One common way to do this is use a shell script.
To unsubscribe from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" send any email at
all with your "From: " address set up correctly. In /etc/aliases:
atc-remove: "|/usr/lib/mailman/localbin/unsub.sh atc ssc.com"
unsub.sh, shamelessly plagarized from an example Bob Puff posted
to this list:
---------------------------- snip --------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
#
# Mailman auto unsubscription adapted from one by Bob Puff 01/15/01
#
# Pass two parameters to this script:
# /home/mailman/unsub <list name> <domain name>
#
# Call from your aliases file like:
# test-unsub: |/home/mailman/unsub test yourdomain.com
#
# Fri Jan 11 00:07:41 PST 2002 Dan Wilder -- use HERE
# documents.
TMP=/tmp/t$$
/bin/cat >$TMP
export sp="password" # *** Put your site password here ***
export addr="$(/bin/cat $TMP |
/usr/bin/formail -r |
/usr/bin/head -1 |
/usr/bin/awk '/^..*/{print $2}')"
(
/bin/cat <<HERE
From: $1-admin@$2
To: $1-request@$2
Subject: unsubscribe $sp $addr
Date: $(date)
HERE
) | /usr/lib/sendmail -t
(
cat <<HERE
From: $1-admin@$2
To: $addr
Subject: Unsubscribe Confirmation
Date: $(/bin/date)
This message confirms that your unsubscribe request,
shown below, to the $1 list has been received and
is being processed.
Thank you.
----------------------- Your request --------------------------
$(/bin/cat $TMP)
---------------------------------------------------------------
--
Unsubscribe request processing at SSC.COM.
HERE
) | /usr/lib/sendmail -t
rm -f $TMP
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<digression>
This script suffers from two weaknesses: predictable tmpfile name (not an
issue for me) and exposure of unchecked data within a HERE document.
Well, maybe formail does some checking. Can't say I've verified that.
No doubt I'll add checking of data taken from the "From: " header
one of these days.
Be warned of the predictable tmpfile name and the possibly
exposed unchecked data, should you adopt this.
Needless to say, I claim credit for the weaknesses and give Bob
credit for everything here that works.
</digression>
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 02:19:57PM -0600, Paul Croft wrote:
> AMEN...I have been on the net since about 1990 and I think I have a pretty
> good handle on things too...but I don't know how many people just cannot
> figure out how to get off the darn lists...even with the simple
> instructions of YahooGroups and Topica...I still had problems...now I have
> moved to Mailman and all heck breaks loose!
>
> A reply to unsubscribe function would be great as long as a confirmation
> was included...even better would be a direct unsubscribe and/or no mail
> command:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] and/or
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> My lists are announce only too (humour ezines) and I find that 90% of my
> admin time is spent getting people to figure out how to unsubscribe...so
> much so that I took that function away from them completely and have set up
> my own handy-dandy unsubscribe page...I handle all the no mail and unsub
> requests currently...but it is a chore that I would love if Mailman could
> take it over.
>
> Don't get me wrong...I love Mailman and find hosting my own lists (finally)
> a great experience....BUT I would just like to make it a little easier for
> everyone!
>
> Paul
>
>
> At 04:50 AM 22/03/02, Simon Gatrall wrote:
> >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
>
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