On 06/30/2015 12:56 PM, Ron Webb wrote: > I am looking to set-up a mailing list for a group of people but was hoping > there is a way to have sub-lists. For example, I'd like to have one group > be everyone, then another group that is regional. I was thinking of " > group-...@mydomain.com" for messages covering everyone but they could send > a message to "group-sacrame...@mydomain.com" to and it will only go to > those that are interested in "Sacramento" specific messages. I would like > to make subscribers opt-in or opt-out of the regional. At this point, I > have not selected a hosting service yet. I wish to bring my own domain to > wherever I choose. I'm not sure if someone that just advertises that they > use Mailman is sufficient or if I need to find a hosting company that > provides shell access for setup is what I need. I'm sure there is some Wiki > or something if this sub-lists works but I must be using the wrong search > term for what I want.
Mailman can do this in a few different ways, all with standard list configuration settings available to the list owner. One possibility is 'topics'. You could have a list with several defined topics like 'Sacramento'. You define regular expressions to be matched against the message's Subject:. These can be simple like a Sacramento topic with a regex of 'sac' a Washington topic with a regex of 'wash' and so on. Then, by default, a user gets all messages, but if she subscribes to the Sacramento topic and also elects to receive posts that match no topic, she will receive posts whose Subject: contains ...sac... and those whose Subject : matches none of the topic regexes (keywords), but not posts with ...wash..., etc. in the Subject: Other ways to do this are umbrella lists and sibling lists. See the FAQs at <http://wiki.list.org/x/4030574> and <http://wiki.list.org/x/4030540>. Also, see <http://wiki.list.org/x/8683547>. > Another thing that is important for me is I do NOT want to archive or cache > messages, at least for not much more than a day. Archiving is a list option which is generally on by default, but easily turned off. > I will also wish to add some type of disclaimer that no one will probably > give it much thought, but it will state that statements made are the of the > sole responsibility of the author of the statement and they are not the > official opinion of the corporation nor the union and the maintainer of the > list does not archive messages. I'm sure I'll come up with much better > wording than that but I'm sure you get the gist. Mailman can add a header and/or a footer to each message with any text you want. > I'm just hoping I've found the right product and can receive some advice > from those that have set up lists. I think Mailman can do what you want. We are here to help. -- 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 https://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: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
