[Mailman-Users] Announce only lists

[Simon Gatrall]

My company's ISP only seems to support Mailman.  At first that seemed 
fine, but the more that I look into it, the more it seems like the 
wrong choice for my needs.  I have a list of customers that have 
asked to be apprised of news from my company.  This is an announce 
only list that I only plan to use a few times a year.  This isn't a 
spam list.

Mailman can sort-of do announce-only lists, but it isn't well suited 
for that.  For one thing, user passwords make some sort of sense if 
the list is a daily part of someone's life, but they are completely 
unnecessary and inappropriate for my use.  Mailman also needs to make 
the "unsubscribe" method dead simple.  If I just reply to an 
announce-only list with the word "remove" or "unsubscribe" anywhere 
in the message subject or body it should grant my wish.  Instead 
there are EIGHT confusing headers to dig through to find the right 
one.  This is just a lot of noise to most people.  And then you have 
to figure out what your password is.  This is fine for geeks but not 
for the average consumer.  (This is coming from a geek that has been 
using and programming computers since '78 and has been on the net 
since '87.)

I do like the fact that Mailman will track bounces, keeps archives, 
and provides a basic web based interface for administration and users 
alike.  Is there a way to configure Mailman for my purposes?

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Simon Gatrall
President
Swivel Systems

mailto:simon at SwivelSystems.com
http://www.SwivelSystems.com
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