Is there a way to remove a user from a list without logging onto the web-interface? On our site, the web-server is limited to intranet users only, but the list is sent out to people all over the world. I want to automate their removal, but I have tried sending an email saying 'unsubscribe [email-address]' and nothing happened.
I don't understand why you'd restrict your web access to intranet-only users while allowing your mailing list to be distributed globally. IMO, they should both be available only to the same sets of users.
Nevertheless, mailman does have an e-mail interface. For example, if you create a new list called "spork", you'll get an e-mail message like this telling you to create certain aliases:
The mailing list `spork' has been created via the through-the-web interface. In order to complete the activation of this mailing list, the proper /etc/aliases (or equivalent) file must be updated. The program `newaliases' may also have to be run.
Here are the entries for the /etc/aliases file:
spork: "|/usr/local/mail/mailman post spork" spork-admin: "|/usr/local/mail/mailman admin spork" spork-bounces: "|/usr/local/mail/mailman bounces spork" spork-confirm: "|/usr/local/mail/mailman confirm spork" spork-join: "|/usr/local/mail/mailman join spork" spork-leave: "|/usr/local/mail/mailman leave spork" spork-owner: "|/usr/local/mail/mailman owner spork" spork-request: "|/usr/local/mail/mailman request spork" spork-subscribe: "|/usr/local/mail/mailman subscribe spork" spork-unsubscribe: "|/usr/local/mail/mailman unsubscribe spork"
All you have to do is send e-mail to the appropriate address, and the appropriate action should be taken. For subscription/unsubscriptions, the recipient can send e-mail to the appropriate address, and then correctly respond to any confirmation notice that may be sent out.
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