As soon as I turned on personalization I got one complaint because one sub--scriber who thought that their email address and password had been mailed to the ENTIRE LIST as an example. (This is True.) ...and I didn't think they'd notice the change. Then another person, sub--scribed under multiple email addresses complained that they couldn't access ALL their subscriptions from one user page, as promised. So I updated my personalized footer, it now states the options are specific to the email address.

Here's my own humble how-to, assembled shamelessly from previous posts to this Mailman list.

<#> WHAT PERSONALIZATION LOOKS LIKE

> This personalization example is from this Mailman list (urls are not real, do not click):

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> This is what I recommend (urls are not real, do not click):
_______________________________________________
GENERAL LIST INFORMATION:

The TEST mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.listdomain.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/test
_______________________________________________
YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS:

Unsubscribe or choose new options at
http://www.listdomain.net/mailman/options.cgi/test/test8%40subscriber.net

For all lists you are subscribed to at
   lists.listdomain.net
under the email address
   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
your current password is
   notarealpass
_______________________________________________
<#> CHANGES YOU MAKE TO THE mm_cfg.py FILE

I pasted the lines below to make personalization possible.

From the FAQ: Q. Can I put the user's address in the footer that Mailman adds to each message?
A. Yes, in Mailman 2.1. The site admin needs to enable personalization by setting the following variables in the mm_cfg.py file

VERP_PASSWORD_REMINDERS = 1 VERP_PERSONALIZED_DELIVERIES = 1 VERP_DELIVERY_INTERVAL = 1 VERP_CONFIRMATIONS = 1
If you want to give the power to your list owners:

OWNERS_CAN_ENABLE_PERSONALIZATION = 1
<#> HOW TO SET UP PERSONALIZATION FOR LIST ADMINS

It's all done in the NON-DIGEST OPTIONS screen:

<#><#>Go to the option for "Should Mailman personalize each non-digest delivery?"

"Select No to disable personalization and send messages to the members in batches. Select Yes to personalize deliveries and allow additional substitution variables in message headers and footers (see below). In addition, by selecting Full Personalization, the To header of posted messages will be modified to include the member's address instead of the list's posting address. "

<#><#>Go to the option for "Footer added to mail sent to regular list members."

Paste this text:

_______________________________________________
GENERAL LIST INFORMATION:

The %(real_name)s mailing list
%(real_name)s@%(host_name)s
%(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s
_______________________________________________
YOUR PERSONAL SUBSCRIBER OPTIONS:

Unsubscribe or choose new options at
%(user_optionsurl)s

For all lists you are subscribed to at
%(host_name)s
under the email address
%(user_delivered_to)s
your current password is
%(user_password)s
_______________________________________________

END OF HOW-TO SET UP PERSONALIZATION

Has anyone tried it and had to stop due to performance issues, how bad is the drag?

Also, I really wanted to include a one-click unsubscribe. But I'm sure that many subscribers are having mail forwarded and it would only frustrate them. Any solutions?

I would think that it would significantly lower support costs to be able to include an options url and the password in every message. I'd love to hear how this works out for other list owners.

Sheryl Coe



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