[Mailman-Users] Mail interface for moderator administration?

[Brad Knowles]

At 12:42 AM -0700 2005-08-19, Jens Kjaerulff wrote:

>  Does Mailman allow moderators to use email interface for moderator
>  tasks?

	For some things, yes.

>  I am considering to 'migrate' from ezmlm, and one strong side of ezmlm
>  is that it can be operated completely via email interface by moderators.
>  It would greatly facilitate the migration if Mailman could be accessed
>  in similar  fashion.

	There is a limit to the mail command interface for Mailman.  Some 
user-level documentation on this subject has been written up at 
<http://www.list.org/mailman-member/node10.html>, but the majority of 
administrative functions were intended to be used from the web 
interface, or from the command-line interface on the server.

	Unfortunately, I'm not aware of anyone having written any 
documentation on what administrative functions can be performed via 
the mail interface.  That sort of information would normally be 
available in the List Administrator's Manual (see 
<http://www.list.org/mailman-admin/index.html>), or in the Site 
Administrator's documentation (see <http://www.list.org/site.html> 
and 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.009.htp>). 
Unfortunately, the information on these pages is incomplete.

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