David W. Fenton wrote:

>In any event, everyone should go to that URL and check out the
>configuration options. I've subscribed to many mailing lists run with
>mailman and have also managed a list with it, and it is one of the
>easiest to use because of the web-based configuration and user management
>interface.

Easiest for most people, perhaps.  For me, the fact that it is web-based is
exactly what makes it harder. The reason I prefer to use the Usenet and
email list groups instead of web sites is because browsing is problematic
on my system. I can handle basic HTML fine, so long as the files aren't too
long, too poorly written, or too filled with images. Once you start getting
into scripts and cookies and pretty much anything that requires a plug-in
other than Acrobat, I have troubles. Most pages take too long to load, many
will never load properly at all, and some will crash my entire system.
Thus, I generally avoid the web, unless I know exactly where I'm going, and
even then I have my preferences set to have almost everything turned off.

I don't know if those forms for changing my configuration would work for me
or not.  I was going to give it a try, but when I saw the password
requirement (before I saw your message explaining it) I didn't pursue it.

Anyway, even the smoothest web page still requires the delay of opening the
browser in the first place, a tedious matter that I prefer to avoid.  For
me, sending Unix-style commands in an email message is definitely easier.

mdl


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