[Sysadmin] [lists at pinetree.net: RE: lists.evolt.org mailing list memberships reminder]

[Dean Mah]

On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:28:07AM +0100, Seb wrote:
> >On Sep 3, Dean Mah had something to say about [Sysadmin]  
> >[lists at pinetree.n...
> >
> >>OK,
> >>This is now the 3rd month since I have tried to turn off the monthly
> >>password reminder that it has been sent...
> >>
> >>How can I turn it off and have it really stay off?
> >
> >Filter it? It's 12 emails per year?
> >
> >That said, maybe we just want to turn the mailing off altogether? Does it
> >really serve a useful purpose?
> >
> >Just a thought. I don't have access to mailman so I can't confirm, but I
> >assume there is a site-wide setting to turn off password reminders (or
> >maybe list-wide).
> 
> 
> Yeah, it's a per-list setting.
> 
> Turning it off is a *very* bad idea as then users who forget their list 
> passwords (i.e. most of them) will not be able to change their settings, 
> etc, generating many more "unsubscribe me please" emails on-list
> 
> If a single user is complaining, then they need to learn how to use 
> filters. Inconveniencing thousands of people for the sake of a single 
> person isn't my idea of running a community.

However, there seems to be a per-user setting to disable the password
reminder.  I was wondering if there was something wrong with the
script in that it was not picking this up or if it needed to be
invoked with a different command line argument to get it to check.

Dean