[Mailman-Users] Acknowledging 'access required' - was: send_reminders frequency

[Mark Sapiro]

On 1/29/20 4:33 PM, Chip Davis wrote:
> 
> I often see questions about how to do something or another that I would 
> dearly love to do, only to find that the simple, straightforward 
> procedure recommended is beyond my server credentials.  It would be very 
> helpful to me if those answers acknowledged that:
> 
>   * this can't be done on a shared server implementation, don't bother
>     trying
>   * this can also be done on a shared server, and here's how (or at
>     least, the magic words to ask your vendor)


I can understand your frustration when presented with a simple solution 
that you can't implement because of lack of access to the server or 
adverse impact on other users of a shared server.

I'm sure if you look through the archives, you'll find many posts with 
various caveats. I just did 
<https://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=%22if+you+have+access%22&l=mailman-users%40python.org> 
and got 218 hits, so it's not that we're completely oblivious to this 
issue, but frankly, I and others already spend a great deal of time and 
energy supporting Mailman as volunteers and taking the additional time 
on every thread to determine what if any disclaimer is required is 
something I don't think I can do.

-- 
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