Yes, becoming familiar with the command line functions (particularly find_member, add_members, remove_members, and clone_member) has made life so much easier. I used to do everything via the web interface and it is just amazing how many users won't even bother to click a confirmation link to finalize an address update!
-Rob On Feb 4, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > Kaja Podlaska Christiansen wrote: > >> I have tried the following: >> >> - as a list admin, go to the administrative interface -> Membership List >> - click on the email address to be changed >> - enter new address (twice) and submit 'Change My Address...' >> - click 'Submit My Changes' >> >> However, the email address remains unchanged... I'm running Mailman 2.1.14. > > > When you change a member's address in this way, a confirmation request > is sent to the new address, and the address is not changed until the > user confirms. > > Even as list admin, you cannot change a member's address from the web > without user confirmation. > > The way to change a member's address without confirmation is via the > Mailman command line tool bin/clone_member. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/pennguin%40mac.com ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org