[Mailman-Users] password reminder for moderator?
Gerard Henry
ghenry at cmi.univ-mrs.fr
Thu Jan 12 07:38:30 CET 2012
On 01/12/12 06:05 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Frank Bell writes:
> > I guess the payoff is that the software works well, is free, and
> > maintained for free.
> > Plus, we have Mr Sapiro who nicely answers our questions for free.
> >
> > Thanks Mark!!
>
> I'll certainly second this!
>
> > Sorry, the response just bugged me.
>
> I understand your irritation[1], but please remember that even if a
> person's English seems impeccable, the .fr (etc) indicates that it is
> probably his second (or third) language. Courteous forms differ in
> different languages, and they're quite hard to learn (try Japanese if
> you're into pain!) After all, he did try to soften it with a
> reference to "newbie question".
>
> Footnotes:
> [1] Sorry, Gerard, I can't explain. :-( Maybe better phrasing would
> be "It seems to me this case is very common. Would it be helpful to
> have an option?"
>
> I also just realized that it's technically not possible to
> auto-subscribe moderators in Mailman 2, because moderators are
> identified not by their email address, but by possession of the
> moderator password. So Mailman doesn't know who to subscribe!
>
thanks for all replies, and sorry if i hurt with my "bad" english.
You're perfectly right...
I'm using mailman since many years, and as you can see at the archives,
i rarely post because i have no problem.
gerard
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