[lug] Weird Mailman Issue

[Hugh Brown]

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 16:22, Ryan Wheaton wrote:
> I think that I just figured out my problem and i feel really stupid for 
> making such a big deal out of it.  Trouble is, I still don't know how 
> to make it work like I want it to.
> 
> The program is actually doing what it is supposed to do.  When I enter 
> my email address on the listinfo page and click the "Unsubscribe or 
> edit options" button, it takes me to a page where I'm supposed to 
> supply my password and log in so that I can edit options, click the 
> unsub button, or remind me of my password -- the "user login page."   
> What i'd like however, is for people to not have to enter a password, 
> or to not have a password automatically created when i mass subscribe 
> them.  Is there just an option somewhere that designates this?  or is a 
> password always required?

Not sure on the password issue.  I'd assume that a password is likely
required if you don't want to hack on it much.



>   Or is there a way to edit the user login 
> page so that it only shows the unsubscribe button?
> 

I suspect it is a matter of finding the page and editing it.  Python
skills may be necessary.

Hugh



> thanks,
> ryan
> On Wednesday, Dec 3, 2003, at 16:41 America/Denver, Ryan Wheaton wrote:
> 
> > I've gotten everything set up / sending mail / receiving mail, etc. 
> > This listserv is only going to be used as a newsletter type of deal, 
> > and not a discussion list.  We're going to mass subscribe all of our 
> > clients, and then if they want, they'll have the option to unsub.  
> > I've even gotten the list set up so that only certain people can post 
> > to it etc.
> >
> > I have been working on the customization of it, look and feel, etc. 
> > And am now working on the unsub part.  I'm going through the admin 
> > interface and editing the HTML.  I've edited the list's listinfo page 
> > so that the only thing showing is the unsubscribe portion of it.  I 
> > also edited the user specific options page so that there's only info 
> > about unsub'ing with the unsub button and the checkbox saying "i'm 
> > sure."  I thought that I had it all working great (worked great for 
> > me), but when I tried it on other machines, it didn't work right.
> >
> > The listinfo page came up as i had customized it, but when you entered 
> > your email address, it took you to a mailman user options page (like 
> > it origionally was) instead of my customized page.  I couldn't quite 
> > figure it out, so, in the same browser session, i went back to the 
> > admin edit html interface and re-submitted the customized code without 
> > making any changes.  Then (again in the same browser session) clicked 
> > back to the listinfo page, entered my email address, and it took me to 
> > the correct page.  When I close the browser and start over, it takes 
> > me to the mailman page instead of the customized page.  I've done this 
> > over and over again with the same results, on different machines and 
> > with different browsers.  Any idea why it would display the correct 
> > page only sometimes?
> >
> > I've stopped and started apache, and I don't see any offending URL's 
> > in the apache logs (all the URLs in the logs show up as the same as 
> > the listinfo page for the list), and i'm at about wit's end.  I was 
> > going to have my programmer look at the python code tomorrow to see 
> > what may be going on, but i'm not sure that will be much help.
> >
> > Thanks for listening, and i sure hope someone can help.
> >
> > -ryan
> >
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