Thanks Mark, I came to the same conclusion and have made a hack that might do the job (emphasis on "hack", not so much on the "might do the job"!) Members would sign up via a php form that later uses their username and password to set delivery off after they've confirmed. A little weird and maybe risky, but it's the easiest thing that came to mind.
Regards, Tom Wolfe On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 20:57 -0700, Mark Sapiro wrote: > Tom Wolfe wrote: > > >Hello -- I imagine this is a strange request, but I'm wondering if it is > >possible to set the options of a new member with default of "set delivery > >off"? > > > No, there is no way to default delivery to 'off'. > > > >E.g., if they are subscribing by email, would something like the following > >be possible: > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: > >subscribe > >set delivery off > > > Actually, I think it might work, but only if the list allows fully open > (no confirmation/no approval) subscribes because in order to set > delivery off, you have to be a member and authenticate, so you might do > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: > > subscribe <password> > set authenticate <password> > set delivery off > > but if the subscribe is waiting confirmation or approval, the set > commands will fail. Also, you have to provide the password for the > subscribe so you know what it is for the set authenticate. > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
