RE: [Evolution] mailing list

[Gregory Leblanc <GLeblanc cu-portland edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamie Zawinski [mailto:jwz jwz org]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 12:36 PM
> To: evolution helixcode com
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] mailing list
>
> Michael Poole wrote:
> > Please don't, in fact!  If you're going to send out a password
> > mailing, I think the monthly mailing used by other lists is a better
> > idea than weekly.
>
> This whole password business is silly.  Confirmation 
> messages, ensuring
> that you are capable of receiving mail to the address you are
> manipulating, is all that is needed.  Smartlist doesn't use passwords,
> and it's plenty secure once you turn on confirmation messages.  This
> password nonsense is why I use smartlist for my lists instead of
> mailman, even though mailman looks slightly easier to admin.

While this isn't really an Evolution post, I'm going to post here anyway.
Just as a guess, I think you've overlooked that Mailman does almost
everything through the web interface, other methods are much less
convenient.  Without a password, how can users view their webpage with
configuration options, while keeping the rest of the world from doing so?
        Greg