[Mailman-Users] remove_members by other users

[Alain Chappuis]

Hello Jon
and thank you for your answer :-)

> The program is open-source, so yes, you can make it do whatever you like.

Great.
 
> There is a binary called "remove_members" in ~mailman/bin/...  it can
> remove anyone from any list.   Of course you need telnet or ssh access to
> the server to use it.  If you need to make this possible via the web, then
> you will need to do some writing (or selective deleting).

Yes I know, but if the distribution list is ownered by a little 
secretary of my office I doubt that she knows Un*x...

> You could always make available to the public the Admin "membership
> management" page.  Though I would disable the add function in this case
> (for the publicly available page).

Will this function be it in the new version of Mailman perhaps?

> Doing that would be fairly easy, I would estimate an experienced
> admin/hacker could do it in about 6 hours.

Yes well on perhaps for you! 
That under hears that we must know the language Python,
and it is not a small matter.

In all the case, if somebody has already a solution, he is
welcome in this forum. 

Have a nice day for all.
Alain.
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