Maxwell Smart wrote:
My only issue is that this particular user is a Windows user and would
never be able to use CLI The web interface or client application (like
t-bird, etc.) is a must. Does EZMLM have a web interface? I remember
seeing the mailing list option in Qmailadmin, but when I looked
yesterday I didn't see it.
Only what's available in qmailadmin. As Jake alluded to, you'll need to
trust your client will only do what's needed there, as you'll need to
give them postmaster authority.
I remembered where it is and will
investigate further. I only have one client that wants to do this and
it's not that pressing that he have this option. It would be nice for
me to know how for general knowledge, but it's not a (to quote Tina Fey)
dealbreaker. Is one more secure than the other?
Not that I'm aware of.
Thanks for all your help as always!
Sure.
BL, if ezmlm is suitable, use it. It's already there and ready to go.
If your client needs a simpler or more extensive interface for managing
lists, I'd go with mailman.
Have a great Thanksgiving.
CJ
Eric Shubert wrote:
Jake Vickers wrote:
Maxwell Smart wrote:
I am not sure EZMLM would work anyways. From what I read it needs
you to subscribe to a list. This customer wants simply to send 100
e mails at one time. Which would be appropriate? It sounds to me
like EZMLM is for lists, like this one. Am I interpreting this
correctly?
ezmlm is ezmlm. Qmailtoaster does not do anything special for it, so
any documents you read on ezmlm will apply.
You can manually add users to the mailing list without going through
the whole subscribe process. In qmailadmin, click mailing lists,
create one, and then click add subscribers. Add a user. The user does
not receive any confirmation emails. Then send a message to that
mailing list and the user will then get it.
You will need to give the user access to qmailadmin however, so they
can manage the list easily. There are also "commands" you can send to
the list to do the same functions, but unless you're really savvy
then this can be very difficult (for example, send an email to
List-Help: <mailto:qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com>
and see what you get back)
If you need to bulk import addresses, then I have a writeup on the
wiki on how to do that from the CLI. There are some other web based
admin utils for controlling ezmlm or giving admin access to lists to
certain users, but I have not investigated any of these solutions
myself.
As Eric mentioned, mailman may also be a source. I find ezmlm easier
to setup and manage in general, but if you can convince your user to
only go into certain tabs in mailman then it may be a better choice
for non-technical users.
I don't know what Jake's talking about regarding certain tabs in
mailman. Mailman has a pretty extensive security model. You can assign
list ownership to the user, and then they can control the list in
whatever way they like using the provided web interface. The biggest
drawback I know of with mailman is a moderate learning curve, as there
are a lot of options. As always though, you don't get something for
nothing.
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-Eric 'shubes'
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