[Mailman-Developers] [ mailman-Feature Requests-560344 ] List "styles" should be supported.

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Feature Requests item #560344, was opened at 2002-05-24 18:26
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>Category: None
>Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: rich cowan (leftlink)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
>Summary: List "styles" should be supported.

Initial Comment:
Some feedback on mailman, which I have now been
using for about 5 months:

-- The list type information is really misplaced in the
  mailman interface.  If I want to decide if a list should
be announcement-only, moderated, or unmoderated, this
info should not be under a "privacy" section; it should
be part of the fundamental general settings.

--The bug tracker should really have a category for
  "list setup/administration".  This is very distinct
  from configuring the software on the server.

--So I'm requesting that this bug be moved to a new
bug category, in fact.  And that the "must posts be preapproved 
by an administrator" question be renamed to "what is the type of 
this list"?  and that there be 3 choices rather than two:
* all posts must be approved by an administrator
* all posts must be from the administrator
* posts do not need to be approved

-rich

p.s. see http://democracygroups.org/mailinglisthowto.html for 
some definitions

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>Comment By: Barry A. Warsaw (bwarsaw)
Date: 2002-05-25 03:11

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Thanks for the url, interesting article.

As to the specific bug report, the problem is that there
really needs to be a way to specify a "style" of a mailing
list.  Currently, setting up an announce-only list  means
twiddling a bunch of disparate variables.  That's not good,
but it'll have to do for MM2.1.

So I'd actually categorize this as a feature request, and in
fact, will move it to that tracker.  Mailing lists should
support common high-level styles or types.  I'm also
changing the Summary: of this bug accordingly.

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