Hello,
a natural extension of an anonymous list is a pseudonym list: if the user specifies a pseudonym, then the messages posted by this user carry this pseudonym in the name section of the From: field (along with the list email address).
I hacked my mailman 2.1.5 installation to accept pseudonyms for all anonymous lists. The pseudnym is an additional component of UserDesc with very similar behavior as the user name. Users who subscribe through the web to an anonymous list have the option to specify a pseudonym.
Please look at
http://marx.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo
and feel free to subscribe to the pseud and test lists and take them through the paces. I need this feature for a class in the Fall Semester and would like to iron out any bugs. This feature fits painlessly into the ordinary mailman interface, and if there is interest I would be happy to submit the code.
Hans G. Ehrbar
-- Hans G. Ehrbar http://www.econ.utah.edu/~ehrbar ehrbar@economics.utah.edu Economics Department, University of Utah (801) 581 7797 (my office) 1645 Campus Center Dr., Rm 308 (801) 581 7481 (econ office) Salt Lake City UT 84112-9300 (801) 585 5649 (FAX)