Hello, I am working on setting up a Mailman mailing list for our web site at http://www.jenniferonsunday.com. We are a band and already have many people on an exisiting list (done manually), which we want to migrate to Mailman. Our site is hosted by Webanimotion, and they have Mailman on their server for us.
We want a very simple mailing list system, and Mailman can do a lot more than we need. I'm trying to find out how to best configure Mailman for our needs. Here is what we want to do:
- Send e-mail news updates to our list. We do not want users to be able to send to the list.
- Users subscribe from our website. Currently they enter their e-mail address on the site, and click "Join", which sends the appropriate e-mail.
- Users UNsubscribe as well.
The problem I've run into seems to revolve around the password, and the Welcome E-mail. The Welcome E-mail has a lot more information in it than we need. For instance, that e-mail tells users that they can post to the list, which I do not want them to be able to do. I know I can turn off the feature about sending them the Welcome E-mail, but then they won't have their password.
Also, when I migrate our current users to our Mailman list, I don't want them to know about the migration. However, if they don't get a Welcome E-mail, they also will not have a password, and will be unable to unsubscribe automatically.
Is there a way to modify the Welcome E-mail (besides just the introduction to it)? Is there a way to avoid having to use a password to unsubscribe?
Thanks for any help you can provide. We really just want a simple mailing list to get information to our fans.
Thanks very much! -Jim http://www.jenniferonsunday.com