Re: [Mailman-Users] Change of member address via web fails

2012-02-06 Thread Kaja Podlaska Christiansen
Nancy Shoemaker wrote I'm one of those who does not have access to the command line utilities (Mailman installed on shared hosting via control panel). Our list admins (we have about 500 lists and 300 admins) are in the same situation: they do not have access to the Mailman server and comma

Re: [Mailman-Users] Change of member address via web fails

2012-02-05 Thread Jan Steinman
> Nancy Shoemaker wrote: >> >> (thanks, for example, for the >> mailman-subscribers.py script!) Speaking of "mailman-subscribers.py", some time ago, Mark, you sent me a lovely patch that would print subscribers as: Firstname Lastname I don't know when that quit working, but probably

Re: [Mailman-Users] Change of member address via web fails

2012-02-04 Thread Mark Sapiro
Nancy Shoemaker wrote: > >I'm one of those who does not have access to the >command line utilities (Mailman installed on shared hosting via >control panel). While I know it's possible to automate the web >interface in a variety of ways (thanks, for example, for the >mailman-subscribers.py scri

Re: [Mailman-Users] Change of member address via web fails

2012-02-04 Thread Nancy Shoemaker
On Feb 4, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > > When you change a member's address in this way, a confirmation request > is sent to the new address, and the address is not changed until the > user confirms. > > Even as list admin, you cannot change a member's address from the web > without

Re: [Mailman-Users] Change of member address via web fails

2012-02-04 Thread Mark Sapiro
Richard Damon wrote: >I think another issue is that if the user replies with an HTML formatted >message, I don't think the processor will necessarily be able to parse >it. This should not be an issue. The format of the message body, e.g. non-MIME plain text, MIME text/plain, MIME text/html, MIM

Re: [Mailman-Users] Change of member address via web fails

2012-02-04 Thread Richard Damon
On 2/4/12 12:27 PM, Adam McGreggor wrote: > On Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 12:11:24PM -0500, Rob McLear wrote: >> just amazing how many users won't even bother to click a >> confirmation link to finalize an address update! > Spam-trapping may, partially, be to blame. > I think another issue is that if the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Change of member address via web fails

2012-02-04 Thread Adam McGreggor
On Sat, Feb 04, 2012 at 12:11:24PM -0500, Rob McLear wrote: > just amazing how many users won't even bother to click a > confirmation link to finalize an address update! Spam-trapping may, partially, be to blame. -- "There are three principal ways to lose money: wine, women, and engineers. Whil

Re: [Mailman-Users] Change of member address via web fails

2012-02-04 Thread Rob McLear
Yes, becoming familiar with the command line functions (particularly find_member, add_members, remove_members, and clone_member) has made life so much easier. I used to do everything via the web interface and it is just amazing how many users won't even bother to click a confirmation link to fi

Re: [Mailman-Users] Change of member address via web fails

2012-02-04 Thread Mark Sapiro
Kaja Podlaska Christiansen wrote: >I have tried the following: > >- as a list admin, go to the administrative interface -> Membership List >- click on the email address to be changed >- enter new address (twice) and submit 'Change My Address...' >- click 'Submit My Changes' > >However, the email a

Re: [Mailman-Users] Change of member address via web fails

2012-02-04 Thread Richard Damon
On 2/3/12 7:11 AM, Kaja Podlaska Christiansen wrote: > > Hi, > > How to change the email address of a list member via web? > I have tried the following: > > - as a list admin, go to the administrative interface -> Membership List > - click on the email address to be changed > - enter new address (t

[Mailman-Users] Change of member address via web fails

2012-02-04 Thread Kaja Podlaska Christiansen
Hi, How to change the email address of a list member via web? I have tried the following: - as a list admin, go to the administrative interface -> Membership List - click on the email address to be changed - enter new address (twice) and submit 'Change My Address...' - click 'Submit My Changes'