In a message of Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:38:36 PDT, Mark Sapiro writes: >Laura Creighton wrote: >> >> A mailing list that I am subscribed to, for reasons of privacy, has dec >ided >> to not archive its messages. I think this is an extremely silly idea, >but >> right now out of my control. My problem is that periodically I think I >> remember something useful having been posted there, and want to search >the >> non-existant archives -- because I forget they do not exist. >> >> The first erroneous piece of information I get is 'this archive is only >> searchable by list members'. So I try to log in to read the list, and >> despite typing my correct password, things fail with 'Authorization >> Failed' rather than letting me discover that there were no archives to >> be found. So you assume you haven't reset your password for this maili >ng >> list to one of the several you are in the habit of using, and ask for >> a password reminder -- to find out that all of this has been a complete >> waste of time because your problem is that there is no archive, not >> that you mistyped your password. >> >> So -- is this just a bug -- should I report it -- or is this list >> misconfigured? I can ask the list maintainer to change things if there >> is a way we can avoid this. > > >I can't duplicate this problem. What Mailman version hosts this list? >Are you sure you are logging in with the exact email address that is >subscribed to the list?
Mailman version 2.1.9, and yes the email address is the same. Laura > >-- >Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, >San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ 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
