[Mailman-Developers] confirmation duplicates and stuff

[root]

there's a quick and easy fix to the confirmation duplicates bug.

in the file MailCommandHandler.py, at the end of the definition of the
ProcessConfirmCommand method, add "self.__NoMailCmdResponse = 1".
This will cause the confirmation handler to either send out only the
welcome to the list message, or only the error message if there is
one.

I also noticed that listed under Bugs at www.list.org was the fact
that confirmations where always called, even when the subscribing
address has to be approved administratively.  I'd like to point
out that the confirmatin step does not take place when a memeber is
subscribed via the admin/membership management cgi.  However, I
believe it does when someone subscribes to a closed list via mail.

I thought that we had all pretty much stated that we always wanted
confirmations to happen, but i guess not, seeing how this is listed as
a bug.  i can see how it could be inconvenient.

The question is:  what do we do about this?

do we:

1)   drop the confirmation step completely when a list has closed
   subscriptions? 

or

2)   make the confirmation step an option only for closed
     subscriptions? 

#1 is FAR simpler to implement because it doesn't involve any changes
 to the cgi admin interface.  #2 would require a good bit of changes
 to the interface: either only presenting the confirmation as an
 option when the list is closed, or allowing it as an option and
 presenting an error if anyone chooses not have confirmations for an
 open list.


thoughts?

scott