somewhat works.  If I add users at the command line nightly (which is
> how I build the lists with Majordomo), they need a password to
> unsubscribe or change their settings.  For most users, that would be a
> deterrent right there.  Unfortunately, the determined ones can still
> request the password be mailed to them (and then they receive what I'm
> hoping is a random password).  Using that, they can unsubscribe, but
> this is more work than filtering the mail, as you suggested that many do
> anyway.  So it's not optimal, but it is acceptable.  Thanks.
> 
> --------------------
> Nathan Beittenmiller
> Systems Administrator
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> I think that the closest you can come is to have the server notify
> you when someone unsubscribes.  At that point a letter can be sent
> saying it is required that they be subscribed.  I would think though
> that if someone were asking to be unsubscribed, and they were told
> they were required to be subscribed, they probably aren't reading
> the mail anyway.  I know that I wouldn't.  I'd find some way to
> filter it out.
> 
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