[Mailman-Users] mailman

[John Fleming]

On Wednesday 20 April 2005 07:11 pm, R. S. wrote:
> Forgive me if I seem a little dense. I would like to use mailman with a
> very pretty form on my website. Is there any way to make a php or cgi form
> work with mailman. In other words, i would like someone on my site to fill
> out a form, and it will put their name in the mailman list and generate an
> email that will go to them and then they can log in and confirm the email
> sign up. I think the mailman script is a wonderful thing and puts the power
> of the list in the individuals hand. One more thing, is that I do not want
> anyone whatsoever to mail to this list except the administrator. Can the
> information be modified on the user screen in order to only allow them to
> change their individual settings or unsubscribe. Or better yet, is there a
> script that can be written or available that will do all this directly from
> the pretty web page that I will design, where they never have to log into
> the mailman screen. In other words they can't see the "backend" of the mail
> list, or even know ! that they
>  could try to mail to the list. Let me know if something is available or
> can be written. Thank You
>
> r. Silva

The html to put on your website for people to use to subscribe to your list is 
in the Mailman FAQ:

http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=all#4.33

 When you set up the list, you can turn on moderation such that only the admin 
can post.