Maybe some of these ideas should be controlled by configuration options to give the most flexibility?
Unsubscribe from non-member address: (1) Reply (2) Bounce to moderator (3) Discard On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Justin Long wrote: > > > >Is there a way in mailman to do the following - and if not, I'd like > >to submit these ideas for implementation or adjustment > >(1) bounces from subscribe requests should not include the original message > > > I can pretty much promise that this and other measures will be in the > initial Mailman 2.2 release, but it isn't in Mailman 2.1 > > > > >(2) unsubscribe requests should be dropped if they come from an > >address which is not a member > > > Interesting idea, but I can see some installations would want to send > some kind of response in case it is really from a subscribe who just > doesn't happen to know what their correct subscribed address is. > > > > >You can't really tell if a subscribe request is valid or not, but at > >least the attachments could be stripped out... > > > Yes, we definitely plan to not echo the message body, at least by > default. However, many people feel there should be no response at all. > See for example the thread beginning at > <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2008-March/019804.html> > and continuing into April. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan > > -- Never retreat. Never surrender. Never cut a deal with a dragon. ------- Justin Long / [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.strategicnetwork.org - 120,000 subscribers, 16,000 articles http://www.momentum-mag.org - bi-monthly magazine on unreached peoples http://www.momentum-mag.org/wiki - Missiopedia of Christian missions MSNIM [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Skype nsmjustinlong ------- We help people build 6 things: Drive, Energy, Effort, Inspiration, Power, Strength ------- No armor? Unclean life? Then do not mess in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
