The latest betas of mailman can allow the admin to block unsubscribe requests. However, you can't block the users setting "nomail", etc.
Seems we're almost there, just not quite :) tom On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Nathan Beittenmiller wrote: > About five minutes after I sent this, I came up with a solution that > somewhat works. If I add users at the command line nightly (which is > how I build the lists with Majordomo), they need a password to > unsubscribe or change their settings. For most users, that would be a > deterrent right there. Unfortunately, the determined ones can still > request the password be mailed to them (and then they receive what I'm > hoping is a random password). Using that, they can unsubscribe, but > this is more work than filtering the mail, as you suggested that many do > anyway. So it's not optimal, but it is acceptable. Thanks. > > -------------------- > Nathan Beittenmiller > Systems Administrator > > -----Original Message----- > > I think that the closest you can come is to have the server notify > you when someone unsubscribes. At that point a letter can be sent > saying it is required that they be subscribed. I would think though > that if someone were asking to be unsubscribed, and they were told > they were required to be subscribed, they probably aren't reading > the mail anyway. I know that I wouldn't. I'd find some way to > filter it out. > > -- > Raquel > ============================================================ > Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; > some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as > you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with > too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. > --Ralph Waldo Emerson > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > -- _______________________________________________________________________ Tom Ryan Voice: 856-225-6361 Consulting System Administrator Fax: 856-969-7900 Rutgers School of Law - Camden ------------------------------------------------------ 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 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
