[Mailman-Developers] Re: [Mailman-Users] Re: MIME messages

J C Lawrence claw@kanga.nu
Wed, 06 Jun 2001 20:12:03 -0700


On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 18:29:23 -0400 
Barry A Warsaw <barry@digicool.com> wrote:

> The point is that there's a lot we can do very cleanly at the
> Python level, but that the more configurability we expose at the
> web/email interface, the less usable it becomes, IMHO.  So, I'm
> thinking seriously about ways to preserve the power Mailman can
> provide to the Python hacker while employing abstractions to
> reduce the cognitive load on the list administrators and users.

One problem with this approach is that you tend to require list
admins to have shell access.

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