* Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061212 18:00]: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 06:58:36AM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote:
>> It appears that all of the Mailman documentation assumes that the >> host has a valid publicly-accessible URL. If that is a >> requirement, then I cannot use Mailman. > > Well, yes, it is generally assumed (by any mailing list software) > that people are able to access the server running the list. What > you describe yourself as wanting to do should be possible without a > public IP address, just be aware that your subscribers will not have > access to many features of Mailman (web interface, setting their > subscription options without bugging you about it, etc.). On the > administrative side, Mailman's bounce detection will only be > partially functional (since it won't have any way to receive notice > of problems after the initial SMTP session), so you'll sometimes > have to identify and deal with defunct or otherwise dead addresses > yourself without Mailman's help. Hi, Dave. Thanks for the explanations. I've been groping for a solution, so several concepts were unclear and I had not stopped to think about everything which a mailing list entails. I agree that it is desirable to give each subscriber the ability to unsubscribe himself. Now I realize that I have two different needs. The immediate need is to send out a one-time letter of invitation to an address list which is several years old. Many of the addresses may, by now, be invalid. The subsequent need is to allow those who are interested to subscribe to a mail list. I think that the simplest approach to the immediate need is to employ the simple bash script which invokes "mail" suggested by David E. Fox, with the alternative being the perl script of J.A. de Vries. The alias feature of Mutt may fail with a long list of addresses. Regarding the long-term need, I just discovered that one of the many ancillary services which accompany my web site hosting plan (from lunarpages.com) is a mail list implemented with Mailman; it has been sitting there all this time, just waiting to be used. RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
