[Mailman-Users] RE: Disabling Passwords

[Don V Black]

I want my users to easily unsubscribe without needing to use a password.

Does this do it? Where is this field located? :
"I set subscriptions to require approval, but not unsubscriptions"

- Don V Black, Founder
   Digital ChoreoGraphics

At 09:39 PM 3/26/2003 -0500, Larry Hansford wrote:
>At 08:23 PM 3/26/2003, Dallas Bethune wrote:
>
>>I'm not sure how he set it up, but you could just set up a
>>'subscription form' or whatever that your users fill in that hooks into
>>a cgi script that just sends off an email to the appropriate mailman
>>subscribe address.  If you subscribe an address via email with mailman,
>>it will just make up a random password for the user.  If your users
>>don't need to use it ever, they'll never know the difference.
>>
>>         Dallas
>
>That's basically it.
>
>I disabled:
>    Sending Welcome Message
>    Sending Goodbye Message
>    Sending password reminders
>    Digests
>    Archives
>
>I removed the footer with the web link
>I set all list members as Moderated, except the ones allowed to post to 
>the list
>I set all moderated members or non-members to reject with a message of the 
>address to send mail to
>I set an Explicit Reply-To address
>I set subscriptions to require approval, but not unsubscriptions
>
>Initial setup is done with mass subscriptions.  Large lists are broken 
>down into multiple text files with 1,000 names or less per list, and then 
>mass subscriptions done multiple times.
>
>Subsequent subscriptions are done either via the List Owner adding them, 
>or via e-mail subscribe. the same with unsubscribes.
>
>I think that is basically the setup.
>
>Larry
>
>
>
>
>>On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 05:00 pm, Sullivan, John wrote:
>>
>>>Is that a manual process? Do they send the unsubscribe to you and then
>>>you
>>>take them off the list or is that a scripted feature of 2.1 that is not
>>>available in 2.0.
>>>
>>>If it is not manual how did you go about configuring it..
>>>
>>>Thanks for your help..
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Larry Hansford [mailto:lhansfor at lch-assoc.com]
>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 8:06 PM
>>>To: Sullivan, John
>>>Cc: mailman-users at python.org
>>>Subject: Re: Disabling Passwords
>>>
>>>At 07:28 PM 3/26/2003, you wrote:
>>>>I am using Mailman V 2.0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I want to know how I can disable the need for a new subscriber to
>>>>create
>>>>password. I think the subscribers are going to find it quite annoying
>>>>that
>>>>they have to create a password for our newsletter. They should just
>>>>have
>>>>subscribe and unsubscribe options...
>>>
>>>I use v2.1.1, and have a lot of lists set up as "Newsletter" style, and
>>>none of the users are given passwords.  Since I don't allow archiving
>>>of
>>>the newsletters, and they don't want/need to go to the web page to
>>>change
>>>their settings, they are subscribed and unsubscribed without notices
>>>being
>>>sent to the members.
>>>
>>>Larry
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Your Comments are appreciated...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>john
>>>
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