Actually What Rick suggested would be the way to go IMHO. You can give anyone list admin rights on their domain which enables them to create/manage lists or their domain through the built in web management pages.
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Delbridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Clarification: "AddList" Command-Line App Needed > Thank you for the reply, Rick. > > Regarding spam, a listserv is common hosting fare that we are expected to > offer. Whether we build a listserv for our customers manually in IMail > Administrator or allow them convenient self-service through our control panel is > irrelevant to any spamming issues. That's a matter for policies and management > and only after a list is created. > > Thank you for the suggested workaround. Unfortunately, our customers will > demand a "vanity" list -- one that incorporates their domain name. > > I suppose I'll have to script something. > > Dave > > Rick Leske wrote: > > > > IpSwitch Tech Support informs me that my previous request for an > > > "AddList" command-line function could be construed as a request for > > > spamming tools. This may explain the lack of responses to my forum > > > request of two days ago. I will clarify that we are not interested in > > > populating a list with users, but only in creating an empty listserv > > > from the command-line. For this feature, we are desperate. > > > > > > Thanks to the other command-line apps, we have successfully integrated > > > iMail into our existing management and billing system -- our hosting > > > "control panel," if you will. However, the listserv issue is a real > > > problem. Until our customers can add and delete lists through our > > > control panel, I really can't launch iMail to replace our older mail > > > system. > > > > Wow.. I'd have to agree with Tech Support on this one. You state "Until our > > customers can add and delete lists through our control panel..." looks like > > a serious concern for abuse to me. If you really want to give them, your > > customers, ability to add/delete list then you could try setting up a > > virtual domain, such as wedontspam.com, and then make a user account with > > list administration rights. You could then hand them over to > > http://www.wedontspam.com:8181 for login and list administration. FWIW I > > wouldn't recommend doing this.. far to much of a risk for abuse. > > > > ~Rick > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
