[Mailman-Users] Mailman 1.0b9, password requirement.

[Alan Neiman]

I think #2, or #3 would be great!!!

how long do you think it would take?

alan


> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 17:02:48 +0000
> From: Clark Evans <clark.evans at manhattanproject.com>
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> To: "Barry A. Warsaw" <bwarsaw at cnri.reston.va.us>
> CC: Dave Sill <de5 at sws5.ctd.ornl.gov>, mailman-users at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman 1.0b9, password requirement.
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> This sounds wonderful, #2 sounds like a nice 
> compromise!  Having the user confirm an unsubscribe
> request is a very reasonable thing to do.  If they
> have to confirm to subscribe, it is a 'reasonable'
> that they would expect to confirm an unsubscribe.
> 
> I'm not sure if #3 is necessary, but I'm certain
> that #2 would be sufficient to cover my needs.
> 
> Perhaps one more?
> 
> 4. A way to unsubscribe from all of the lists for
>    a given domain.
> 
>    Aka, the majordomo:  "unsubscribe * me at domain.com"
> 
> Thank you very much for your thoughtful 
> proposition.  It's great.  Mailman rocks!
> 
> Best,
> 
> :) Clark Evans
> 
> "Barry A. Warsaw" wrote:
> > 
> > Password-less unsubscribes have been thrashed about a lot.  I think
> > the general concensus was that we should support the following
> > list-wide options:
> > 
> > 1. current situation -- password is required to unsub (yes you can do
> >    this via email)
> > 
> > 2. confirmation before unsub -- much like subscribing via the web.
> >    you just need to hit reply.
> > 
> > 3. confirmation after unsub -- don't require password or pre-unsub
> >    confirm, just remove the addr but send an informational message
> >    telling them what just happened (in the very rare case of malicious
> >    unsub).
> > 
> > Does this sound like it would cover what everybody wants?
> > 
> > I seriously doubt this will make it in before 1.0.
> > -Barry
> > 
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