My company's ISP only seems to support Mailman. At first that seemed fine, but the more that I look into it, the more it seems like the wrong choice for my needs. I have a list of customers that have asked to be apprised of news from my company. This is an announce only list that I only plan to use a few times a year. This isn't a spam list.
Mailman can sort-of do announce-only lists, but it isn't well suited for that. For one thing, user passwords make some sort of sense if the list is a daily part of someone's life, but they are completely unnecessary and inappropriate for my use. Mailman also needs to make the "unsubscribe" method dead simple. If I just reply to an announce-only list with the word "remove" or "unsubscribe" anywhere in the message subject or body it should grant my wish. Instead there are EIGHT confusing headers to dig through to find the right one. This is just a lot of noise to most people. And then you have to figure out what your password is. This is fine for geeks but not for the average consumer. (This is coming from a geek that has been using and programming computers since '78 and has been on the net since '87.) I do like the fact that Mailman will track bounces, keeps archives, and provides a basic web based interface for administration and users alike. Is there a way to configure Mailman for my purposes? ------------------------------ Simon Gatrall President Swivel Systems mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.SwivelSystems.com ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
