On Wed,  22 Feb  1995 08:09:49  -0500 John  Buckman <[log in to unmask]>
said:
 
>What  I'm proposing  is a  list-manager InfoMagnet  which would  let the
>owner  be, say  10 email  addresses at  once, and  set all  10 of  their
>memberships to "nomail"
 
Why  can't you  simply  issue  10 SET  xxx  NOMAIL  FOR xxx@xxx  commands
instead?  Aside from  the inevitable  emotional reactions  that voluntary
mail forging is  going to create, sending commands  from the subscribers'
accounts is just the wrong way to do it. There are mechanisms in LISTSERV
for letting the subscriber know that  he has been added, that his options
have  been  changed, etc.  These  mechanisms  work  with the  list  owner
commands, not when LISTSERV thinks the  commands were issued by the user.
Furthermore  your procedures  would not  work with,  say, "Add  user" and
closed lists. The user's subscribe request would be forwarded to the list
owner, who  would click on  "Add user" and  get another request  to join,
etc. For "Delete  user", if command validation is in  effect the user may
be requested  to confirm his removal  and just let the  request time out.
I'm sure  there are many other  cases where it doesn't  yield the desired
effect. This is just not the way to implement it.
 
  Eric