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Index of Subjects Ok... was just wandering if there was any kind of shortcut here... like some mailing listservers have this but in order to subscribe you have to athencticate your email by sending a code back to the list server which tells it that the email address is atenticaded and that person wanted to actually join the list... i geuss this is not the case here.. as well.. on the mailing list home page (i made for the list) i put a link to help people with mailing lists.... thanks justin On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, David L. Potter wrote: > > Hi Justin... > > The proper way to subscribe to a majordomo mailing list is via > 'authenticated' email... submitting an http form from a browser is no > guarantee that the 'subscribee' is who they say they are... With a form, > I could subscribe _you_ to a list (mlm, porn, ....) with mail... if the > request is to subscribe someone at a different address... such as > > dpotter@chebucto.ns.ca requests you subscribe ab934@chebucto.ns.ca > > ...majordomo asks the listowner to approve the request, normally as a list > owner I would check with ab934 to make sure he or she wanted to join the > list... > > As a listowner there's some comfort in knowing that the people subscribed, > understand how to (use email to) 'unsubscribe' etc.... > > ----- > > In the past, we have used a script to subscribe people who are logged-in > to CCN to a CCN list (guest logins excluded) ...basically the login > process provides the authentication. > > david potter > > > On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Christopher Majka wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Justin Little wrote: > > > > > everything sounds great to me, > > > the name dalnet_chat will work fine :) > > > thanks..... > > > > > > justin... > > > > > > ps.. this maybe should go to userhelp :P but i was just wandering if there > > > was some sort of cgi script that will allow ppl to register right away by > > > clicking on it.. ive already made a registration page for the list > > > (http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~am904) but was wandering if i could add that > > > in... > > > > Registration page looks great! I don't think there is any way you could > > further automate the procedure of list subscription, especially since you > > are collecting all sorts of information beyond what majordomo requires. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Chris > > > > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. > > Christopher Majka <aa051@chebucto.ns.ca> > > Editor-in-Chief: Chebucto Community Net - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada > > URL = http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Home.html > > > > "We have ... in this country ... far too many captive editors who cannot > > even be heard to rattle their chains." -- Carl E. Lindstrom > > _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. > > > > > barta ---------------- DALnet #friends mailing list owner: dalnet_chat@chebucto.ns.ca ---------------- http://www.dalnetfriends.home.ml.org http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~am904 http://www.kayhay.com/~barta
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