Anyone interested in cosponsoring work on a tighter integration of Plone and Mailman?

Ben Rudder b.rudder at dsl.pipex.com
Mon Nov 19 16:17:26 UTC 2007


Dear all
Just proving the list is not entirely moribund :-)

We are running a closed site for a trade union project, with multiple  
groups and roles
We are on Plone 2.1 and our developers could find no product robust  
enough to handle email lists from within Plone for each of the groups  
and/or roles
At the moment, we have Mailman running on a separate server, with no  
capability to authenticate mail list users against their Plone  
attributes

We can avoid some of the potential risks of getting inappropriate/ 
unauthorised users on each of the lists by placing links to Mailman  
sign-up pages in locations in the Plone site requiring appropriate  
permissions, and will be moderating both posts and subscriptions.

But we would prefer that the list membership was able to  
automatically cross-reference against Plone membership attributes to  
avoid too much manual work for administrators if membership grows.

Our developers have suggested some days of research to establish  
development costs, and then the development itself.

We have expressed an interest in finding a solution for the Plone  
community, especially if there is enough interest to find a cosponsor.

Any thoughts?

Regards

Ben Rudder




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