Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing from cell phones

2005-05-08 Thread Jim Tittsler
On May 9, 2005, at 04:47, Scot Hacker wrote: > Jim, this is cool to know, thanks. So is there a corresponding > option > for unsubscribe confirmations? I tried it with > > m.unsubscribe_policy = 0 > > and withlist didn't complain, but unsub confirmations are still > sent out > :( . I also t

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing from cell phones

2005-05-08 Thread Scot Hacker
Jim Tittsler wrote: > > You can set a specific list's subscribe_policy to 0 using bin/ > withlist. (You won't be able to set it to 0 via the GUI or > config_list without setting ALLOW_OPEN_SUBSCRIBE.) > > $ bin/withlist -l mylist > m.subscribe_policy = 0 > m.Save() > {ctrl-D} Jim, this is

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing from cell phones

2005-05-06 Thread Jim Tittsler
On May 5, 2005, at 14:55, Scot Hacker wrote: (although that solution will affect lists system-wide, rather than per-list; anyone know of a way to make tweaks like this per-list?). You can set a specific list's subscribe_policy to 0 using bin/ withlist. (You won't be able to set it to 0 via the G

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing from cell phones

2005-05-06 Thread Carl Zwanzig
In a flurry of recycled electrons, Scot Hacker wrote: > Hmm... good point. Perhaps replying to the From: address rather than > the Return-Path, or vice versa. Would there be any way to fix this in > mailman, or is it just a question of broken email implementations in phones? Most likely, it's

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing from cell phones

2005-05-06 Thread Scot Hacker
Ian Eiloart wrote: > > --On May 5, 2005 09:32:08 -0700 Scot Hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> Some phones are able to subscribe to mailing lists, but most are not. I >> really have no idea what mechanisms cause them to fail. > > > My guess would be that maybe the phone is sending the

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing from cell phones

2005-05-06 Thread Ian Eiloart
--On May 5, 2005 09:32:08 -0700 Scot Hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some phones are able to subscribe to mailing lists, but most are not. I > really have no idea what mechanisms cause them to fail. My guess would be that maybe the phone is sending the reply to the wrong email address.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing from cell phones

2005-05-05 Thread Scot Hacker
Brad Knowles wrote: > > If people are subscribing from their cell phones, then this means > they have a way to read and write e-mail messages. That's all the > capability you need, in order to have a confirmation work. They just > respond to the confirmation request by e-mail, and you're

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing from cell phones

2005-05-05 Thread Brad Knowles
At 10:45 PM -0700 2005-05-04, Scot Hacker wrote: > Then we just run this shell script once per hour, and get > around the confirmations problem with cell phones (though I'm surprised > -- aren't there any other mailman lists out there with people subbing > their cell phones? yo

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing from cell phones

2005-05-04 Thread Scot Hacker
Argh! Just minutes after finishing this up, I got a message from a friend. Turns out you CAN disable subscription confirmations. See: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/msg31306.html G... (although that solution will affect lists system-wide, rather than per-list; anyone

Re: [Mailman-Users] Subscribing from cell phones

2005-05-04 Thread Scot Hacker
FWIW, I found the command-line tools add_members and remove_members, which allowed me to write a simple shell script to manage subscribes and unsubscribes by drawing from files. So we'll have PHP forms for subbing and unsubbing, which will write to new_subs.txt and del_subs.txt. Then we just

[Mailman-Users] Subscribing from cell phones

2005-05-04 Thread Scot Hacker
I have a list owner who runs a list designed to be subscribed to from text-messaging cell phones (list traffic consists only of a daily haiku - very neat). People can use the web interface to sign up, but the confirmations are a problem. The subscription confirmation arrives at the phone, th