Scott R. Godin wrote: In between sending this and responding to the list manager it seems I got temporarily refused to allow to post this, so on the off chance that it actually did not make it to the list, I'm re-sending it. Apologies if this actually DID manage to get posted twice, and thanks for all replies.
> I have a client whom I am doing a website for. The hosting provider has no > list management software installed (they run FreeBSD), but has given me > the tentative OK to suggest a package if I can find one that suits my > needs, and which they will install. > > First question is, If necessary, can it be installed and run solely from > my client's $HOME if necessary, thus making the entire list package only > available to my website client? If not, one presumes that vhosting clients > can be enabled on an as-needed basis by the hosting provider. > > Secondly, my clients particular needs are small, but his wants are many: > > o he wants to be able to post messages that every subscribed user > receives (non-digested) immediately. (basically sales promotional, and new > product announcements. that's it.) probably between one and five per > month. > o no subscribed users will be allowed to post back to the _list_, only > to > the reply address (which will be my client's [EMAIL PROTECTED] address, > more or less). any attempts by a subscriber to post to the list will be > sent to the list owner's address instead and will NOT be seen by the other > members of the list. > o no subscriber on the list will see another subscriber's e-mail > address > in any mail received from the list (i.e. in CC: or whatever). > o subscription will initially be via a web-based form, which will send > a > confirmation e-mail to the address supplied, and require a response from > the end user to the effect of "yes this is me and I want to be subscribed" > before adding them to the list. > o any further list interaction by the subscriber will be via _e-mail > only_ to subscribe/unsubscribe/temporary-disable-and-reenable themselves > to/from the list. No additional web-interface is required. > o the list itself will be text-only. no html. > > Would all these options be configurable for a single vhosted client of a > hosting-provider's server? > > How much of this will the hosting provider have to configure for us, and > > How much of it will we have to/be able to configure ourselves once we've > been set up by the provider? > > Very interested in seeing discussion on this. This is my first foray into > list management as a website kinda guy, so I'm totally unaware of what to > expect and don't want to presume too much, so if my questions seem > excessive, I plead utter complete spastic ignorance. For the most part, > FAQ's rarely ever answer any of the questions *I* usually have, and I go > read them later (although I've already looked and confirmed that they do > not contain these answers, or else I misunderstood) > > I run red hat/fedora core at home and since this is bundled with Mailman, > I figured you guys would be a good place to start my search for a list > manager since I can play with it at home to test things. > > I look forward to your replies and hope my search ends here. :) ------------------------------------------------------ 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/
