I'm going to be constructing a new Mailman web page at list.org in the next couple of days (probably after I finish my last final exam monday afternoon). One thing the old site had that I would like to reinstate is a list of all changes we would like to make that have not yet been made.
To this end, I'd like people to send wishlists to the list, and for the group to discuss items on the wishlist.
Some things that come to mind that are important for me include:
Having an optional (threaded) daemon mode that will obviate mailman having to start up multiple times. I've already seen lists where the administrator doesn't have any bounce handling on, and completely ignores all error messages. On a large list, error handling scripts get run frightingly often.
The user options should include a way of saying, "If I'm on the TO or CC list, don't send me another copy of that message!"
Nice, web-based, in place documentation.
Bounce detection needs some major work. I'm going to also look at this one soon.
I'd like to also keep track of who is persuing what, so as to avoid overlap of effort.
Any other suggestions on what should or should not show up on the Mailman home page are also welcome, as are contributions.