Re: [IAOC] Community Feedback: Turning off monthly IETF mailing listpassword reminder emails

[Chris Griffiths <cgriffiths@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 3, 2013, at 8:52 AM, Paul Wouters <paul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 3 Nov 2013, t.p. wrote:

<tp>

Keep it on.  Since mailman often drops subscribers for reasons unknown,
the monthy list of what I am currently subscribed to is an invaluable
check on what mischief mailman has done lately.

opt-in not opt-out should be the default mode of such things.

Paul,

Based on feedback so far, having this process be opt-in seems like a good idea if you still want your monthly fix of mail list details from the IETF :-)  

Brian Carpenter sent a great write-up that provides a good technical alternative to enable opt-in for this, see below. (Thank you Brian!)   How does this sound and does this meet your needs?  Anyone else have any feedback on this approach?

Thank you

On Nov 3, 2013, at 9:28 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:

It's taken me two days, probably due to jet lag, but I have finally
realised that this is a no-brainer.

When logged in as a subscriber to mailman, down among the Subscription Options,
there is "Get password reminder email for this list?" which includes
opt-in/opt-out  and a checkbox for "Set globally".

Switch them off by defaault, and advise people of this opt-in if they want them.

Done deal. Screen shot attached.

Regards
  Brian Carpenter

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