On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 09:35:23AM +0100, Kate wrote:
[I sent this yesterday, but it seems to have gotten
lost somewhere.
Apologies if it ends up arriving twice.]
Morning,
Raul654 and I were having a discussion earlier about sending a daily
featured article via email, similar to "word of the day" at
m-w.com
etc.
The easiest way to do this would be via a mailing list which users
subscribe to; however, mailman's interface isn't really very obvious
for someone who's just looking to sign up for something. So, it would
be nice if something could be added which would handle the initial part
of the subscription when the user enters their email address into a
(simple) form, and they just have to reply to the mailman email to
subscribe.
Is there any chance of something like this being done, or does anyone
have any other suggestions on how to handle it?
Call me an ignorant techie, but what is complicated in this form:
Subscribing to Wikitech-l
Subscribe to Wikitech-l by filling out the following form. You will be
sent email requesting confirmation, to prevent others from gratuitously
subscribing you. This is a private list, which means that the list of
members is not available to non-members.
Your email address: [___________________]
Your name (optional): [___________________]
You may enter a privacy password below. This provides only mild security,
but should prevent others from messing with your subscription. Do not
use a valuable password as it will occasionally be emailed back to you
in cleartext.
Regards,
JeLuF