James Carlson wrote: > Stephen Lau writes: > >> I probably added you to the 'accept_these_nonmembers' list a while ago >> which is why your posts are getting through. >> >> ... goes to look at mailman ... >> >> and yes, that's what I did. I removed you from that list and just >> subscribed you to the list instead. >> > > Thanks. It's an odd sort of limbo to fall into. :-/ > > I'd think that refusing to reply at all to a subscription request in > that case sounds like a bug. At a minimum it should say, "I can't > subscribe you because you're on the accepted non-member list." > Staring blankly back at me doesn't seem like a good response. > > I don't think that's *expected behaviour* certainly. I have a bunch of my own mailman lists, and it's always tracked the two separately. i.e.:
1) Being a subscriber means you get to post AND you get copies of all email sent to the list 2) Being on the accept_these_nonmembers list means you just get to post Being on #2 has no bearing on the subscription logic. And from what I've seen, mailman has never assumed it should. So I think you just hit a weird bug and somehow got stuck in limbo- not sure how, and not sure it's worth figuring it out to be honest. :-P -steve -- stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
