[Mailman-Users] What does mailman do with a POST?

[Bernie Cosell]

On 31 Jul 2018 at 21:25, Richard Damon wrote:

> On 7/31/18 9:15 PM, Bernie Cosell wrote:

> > Here's the request I just sent:
> >
> > 'setmemberopts-btn' => 'Submit Your Changes',
> >  'cookie' => 
> >  'unsubscribees' => 'bernie'
> > ----------------------------------------
> >  '_method' => 'POST',
> >                                         '_uri' => 
> >
> > Do I have to do something special with the data for the
> 'unsubscribees' ?  I 
> > know it is a TEXTAREA -- but I just assumed I could pass it a string
> and 
> > that'd be OK.

> With Mailman2, submitting a non-subscribed email address to the
> unsubscribe link doesn't give an error message.

Hmm.  the server is running  2.1.23 and I just tried unsubscribing "bernie" 
again from my web browser [and I'm still not on the list..:o)]  and I got:
-------------------
Cannot unsubscribe non-members:

    bernie 
-------------------------
in bold red letters at the top and then it is followed by the rest of the HTML 
for the mass-removal page.

  /B\
 If you read the text
> sent back, it says something like IF you were subscribed, and email
> will
> be set to your email address to confirm the unsubscription. I presume
> this is part of Mailmans privacy policy to not let people find out if
> someone is subscribed to a list (assuming the list doesn't post the
> subscriber list).
> 
> 
> -- 
> Richard Damon
> 
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