I just realised what went wrong. Sorry for framing my earlier query inadequately....
Apparently, once the moderator sends in the 'subscribe' command via e-mail, it is up to the address-owner to accept (or do nothing about the subscription). Without the address-owner accepting, he/she doesn't get added to the list. Shouldn't Mailman allow the owner to decide that *he* wants someone to be compulsorily added on? This option is available in the web-interface version, but I get a chance to log-on to the web at decent speeds only once or twice a week! I don't intend to spam readers by forcing them to be on the list. Infact, if anyone sends in a 'remove me' request, I speedily oblige. But, my experience is that the average person simply doesn't know how to subscribe himself, or is too lethargic about joining. Once they are added to a list, the majority (provided the membership drive is well targeted) admit that they find it useful. Could Mailman think of some solution? FN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 14:32:39 +0530 (IST) > From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [LO] Query about e-mail commands (response) > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Precedence: bulk > Message: 1 > > I recently tried to subscribe 20-30 persons to one of my lists via > email. This was my experience: > > * The first email contained about ten one-line commands > subscribe listname nodigest [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * To my suprise only the first line's address gave a return message saying > that it had got subscribed. > > Does this mean: > > (i) the others didn't get subscribed > (ii) others got subscribed but didn't show > (iii) I need to send separate commands for each address? > > Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong? > > FN > -- > Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India 832.409490 / 409783 > BYTESFORALL www.bytesforall.org * GNU-LINUX http://linuxinindia.pitas.com > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Mobile +9822 122436 (Goa) * Saligao Goa India > Writing with a difference... on what makes *the* difference ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
