I was pondering this idea. Great idea it is too. But is there a way to get the email address from the FROM headers rather than have them explicity put it in the subject line ?
I see a problem in the FROM headers where they can have a bunch of stuff in there like name and whatever else like "Foo Bar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" Any thoughts here? Jon Carnes wrote: > you can setup your lists so that folks can unsubscribe via email without a > password. This is simple to do, but requires some setup. This setup is > good for any number of email "triggers" that you might want to use with > Mailman. > > - In the aliases file, add an entry for the unsubscribe email: > volleyball-unsub: "|/usr/local/sbin/v-unsub" > > - In the /etc/smrsh directory: > ln -s /usr/local/sbin/v-unsub v-unsub > > - In /usr/local/sbin create the script v-unsub: > > #!/bin/bash > # script to unsubscribe user from volleyball list > # Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > # Subject: unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > UNSUB=`grep -i "Subject: " - |head -1` > for i in $UNSUB > do > # === Note: the below text is all on one line...=== > echo $i |grep -q "@" && echo "/home/mailman/bin/remove_members volleyball > $i" >> /home/mailman/ext/pending_removals > # === Note: the above text is all on one line... === > done > chmod 0777 /home/mailman/ext/pending_removals > > - Make the script executable: > chmod a+x /usr/local/sbin/v-unsub > > - Create the directory /home/mailman/ext > mkdir /home/mailman/ext > chmod 0777 /home/mailman/ext > > === > > Now if you send an email to volleyball-unsub it will execute the command > v-unsub which will create a file with Mailman commands inside for the > removal of users from the list "volleyball". The created file > "pending_removals" will look something like this: > /home/mailman/bin/remove_members volleyball [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /home/mailman/bin/remove_members volleyball [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You need to execute this file as Mailman (or root), and then delete the > file. One easy way to do this is to write another script and then setup > that script to run out of cron. Scripts run out of the Mailman cron will be > executed as the user mailman. > > - Write a script to run the file: pending_removals. Then delete the file. > We will call the file: /home/mailman/bin/exec_mailman > #!/bin/bash > # execute a program as the user mailman, requires set-up in crontab > /home/mailman/ext/pending_removals > rm /home/mailman/ext/pending_removals > > - Change to the user Mailman, and edit the cron table: > su mailman > crontab -e > > # Crontable entry to auto-remove users > 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /home/mailman/bin/exec_mailman > > === > > The script "exec_mailman" runs every 5 minutes, so users who email > volleyball-unsub can expect to get a message back in about 5 minutes telling > them that they are unsubscribed. > > You can use this scheme to automate any number of mailman functions via > email triggers. You can also include password checking, and origin checking > fairly easily. > > Jon Carnes > > BTW: you really should include an " if [ -x > /home/mailman/ext/pending_removals ] line in the script "exec_mailman or > your going to get a lot of errors indicating that the script doesn't > exist... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] no require password for unsubscribe? > > > >>Hrm, ya and you cant even specify a blank password when subscribing, >>that makes things harder. >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>>unfortunately, i don't have an answer to that one yet...i'm looking >>>though...and trying to do something similar. Most of the users on my >>>list fall into the computer illiterate category too... >>> >>>Ron >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: tdavis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 3:12 PM >>>To: mailman-users >>>Cc: tdavis >>>Subject: FW: Re: [Mailman-Users] no require password for unsubscribe? >>> >>> >>>Anyone have an answer for me here? Here is my original question: >>>I want to be able to allow my users to unsubscribe from a list without a >>> >>>password. How can I setup a list this way? >>> >>> >>> >>>Michael Johnson (firewing) wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>If nothing else (security concerns aside), it'll alleviate confusion >>>> >>>> >>>on >>> >>> >>>>subscribers' part who often get frustrated when they don't realize (or >>>> >>>> >>>>read the message they are sent or the information pages) that to unsub >>>> >>>> >>>>they need their password. >>>> >>>>At 04:44 PM 1/10/2002 -0600, you wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I want to be able to allow my users to unsubscribe from a list >>>>> >>>>> >>>without >>> >>> >>>>>a password. I understand this can be dangerous but this is a >>>>>controlled list and my users are going to be sub-par as far as >>>>>intelligence goes. I notice that when I do a mass subscribe, it >>>>>auto-generates a password for every user, if I could make that blank >>>>>somehow, that would rock. But would the password being blank mean >>>>>there is no password? >>>>> >>>>>Thank you! >>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>>Terry Davis >>>>>Systems Administrator >>>>>BirdDog Solutions, Inc. >>>>>(402) 829-6059 >>>>>www.birddog.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------ >>>Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------ >>Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users >> -- Terry Davis Systems Administrator BirdDog Solutions, Inc. (402) 829-6059 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
