[MM3-users] Question about adding addresses using the REST API

Stephen Daniel writes:

The only way I've found to create a standalone address (not linked to any user) is to create a user with that address, unlink the address, then delete the user.

Is there a more straightforward way to just create an address with no user?

I don't think so. Normal operation of Mailman and its associated applications assumes that addresses are linked to users. I imagine you can get unexpected and unwanted behavior if you create such addresses. Offhand, I can see no reason why we should support it. There's also this comment in rest/addresses.py:

# But really, it should not be legal to subscribe an
# address to a mailing list that isn't controlled by a user -- maybe!

which suggests somebody thought it is a bad idea.