[Mailman-Users] Subscribing Via Email
Brad Knowles
brad.knowles at skynet.be
Mon Jun 14 18:54:00 CEST 2004
At 10:59 AM -0500 2004-06-14, Vince Kronlein wrote:
> I know this will sound like a stupid question. But what the heck is the
> address for a new user to subscribe to my list?
>
> I've read through the documentation and it says to use the -join
> or -subscribe variable.
According to the documentation at
<http://www.list.org/mailman-member/node10.html>, that's correct.
> Neither of these work. My mailing list is xangotime at gotimenow.com
>
> I tried mailing to xangotime-join at gotimenow.com and
> xangotime-subscribe at gotimenow.com and neither of these add me to the list.
> Is there someplace in the admin section where I need to change some
> settings, or what's the deal?
Are you getting any error messages sent to the administrator? Do
you require confirmation and/or approval for subscription requests?
What's in the Mailman logs? What's in the logs of your mail server?
Any one of these could point to a particular problem.
You may also want to look at the Mailman FAQ entry for general
trouble-shooting at
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.014.htp>.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles at skynet.be>
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-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
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