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On 11/26/05 1:25 AM, "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org> wrote:
"Max" == Max Bowsher <maxb1@ukf.net> writes:
Max> Is there any reason not to add web_page_url to the Max> configurable options in the admin GUI? Right below host_name Max> in the general category would be a good place.
Yes, please!
Yes, there is a reason. It is the same reason that the ability was taken out many Mailman versions ago.
Thought experiment:
Make a typo which cripples the URL such that you can't reach the admin web page.
Now fix it from the browser.
The sort of thing in #1 (sometimes not a typo but a more fundamental mistake) happened often enough to make removing the ability seem quite desirable.
One thing which has changed since the decision is that a much higher proportion of list operators don't have command line access than was the case then. So *perhaps* it would make sense to revisit the decision (making it a site option, please).
--John