Anne Wainwright wrote: > >As an aside, I have to ask whether the 'invite' feature in Mailman has a >function. If one has to have been in existing contact such that you can >ask them if they would not object to an invite then one is in fact at >the point where you can ask them point blank if you can subscribe them.
My cycling club has a general discussion list for which subscription requires approval because it's limited to club members. If a new or renewing member checks the "I want to join the club's email list" box on the application form, we send an invitation. This avoids the problem of subscribing the wrong person or an invalid address to the list because of typos or unreadable handwriting (yes, we still accept snail-mailed forms with checks, although it's not our preferred method). Even when a club member emails the list owners asking to join the list, we sometimes send an invitation rather than just subscribing if we think there's a possibility the email was spoofed. I'm sure there are other use cases where invitations rather than direct subscriptions are appropriate/prudent. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> 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://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org