Hello All,
I am looking to add a feature to mailman and would appreciate some advice on how and where to get started. I run a MM server where users can subscribe to up to 8 different lists, and this number will grow. It would be nice for them not to have to deal with that many subs. I see discussion of a centralized user database, which is great. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is an MM3 feature, and MM3 is a ways off?
As an alternate, I was considering something like this:
when the user authenticates to his options page, there is a section there listing all possible mailing lists, and showing to which ones the user is currently subscribed.
user can simply check off the ones he wants and hit submit, and he will be subscribed / unsubscribed to the appropriate lists.
the button for List my Other Subscriptions is starting down this path. The differences would be:
- list unsubscribed as well as subscribed lists
- allow sub/unsub via this page
eventually, I could see adding a "group" field to the mailing lists so that the user would see only those lists in the current group.
If I attempt this, is the project interested? If so, which branch? Is only MM3 being developed right now? I assume the centralized user database would obsolete what I'm proposing here.
If this is a sane thing to try, any technical / implementation tips welcome.
Larry Howe