I'm certainly not brave enough to attempt to change it, but I have often been bothered by the terminology. Subscriber is the exact right word in this case, member or employee might be a good fit, but then again, they might not. I have lists in which member, employee, and stockholder would be appropriate, but I also have a couple of lists where subscriber is the only correct word, and it is correct in all cases.
So, I'll second the suggestion to globally change the terminology, but I don't want to get out my broadaxe and try it myself! Van Bob Weissman wrote: > This is a linguistic subtlety in the English version of Mailman. > > Maliman refers to list subscribers as "members," for example when rejecting a post >from a "non-member" to a "members-only" list. This terminology is confusing in some >circumstances. Here's why. > > I run lists for a professional, non-profit, organization which has dues-paying >members. Not all paying members subscribe to all lists, and not all subscribers are >paying members. If a dues-paying member has a posting rejected to what Mailman calls >a "members-only" list, he will promptly complain to me that he is, in fact, a >"member." And he's right. He's just not a *subscriber* to the list in question. > > In my own Mailman 2.0.11 installation, I've scoured the sources for user-visible >strings and changed "member" to "subscriber" everywhere I thought it was important. I >would like to suggest this become an official terminology change for future versions >of Mailman. > > - Bob > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Sign up now for Quotes of the Day, a handful of quotations on a theme delivered every morning. Enlightenment! Daily, for free! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=Subscribe_QOTD For web hosting and maintenance, visit Van's home page: http://www.domainvanhorn.com/van/ ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
