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#490 umbrella list: unsubscribe key public

2.1 beta
closed-wont-fix
nobody
5
2002-09-13
2002-06-08
No

Mailman offers a feature to set up an "umbrella-list",
which is used if a list just has other lists as members.

Assume we have an umbrella-list U, which has to
members, X and Y - both are also lists.

Now, cleverly, the monthly password reminders are
not sent to X and Y, but to "X-owner" and "Y-owner"
instead, so this information should reach the owners of
the subscribed lists (sending a password reminder to
X would mean giving each member of the X list the
power to unsubscribe X from U etc.).

But: If a member of X or Y opens the member options
page (http://my.server.net/mailman/options/U/X) and
clicks on the "unsubscribe" button, the necessary key
is mailed to X (and not to "X-owner"). This is probably
not what we want. If the list archive is not private, the
password is even available to everyone out there.

Discussion

  • Stefan Divjak

    Stefan Divjak - 2002-06-08
    • priority: 5 --> 7
     
  • Barry Warsaw

    Barry Warsaw - 2002-08-16

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    Umbrella lists are a hack that will eventually go away.
    Still, if they're there now they should at least be safer.
    Any chance you'd like to generate a patch for this problem?
    If not, I'm lowering the priority because it involves a
    soon-to-be deprecated feature.

     
  • Barry Warsaw

    Barry Warsaw - 2002-08-16
    • priority: 7 --> 5
     
  • Barry Warsaw

    Barry Warsaw - 2002-09-13

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    I don't plan to fix umbrella lists since I want this feature
    to go away. I'd accept a patch though.

     
  • Barry Warsaw

    Barry Warsaw - 2002-09-13
    • status: open --> closed-wont-fix
     

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