> Ki Song wrote: > >> I recently installed mailman. >> >> How do I stop mailman from sending a confirmation e-mail if the e-mail >> address is already subscribed to the list? >> >> Right now, a message is sent stating that the e-mail address is already >> subscribed. > > > First, this only happens when the subscribe attempt is from the web. If > it is by email, the email command results just say you are already > subscribed.
May I should have clarified: This is an announce-only list where we are sending out monthly newsletters to our customers. Therefore, they have no idea that there is a "webpage" that allows them to setup their account or to modify their subscription settings. Basically, they have no idea that it is mailman that they are using. I just setup an html form that automatically sends an e-mail to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail address to subscribe and sends an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail address to unsubscribe users. They have no interaction with the default mailman web interface. > > That said, Mailman's behavior when an attempt is made to subscribe a > member depends on the setting of Privacy options...->Subscription > rules->private_roster. > > If the roster can be viewed by anyone, the web subscribe interface will > simply report that you are already a member. > > If however, the roster can be viewed only by list members or the admin, > we do not report that you are already a member because this may be an > attempt by a third party to determine if you are a member, and we > notify the member to alert the member that someone may be 'probing' > for her list membership. > > So the answer to your question is make the list roster viewable by > anyone. If you don't want to do that (because of potential spam > harvesting or other reasons), you'll have to hack the code in > Mailman/Cgi/Subscribe.py. Since I do not want the e-mail list to be viewable by potential spam harvesters, or even the other subscribers, for that matter, I do not want the list roster to be viewable by anyone other than myself. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 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
