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From: aa935@chebucto.ns.ca
To: ccn-tech@chebucto.ns.ca
Cc: ccn-webmaster@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:52:34 -0300
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Hi all

The request for a web interface for ccn-webmaster is not an issue of platform, 
software or how the listserv operates. The request is to make available a user 
activated subscribe/unsubscribe function from a web page.

It is standard practice to request a prospective user to send an e-mail to 
xxx@xxx.xxx with "subscribe list" in the body.

This requires the prospect to
- switch to an e-mail application
- address the e-mail
- compose the e-mail
- send the e-mail

Seems simple enough, but not to all. (I won't bore you with a list of reasons, 
factors and attitude why some find the process daunting or unfriendly.)

In an ideal world, My preference would be a simple "click to subscribe", "click 
to unsubscribe" interface.

In a less than ideal world, the users e-mail address may not be known in the 
web interface. Therefore, I compromise by requesting that it be provided.

Given these limits, what I require for the ccn-webmaster list, is a web 
interface function that will subscribe/unsubscribe users from the list.

Note: I currently use such an interface 
  http://www.gov.ns.ca/finance/publish/pub23.htm


Can the listserv function at Chebucto be modified to accomodate this request?

Issues related to how the listserv operates are separate. It is only the 
subscribe/unsubscribe function that is being addressed.

Doug McCann
Webmaster

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