> The only mandatory fields are the "List name", which must be > alphanumeric and > all lower case. > > Once the list is created, click the "edit" icon next to the list to see > which > "List Address" was assigned to the list. This is an automatically > created > email alias for your list. If your list is named "support", then the > list name > may be something like "133-supp...@www.yourdomain.com". > > The number prefix there is ugly - I know. However: How else would one > deal > with cases where multiple siteAdmins want to create lists with the same > name? > Like "support" or "info" or therelike. Sure, one could treat this on a > "first > come, first serve" basis and if the list name is already taken, the GUI > could > say so and ask for another name instead. The old Majordomo integration > handled > it in a similar way, though. There the prefix was also automatically > added.
Michael, First, thanks for working on Mailman integration into the GUI: a great convenience feature for avid Mailman users like myself! Now, regarding the automatic prefixing of the list names: I actually think the first-come first-served approach would be preferable over the random number prefix. I think that someone trying to use 'n...@mydomain.com' as the list name (and finding 'news' already in use) would rather accept a suggestion to use 'mydomain-n...@mydomain.com' over being forced to accept '284-n...@mydomain.com' without a choice. I'd think most list creators would rather take a second or third try at coming up with a unique list name than having to accept a random number prefix. It's a lot like registering a domain name: I think most people would like to creatively come up with their own unique variation rather than accept a random number prefix. If I try to register 'mydomain.com' and it's already taken, I don't want the registrar to randomly assign '8372-mydomain.com' as my domain. I want to spend some time coming up with a unique alternative. Just my 2ยข worth! dAvid tHacker Thacker Network Technologies Inc. _______________________________________________ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx