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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:13:54 -0500
From: Rob Ellis <rob@web.ca>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: mailing list software
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> > 
> > >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.
> > >

this is pretty easily changed in mailman.
a patch for passwordless unsubscribes in mailman 2.0.13 follows below...

- rob


--- Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py.orig	2002-11-12 15:36:21.140003000 -0500
+++ Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py	2002-11-12 16:02:36.610014000 -0500
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@
 
     def ProcessUnsubscribeCmd(self, args, cmd, mail):
 	if not len(args):
-	    self.AddError("Usage: unsubscribe <password> [<email-address>]")
-	    return
+	    # allow unsubscribe with no password
+	    pass
 	if len(args) > 2:
 	    self.AddError("Usage: unsubscribe <password> [<email-address>]\n"
                           "To unsubscribe from a particular list, "

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