Suppse I set up a list so that a list so that it requires email confirmation. A user sends mail to list-request. They get their conformation email and then they follow the instructions. Ok... all is good so far. Now if they try to mail list-request with an unsubscribe command it complains about a lack of a password. The point is that the user may not even have a password, so how do they get off the list without using the web interface?
Joshua Gould
The user always has a password. They have to set it up when they subscribe. If the administrator subscribes them, they are given an autogenerated password (which by default is emailed to them).
Tom Veldhouse veldy@veldy.net
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Gould" <gould@cis.ohio-state.edu> To: <mailman-users@python.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 8:29 AM Subject: [Mailman-Users] unsubscribe problems
Suppse I set up a list so that a list so that it requires email confirmation. A user sends mail to list-request. They get their conformation email and then they follow the instructions. Ok... all is good so far. Now if they try to mail list-request with an unsubscribe command it complains about a lack of a password. The point is that the user may not even have a password, so how do they get off the list without using the web interface?
Joshua Gould
Mailman-Users maillist - Mailman-Users@python.org http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
The user always has a password. They have to set it up when they subscribe. If the administrator subscribes them, they are given an autogenerated password (which by default is emailed to them).
Almost. The user always has a password, but it's either
- entered by them on the web form to subscribe?
- entered by them with "password=" in the email to subscribe, or
- assigned by the system (if they subscribe through email or by admin action).
The password is always mailed to them in the welcome message.
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