Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

Jeff Barger wrote: > > I am sorry if I am being really dense; but what _is_ the > > administrative email > > interface to Mailman? For example, how _can_ a list administrator > > unsub > > a bunch of listmembers via email? I cannot for the world of me find > > any > > documentation on this. >

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

On Jul 6, 2004, at 5:27 PM, malgosia askanas (staff) wrote: Brad Knowles wrote: Hope that helps to explain why an administrative email interface can be useful. There's no question that an e-mail interface can be useful. The value of this was recognized a long time ago. Mailman does already inc

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

> Therein lies the problem. You'd probably need to be able to read > the Python code well enough to figure out what it does. ;( All right, I may be able to do that. But where is the Python code for the administrative commands? It's not in $prefix/Mailman/Commands, is it? At least I don

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

At 5:51 PM -0400 2004-07-06, malgosia askanas (staff) wrote: Well, I would gladly help improve this part of the documentation, even though I am a programmer -- but the question is, how do I find out, to begin with, the information which needs to go into this presently-missing documentation? The

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

Brad wrote: > There is some information for users at > . I'm still looking > for the comparable information for mailing list administrators, but > it looks like this part of the documentation may be lacking. > > Here's an opportunity

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

At 5:27 PM -0400 2004-07-06, malgosia askanas (staff) wrote: I am sorry if I am being really dense; but what _is_ the administrative email interface to Mailman? For example, how _can_ a list administrator unsub a bunch of listmembers via email? I cannot for the world of me find any documentat

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

Brad Knowles wrote: >> Hope that helps to explain why an administrative email interface can >> be useful. > There's no question that an e-mail interface can be useful. The > value of this was recognized a long time ago. Mailman does already > include an e-mail interface. I am sorry if I am

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

Yes, I think its very much useful to have a document/howto on using commands via E-mail. for example, I am just running a mail server and I don't want a web-server on it. Rather, I haven't installed a webserver on my mail server and I want all the fuctionalisty via shell access or by running comm

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

At 2:54 PM +0100 2004-07-06, Jolin M Warren wrote: Hope that helps to explain why an administrative email interface can be useful. There's no question that an e-mail interface can be useful. The value of this was recognized a long time ago. Mailman does already include an e-mail interface.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

On Jul 6, 2004, at 9:54 AM, Jolin M Warren wrote: The other reason this would be useful is because it can be a lot faster if I am subscribing one set of users to multiple email lists and unsubscribing a different set from different lists. I get sent a list of addresses, so using a text editor an

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

At 11:53 on 6-7-04, Brad Knowles wrote: However, I do not know what the equivalent commands would be from the command-line, or how you could achieve the same functionality via the e-mail interface. Is there a reason why you don't do this through the web interface? I'm also interested in the e

Re: [Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

At 10:45 AM +0200 2004-07-06, Bård Tommy Nilsen wrote: I want to subscribe and unsubscribe members to/from my lists via email Without the member getting the confirm email.. But when the users subscrib/unsubscribe I want them to confirm ... From the web interface, you can just go to the "Members

[Mailman-Users] Admin commands via email

Hello I want to subscribe and unsubscribe members to/from my lists via email Without the member getting the confirm email.. But when the users subscrib/unsubscribe I want them to confirm ... Is there a site where the commands are listed ?? Regards Bård Tommy Nilsen -