Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, Mailman does not have any method (that I know of) for making > lists "by invitation only". You can require approval from the > Moderator(s) or List Owner(s), but as you observed that's not the > same thing.
I think I'm getting close -- so far I've done the following: 1. Disabled the "-subscribe" email address for the list. 2. Edited the list info page to remove the signup option and replaced it with a notice that membership is via invitation only. (I found the file to modify is /etc/mailman/en/listinfo.html.) 3. Made sure the list is not advertised on the site-wide web page. 4. Used apache to impose a name and password for web access. This pretty much leaves the "subscribe" option in the email interface as the remaining loophole. I would need to modify the Mailman source to remove this keyword, and to modify the "help" file that users can request. (Anyone know offhand what files are involved?) Of course I could just disable the "-request" address for the list, disabling the email interface entirely. I'm a little reluctant to do this, though I expect that at this point most users will want to use "thuh web" to manage their options. = Hurricane Roll Shutters, Accordions Hurricane shutters, rolling shutters, accordions, storm panels and other products. http://a8-asy.a8ww.net/a8-ads/adftrclick?redirectid=8495a62e6dbc71261dcd3c9ac3250199 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
