From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 22 10: 7:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED1DD37B401 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:07:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.aplusdata.com (64.83.13.117.dsl117-dhcp-orf.cavtel.net [64.83.13.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 419AF43E4A for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:07:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anthonyabby@aplusdata.com) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:07:33 -0400 Message-Id: <200210221307.AA517865506@mail.aplusdata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: "Anthony Abby" Reply-To: X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: mailing list software X-Mailer: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >But does a list subscriber need to find/remember and use his list password >to unsubscribe? > >That stupid requirement pretty much kills mailman for the non-geek, >mass-market crowd. > >Len > Yes they do, and not to mention that, but most people will subscribe/unsubscribe from the graphical interface anyway, and I think most people who are familiar with mailing lists will attest, it's HORROR trying to admin a list hosted by Mailman. Until the developers make the unsubscribe "feauture" more pronounced in Mailman, you're always going to have lord knows how many screaming people on your list who don't know how to unsubscribe. It's terrible.... check out the Redhat mailing lists sometime! Anthony To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message